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The Panorama City Woman's Club Collection contains financial records, correspondence, and ephemera documenting the philanthropic and social activities of the club in the second half of the 20th century. Panorama City Woman's Club operated in the Sierra-Cahuenga District of the California Federation of Women's Clubs, an affiliate of the international General Federation of Women's Clubs.

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The Ludmilla A. Patrick Collection is comprised of a painted portrait and two groups of Russian Socialist pamphlets from the early 20th century. These materials were collected by Ludmilla A. Patrick and her husband George Patrick, and donated along with an extensive Russian literature and Socialist pamphlet collection.

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During the US Civil War, Charles H. Peterson participated in the Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness, and Petersburg campaigns. He kept these diaries from 1863 to 1865. He tucked notes, correspondence, currency, and newspaper clippings between the pages.

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Virginia Prince was born in Los Angeles on November 23, 1912. In 1960, Prince established Transvestia, a magazine she also edited and wrote for. The Virginia Prince Papers document Prince's life, activism, engagement with trans and crossdressing communities, and work as editor of Transvestia.

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The Puck Cartoons Collection consists of full color cartoons published in Puck magazine, which was a weekly humor magazine published from 1871 until 1918. Items in the collection have been removed or reprinted from issues of the magazine, and include centerfold, cover, and back page illustrations.

Abstract Dr. Thomas W. Reilly was a faculty member at California State University, Northridge (CSUN) from 1969-2001. Before coming to CSUN Reilly worked as a journalist with the Van Nuys News (now the Daily News.) He also spent time as the public information officer for Los Angeles City Schools. The collection consists of research materials, articles, and book drafts written by Reilly. These materials include Mexican War-era newspaper...

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The Frank Layne Phares Rhorabough St. John's Military Academy Scrapbook consists of a single scrapbook containing clippings and ephemera from Rhorabough's time as a student at St. John's Military Academy.

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The collection consists of digital images and videos created by Keith Rice, a historian/archivist at California State University, Northridge, and Taylor Walker, his granddaughter, as well as posters used during protests for Black Lives Matter in 2020 and 2021. It documents demonstrations demanding racial equality amid ongoing systemic racism, and confrontations with counter protesters and the police during the COVID-19 pandemic in Southern California.

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Agnes Richardson Birthday Postcards includes twelve birthday postcards with short rhymed greetings, illustrated with children and animals.

Abstract Maj. William H. Sager, USMCR (Retired), served with the United States Naval Group, China, from 1944 to 1945 as commander of the American officers who trained Chinese troops at a location called Camp 10. The majority of the collection consists of photographs taken and collected by Sager in China depicting the soldiers and activities of Camp 10, as well as various cities in China and Japanese-occupied areas. Additionally, the collection includes ephemeral objects related to Sager’s service in...