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Finding Aid for the Miriam Matthews papers, 1845-1988, bulk 1920-1980

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Finding Aid for the Miriam 1804 1 Matthews papers, 1845-1988, bulk 1920-1980 Title: Miriam Matthews papers Collection number: 1804 Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections Language of Material: English Physical Description: 9.5 linear ft.(19 boxes. 2 oversize boxes.) Date (inclusive): 1845-1988, bulk 1920-1980 Abstract: Miriam Matthews (1905-2003), the first credentialed African-American librarian in the state of California, was a librarian at Los Angeles Public Library (1927-1960), a historian of African American and California history, and an active member of the American and California Library Associations' Committees on Intellectual Freedom. The collection consists of clippings, correspondence, photographs, reports, ephemera, and other materials relating to intellectual freedom; the Los Angeles Public Library; Matthews' involvement with professional, civic, community, and historical organizations; and her research on African-American and California history. Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information. Creator: Matthews, Miriam. Restrictions on Access COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information. Restrictions on Use and Reproduction Property rights to the physical object belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright. Provenance/Source of Acquisition Gift of Miriam Matthews family, 2008. Processing Note Processed by Krystal Appiah in the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT), with assistance from Kelley Wolfe Bachli, Summer 2008. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Miriam Matthews papers (Collection 1804). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA. Biography Miriam Matthews (1905-2003), the first credentialed African-American librarian in the state of California, was a librarian at Los Angeles Public Library (1927-1960), a historian of African American and California history, and an active member of the American and California Library Associations' Committees on Intellectual Freedom. Miriam Matthews was born on August 6, 1905 in Pensacola, Florida and moved to Los Angeles with her family two years later. After graduating from Los Angeles High School in 1922, Matthews studied at the University of California, Southern Branch (now UCLA) for two years. She transferred to the University of California, Berkeley where she graduated with a B.A. in 1926 and a certificate in librarianship in 1927, becoming the first known certified African American librarian in California. Matthews began her career at the Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL) in 1927 and became a branch librarian in 1934. She took two leaves of absence from LAPL, one in 1940 to work at the New York Public Library in a librarian exchange program and another from 1944 to 1945 in order to earn a master's degree in library science from the University of Chicago. In 1949, she was promoted to regional librarian, a position she held until her retirement from LAPL in 1960. Matthews was one of the first people to advocate for the establishment of Negro History Week (now African American History Month) in Los Angeles, leading to its official observance by the City of Los Angeles in 1931. In 1946, she became chairman of the California Library Association Committee on Intellectual Freedom. The following year, she was appointed to the American Library Association Committee on Intellectual Freedom (1947-1951) where she contributed to the 1948 revision of the Library Bill of Rights. In 1977, Gov. Edmund Brown appointed Matthews to the California Heritage Preservation Commission and California State Historic Records Advisory Board. She contributed to the establishment of an archives and records management program for the City of Los Angeles in 1979. While a member of the Los Angeles 200 Committee in 1981, Matthews proposed and implemented the construction of a historical plaque detailing the names, ages, and races of the city founders. Matthews died in Mercer Island, Washington on June 23, 2003.

Finding Aid for the Miriam 1804 2 Matthews papers, 1845-1988, bulk 1920-1980 In 2003, the Los Angeles Historical Society established the annual Miriam Matthews Award in her honor. The Los Angeles Public Library Hyde Park branch was renamed for her in 2004. Scope and Content Collection consists of clippings, correspondence, photographs, reports, ephemera, and other materials relating to intellectual freedom; Matthews' work at Los Angeles Public Library; her involvement with professional, civic, community, and historical organizations; and her research on African American and California history. The collection is especially strong in materials about Titus Alexander, Ralph J. Bunche, Mary Ellen Pleasant, and William Grant Still. Organization and Arrangement Arranged in the following series: 1. Committee work and professional memberships 2. Los Angeles Public Library 3. Personal papers 4. Subject files. Original file titles were preserved whenever possible. • Miriam Matthews Collection. African American Museum and Library at Oakland (AAMLO). • Miriam Matthews Photographic Collection. California African American Museum, Los Angeles. Related Oral History The following oral history is available through the UCLA Library Center for Oral History Research: • Interview of Miriam Matthews UCLA Catalog Record ID UCLA Catalog Record ID: 6154247 Subjects and Indexing Terms Bunche, Ralph J. (Ralph Johnson), 1904-1971. Matthews, Miriam --Archives. Pleasant, Mary Ellen, 1814-1904. Still, William Grant, 1895-1978. African American women librarians--California--Los Angeles--Archives.

Committee Work and Professional Memberships. 1943-1980. Scope and Content Note Correspondence, agendas, minutes, newsletters and publications, newspaper articles, grant proposals and evaluations, and recommendations relating to Miriam Matthews's involvement on committees and boards

Box 1, Folder 1 American Library Association--conference. 1953 June 21-25, probably 1949. Scope and Content Note American Library Association resolution, constitution, conference reporter, program.

Box 1, Folder 2 American Library Association--Intellectual Freedom Committee. 1946-1950. Scope and Content Note Clippings, correspondence, and organization's resolutions on censorship, loyalty oath.

Box 1, Folder 3 American Library Association--Intellectual Freedom Committee. 1951. Scope and Content Note Correspondence, memoranda, clippings, pamphlets.

Box 1, Folder 4 American Library Association--Intellectual Freedom Committee. 1952-1964. Scope and Content Note Correspondence, clippings, organizations' resolutions about censorship and teaching UNESCO curriculum in Los Angeles schools.

Finding Aid for the Miriam 1804 3 Matthews papers, 1845-1988, bulk 1920-1980 Committee Work and Professional Memberships. 1943-1980.

