Manuscripts

Carta de derechos para los trabajadores indocumentados / Bill of rights for the undocumented worker

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Description: Statement on the rights of undocumented workers produced by the 1st International Conference for the Full Rights of Undocumented Workers, held in Mexico City in 1980. There are thirteen rights in all. The document is in Spanish on one side and English on the other side. This is a photocopy.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1980.
Call number: mssHM 84027
Provenance: Purchased from Walkabout Books, October 2021.
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John West, Baron De la Warr tax bill and receipt

Manuscripts

This is a bill and receipt for a land tax of £200 owed by John West, Baron De la Warr. On verso: "Recd 10 Sep. 1722 in full De Lawarr."

mssHM 79824

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Statement regarding payment for passing the Mortgage Tax Bill

Manuscripts

This statement, which is signed "B & W," apparently a law firm, describes a series of events related to the passing of the Mortgage Tax Bill in Sacramento. David Colton, noted as "the agent of the Banks," wished to retain B & W to avoid paying back taxes while the Bill was pending in the state Senate. Once the Bill was struck down in the Assembly, Colton requested the firm's help once again. There is no indication of what party the statement is intended for.

mssHM 47945

Studebaker assembly line, Loma Vista Avenue, Los Angeles. 1936

Visual Materials

Workers inspect nearly completed automobiles at the Studebaker assembly plant on Loma Vista in Los Angeles. One man kneels by the rear driver's side tire with a pencil and clipboard. Three other employees work on the vehicle behind him, which has the hood and driver's side front door open.

photCL Whitt 2595 ; Whitt neg. 2653

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Mark Moore letter to Clay Stalls regarding farm workers in California

Manuscripts

A letter describing work on the Grether Farms of Ventura County; farm labor, especially by Mexican and Mexican American farm workers; and the provenance of the Alvarado family letters in the Huntington Library.

mssHM 84145

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Catálogo de lo más importante para examines de lo moral

Manuscripts

This volume contains a list of the traits and behavior considered most important by Fray Escudé, for both religious and personal conduct. Bound in limp leather. In Spanish.

mssHM 631

Workers with heavy equipment on the beach at Santa Monica

Visual Materials

A group of workers with a pile driver and heavy equipment, working on the beach in Santa Monica, California. The man third from right is Felix Puertas, the grandfather of Ernest Marquez. There is a building in the background with a sign that says "Groceries" and women are sitting under the porch at a table.

photCL_555_01_1361

Carta de derechos para los trabajadores indocumentados / Bill of rights for the undocumented worker

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