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William J. Mountin material relating to forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans
Collection
Identifier: MS-3196
Abstract
William J(ohn) Mountin (b. 14 Nov. 1901) was employed by the Statistical Branch of the Wartime Civil Control Administration (WCCA), under the Assistant Chief of Staff for Civil Affairs, Western Defense Command and Fourth Army. Established in March of 1942 by order of General John DeWitt, the WCCA oversaw the forced removal of roughly 120,000 Japanese Americans from the West Coast, and administered detention camps called “temporary assembly centers.” In the late summer and fall of 1942, the...
Dates:
1940-1942
Found in:
California Historical Society
Muriel Shoesmith papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 1983
Dates:
1823-1973 (bulk 1919-1972)
Found in:
California Historical Society
Stereographs of Yosemite Valley,
Collection
Identifier: PC-RM-Stereos: Box 03_Myosem
Dates:
ca. 1867-1872
Found in:
California Historical Society
Geil J. Norris family papers
Collection
Identifier: Vault MS 156
Dates:
1828-1969; Majority of material found within 1828-1899
Found in:
California Historical Society
Dennis J. Oliver diaries
Collection
Identifier: MS 3577
Dates:
1848-1898
Found in:
California Historical Society
Violet Orr oral history
Collection
Identifier: MS 3516
Dates:
1919-1976; Majority of material found in 1976
Found in:
California Historical Society
Nina A. Page Panoramic Photographs of Los Angeles and San Francisco
Collection — Box: P008
Identifier: PC-035
Content Description
Nineteen panoramic photographs, taken by Nina A. Page in 1902, using a Kodak Panoram No. 4 camera. Six photographs depict Bonnie Brae Street, Los Angeles; the rest depict Mount Lowe Observatory, Los Angeles; Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles; Santa Monica; the Pasadena ostrich farm; Terminal Island; Seal Rocks, San Francisco; and San Francisco street scenes.
Dates:
1902
Found in:
California Historical Society
Painting from Jonestown, Guyana
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS -3682
Abstract
Painting of the sun, painted on wood by an anonymous member of Peoples Temple in Jonestown, Guyana, between 1974 and 1978.
Dates:
circa 1974-1978
Found in:
California Historical Society
Silas H. Palmer business papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 3297
Dates:
1906-1948
Found in:
California Historical Society
Construction of the Pardee Dam photograph album
Collection — Box: P012
Identifier: PC-PA -243
Abstract
Photograph album containing 51 sepia, gelatin silver prints showing the construction of the Pardee Dam, near Valley Springs, California, as part of the Mokelumne River Project by Atkinson Construction Company in 1927-1929.
Dates:
1927 - 1929
Found in:
California Historical Society
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