Box 1, Folder 5 California State Historical Records Advisory Board. 1978. Scope and Content Note Grant proposal--Oakland Museum.

Box 2, Folder 1 American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). 1952-1953, 1965-1972. Scope and Content Note Civil Liberties, publication of ACLU

Box 2, Folder 2 American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). 1946-1953, 1965-1972. Scope and Content Note Open Forum, publication of ACLU Southern California Branch

Box 2, Folder 3 American Library Association. 1943, 1953, 1965-1982. Scope and Content Note Bulletins and conference program.

Box 2, Folder 4 American Library Association--Intellectual Freedom Committee. 1947-1953. Scope and Content Note Correspondence, newspaper articles, pamphlets, notes, conference program, reading lists.

Box 2, Folder 5 American Library Association--Newsletter on Intellectual Freedom. 1953-1979. Box 2, Folder 6 American Library Association--nominees. 1974. Box 2, Folder 7 California Library Association. 1949, 1967-1975. Box 2, Folder 8 California Library Association--Committee on Intellectual Freedom. 1948. Box 2, Folder 9 California Library Association--conferences. 1953 November 11-14, 1984 December 1-5. Box 2, Folder 10 Calibrarian. 1957, 1967-1975. Scope and Content Note Newsletters.

Box 2, Folder 11 Developmental Reading Committee. 1963. Box 3, Folder 1 California Heritage Preservation Commission. 1977-1980. Scope and Content Note Correspondence, minutes, agenda, memoranda.

Box 3, Folder 2 California Heritage Preservation Commission. 1978-1979. Scope and Content Note Correspondence and reports regarding State Archives Building and drafts of Governor's Records Act.

Box 3, Folder 3 California State Historical Records Advisory Board. 1977-1978. Scope and Content Note Correspondence, agenda, evaluations.

Box 3, Folder 4 California State Historical Records Advisory Board. 1978-1979. Scope and Content Note Correspondence, minutes, agenda

Box 3, Folder 5 California State Historical Records Advisory Board. 1978. Scope and Content Note Grant proposals, evaluations.

Finding Aid for the Miriam 1804 4 Matthews papers, 1845-1988, bulk 1920-1980 Committee Work and Professional Memberships. 1943-1980.

Box 3, Folder 6 California State Historical Records Advisory Board. 1978. Scope and Content Note Grant proposals, evaluations.

Box 3, Folder 7 California State Historical Records Advisory Board. 1978. Scope and Content Note Grant proposals.

Box 3, Folder 8 California State Historical Records Advisory Board. 1978. Scope and Content Note Grant proposals, evaluations.

Box 4, Folder 1 California State Historical Records Advisory Board. 1978. Scope and Content Note Recommendations to National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Box 4, Folder 2 California State Historical Records Advisory Board. 1978. Scope and Content Note Grant proposal.

Box 4, Folder 3 California State Historical Records Advisory Board. 1978. Scope and Content Note Grant proposal.

Box 4, Folder 4 California State Historical Records Advisory Board. 1979. Scope and Content Note Recommendations to National Historical Publications and Records.

Box 4, Folder 5 California State Historical Records Advisory Board. 1979. Scope and Content Note Grant proposals, evaluations.

Box 4, Folder 6 California State Historical Records Advisory Board. 1979. Scope and Content Note Grant proposals, evaluations.

Box 4, Folder 7 California State Historical Records Advisory Board. 1980. Scope and Content Note Grant proposals, evaluations.

Box 5, Folder 1 California State Historical Records Advisory Board. 1980. Scope and Content Note Recommendations to National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Box 5, Folder 2 Public Library Association. 1971 March, 1975 October. Scope and Content Note Newsletters.

Box 5, Folder 3 Society of California Archivists. 1977-1978. Scope and Content Note Newsletters, annual meeting, newspaper articles.

Finding Aid for the Miriam 1804 5 Matthews papers, 1845-1988, bulk 1920-1980 Los Angeles Public Library. 1937-1973 (bulk 1937-1959).

Los Angeles Public Library. 1937-1973 (bulk 1937-1959). Scope and Content Note Memos, bulletins, reports, and surveys by or for Los Angeles Public Library staff. Series also includes administrative reports and work produced by Miriam Matthews in her positions as branch and regional librarian.

Box 1, Folder 6 California Library Tax Report. 1939-1941. Scope and Content Note Compiled by Special Committee of Los Angeles Public Library staff.

Box 1, Folder 7 Los Angeles Public Library Regional Librarians. 1956-1959. Scope and Content Note Memoranda, reports, meeting minutes.

Box 1, Folder 8 Los Angeles Public Library. 1941-1957. Scope and Content Note Reports.

Box 1, Folder 9 Vermont Square Library branch history. undated. Scope and Content Note History of the branch 1913-1949.

Box 1, Folder 10 Vernon Branch Library. 1937-1944, 1967-1972, undated. Scope and Content Note Reports, negro bibliography for young people, invitation.

Box 5, Folder 4 El Pueblo. 1965-1972. Scope and Content Note All City Employees Association newsletter.

Box 5, Folder 5 Los Angeles Public Library. 1951-1959. Scope and Content Note Memoranda, bulletins, reports

Box 5, Folder 6 Los Angeles Public Library. 1943-1959, 1972-1976. Scope and Content Note News bulletins, flyers, clippings, statistics, reports.

Box 5, Folder 7 Los Angeles Public Library School. 1934. Scope and Content Note Photocopy of alumni directory.

Subject Files. 1845-1988. Scope and Content Note Subject files collected by Matthews that documents people and organizations, particularly relating to Los Angeles, California, and African American history.

