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A collection of scrapbooks, notebooks, photographs, photograph albums, ledgers, postcards, and court transcripts and testimonies from Milton Carlson. Carlson was a criminologist and handwriting expert.

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This collection consists of a ledger containing the University of Southern California's Chaffey College of Agriculture Board of Trustees minutes from 1891-1904.

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This collection consists of correspondences, drawings, articles, photographs, and the business dealings of the Los Angeles Theatre, the Tower Theatre, and the Cameo Theatre. These theatres were all once owned by H. L. Gumbiner.

Abstract Five ledgers from an early Los Angeles hotel, the Hollenbeck Hotel, which was active from 1884 to 1932. The collection consists of three hotel ledgers for parts of the calendar year 1902 (April 19 to May 12; September 22 to October 19; and December 12 to December 31), a single ledger for the Hotel saloon from 1895 to 1896; and a single ledger for the Hotel restaurant from 1896. The Hollenbeck Hotel was established in 1884 by John E. Hollenbeck and his wife Elizabeth Hollenbeck. The hotel was...

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In the mid-1920s, Jackie Coogan Productions purchased a cattle ranch near Campo, California, approximately fifty miles east of San Diego, on behalf of child actor Jackie Coogan. The collection contains correspondence and financial documents related to the operations of the ranch between 1924 and 1936.

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This collection consists of the records of the Maclay College of Theology at the University of Southern California.

Abstract Gerhard and Marianne Pinkus emigrated from Germany to Los Angeles in the 1930s and began to collect art in the 1940s. After accumulating a small collection of choice (and sometimes rare) finds, Gerhard and Marianne became a major force in the Los Angeles art world, especially in regard to their primary interest: Marc Chagall. Though they focused mainly on Chagall, the Pinkuses collected drawings, lithographs, and paintings by many other artists from various periods, with some emphasis on...

Abstract The Ruskin Art Club was founded October 12, 1888, and is the oldest women's club in Los Angeles. Its original purpose was to study the technique and history of engraving and etching, inspired by founding member Mary E. Boyce's own collection of prints and extensive library of books on art. The Club's main activity were the annual courses of study in the history of art, architecture, or archaeology. These consisted of lectures delivered by the members to the membership at the monthly...

Abstract Ledger containing meeting minutes and details of loans of the Southern California Loan Association, 1899-1904. The minutes record the business activities of the Association, which met monthly, sometimes more frequently if a loan request was made. It also records the annual issuance of stock and grant loans, which ranged from $400 to several thousand dollars for new construction and the purchase of property; some of these loans were made to women. The ledger also includes five pages that...

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The Stansilaus County Welfare Commission and Welfare Department records consists of materials created by these two entities (subsequently renamed the Stanislaus County Department of Social Services, and now the Community Services Agency). The collection's material is all textual and ranges from ledgers to photocopies of legal agreements; chronologically the material spans the period 1919-1986.