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...

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...

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...

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The Denise L. McIver Black Lives Matter Protest Posters Collection consists of posters, notes, a flyer, and a sign that document the Black Lives Matter protests in Hollywood, California, from May to July 2020. Posters were created by multiple protestors and the materials were collected by Denise L. McIver, a research librarian at California African American Museum, during the protests.

Abstract The Mimi Melnick Collection documents the personal and professional life of native Angeleno Miriam (Mimi) Clar Melnick, Jazz critic, Jazz pianist, and patron of Jazz musicians, whose activities played an influential role in the development of Jazz in the Los Angeles region between 1958 and 2010. The Collection also includes materials related to Melnick's family relationships and friendships, educational pursuits, her work as an author and editor, and her...

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The Thomas Middleton China Marines Collection contains a photograph album along with loose photographs and ephemera that document Middleton's service in Peking and Tientsin after World War II.

Abstract Elsa Shelton Miller was born in 1916, and lived in China and Japan until the early 1950s. She worked as a stenographer for a variety of employers, including the U.S. forces in Peiping after World War II, and Time Life International in Tokyo. The collection contains documents from Miller’s life in Asia, including identification and citizenship documents, a travel visa, Chinese Yuan from the late 1940s, postcards with pictures of Shanghai, and documents regarding Miller’s attempts to gain a...

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Ruth Miller was a prominent workers' rights advocate, women’s rights advocate, and union organizer from Los Angeles, California. Miller served as the Education Director of the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU). The collection documents Ruth Miller’s professional work during her time at the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU), as well as the library of research materials she amassed on union organizing and related topics.

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The collection consists of promotional materials for an 1879 production of M’Liss, Child of the Sierras, a play based on a short story by American author Bret Harte starring actress Annie Pixley. Items in the collection include a poster advertising a specific performance, and three advertising cards with lithographs depicting scenes from the play.

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John David Morris served in the United States Navy during the Vietnam War. This collection contains one letter from Morris to his mother, and his military discharge record from 1966.