Box 1, Folder 11 Africa. 1950-1976, undated. Scope and Content Note Bibliographies, pamphlets, newsletters, clippings.

Finding Aid for the Miriam 1804 6 Matthews papers, 1845-1988, bulk 1920-1980 Subject Files. 1845-1988.

Box 1, Folder 12 Alexander, Titus. 1917-1951, undated. Scope and Content Note Clippings, memo book with handwritten notes probably belonging to Titus Alexander, handwritten biographical notes by Miriam Matthews.

Box 1, Folder 13 Archy Lee slave case. 1858. Scope and Content Note Microfilmed clipping.

Box 1, Folder 14 Bass, Charlotta A. 1960, 1969. Scope and Content Note Photocopy of last will and testament and court papers.

Box 1, Folder 15 Beal, Israel. 1929 May 13. Scope and Content Note Negro pioneer of Redlands, California. Photocopy of clipping.

Box 1, Folder 16 Beckwourth, James. 1938, 1973. Scope and Content Note Articles.

Box 1, Folder 17 Black Americans. 1966-1980, undated. Scope and Content Note Map, United States Department of Labor publication, clippings, pamphlets.

Box 5, Folder 9 Adams Chronicles. 1975. Scope and Content Note Guide for public television series, clipping.

Box 5, Folder 10 Alexander, Titus. 1923-1981, predominantly 1923-1953. Scope and Content Note Originals and photocopies of published articles about Titus Alexander. Many articles are not dated. Photographs of Miriam Matthews are in Church and Community Press, 1953 and Los Angeles Tribune, 1952 June 13.

Box 5, Folder 11 Alexander, Titus. circa 1933-1948. Scope and Content Note Speeches.

Box 5, Folder 12 Alexander, Titus. undated. Scope and Content Note Writings and notes.

Box 6, Folder 1 Alexander, Titus. 1917-1956. Scope and Content Note Correspondence.

Box 6, Folder 2 Alexander, Titus. circa 1917-1981. Scope and Content Note Biographical sketches about Titus Alexander, photographs, Western Pennsylvania Medical College matriculation card, business cards, marriage announcement.

Finding Aid for the Miriam 1804 7 Matthews papers, 1845-1988, bulk 1920-1980 Subject Files. 1845-1988.

Box 6, Folder 3 Alexander, Titus. 1913-1958, undated. Scope and Content Note Event programs, invitations, Palomar Observatory, correspondence mentioning or endorsing Titus Alexander, political articles and pamphlets, poems by others, pamphlets about rights and contributions of colored Americans, shares of Charleston National Mining Company owned by Lara B. Allens.

Box 6, Folder 4 Alexander, Titus. circa 1910-1936. Scope and Content Note Photo album probably belonging to Titus Alexander. Photographs of unidentified children and adults, some at Yosemite. Titus Alexander is likely pictured in some photographs.

Box 6, Folder 5 Allen, Edgar. 1977-1982. Scope and Content Note Handwritten Edgar Allen retirement speech by Miriam Matthews, correspondence and memoranda regarding City of Los Angeles records management and archives.

Box 6, Folder 6 Allensworth, California. 1912, 1968-1978. Scope and Content Note Copy of newspaper article, water system dedication program.

Box 6, Folder 7 American Lung Association of Los Angeles County. 1980 May 13. Scope and Content Note Memorandum regarding Proposition 9 on California ballet.

Box 6, Folder 8 American Society of African Culture. 1959 November - 1966 February. Scope and Content Note Newsletters.

Box 6, Folder 9 Anderson, Fred. 1976, 1980. Scope and Content Note University of Southern California dissertation, correspondence.

Box 7, Folder 1 Art. 1965, 1966, undated. Scope and Content Note Clippings, programs.

Box 7, Folder 2 Association for Study of Negro Life and History. 1968-1978, undated. Scope and Content Note Convention materials, bulletins, pamphlets, clippings, advertisement.

Box 7, Folder 3 Ayers, Carolyn. 1988 December 27. Scope and Content Note Correspondence.

Box 7, Folder 4 Bogle, Richard and America Waldo. circa 1980-1981. Scope and Content Note Letter and copies of newspaper clippings about history of Richard Bogle and his family.

Finding Aid for the Miriam 1804 8 Matthews papers, 1845-1988, bulk 1920-1980 Subject Files. 1845-1988.

Box 7, Folder 5 Biographies of Black Americans. undated. Scope and Content Note Biographical sketches of Daniel Hale Williams, George Washington Carver, James Weldon Johnson, Sojourner Truth, Crispus Attucks, Phyllis Wheatley, Ralph Johnson Bunche, Martin Luther King, Blanche Kelso Bruce, Langston Hughes.

Box 7, Folder 6 Blacks in Los Angeles. 1966-circa 1984. Scope and Content Note Black History Month reception program, Los Angeles Riot Study article information, clippings.

Box 7, Folder 7 Black librarians, contemporary. 1969, 1978. Scope and Content Note American Libraries and University of Chicago Magazine articles.

Box 7, Folder 8 Black librarians, history and biographies. 1939-1983, predominantly 1966-1975. Scope and Content Note California Librarians Black Caucus meeting minutes. Articles about Edward C. Williams, George W. Forbes, Thomas F. Blue, Daniel A.P. Murray, Robert Wedgeworth, Loyce Pleasants, Effie Lee Morris, Sadie P. Delaney, Joseph H. Reason, Clara Stanton Jones, Harriet B. Brown, Janette Smith.

Box 7, Folder 9 Black newspapers. 1931-1943, 1964-1973. Scope and Content Note Photostats of black and mainstream Los Angeles newspapers articles. Includes John Fowler's Spreading Joy column in the California Eagle.

