Diaries
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:
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
Oriental Study Expedition Archive
Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-0591
Abstract
The Oriental Study Expedition Archive contains records and memorabilia from a year-long expedition embarked in 1929 by ten Pomona College students to immerse themselves in Chinese life, culture, and religion. The students traveled and studied throughout China, primarily in the Guangdong province, Shanghai, and Beijing, and visited Hawaii, Japan, and Korea as well. The collection includes correspondence, diary entries, dispatches, photographs, photo albums, newspaper clippings, articles,...
Dates:
1919-1989 and undated
Marion Parks papers
Collection
Identifier: H1985.7
Abstract
The papers of Marion Parks, a talented and resourceful personality in Los Angeles during the early 1900s, relate to the history of Southern California. Parks described herself as "a California historian." Her principal contributions in this capacity were a series of still-useful booklets published while she was publicity writer for Security-First National Bank, and the organization of colorful historical pageants (in the Spanish style) in several California towns. Her local history files...
Dates:
1909-1940 (bulk 1926-1940); Majority of material found within 1926 - 1940
Ethel M. and Nancy E. Reed Papers,
Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-0705
Abstract
This collection is comprised of the writings, artwork, and memorabilia of Ethel M. Reed and her adopted daughter, Nancy E. Reed. These two women lived in Claremont, California for most of the twentieth century. Ethel was a homemaker and Nancy worked as a chemist. In addition, Ethel wrote diaries for most of her life and wrote an unpublished account of her childhood in Claremont, and Nancy drew, painted, wrote and illustrated short picture books, and created scrapbooks. Nancy's scrapbooks...
Dates:
1811-1975
Scudder Travel Archive,
Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-1070
Abstract
The archive, comprised of journals and films, documents the world travels of Los Angeles attorney Eric G. E. Scudder (1887-1975) and his wife, Marie Kaplan Lazarus (1890-1973) between the years of 1906 and 1967. Unlike many travelers of the era who went on typical “European Tours”, the Scudders journeyed to lesser-traveled destinations including Manchuria, Hong Kong, Turkey, the Balkans, Russia and parts of Latin America.The collection contains 19 travel journals and 160 reels of...
Dates:
1906-1967
Brian Stonehill papers
Collection
Identifier: 0879
Abstract
The Brian Stonehill Papers contain correspondence, reports, notes, newspaper and magazine clippings, photographs, graduate school materials, and teaching materials. Documents relating to Brian Stonehill's establishment of the Media Studies Program and his eighteen years as a professor in the English Department and Media Studies Program at Pomona College may be found in this collection. In addition, Stonehill's writings and professional project files detailing his dedication to continuing...
Dates:
1890s-2000 (bulk 1970-1997)
The Claremont Colleges Library Special Collections Agricultural Ephemera Collection
Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-0205
Dates:
1904-1996 and undated