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Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-215
Abstract
The collection consists of a scrapbook containing materials related to Mexican history from the late 19th to early 20th century. Materials in the collection include mostly newspaper clippings and photographs from multiple eras in Mexican history, including the Second French intervention in Mexico (1861-1867), the Porfiriato (1876-1911), and the Mexican Revolution (circa 1910-1920).
Dates:
circa 1866-1930
Collection
Identifier: WRCA-051
Abstract
The collection consists of correspondence, news clippings, manuscripts, and reports related primarily to the development and usage of the Klamath River Basin in the mid-20th century, created and compiled by consultant Frank L. Lathrop.
Dates:
1939-1962
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-119
Abstract
This collection contains magazines, fliers, newspapers, pamphlets, and other material on Latin America. Primarily contains material on literature, sociology, politics and other topics concerning the political reformations and revolutions in Latin America.
Dates:
circa 1935-1997, undated
Collection
Identifier: MS-011
Abstract
This collection contains correspondence, agendas, minutes, proofs, and other material generated during the creation of Latin American Perspectives, a theoretical and scholarly journal for discussion and debate on the political economy of capitalism, imperialism, and socialism in the Americas.
Dates:
1973-2022, undated
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-225
Abstract
The collection consists of a photograph album compiled by R.J. Law Jr. during his time serving in the Pacific Fleet of the United States Navy in 1921. The 38 photographs in the album depict people and places in Panama City and the Canal Zone, followed by similar images taken in Santiago, Chile. Photographs in the collection also show sailors participating in group festivities on the ship.
Dates:
1921
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-261
Abstract
This collection includes correspondence between Alvin H. Lawson, a professor of English, and various libraries regarding the anti-slavery novel White & Black: A Story of the Southern States by Ashurst Biggs. A photocopy of the novel is included.
Dates:
circa 1965-1979, undated
Collection
Identifier: MS-153
Abstract
This collection contains newspaper clippings, photographs, documents and other material collected by Harry W. Lawton pertaining to the experiences of 19th-20th century Chinese immigrants in California, primarily in the Inland Empire region of Southern California. Includes material regarding the archaeological dig at the former Chinatown site in Riverside, California, research material that was used in the book Wong Ho Leun: An American Chinatown, and a...
Dates:
1852-1991, undated; Majority of material found within 1870-1900
Collection
Identifier: MS-152
Abstract
This collection is comprised of correspondence, photographs, research notes, newspaper clippings, and other materials related to the Willie Boy manhunt of 1909. Topics include the Willie Boy manhunt, Harry W. Lawton's book, Willie Boy: A Desert Manhunt, the motion picture, Tell Them Willie Boy Was Here, and the legal case concerning the book, The Hunt for Willie Boy: Indian-Hating and Popular...
Dates:
1889-1996, undated
Collection
Identifier: MS-122
Abstract
The Harry W. Lawton papers contain correspondence, press clippings, photographs, manuscripts, magazines, and other materials from Lawton's life and career. Lawton was an American writer, journalist, editor, and historian who wrote several books on Native Americans in Southern California, particularly in the Riverside and Banning areas. Part of the collection also consists of materials about Harry Lawton's son, Jonathan Fredrick Lawton, a screenplay writer. Harry Lawton's involvement with the...
Dates:
1651-1996; Majority of material found within 1960-1990
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-419
Abstract
The collection consists of materials documenting the professional, political, and social life of Tuskegee Airman Charles W. Ledbetter, who later served in the Inland Empire as a journalist for the Black Voice News and was involved in local politics. Materials in the collection include photographs, news clippings, original writings, military patches, Tuskegee Airman toys and replicas, and various awards. The collection also contains Ledbetter's aircraft mechanic...
Dates:
circa 1941-2002
