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East Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History -- Archival resources

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

George and Elenora Adams diaries, letters, and other material

 Collection
Identifier: 7086
Abstract The George and Elenora Adams diaries, letters, and other material contain 39 diaries, four letters, and various personal documents and ephemera kept by George E. Adams and his wife Elenora Martin Learned Adams. Throughout the course of their lives--as documented in their journals--George and Elenora worked as farmers, teachers, and store owners in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Maine before moving to Duarte near East Los Angeles in 1887. In California, George and Elenora tried their luck...
Dates: 1856 - 1909

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Records on the Investigation of the Homicide of Ruben Salazar

 Collection
Identifier: 0548
Abstract The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department's Records on the Investigation of the Homicide of Ruben Salazar contain documents maintained by the Sheriff's Department for more than forty years pertaining to preparations for, and responses to, the National Chicano Moratorium march and rally, among the largest anti-Vietnam War protests in Los Angeles, held on August, 29, 1970, in East Los Angeles. Also documented is the tragic aftermath--the ensuing riot, significant damages, complaints about...
Dates: 1970 - 1974; 1998; 2011 - 2012; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1971

William Yee films of Watts and East Los Angeles

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31275058596504]
Identifier: 7132
Abstract The William Yee films of Watts and East Los Angeles consist of four 16mm films and one U-matic videotape of neighborhood footage of Watts and East Los Angeles, recorded by Dr. William Yee in the 1960s and 1970s. The videotape of Watts focuses on street scenes circa 1963, just prior to the Watts Riots of 1965, including footage of the Watts Towers. The East Los Angeles footage, which Yee titled "East LA Estrada," was filmed circa 1970-1971. The East Los Angeles footage shows Chicano murals in...
Dates: 1963 - 1971