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Anna Hawley Searles collection of Edwin Diller Starbuck and Herbert L. Searles papers

 Collection
Identifier: 0284
Abstract The collections consist of publications; publications proofs; research notes; correspondence files; lecture notes and course assignments; receipts and cancelled checks; photograph, half-tone blocks, and transparencies; a scrapbook; and personal artifacts representing the personal papers and research of Edwin Diller Starbuck (1900 to 1955), Herbert L. Searles (ca. 1924 to 1959), Anna Hawley Searles (1948 to 1951). Edwin Diller Starbuck (1866-1947) was a prominent teacher of philosophy,...
Dates: 1900 - 1993

Wally G. Shidler collection of Southern California ephemera

 Collection
Identifier: 7089
Abstract

The Wally G. Shidler collection of Southern California ephemera consists of pamphlets, maps, postcards, theater programs, city directories, electric railway time tables, and transit passes from the Los Angeles City, County, and adjacent areas collected by former motion picture engineer, Wally G. Shidler. Pacific Electric and Los Angeles Railway materials as well as theater programs from most of the major theaters in the Los Angeles area comprise a significant portion of the collection.

Dates: 1900 - 2005

Temperance postcard collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 6099
Abstract

36 temperance postcards published by A. T. Cook, Seesdman, Hyde Park, New York; the majority were designed by J. O. Hulbert. Temperance postcards were widely distributed by the Women's Christian Temperance Union in the 19th and early 20th centuries to attack the liquor trade.

Dates: circa 1910

John G. and Corrine Tomlinson collection of Southern California photographs, postcards, and memorabilia

 Collection
Identifier: 7115
Abstract The collection consists of photographs depicting landscapes, portraits, and businesses in Southern California between 1875 and 1950; Los Angeles and Southern California maps and promotional booklets dating from 1880 to 1940; and approximately 5,250 postcards relating to Southern California dating from 1880 to 1940. John G. Tomlinson, Jr. and Corrine Tomlinson began collecting the material circa the early 1990s. The collection also includes a large format photograph by H. T. Payne of Benjamin...
Dates: 1875 - 1950

Travel and tourism ephemera collection

 Collection
Identifier: 7105
Abstract The Travel and tourism ephemera collection consists of materials both informational and commemorative in nature, dating from the years 1896 to 2013. The contents of the collection are varied in both format and geographic location. The majority of the material focuses on points of interest in California, with a significant number of items dealing with Los Angeles and the surrounding areas including information about tourist sites and souvenir booklets and items such as postcards....
Dates: 1896 - 2013

Von Schnorrer zum geheimen Commerzienrath [Jewish caricatures] postcards

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 6065
Abstract

8 postcards in original folder, depicting anti-Semitic Jewish caricatures. The front of the folder is stamped "Aus dem judenreinen Gasthof Wutachthal Oberlauchringen, Baden" (from the Jew-free hotel Wutachthal..."). The hotel's name is also stamped on the side margin of each postcard. All postcards are unused.

Dates: undated

Gladys Waddingham collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0593
Abstract

Gladys Waddingham (1900-1997) was an author and Spanish teacher at Inglewood High School. The Gladys Waddingham collection contains materials collected during Waddingham's travels to Spain, Mexico, Guatemala, and other countries -- mostly during the 1950s. Included in the collection are artifacts, clothing and textiles, antique pottery, visual grammar cards, sheet music, postcards, dolls, and other material.

Dates: 1925 - 1996; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1970

Western United States and Canada postcards and photographs collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 7038
Abstract

Postcards and photographs landscapes and attractions in California, Scotty's Castle in Death Valley; the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition; Oregon; Missouri; and Yoho and Banff National Parks. Also included are a small set of novelty humor postcards.

