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Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-0023
Abstract
The collection contain correspondence, diaries, writings, photographs, reports, article clippings, and booklets that document the experiences of American missionaries and educators in China. This collection was assembled through the China Missionaries Oral History Project at Claremont Graduate School from 1969-1971. The collection covers the years 1889-1972 with the bulk of the material ranging from 1910-1950.
Dates:
1889-1972; Majority of material found within 1915-1945
Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-1109
Abstract
The Ballet Folklorico Mexicapan Papers contain the history of the Ballet Folkorico Mexicapan company, which existed for ten years from 1973 to 1983. Led by Benjamin Hernandez and Patricia Barrigan, the company aimed to preserve and display the rich traditions of Mexican folklore through dance, leading workshops and events. The collection contains flyers and programs for these events from throughout these years, as well as photographs of the dancers and company paperwork.
Dates:
1972 January 21 - 1995 April 22
Collection
Identifier: H-Rss-0129
Abstract
Starting in May of 1968, the Black Student Center of the Claremont Colleges made demands to create a body for Black scholarship, financial provisions and institutional recognition for the Black academic community of the Claremont Colleges. Their efforts led to the foundation of the Black Studies Center the following year in 1969. The Black Studies Center was an autonomous body of the Claremont Colleges, which led the implementation of new curriculum focusing on Black scholarship. The Center...
Dates:
1968-1976
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
Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-1097
Abstract
This collection contains documents relating to the citrus industry from various vendors and growers associations in Southern California. It was collected by Claremont Heritage and gifted to Special Collections in the Honnold Mudd Library in 2015. Although the dates range from 1891-1973 the bulk of the collection is material from the early twentieth century pertaining to the College Heights, Etiwanda, and Covina Orange Growers Associations. Notable materials in this collection includes...
Dates:
1891-1973
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
Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-1061
Abstract
Chan Doo Sung (1898-1971) was born in Canton, China. At age 18, Chan set sail from China on the S.S Shinyo Maru. He was admitted into the U.S. as a student and entered the U.S. at Angel Island in San Francisco in 1916. Chan came to intern with his uncle, who ran Chinese medicine offices in the U.S successfully, so to speak and learn English and take over one of the offices. Chan got married in 1922, and practiced Chinese herbal medicine for more than a decade til he ran out all the herbs he...
Dates:
1925-1941 and undated
Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-0175
Abstract
This collection of papers consist of information about wine and wine vineyards in Rancho Cucamonga, California.
Dates:
1933-1968 and undated
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
Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-0177
Abstract
This is a collection of the personal papers of Marion Frances Chevalier and includes her financial statements, real estate transactions, personal photographs, and travel ephmera.
Dates:
1865 - 1983