Box 7, Folder 10 Black performers. 1940-1978. Scope and Content Note Clippings.

Box 7, Folder 11 Black scientists. 1945-1974, undated. Scope and Content Note Clipping, Tuskegee Institute annual report, biographical booklet of Black American scientists.

Box 7, Folder 12 Book history. undated. Scope and Content Note Clipping and University of California, Berkeley class brochure.

Box 7, Folder 13 Bradley, Tom. 1969-1973, undated. Scope and Content Note Los Angeles Councilman report, mayoral campaign materials, clippings.

Box 7, Folder 14 Browning, Ivan Harold. 1978-1980. Scope and Content Note Newspaper article, tribute concert program.

Box 7, Folder 15 Bulletins--miscellaneous. 1952-1984. Box 8, Folder 1 Bunche, Ralph J. 1922-1978, predominantly 1949-1978. Scope and Content Note Addresses and programs for events featuring or in memoriam of Ralph Bunche. Includes program of Jefferson High School graduation.

Finding Aid for the Miriam 1804 9 Matthews papers, 1845-1988, bulk 1920-1980 Subject Files. 1845-1988.

Box 8, Folder 2 Bunche, Ralph J. 1927-1972. Scope and Content Note Clippings.

Box 8, Folder 3 Bunche, Ralph J. 1973-1974. Scope and Content Note Clippings.

Box 8, Folder 4 Bunche, Ralph J. 1975-1976. Scope and Content Note Clippings.

Box 8, Folder 5 California history. 1930-1984. Scope and Content Note Pamphlets, newsletters, articles.

Box 8, Folder 6 California state reports. 1975-1981. Scope and Content Note "Identification of the Historical Records of County Government in California" and "The Preservation, Organization and Display of California's Historic Documents."

Box 8, Folder 7 Churches--First A.M.E.--Los Angeles. 1921, 1953-1986, undated. Scope and Content Note Originals and photocopies of programs, correspondence and articles.

Box 8, Folder 8 Churches--First A.M.E.--Pasadena. circa 1975. Scope and Content Note Photocopy of dedication program.

Box 8, Folder 9 Churches--Independent Church. 1915-1966, undated. Scope and Content Note Copies of programs and history of the church. Typescripts of articles, handwritten notes, photographs.

Box 9, Folder 1 Churches--United Church of Christ. 1978. Scope and Content Note Newsletter.

Box 9, Folder 2 Churches--Ward Chapel A.M.E. 1951 February 5. Scope and Content Note Clipping.

Box 9, Folder 3 "Citizen's guide to collection of source materials in Negro history". undated. Scope and Content Note Paper written by Wesley Brazier, Lawrence de Graaf, Norman O. Houston, Miriam Matthews, and Vassie Wright, members of Committee to Preserve California Negro History.

Box 9, Folder 4 Cloud, Frank. 1915-1931, undated. Scope and Content Note Photocopies of his Crisis magazine covers of photographs taken by Cloud Studios.

Finding Aid for the Miriam 1804 10 Matthews papers, 1845-1988, bulk 1920-1980 Subject Files. 1845-1988.

Box 9, Folder 5 Collection checklists. undated. Scope and Content Note Checklists of contents of Jessie L. Terry Collection, Bessie Bruington Burke Collection, and Biddy Mason Collection.

Box 9, Folder 6 Compton, California. 1964 August, 1973 December. Scope and Content Note Clippings.

Box 9, Folder 7 Conference of California Historical Societies. 1982-1983. Scope and Content Note Newsletters.

Box 9, Folder 8 Crisis. 1922 August, 1976 May. Box 9, Folder 9 De Graaf, Lawrence. 1969. Scope and Content Note Copy of de Graaf's research paper, "Black Los Angeles: Making of a ghetto."

Box 9, Folder 10 Delta Sigma Theta. 1929, 1974-1984. Scope and Content Note Newsletters, newspaper photograph, event program.

Box 9, Folder 11 Dodson, Jacob. 1964 November. Scope and Content Note Negro History Bulletin article, "The Negro Who Rode with Fremont in 1847."

Box 9, Folder 12 Elizabeth Fry Center. 1976 May. Scope and Content Note California Senate bill appeal.

Box 9, Folder 13 Equality in employment. 1962-1963, undated. Scope and Content Note Government and private industry brochures and publications.

Box 9, Folder 14 Equality in employment. 1966-1968, 1984, undated. Scope and Content Note Government and private industry brochures and publications.

Box 9, Folder 15 Ethiopian Students Union in North America. 1974. Scope and Content Note Paper, "Mass organizations"

Box 9, Folder 16 Exceptional Children's Foundation. 1971 October. Scope and Content Note Fundraising invitation with handwritten notes.

Box 9, Folder 17 Family Savings and Loan. 1964-1976. Scope and Content Note Financial statements, newsletter article.

Box 9, Folder 18 Fisher, James A. 1969 December, 1971 September, undated. Scope and Content Note Writings.

Finding Aid for the Miriam 1804 11 Matthews papers, 1845-1988, bulk 1920-1980 Subject Files. 1845-1988.

Box 9, Folder 19 Foster, David. undated. Scope and Content Note Signed pencil drawing by David Foster.

Box 9, Folder 20 Franklin, John Hope. 1976. Scope and Content Note Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities program and newspaper article.

Box 9, Folder 21 Gafford, Alice. 1942, 1961, 1967, 1971, 1972. Scope and Content Note Clippings, program, correspondence.

Box 9, Folder 22 Golden State International Exposition. 1939. Scope and Content Note Souvenir program.