Dates: 1910s-1950s

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Postcards 43
Photographs 22
Correspondence 17
Clippings (information artifacts) 10
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Ephemera 8
Photographic postcards 8
Pamphlets 7
Posters 5
Telegrams 5
Brochures 4
Magazines (periodicals) 4
Maps 4
Picture postcards 4
Postcards -- California, Southern -- 20th century -- Archival resources 4
Publications (documents) 4
Scrapbooks 4
Slides (photographs) 4
Soldiers -- United States -- 20th century -- Archival resources 4
Drawings (visual works) 3
Financial records 3
Missions -- California -- Postcards 3
Notes 3
Photograph albums 3
Postcards -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 3
Postcards -- California -- Los Angeles County -- Archival resources 3
Postcards -- California -- Orange County -- Archival resources 3
Postcards -- California -- Pasadena -- Archival resources 3
Postcards -- California -- Riverside County -- Archival resources 3
Programs (documents) 3
Realia 3
Sheet music 3
Textiles 3
Videotapes 3
Agriculture -- California, Southern -- Archival resources 2
Audiocassettes 2
Audiotapes 2
Books 2
California, Southern -- History -- Archival resources 2
Certificates 2
Comic books 2
Cuba 2
Death Valley National Park (Calif. and Nev.) -- Archival resources 2
Disneyland (Calif.) -- Archival resources 2
Fliers (printed matter) 2
Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) -- Archival resources 2
Guatemala -- Description and travel -- Archival resources 2
Itineraries 2
Ledgers (account books) 2
Legal documents 2
Long Beach (Calif.) -- Postcards 2
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Description and travel -- Archival resources 2
Memorabilia 2
Mission Inn -- Postcards 2
Missions -- California -- Archival resources 2
Musicians -- History -- Archival resources 2
Negatives (photographic) 2
Newsletters 2
Phonograph records 2
Popular culture -- California, Southern -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources 2
Press releases 2
Prints 2
Reports 2
San Diego County (Calif.) -- Postcards 2
Spain -- Description and travel -- Archival resources 2
T-shirts 2
Theater programs 2
Transcripts 2
Typescripts 2
United States -- Armed Forces -- Military life -- 20th century -- Archival resources 2
Venice (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Postcards 2
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Archival resources 2
Academy Awards (Motion pictures) -- Archival resources 1
Actresses -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 1
Actresses -- England -- Archival resources 1
Advertisements 1
Aeronautics -- History -- Archival resources 1
African American business enterprises -- California -- San Diego -- Archival resources 1
African American pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Photographs 1
African American soldiers -- West (U.S.) -- Photographs 1
African Americans -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
Air -- Pollution -- California -- Archival resources 1
Aircraft -- Archival resources 1
Aircraft industry -- Photographs 1
Alternative comics 1
American poetry -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
Amusements -- California -- History -- Archival resources 1
Antisemitism -- Caricatures and cartoons -- History -- Archival resources 1
Appointment books 1
Architects -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
Architectural documents 1
Architectural drawings (visual works) 1
Architectural photography -- Archival resources 1
Architecture -- Guatemala -- Archival resources 1
Architecture -- Study and teaching -- Archival resources 1
Art -- Collectors and collecting -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 1
Art -- Private collections -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 1
Autographs (manuscripts) 1
Beaches -- California 1
Board games (game sets) 1
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Language
English 41
German 5
Spanish; Castilian 4
French 2
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Portuguese 1
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United States. Army 3
University of Southern California 3
Agnew, Spiro T. 1
Allard, Lillian I. 1
Allen, William C. 1
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American Federation of Priests 1
Annis, Elizabeth (1905-2000) 1
Annis, Verle Lincoln 1
Armendáriz, Pedro, 1912-1963 1
Atkins, Oliver F. 1
Bachrach, Fabian 1
Beebe, Charles L. 1
Big Apple Circus 1
Bliss, Arthur 1
Bonnay, Charles 1
Borges, Jorge Luis 1
Brethren Service Commission 1
Brethren Service Committee 1
Buchanan, Patrick J. (Patrick Joseph) 1
California Historical Society 1
California. Dept. of the California Highway Patrol 1
Carlson, Milton 1
Catholic Church--California--Los Angeles--History--20th century--Archival resources 1
Catholic Church--United States--History--20th century--Archival resources 1
Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Los Angeles (Calif.) 1
Catholic Human Relations Council (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1
Catholics United for Racial Equality 1
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de 1
Chagall, Marc 1
Chaliapin, Fyodor Ivanovich 1
Church of the Brethren 1
Circus Model Builders International 1
Circus World Museum (Baraboo, Wis.) 1
Clark, Robert 1
Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus 1
Cole Bros. Circus 1
Colson, Charles W. 1
Cook, A. T. 1
Copley Press, inc. 1
Copley, James S. (James Strohn) 1
Costa, Euclides Goulart da 1
Darvas, Lilli, 1902-1974 1
Drake, Zachary L. 1
DuBay, William H. 1
Edward H. Mitchell (Publisher) 1
Ehrlichman, John 1
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David) 1
Evans, Merle 1
Finch, Robert H. (Robert Hutchinson) 1
Fisk, Walter W. 1
Frank, Liesl 1
Gessner, George J. (George John) 1
Goldwater, Barry M. (Barry Morris) 1
Gospel Foundation of California 1
Griffiths, Edwin 1
Griffiths, Louise 1
Haberman, Irving 1
Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus 1
Haldeman, H. R. (Harry R.) 1
Harris & Ewing 1
Hawkins, J. Allen 1
Hayden, Robert, Dr. 1
Herbert, Ernest C. 1
Herbert, Ernestine Q. 1
Herbert, John A. 1
Herbert, William C. 1
Hill, Richard A. 1
Hulbert, J. O. 1
Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio) 1
Jacobs , Lou 1
Jaeger, Ernst 1
Jani, Robert F., 1934-1989 1
Jarvis, Roy 1
Johnson, Adolf 1
Johnson, Albert M., 1872-1948 1
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 1
Kennedy, Robert F. 1
Kissinger, Henry 1
Klein, Herbert G. (Herbert George) 1
Knight, Carl W. 1
Krause, Lucjan, 1928- 1
Kreischer, Lou 1
Krueger, June 1
Lew, Mervyn 1
Liddecoat Packing Co. 1
Liddecoat family 1
Liddecoat, Mary 1
Liddecoat, Tom 1
Liniger, Geraldine 1
Liszt, Franz 1
Los Angeles (Calif.). Police Department 1
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office 1
Los Angeles Railway 1
MacDougall, Robert 1
MacDowell, Edward, 1860-1908 1
Mansback, Arthur E. 1
Massary, Fritzi 1
Mattox, Warren 1
McIntyre, J. Francis A. (James Francis Aloysius), 1886-1979 1
Merritt, John F., 1942-2016 1
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