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Arthur M. Dole Papers
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
Fernando R. and Enriqueta Gomez Collection in Mormon Mexican History
Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-1124
Abstract
This collection covers the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Mexico both from the native and missionary perspectives, starting in the mid-19th century to the early 21st century. This collection also includes a significant amount of documents from the Fudnamentalist Mormon movement in Mexico, namely items from Margarito Bautista who founded the group headquartered in Ozumba, Mexico, Mexico but also has documents translated to Spanish from the Woolley, Allred, and...
Dates:
1810-2019; Majority of material found within 1879-2012
William McPherson Papers
Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-0524
Abstract
Correspondence, diaries, photographs, account books and journals, land and tax records, manuscripts, scrapbooks, notes, transcripts, reports, newspapers, clippings, promotional materials, and ephemera, relating to the family, life, career, and intellectual pursuits of Orange County, California, avocado rancher and historian William McPherson (1885-1964). Family papers document the McPhersons' settlement in Orange County in the 1870s, and their involvement in local agriculture, first in the...
Dates:
1664/65-1970.; Majority of material found within 1884 - 1945
Arthur Millier Archive
Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-1100
Abstract
This collection contains materials relating to Arthur Henry Thomas Millier, Los Angeles Times art critic, and his family. Highly active in the early twentieth century Los Angeles art scene, Millier was responsible for helping to establish the reputations of California artists such as Emil Kosa and Millard Sheets, among others. This archive contains correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, diaries, and other personal materials from the Millier family. Items of note include original etchings...
Dates:
1921 - 1975
Oriental Study Expedition Archive
Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-0591
Abstract
The Oriental Study Expedition Archive contains records and memorabilia from a year-long expedition embarked in 1929 by ten Pomona College students to immerse themselves in Chinese life, culture, and religion. The students traveled and studied throughout China, primarily in the Guangdong province, Shanghai, and Beijing, and visited Hawaii, Japan, and Korea as well. The collection includes correspondence, diary entries, dispatches, photographs, photo albums, newspaper clippings, articles,...
Dates:
1919-1989 and undated