Box 9, Folder 23 Golden State Minority Foundation. 1976-1985, undated. Scope and Content Note Programs, newsletters, brochures.

Box 10, Folder 1 Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company. 1975, 1976, undated. Scope and Content Note Publications and industry articles.

Box 10, Folder 2 Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company. 1974 December - 1977 October. Scope and Content Note Golden Pen newsletter

Box 10, Folder 3 Grant, M. Earl. 1968 February. Scope and Content Note Clippings.

Box 10, Folder 4 Griffith, Harold. 1985 March 10. Scope and Content Note Grandson of Griffith van Griffith. Obituary

Box 10, Folder 5 Grimes, Leonard. 1977. Scope and Content Note Address of Congregational Church of Christian Fellowship, note to Miriam Matthews.

Box 10, Folder 6 Haiti. 1967 December 25. Scope and Content Note Clipping.

Box 10, Folder 7 Hart, Philip. 1983. Scope and Content Note California Council for the Humanities grant proposal, "In Search of a Dream, Early California Black Aviators."

Finding Aid for the Miriam 1804 12 Matthews papers, 1845-1988, bulk 1920-1980 Subject Files. 1845-1988.

Box 10, Folder 8 Hayden, Dolores. 1987, 1988. Scope and Content Note Paper, "Biddy Mason's Los Angeles, 1856-1891." Program of "The Life and Times of Biddy Mason."

Box 10, Folder 9 Historical societies--California. 1971-1985. Scope and Content Note Newsletters and ephemera.

Box 10, Folder 10 Housing--California. 1949-1984. Scope and Content Note Pamphlets and reports on housing desegregation, newsletter.

Box 10, Folder 11 Housing--Los Angeles. 1951-1958, 1967-1968, undated. Scope and Content Note Mimeographs of segregation announcement and integration advertisements. Pamphlets and reports on housing desegregation.

Box 10, Folder 12 Johnson, Dorothy Vena. 1961-1976, undated. Scope and Content Note Correspondence, history of Garden Gate High School, drafts of biographical sketch written by Miriam Matthews, clippings.

Box 10, Folder 13 Johnson, Dorothy Vena. undated. Scope and Content Note Copies of her poetry, bibliography of her works.

Box 11, Folder 1 League of Allied Arts. 1938-1981. Scope and Content Note Event programs, newspaper articles, correspondence, photographs of Calvin Bailey.

Box 11, Folder 2 Legal Defense Fund. 1975-1984, undated. Scope and Content Note Ephemera, articles.

Box 11, Folder 3 Liberty Savings and Loan Association. 1924-1960. Scope and Content Note Photocopies of newsletters, financial statement.

Box 11, Folder 4 Links, Los Angeles Chapter. 1956, 1960. Scope and Content Note Cotillion and souvenir programs.

Box 11, Folder 5 Links, Los Angeles Chapter. 1964-1972, undated.. Scope and Content Note Cotillion programs. Constitution and bylaws.

Box 11, Folder 6 Lomax, Almena. 1961-1968. Scope and Content Note Photocopies of short stories.

Finding Aid for the Miriam 1804 13 Matthews papers, 1845-1988, bulk 1920-1980 Subject Files. 1845-1988.

Box 11, Folder 7 Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations. 1955-1973. Scope and Content Note Proposition 21 report, letter, newsletter, pamphlet.

Box 11, Folder 8 Los Angeles historical landmarks. 1944-1979, undated. Scope and Content Note Lists of registered landmarks, history of missions.

Box 11, Folder 9 Los Angeles history. 1958-1977, undated. Scope and Content Note Articles, clippings.

Box 11, Folder 10 Los Angeles 200. 1980. Scope and Content Note Letter.

Box 11, Folder 11 Los Angeles Urban Archives, California State University, Northridge. 1979. Scope and Content Note Copy of report and grant proposal.

Box 11, Folder 12 Modern Maturity magazine. 1978-1980. Scope and Content Note articles

Box 11, Folder 13 Morgan, Charles. undated. Scope and Content Note Excerpts from "The Fountain." Handwritten excerpts from "Private Worlds" by Phyllis Bottonie.

Box 11, Folder 14 Morris, Louise Fisher. 1977, undated. Scope and Content Note Photocopies of photographs and biographical sketch.

Box 11, Folder 15 National Council on Public History. 1983-1986. Scope and Content Note Pamphlets and newsletters.

Box 12, Folder 1 Negro and democracy. 1940-1949, undated. Scope and Content Note Pamphlets and bibliographies on civil rights, democracy, and discrimination.

Box 12, Folder 2 Negro and democracy. 1950-1971, undated. Scope and Content Note Pamphlets and articles from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

Box 12, Folder 3 Negro and race relations. 1945-1967. Scope and Content Note Pamphlets, newsletters, clippings.

Box 12, Folder 4 Negro bibliographies. 1925-1939. Box 12, Folder 5 Negro bibliographies. 1940-1956.

Finding Aid for the Miriam 1804 14 Matthews papers, 1845-1988, bulk 1920-1980 Subject Files. 1845-1988.

Box 13, Folder 1 Negro in California--art and music events. 1946-1947, 1966-1977, 1987, undated. Scope and Content Note Clippings, programs.

Box 13, Folder 2 Negro in California--articles. 1921-1976, undated. Scope and Content Note Clippings and copies of published writings.

Box 13, Folder 3 Negro in California--community events. 1912, 1942-1977. Scope and Content Note Clippings, programs, pamphlets.

Box 13, Folder 4 Negro in California--history. 1969-1972, undated. Scope and Content Note Research notes, correspondence.

