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Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-0268
Abstract
Arthur Macdonald Dole graduated from Pomona College in 1896. Throughout his life he was invested in the college as well as numerous other community organizations. This collection includes his family, civic, and business papers. There is correspondence relating to the history of Pomona College, a Civil War era diary by William B. Dole, and artwork by Arthur's wife, Fanny. There are also records and correspondence relating to the financial interests of the Dole family, including a furniture...
Dates:
1815-1958
Collection — Box: 7
Identifier: H-Mss-0310
Abstract
This collection contains the personal papers of violinist Kenneth G. Fiske, who joined the Pomona College faculty in 1936. A musical prodigy, Fiske studied at many prestigious music programs and under prominent European and American instructors. At Pomona, Fiske taught the violin and was the conductor of the college's symphony orchestra. Materials include correspondence, sheet music, audio recordings, writings, and teaching materials.
Dates:
1913-1989 and undated
Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-1096
Abstract
The collection consists of research, writing, and teaching materials created by author, educator, and historian Matthew J. Garcia. The materials document Dr. Garcia’s work on topics related to agriculture, labor, food, immigration, ethnicity, and popular culture in California. Primary subjects of interest include the citrus industry and Mexican-American laborers in Southern California, especially the Farm Labor movement under Cesar Chavez. The collection is comprised of research materials,...
Dates:
1883-2016 and undated
Collection
Identifier: PC-0026
Abstract
The Hawkins Family Collection of Pomoniana includes an assortment of Pomona College and high school materials belonging to Pomona College alumni Vera Hawkins ('09), Georgia Hawkins ('12), Joseph Hawkins (x’19), and JoAnn (Hawkins) Hayward (’42).
Dates:
1905-1942
Collection
Identifier: PC-0004
Abstract
The collection contains correspondence regarding Iolene Lund's involvement in the Pomona College Alumni Association, photographs of the Pomona College campus, and printed materials from on and off-campus events.
Dates:
1920-1981; Majority of material found within 1920-1929
Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-0493
Abstract
The collection consists of the papers of E. (Elijah) Wilson Lyon (1904-1989) and his wife, Carolyn Bartel Lyon (1908-2006). E. Wilson Lyon was appointed the sixth President of Pomona College in Claremont, California, in 1941 and led the college for almost three decades - the longest serving president in the college’s history - retiring in 1969. E. Wilson Lyon’s papers consist of files from his scholarly and administrative work, extensive file material bearing on his scholarly interests in...
Dates:
1824-1991 and undated; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1980
Collection
Identifier: D-Mss-0029
Abstract
The Suzanne Macpherson Papers include correspondence, photographs, periodicals, journals, notebooks, manuscripts, and artifacts documenting Macpherson's experience as an American Red Cross Clubmobile girl during World War II from 1941-1945, and her subsequent travels and career as an author.
Dates:
1915-1975 and undated
Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-0617
Abstract
The Padua Hills Theatre was built in 1930 by an investment syndicate under the direction of Herman Garner as part of the Padua Hills real estate development in the foothills above Claremont, California. Envisioned as a colony for local artists, the development included an arts and crafts shop, performing arts center, and 300-seat theatre facility that also housed a dining room, a kitchen, and an exhibition room where craft items could be displayed and sold. The theatre presented productions...
Dates:
1936-2011
Collection
Identifier: PC-0002
Abstract
The collection includes scrapbooks belonging to Pomona College students and alumni, as well as those for which the creator and/or origin is unknown. The scrapbooks and photo albums contain clippings, photographs, programs, invitations, illustrations, correspondence, and ephemera related to Pomona College people and events from 1887 to 1986.
Dates:
1897-1986
Collection
Identifier: PC-0022
Abstract
The Rounds Family Collection of Pomoniana is a collection of items belonging to two generations of the Rounds Family: Jack Sherman Rounds, Sr. (’23), Christine (Asher) Rounds (’23), and Jack Rounds, Jr. (’60). The materials highlight their time as Pomona College students and subsequent affiliations with alumni organizations and include newspaper clippings, correspondence, photographs, and artifacts.
Dates:
1921-1960; Majority of material found within 1955-1960
