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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
Virginia Judy Esterly Papers
Collection
Identifier: D-Mss-0295
Abstract
The Virginia Judy Esterly Papers contain correspondence, documents, newspaper clippings, periodicals, printed material, pamphlets, and ephemera that document Mrs. Esterly's varied interests in women. The items reflect her interest in domestic workers and household employment, and the national effort to organize these women into unions in the period between the First and Second World Wars. As a Scripps College faculty member and administrator, Mrs. Esterly's syllabi and lectures on her course...
Dates:
1900-1972
Found in:
02 - Ella Strong Denison Library
George S. Iwanaga Papers
Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-1071
Abstract
A collection of 33 original photographs from the Japanese internment camp at Heart Mountain, Wyoming. The black and white images depict the people of the camp, their living quarters, and daily life.The Heart Mountain War Relocation Center opened in June 1942 and closed on November 10, 1945. It was one of ten concentration camps used for the internment of Japanese Americans evicted from the West Coast Exclusion Zone during World War II.The photographs were taken by...
Dates:
1942-1950
Kenzo Robert Koike Papers,
Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-1048
Abstract
Kenzo R. Koike was a Japanese American, born in 1920 in Seattle, Washington. At the age of 12, his family moved to Los Angeles, where he attended middle school, high school, and college. In 1942, the Koike family was removed from their Los Angeles home and sent to Heart Mountain Relocation center in Wyoming. By 1943, Kenzo Koike was drafted into the United States Army, where he served as a translator in Japan from 1945 to 1946. This collection includes documents and photographs from Koike’s...
Dates:
1921-1967 and undated; Majority of material found within 1921 - 1948
Kruska Japanese Internment collection
Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-1047
Abstract
Dennis G. “Denny” Kruska, a graduate of University of California, Los Angeles, Hughes Aircraft physicist, venture capitalist researcher, printing consultant, historical author and bibliographer and collector of Yosemite and Sierra Nevada materials amassed this collection of Japanese American internment items. The collection covers a wide variety of materials, ranging from 1905 to 2013 which are arranged into six series, with like materials being grouped together, including newspapers and...
Dates:
1905-2013
Suzanne Macpherson Papers
Collection
Identifier: D-Mss-0029
Abstract
The Suzanne Macpherson Papers include correspondence, photographs, periodicals, journals, notebooks, manuscripts, and artifacts documenting Macpherson's experience as an American Red Cross Clubmobile girl during World War II from 1941-1945, and her subsequent travels and career as an author.
Dates:
1915-1975 and undated
Found in:
02 - Ella Strong Denison Library
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
Ken Tamura Papers
Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-1052
Abstract
This collection consists of a variety of materials from Ken Tamura’s life. Ken Tamura was 2nd generation Japanese American born in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, in 1923. After the attack on Pearl Harbor in December of 1941, his family was sent to a relocation center in Pomona (California), and then relocated to Heart Mountain internment camp in Wyoming. In 1942, an old friend was able to sponsor Ken Tamura to leave the internment facility, and he moved to Chicago. In 1944, he was drafted by the United...
Dates:
1893-2014
The Claremont Colleges Special Collections Visual Materials Collection
Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-1077
Abstract
This is an artificial collection created by Special Collections staff to contain the various visual materials purchased or donated that do not fit into other collections. Currently, the collection contains photographs, artist screenprints and photos, posters, historical broadsides, and artifacts. This is a growing collection and new materials will be added as they are acquired.
Dates:
1864-2022 and undated
World War II Propaganda Collection
Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-0962
Abstract
The World War II Propaganda collection was acquired by Special Collections of Honnold/Mudd Library. It contains an array of World War II era ephemera. The collection includes broadsides, clippings, maps, pamphlets, and photographs. The collection is made up of a variety of items leading up to, during, and after World War II. The materials are primarily written in English and German, with French, Russian, and Spanish, as well as other language materials. The collection includes materials...
Dates:
1933-1985 and undated; Majority of material found within 1938-1946