Box 13, Folder 5 Negro music and drama programs. 1944-1945. Scope and Content Note Paul Robeson, Hilda Simms, Dorothy Maynor, Anne Brown, and Muriel Smith are featured.

Box 13, Folder 6 "New York's black elite"--article. undated. Box 13, Folder 7 Our Authors Study Club--souvenir programs. 1954-1961. Scope and Content Note Los Angeles Branch of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History

Box 13, Folder 8 Our Authors Study Club--souvenir programs. 1965-1974. Scope and Content Note Los Angeles Branch of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History

Box 14, Folder 1 Pleasant, Mary Ellen. 1925-1933. Scope and Content Note Correspondence of C.W. Bell, Boyd Stutler, and Stella Ingram Brown, researchers of Mary Ellen Pleasant.

Box 14, Folder 2 Pleasant, Mary Ellen. 1934-1938. Scope and Content Note Correspondence of Boyd Stutler, and Stella Ingram Brown, researchers of Mary Ellen Pleasant.

Box 14, Folder 3 Ramsey, Eleanor. 1979-1980. Scope and Content Note Correspondence--California historic resources inventory.

Box 14, Folder 4 Ray, Francis Marion. 1973. Scope and Content Note Photocopy of biography of grandfather by Clarissa Mae Hundley

Box 14, Folder 5 Roberts, Frederick Madison. 1952, undated. Scope and Content Note California legislator, editor, and mortician. Photographs, copies of clippings.

Finding Aid for the Miriam 1804 15 Matthews papers, 1845-1988, bulk 1920-1980 Subject Files. 1845-1988.

Box 14, Folder 6 "Roots" discussion. undated. Scope and Content Note Miriam Matthews' research and notes for discussion of the film "Roots" in Los Angeles

Box 14, Folder 7 Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. 1976-1978. Scope and Content Note Newsletter.

Box 14, Folder 8 Selznick, David O. 1976. Scope and Content Note Program for "Producer prince: a celebration of David Oliver Selznick."

Box 14, Folder 9 Shackleford, James. 1966, undated. Scope and Content Note Research notes and photostats of articles and photographs.

Box 14, Folder 10 Shaw, Leslie. 1985 March. Scope and Content Note Clipping and funeral program.

Box 14, Folder 11 Smith, William E. 1938-1951, undated. Scope and Content Note Photostats of clippings, research notes and biographical sketch.

Box 14, Folder 12 Spectrum: 200 years in Los Angeles. 1980. Scope and Content Note Photocopy of grant proposal.

Box 14, Folder 13 Spencer, Vaino. 1980 October 29. Scope and Content Note Photocopy of clipping.

Box 14, Folder 14 Still, William Grant--clippings. 1941-1966. Box 15, Folder 1 Still, William Grant--clippings. 1970-1975. Box 15, Folder 2 Still, William Grant--correspondence and biographical notes. 1970-1978, undated. Scope and Content Note Correspondence between Miriam Matthews and the Still family; biographical notes.

Box 15, Folder 3 Still, William Grant--programs. 1955-1979, undated. Scope and Content Note Programs of musical performances and tributes.

Box 15, Folder 4 Still, William Grant--publications. 1939-1975. Scope and Content Note Includes "Troubled Island" libretto signed by Langston Hughes.

Box 15, Folder 5 Takara, Kay Brundage. circa 1977. Scope and Content Note Photocopy of essay.

Finding Aid for the Miriam 1804 16 Matthews papers, 1845-1988, bulk 1920-1980 Subject Files. 1845-1988.

Box 15, Folder 6 Temple, Ruth. 1939, 1969-1983. Scope and Content Note Physician and founder of Community Health Association. Photocopies of clippings, biographical notes.

Box 15, Folder 7 Turner, Rufus P. after 1982. Scope and Content Note 1907-1982, electrical engineer, technical writer. Biographical sketch and list of publications.

Box 15, Folder 8 University of Chicago. 1953, 1965. Scope and Content Note Publications.

Box 15, Folder 9 Uprising--newspaper. 1968 April, 1968 May. Box 15, Folder 10 Watts, California. 1965, 1971. Scope and Content Note Clippings.

Box 15, Folder 11 Weekes, Leroy. 1979 May 5. Scope and Content Note Tribute program.

Box 15, Folder 12 William Grant Still Community Arts Center. 1978-1982. Scope and Content Note Administrative records, event programs, clipping.

Box 15, Folder 13 Women For. 1970-1970. Scope and Content Note Women's volunteer support and action group. Newsletters, pamphlets.

Box 15, Folder 14 YMCA, YWCA. 1941-1972. Scope and Content Note Pamphlets, newsletter.

Box 16, Folder 1 Black California. 1940-1947, 1963-1982, undated. Scope and Content Note Clippings.

Box 16, Folder 2 Blodgett, Louis. circa 1924, 1962-1965. Scope and Content Note Brother-in-law of Miriam Matthews. Clippings, handwritten notes by Miriam Matthews.

Box 16, Folder 3 Boyd, Robert, Mrs. 1956, 1970, undated. Scope and Content Note Obituary, clippings, photocopies of photographs of Emma Boyd.

Box 16, Folder 4 Bunche, Ralph J. 1950, 1971-1980. Scope and Content Note Copies of speeches made at United Nations Inauguration Ceremony for Ralph Bunche Memorial Sculpture, clippings, programs.

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Box 16, Folder 5 California history. 1947-1949. Scope and Content Note Bibliography

Box 16, Folder 6 California report. 1978. Scope and Content Note "State Programs and Appointments with Impact on Black Community"

Box 16, Folder 7 Churches--First A.M.E. Los Angeles. 1925-1972. Scope and Content Note Clippings, photocopies of book pages, programs.

