Ephemera
Subject
Subject Source: Tgmi
Found in 196 Collections and/or Records:
Mario J. Machado Collection
Collection
Identifier: OCH-MJM
Abstract
Mario Jose de Souza Machado, a Portuguese-Chinese descendant, was born in Shanghai, China on April 22, 1935. He was an eight-time Emmy Award-winning television and radio broadcaster, and was also heavily involved in local community and Old China Hands events. He helped organize the 1996 Old China Hands Reunion in Las Vegas, Nevada, and invited special guest speakers from various governments, media, and business. The collection consists mostly of documents regarding the 1996 reunion, in...
Dates:
1936-2013
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
Marjorie Macris Collection
Collection
Identifier: URB-MMC
Abstract
Marjorie Macris was born on January 30, 1935 in Chicago and raised in the Midwest. Macris was a pioneer for women in the field of city planning. She worked as planning director for Marin County and the City of Berkeley. Macris passed away in San Francisco on October 16, 2023. The collection documents the professional life and career of Marjorie Macris from the time she began her career as one of the only female planners, to her retirement and work as a planning consultant. Materials include...
Dates:
1970-2023
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
Charles Magnus Illustrated Song Sheets Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC-CMSS
Abstract
Charles Magnus was a print publisher and lithographer from New York City who sold letter sheets, maps, song sheets, envelopes and other prints from 1850 to 1899, and was especially popular during the Civil War. The collection consists of two illustrated song sheets printed and distributed by Magnus during the Civil War era.
Dates:
circa 1861-circa 1865
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
Dave Malone Flyer
Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 30700112635866]
Identifier: TBC-DMF
Abstract
The Dave Malone Flyer is a flyer for the Black Family Reunion Celebration, an event that was held in Exposition Park, Los Angeles, in July 1989. It includes an abbreviated schedule of the event and lists the celebrities, the activities, and those individuals and groups who spearheaded and sponsored the event.
Dates:
1989
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
Manuscript Cookbook
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 30700111736376]
Identifier: SC-MCB
Abstract
The Manuscript Cookbook was written by an unknown individual from the Scranton, Pennsylvania area. The Cookbook consists of handwritten recipes, recipes clipped from newspapers, and several medicinal recipes contained in a small daily diary dated 1935. Clipped recipes are pasted in, with the exception of one loose recipe circa 1995. The medicinal recipes are primarily for arthritis and rheumatism. Recipes for food include ingredients and written instructions, and are arranged by type....
Dates:
ca. 1935-1995
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
Corporal Raymond Marshall Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC-CRM
Abstract
Raymond Marshall was an African-American US Army Air Corps Corporal who served in World War II, before military service branches in the US were desegregated. Marshall was assigned to an Air Base Security Battalion unit comprised of black enlisted men under the command of a white officer. He served in the Pacific Theater, spending time in Hawaii and on other islands, including Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa, among others. The Corporal Raymond Marshall Collection documents Marshall's...
Dates:
1942-1945
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
Mickey Martinez Angels Flight Re-Opening Ephemera Collection
Collection
Identifier: URB-AFE
Abstract
The original Angels Flight Railway opened on Bunker Hill in 1901. The funicular railway was built by J.W. (James Ward) Eddy, and connected Hill and Olive Streets. Over the next sixty years a number of different owner-operators controlled Angels Flight. In 1962, the City of Los Angeles forced sale to the City. The City hired the Oliver and William Elevator Co. to run the railway until it was dismantled in 1969. Meant to be a temporary closure while the City undertook improvements to the...
Dates:
1996
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
Lee W. Mayo Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC-LWM
Abstract
Lee Mayo enlisted in the US Army in October of 1941, just before Pearl Harbor Day. He kept a diary, titled "My Life in the Service" between July 23, 1944 and December 18, 1945, while moving around the South Pacific. He spent most of that time in the Philippines, fighting in the Battle of Manila in 1945, but also visited and wrote about other locations on Luzon and Leyte. He writes about such things as Japanese suicide bombers attacking his ship, Japanese soldiers committing suicide to avoid...
Dates:
1941-1945
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
Margarita Piel McCoy Collection
File
Identifier: URB-MPM
Abstract
Margarita Piel McCoy began her work in the planning industry in 1959 when she was elected a member on the planning board for Sudbury, Massachusetts. McCoy attended Wells College and Northwestern University in 1940, then transferred to Boston University where she earned her Bachelor of Arts in English in 1944. After finishing graduate school at the University of Southern California in 1970, McCoy went on to become the first full-time female planning professor and the first female department...
Dates:
1963-2015
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
Thomas W. McCullough Vietnam War Correspondence Collection
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 30700112753610]
Identifier: SC-TWM
Abstract
Thomas W. McCullough was in the 69th Division of the U.S. National Guard and was called to duty in May 1968. McCullough was a Specialist Class 4 in the U.S. Army. He was stationed in Vietnam from January 1969 until about May 1969, when he was wounded in combat. This collection of letters is from Thomas W. McCullough to his parents who live in Wichita, Kansas. The letters begin in December 1968 while he was awaiting assignment, and end in July 1969 after he was wounded in the field. Topics...
Dates:
1968-1969
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives