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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
Collection
Identifier: PC-0050
Abstract
The collection includes video recordings of oral history interviews and panel discussions that took place during the World War II Symposium, “Focus on a Generation: Pomona College and the WWII Years” over Alumni Weekend on April 27th and 28th, 2001. The collected video recordings feature Pomona College alumni discussing civilian life, including life on campus, as well as military and other experiences during the war years.
Dates:
2001 April 27 - April 28
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
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
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
Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-1055
Scope and Contents
A collection of approximately 70 letters with several accompanying photographs, occasional handwritten illustrations, and postcards from Sergeant Wilfred D. Carnes, an Au Sable Forks, New York native to his family while serving in World War II from 1943 until 1945. The collection also contains correspondence received by Carnes and an application for National Service life insurance.
Dates:
1941-1947 and undated; Majority of material found within 1943-1945
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
Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-0966
Abstract
This collection consists of propaganda posters from both World War I and World War II from the perspective of the Allied powers. While the majority of the posters in this collection are products of the United States government, this collection includes some posters from other countries, Britain and France, and from nongovernmental organizations such as the American Library Association, the Red Cross, the YMCA/YWCA, and private businesses.
Dates:
1914-1945
Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-1049
Abstract
The Yamano Japanese Internment collection contains materials pertaining to the life of Japanese Americans before, during, and after World War II. Many of the materials in the collection document their time in relocation and internment facilities. Sakae and Matsuzo Yamano emigrated from Japan to California in the 1920’s and 1930’s. They were interned at Granada Relocation Center and Tule Lake Relocation Center during World War II and remained interned until 1946. The collection contains...
Dates:
1904-2014 and undated