Box 16, Folder 8 Churches--Lincoln Avenue Methodist and Second Baptist. 1926, 1983. Scope and Content Note Program, clipping.

Box 16, Folder 9 Clayton, Mayme. 1973, 1981. Scope and Content Note Clippings.

Box 16, Folder 10 Cloud, Frank. 1936, 1970. Scope and Content Note Photocopies of Cloud's Children's Pictorial, biographical sketch, photographs by Frank Cloud, Naval Air Station program

Box 16, Folder 11 Coffey, Alvin. 1902, 1937, 1950, undated. Scope and Content Note Clippings, correspondence, biographical sketch.

Box 16, Folder 12 Community Health Association. 1950, 1970-1980. Scope and Content Note Minutes, correspondence, health pamphlets. Founded by Ruth Temple, M.D.

Box 16, Folder 13 Community Reporter. 1959-1977. Scope and Content Note Newsletter of Community Relations Conference of Southern California.

Box 16, Folder 14 Compton, California. 1970, 1980. Scope and Content Note Clippings.

Box 16, Folder 15 Fair housing and employment. 1946, 1958-1978. Scope and Content Note Memos, pamphlets, newsletters.

Box 16, Folder 16 Fowler, John. circa 1937. Scope and Content Note Photocopied book, "Spreading Joy," a collection of his columns in the California Eagle.

Box 16, Folder 17 Gordon, Walter. 1938-1976. Scope and Content Note Clippings.

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Box 16, Folder 18 Henry, Mary Bradshaw. 1979 March 1. Scope and Content Note Clipping.

Box 16, Folder 19 Johnson, Nelle. 1975 July 6. Scope and Content Note Clipping, "Requiem for Aunt Nelle." Ralph Bunche's aunt.

Box 17, Folder 1 King, La Vetta. 1977 August 7. Scope and Content Note Clipping.

Box 17, Folder 2 League of Allied Arts. 1939-1976. Scope and Content Note Programs, clippings. Includes “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” signed by Langston Hughes.

Box 17, Folder 3 Leidesdorff, William Alexander. 1849-1855. Scope and Content Note Microfilm printout of estate inventory and probate court record, pages 1-15.

Box 17, Folder 4 Leidesdorff, William Alexander. 1849-1855. Scope and Content Note Microfilm printout of estate inventory and probate court record, pages 16-33.

Box 17, Folder 5 Leidesdorff, William Alexander. 1845-1864, 1949, 1956, 1974. Scope and Content Note Copies of correspondence, articles, map of Spanish California.

Box 17, Folder 6 Los Angeles Black pioneers. 1927, circa 1920s, undated. Scope and Content Note Clippings. Four publicity photographs of James Lowe from the film Uncle Tom's Cabin. There are ten photographs of unidentified women and men and the 34th Street Fire Company firefighters

Box 17, Folder 7 Los Angeles Black settlers--article. 1975. Scope and Content Note Clippings of six part series, "Los Angeles Black Settlers and Lies of Negro Pioneers," published in Los Angeles Sentinel. Research notes of Miriam Matthews who cited many inaccuracies in the articles.

Box 17, Folder 8 Los Angeles Civic League. after 1932. Scope and Content Note Pamphlet.

Box 17, Folder 9 Los Angeles--Fire Department. 1898-1900,1966-1974, undated. Scope and Content Note Clippings and Miriam Matthews research notes.

Box 17, Folder 10 Los Angeles--Founders. 1946-1966. Scope and Content Note Clippings and Miriam Matthews research notes.

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Box 17, Folder 11 Marsh family. 1954,1967, 1970. Scope and Content Note Photocopied clippings and programs relating to Vivian, Leon Sr., and Leon Jr. Marsh

Box 17, Folder 12 Miller, Loren. 1962-1967. Scope and Content Note Clippings, biographical sketch.

Box 17, Folder 13 Motion picture companies--Black. 1921, 1969, 1977. Scope and Content Note Copy of articles of incorporation of Lincoln Motion Picture Company and list of George P. Johnson Negro Film Collection, clippings.

Box 17, Folder 14 Negro bibliographies. 1930-1942. Box 18, Folder 1 Negro in California. 1914-1927, 1952-1976. Scope and Content Note Clippings, photocopied programs.

Box 18, Folder 2 Netherland, Mary C. 1916, 1970, 1971. Scope and Content Note Granddaughter of John W. Scott, a soldier with Colonel John C. Fremont. Clippings.

Box 18, Folder 3 Olympic Games--Los Angeles. circa 1932. Scope and Content Note Ticket stubs, photocopies of promotional materials.

Box 18, Folder 4 Our Authors Study Club. 1964-1979. Scope and Content Note Program, clippings.

Box 18, Folder 5 Pleasant, Mary Ellen. 1969-1970. Scope and Content Note Correspondence and notes of Marjorie Green, biographer of Mary Ellen Pleasant.

Box 18, Folder 6 Pleasant, Mary Ellen. 1862-1867, 1904, 1930-1947, undated. Scope and Content Note Photocopied correspondence, court records, clippings, relating to Mary Ellen Pleasant.

Box 18, Folder 7 Pleasant, Mary Ellen. 1895-1899, 1933-1946, undated. Scope and Content Note Photocopied articles and Miriam Matthews research notes, clippings. Two photographs of unidentified women.

Box 18, Folder 8 Politics--Los Angeles. 1959-1985. Scope and Content Note Clippings, newsletters.

Box 18, Folder 9 Politics--Westside Republican Women's Club, Federated. 1958-1967. Scope and Content Note Photocopies of clippings, programs, commendations.

