Manuscripts
Carta de derechos para los trabajadores indocumentados / Bill of rights for the undocumented worker
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Alice Park of California: Worker for Woman Suffrage and for Children's Rights [essay]
Manuscripts
The essay contains a short biography of Alice Park, by Rosa Jensen, that was originally published in the Daily Palo Alto Times, February 1, 1947. It also includes several tributes to Park by well-known individuals including Alice Blackwell Stone and Charlotte Perkins Gilman, as well as lists of work done by Alice Park, offices held by Park, and libraries to which Park donated historical items
mssHM 60826
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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
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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
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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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.
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