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Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0002
Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-0053
Abstract
Academic and administrative documents from HMC including files from 1955 to 1990.
Dates:
1955-1990
Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-1098
Abstract
This collection contains materials related to orange and citrus cultivation in California in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Items include advertisements, vendor guides, labor documents, photographs, artifacts relating to production and packing, and a sizable collection of souvenirs and products offered to tourists and consumers. Developed by author, researcher, and avid collector David Boulé, this collection contains many valuable resources relating to the California citrus...
Dates:
1882-2016 and undated
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: H-Mss-0158
Scope and Contents
"The California College in China Collection consists of about five hundred titles of works in history, literature, and local gazetteers. There are original editions of the Ming and Ch´ing dynasties and the early 19th century. There are also fifty Chinese serial titles in original editions. Eleven boxes of records are in the Special Collections Department including the William B. Pettus papers.
Dates:
2009 - 2009
Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-0244
Abstract
This collection includes Homer Crotty papers that hold information about the progressive development of international law and intercultural education.
Dates:
1945-1948
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: H-Mss-0293
Abstract
This collection contains the papers of Pitzer College's third president, Dr. Frank L. Ellsworth. A graducate of University of Chicago, Dr. Ellsworth's career has included both teaching and administrative roles at colleges across the country. Materials include speeches, addresses, comments and administrative notes from his time at Pitzer.
Dates:
1979-1991 and undated
Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-1115
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: H-Mss-0427
Abstract
This collection contains materials from the papers of George W. Hunter, a biology professor and textbook author active in the early part of the twentieth century. Items include questionnaires, correspondence, and reports regarding school health education curricula. Hunter held many teaching positions, and is probably best known for writing "Civic Biology: Presented in Problems," the 1914 biology textbook which figured into the infamous Scopes "Monkey" trial of 1925 due to its inclusion of...
Dates:
1919-1939 and undated
Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-0515
Abstract
This collection contains materials relating to Barbary McCarthy's time on the Citizens Advisory Committee of the Joint Committee on the Public Education System. These materials include a variety of correspondence, reports, and other administrative papers. The committee was charged with investigating California's public education system and make recommendations for changes deemed necessary. Mrs. McCarthy was herself an English teacher at the Sun Valley Junior High School in Van Nuys,...
Dates:
1958-1962 and undated