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Box 18, Folder 10 Programs--miscellaneous. 1917-1934, 1949, 1970. Scope and Content Note Photocopies of news clippings and programs of plays, church events, funerals in Los Angeles. From the collection of Mrs. Jessie Terry's brother.

Box 19, Folder 1 Reference and bibliography--University of Southern California. 1944. Scope and Content Note Guide for School of Library Service.

Box 19, Folder 2 Russell, Clayton. 1942, 1981, undated. Scope and Content Note Photocopies of World War II speech, funeral program, newspaper clipping.

Box 19, Folder 3 San Diego Pioneers. 1937, 1958-1969, undated. Scope and Content Note Photocopied clippings, book pages, about Nathan Harrison, Allen Light, and the pioneer life.

Box 19, Folder 4 San Francisco. 1974. Scope and Content Note "A Walking Tour of the Black Presence in San Francisco during the Nineteenth Century" by Elizabeth Parker and James Abajian.

Box 19, Folder 5 Scott, David Gillis. 1926. Scope and Content Note Obituary.

Box 19, Folder 6 Scott, Margaret. 1943, 1962-1969. Scope and Content Note Clippings, biography, Sojourner Truth Industrial Club program, obituaries. Two photographs of Miriam Matthews at Margaret Scott's 103rd birthday party.

Box 19, Folder 7 Silhouette Pictorial--magazine. 1939 February, March, October, 1940 September. Scope and Content Note Photocopies of issues.

Box 19, Folder 8 Spikes, Benjamin and John. 1942-1951. Scope and Content Note Benjamin "Reb" Spikes, composer, author, music publisher. John Spikes, composer, author, conductor, teacher. Photocopied programs and articles.

Box 19, Folder 9 Still, William Grant-musical scores. undated. Scope and Content Note Photocopies.

Box 19, Folder 10 Still, William Grant-"Lenox Avenue". after 1936. Scope and Content Note Signed by William Grant Still and Verna Arvey to Ivan and Dorothy [Johnson].

Box 19, Folder 11 Still, William Grant-Phylon article. 1951. Scope and Content Note Notes and correspondence of Miriam Matthews.

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Box 19, Folder 12 Still, William Grant. 1938-1978. Scope and Content Note Clippings, correspondence from Judy Still Headlee, program.

Box 19, Folder 13 Tackett, Marnesba. 1981 July 22. Scope and Content Note Clipping.

Box 19, Folder 14 Towns, Royal E. & family. 1970, 1977. Scope and Content Note Clippings.

Box 19, Folder 15 Trends in race relations on the West Coast--a symposium. 1949. Scope and Content Note Photocopies of articles from Common Ground, volume IX, number 3.

Box 19, Folder 16 Wilfandel Club officers. 1949. Scope and Content Note Photograph from brochure.

Box 19, Folder 17 William Grant Still Community Arts Center. 1977-1978. Scope and Content Note Clippings, dedication program.

Box 19, Folder 18 Williams, Paul R. 1930-1977, undated. Scope and Content Note Clippings, biographies, lists of buildings Williams designed.

Box 19, Folder 19 Williams, Paul R. 1976, 1978. Scope and Content Note Historic-Cultural Monument designation of residence, Musilog project.

Box 20, Folder 1 Alexander, Titus. 1896-1936. Scope and Content Note Correspondence, clippings, medical school entry tickets.

Box 20, Folder 2 Alexander, Titus. circa 1914-1924. Scope and Content Note Scrapbook

Box 20, Folder 3 Blodgett, Louis and Ella. 1940-1962. Scope and Content Note Clippings.

Box 20, Folder 4 Bunche, Ralph J. 1963-1983. Scope and Content Note Clippings.

Box 20, Folder 5 Community Health Week. undated. Scope and Content Note Poster.

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Box 20, Folder 6 Fowler, John. 1937. Scope and Content Note "Spreading Joy," a compilation of columns from the California Eagle.

Box 20, Folder 7 Johnson, Ivan J., III. circa 1934. Scope and Content Note Scrapbook.

Box 21, Folder 1 Johnson, Ivan J., III. 1940. Scope and Content Note Scrapbook of clippings and photographs relating to California assemblyman campaign.

Box 21, Folder 2 League of Allied Arts. 1974, undated. Scope and Content Note Clippings, program honoring the 5th Dimension.

Box 21, Folder 3 Leidesdorff, William. 1847-1848. Scope and Content Note Microprint and copy of San Francisco Town Journal during tenure as treasurer.

Box 21, Folder 4 Los Angeles Black pioneers. circa 1910s-1920s. Scope and Content Note Clippings, photographs of unidentified women

Box 21, Folder 5 Moore, Clement C. undated. Scope and Content Note Clipping about "The Night Before Christmas."

Box 21, Folder 6 Negro History Bulletin. 1938 May - 1940 May. Box 21, Folder 7 Pleasant, Mary Ellen. 1899 July 9. Scope and Content Note Clipping.

Box 21, Folder 8 Still, William Grant. 1964 February. Scope and Content Note Ebony article.

Box 21, Folder 9 Westbrook, Yvonne. 1971 October 24. Scope and Content Note Clipping about election bid for San Francisco Board of Supervisors.

Box 21, Folder 10 Williams, Paul R. 1940- circa 1963. Scope and Content Note Clippings.

Personal Papers. 1927-1977. Scope and Content Note Personal correspondence and memorabilia

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Box 5, Folder 8 Correspondence and personal papers. 1927-1977. Scope and Content Note Correspondence. Photocopy of 1927 study list with grades, University of California Alumnae News Notes, and photograph of Matthews at Los Angeles Public Library. Photograph in newspaper clipping. Letterhead. Address book, notes.

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