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Collection
Identifier: WRCA-108
Abstract
The collection consists of manufacturers' catalogs, reports, reprints, and other materials related to shore protection and erosion control.
Dates:
1965-1980
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: WRCA-004
Abstract
The collection consists of materials related to the Lower Owens River Project,a large river restoration project meant to restore the 62 mile long stretch of the Owens river and floodplain that had dried after the river was diverted into the Los Angeles aqueduct in 1913.
Dates:
circa 2006
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: UA-165
Abstract
This collection contains a journal, stamps, documents, correspondence, bibliography and other material on anthropologist Robert H. Lowie, a faculty member at the University of California, Berkeley from 1917-1950. Lowie's research focused on ethnographic fieldwork with indigenous peoples in the Great Plains region, including Crow (Apsáalooke), Arikaree, Hidatsa, Mandan and Shoshone communities. The collection contains information on Lowie's research and personal life.
Dates:
circa 1926-1968, undated
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-127
Abstract
The collection consists of materials from former Tuskegee Airmen Ted Lumpkin, who served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Air Force, and was an active member of the Tuskegee Airmen Inc. both nationally and locally in Los Angeles. Items in the collection consist mostly of photographs, both from Lumpkin's time as a Tuskegee Airmen and from events honoring the Tuskegee Airmen, as well as awards and certificates given to Lumpkin, and some materials on the history of the Tuskegee...
Dates:
circa 1942-2020
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: WRCA-105
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: WRCA-016
Abstract
The collection consists of materials related to organisms in the Wildcat and San Leandro creeks in Northern California.
Dates:
undated
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-113
Abstract
Ben Maddow was a screenwriter and documentarian active from the 1930s through the 1970s, born in Passaic, New Jersey and educated at Columbia University. Maddow was involved in left-wing documentary and poetry circles throughout the 1930s. He began his career as a Hollywood screenwriter after serving in World War II, and was blacklisted during the McCarthy era. This collection consists of manuscripts, correspondence, scripts, magazines, photographs, and other artifacts related to Maddow's...
Dates:
circa 1950-1990, undated
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: WRCA-162
Collection
Identifier: MS-366
Abstract
This collection primarily consists of photographs related to the 1909 Willie Boy manhunt, taken and collected by journalist Randolph White (R. W.) Madison (1886-1946). Madison covered the manhunt for the Los Angeles Record and other California newspapers. Willie Boy (born 1882) was a Chemehuevi man pursued by a sheriff’s posse in Southern California in September and October 1909. The manhunt began after Willie Boy was involved in the death of Chemehuevi leader...
Dates:
1909-1913, undated
Collection
Identifier: WRCA-053
Abstract
Papers in the collection originated from Magliari's involvement with the Mono Lake Committee (Magliari has been a member since 1977). Most of the collection involves Magliari's work on the state capitol office staff of California State Senator John Garamendi (Thirteenth District).
Dates:
1980-1994
