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Blaisdell (James A.) Papers
Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-0131
Scope and Contents
Pomona College president and founder of the Claremont Colleges
Dates:
2009 - 2009
Boulder Water Company papers, Water Resources Collection
Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-0139
Abstract
The Boulder Water Company was incorporated October 25, 1919 as a mutual water company and was officially dissolved in June 1979. Located in Claremont, California, the Company operated one well and two reservoirs for the benefit of its stockholder members. The collection, which came from the corporate secretary, consists of correspondence, legal documents and financial records of the Company and is most complete in the company’s last 15 years, 1964-1979. Minutes from the meetings are...
Dates:
1918-1979; Majority of material found within 1964 - 1979
Frank P. Brackett papers
Collection — Box: 16a
Identifier: 0144
Abstract:
Dr. Frank Parkhurst Brackett was born in Provincetown, Mass. in 1865. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1887. Immediately after he graduated he moved to California. In 1887, he taught at the McPherron Academy for boys in Los Angeles. In 1889 he married Lucretia Burdick in Pomona, California. He taught astronomy, mathematics, and Latin at Pomona College from 1892 to 1932. In 1912, he took a sabbatical to travel to Algeria to conduct experiments on government funded research project....
Dates:
1826-1975
Brown (Mary Eleanor) scrapbook
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 0148
Scope and Contents
Pomona College photos, programs, and clippings Pomona College 1927
Dates:
1923 - 1931
Harry and Olive Carroll Papers and Scrapbooks
Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-0168
Abstract
This collection contains the papers of Pomona College Classics professor Harry J. Carroll Jr. Carroll taught at Pomona from 1949 until 1983, and was a key actor in the development of Pomona's art history program. He taught classes on ancient Greek and Roman art and lectured both at Pomona and Claremont Graduate University for the Fine Arts program. Materials in the collection include lectures, notes, articles, photographs, correspondence, and scrapbooks created by himself and his wife Olive...
Dates:
1891-1992 and undated
Ch'en Shou-yi Papers
Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-0176
Abstract
Professor Ch'en Shou-yi (Chinese: 陳受頤, 1899-1978) was a Chinese scholar known for his groundbreaking contribution to the comparative cultural studies of modern China and the historical studies of Sino-Western cultural exchange. He was born into a prestigious literati family in Panyu, Canton (Guangdong). Ch'en Shou-yi graduated from the Canton Christian College (later Lingnan University) in 1920. In 1929 he received a Ph.D. degree in comparative literature from the University of Chicago. He...
Dates:
1857-1997 and undated
Claremont Arts Fair Scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: 20180.01T
Abstract
A scrapbook collection of items including brochures, newspaper article clippings, photographs, and administrative materials focusing on the annual Claremont Arts Fair. These materials document the events and artists of the 1958, 1959, and 1960 art fairs. Many notable Claremont artists took place in the festivities, either as panel judges or through exhibition of their work including Karl Benjamin, Harrison McIntosh, and Milford Zornes.
Dates:
1958 - 1960
Found in:
07 - Claremont Heritage
Claremont Colleges Oral History Collection
Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-1093
Abstract
This collection contains the coursework produced by students of the Claremont Colleges' oral history classes. Currently, the collection contains materials from the oral history courses at Claremont Graduate University. The CGU History 304/Introduction to Oral History Methodology course trains graduate students in both the theoretical and practical aspects of conducting oral histories. Themes for the courses in the collection include "Women in Claremont" and "Women of Color in Southern...
Dates:
2017-2019
Claremont Heights Irrigation Company Papers, Water Resources Collection
Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-0204
Abstract
The Claremont Heights Irrigation Company was incorporated on March 14, 1913, as a mutual water company and was dissolved on August 1, 1977. Located in Claremont, California, the company provided water services for its stockholders. The collection consists of administrative files, financial records, and operational materials of the company between its founding in 1912 and its closing in 1977, with some supplemental materials dating between 1909-1981. The collection also contains materials...
Dates:
1909-1981 and undated