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Marion Parks papers
Collection
Identifier: H1985.7
Abstract
The papers of Marion Parks, a talented and resourceful personality in Los Angeles during the early 1900s, relate to the history of Southern California. Parks described herself as "a California historian." Her principal contributions in this capacity were a series of still-useful booklets published while she was publicity writer for Security-First National Bank, and the organization of colorful historical pageants (in the Spanish style) in several California towns. Her local history files...
Dates:
1909-1940 (bulk 1926-1940); Majority of material found within 1926 - 1940
Edith Potter Papers
Collection
Identifier: D-Mss-0984
Abstract
Edith Potter (1920-1999) was a Professor of German at Scripps College from 1967 to 1990. The Edith Potter Papers include Potter's manuscripts, typed and handwritten notes, photocopies of academic literature, correspondence, photographs, awards, and microfilm. These materials document Potter’s life in Germany before and after World War II as well as her career as a professor and distinguished scholar in the United States. Potter was beloved and honored by the Scripps community for her...
Dates:
1705-2000 and undated; Majority of material found within 1949-2000
Found in:
02 - Ella Strong Denison Library
John Bell Rae papers
Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-0703
Abstract
This collection contains the papers of John Bell Rae, a historian of industry and tecchnology and one of the first members of the Harvey Mudd faculty. Besides teaching at both the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvey Mudd College, Rae authored seminal texts on the history of industry and performed research for engineering projects and committees such as the NASA Historical Advisory Committee and Harvard University’s Research Center for Entrepreneurial History. This collection...
Dates:
1936-1988 and undated
Richard Sheirich Papers
Collection
Identifier: PC-0020
Abstract
This collection contains course materials, departmental correspondence and planning documents, and grant proposals belonging to Pomona College professor, Richard M. Sheirich.
Dates:
1955-2009
Found in:
06 - Pomona College Archives
William B. Simpson World War II Pacific Theater collection,
Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-0849
Abstract
Emeritus Professor of Economics (Claremont Graduate School, Ph. D., 1971), William Brand Simpson served as Special Agent in the Counter Intelligence Corps, U.S. Army during World War II, mainly in the Philippines and Japan. The manuscript and published materials contained within this collection were collected and assembled by Simpson and consist of newspapers, periodicals, correspondence, maps, military documents, including declassified items, and a variety of publications - government,...
Dates:
1935-1994
The Claremont Colleges Library Special Collections Agricultural Ephemera Collection
Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-0205
Dates:
1904-1996 and undated