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Andrew Hamilton Papers, 1940-1974

Description:
Collection consists of mostly subject files containing manuscripts, published articles, clippings, and research material related to Andrew Hamilton's writing, his service in the U.S. Navy during World War II, and his career as UCLA Public Affairs officer. The papers mainly comprise clippings, articles and other research materials for Andrew Hamilton's writing but also include records relating to his service in World War II as a Navy public information officer with Fleet Admiral Nimitz in the Pacific. He was a UCLA graduate of the Class of 1935 and held the position of Public Affairs Officer for many years prior to his retirement from the university in 1975. He contributed as a freelance writer to a number of national magazines and was for some time a reporter and feature writer for the Los Angeles Times.

Connell (Will) Papers

Description:
Will Connell (1898-1961) was a self-taught photographer. He opened a studio in downtown Los Angeles in 1925 and became a member of the Camera Pictorialists. He taught at Art Center College in Pasadena from 1931 until his death. His work includes movie publicity shots, magazine assignments and other commercial photography. Connell photographed every industry in California at the time. He completed a number of literary projects and artistic endeavors as well. Connell is known for his use of photomontage and there are examples of this aspect of his work among the nitrate images in the form of the photomontage itself and individual images that were used in creating the montage.
Date:
[between 1928-1961]
Photographer:
Connell, Will, 1898-1961

Dalton Trumbo Papers, 1934-1976

Description:
James Dalton Trumbo (1905-1976) was a screenwriter who became one of the Hollywood Ten and was blacklisted by the motion picture industry (1947). He was one of the first blacklisted writers to emerge from the underground when he received screen credit for his work on the 1960 releases of Spartacus and Exodus. The collection consists of materials related to Trumbo's career as a screen writer and novelist. The majority of material in the collection includes scripts, correspondence, manuscripts, clippings, and notes.
Date:
1934-1976

Elliot Mittler Collection of Welton Becket and Associates Photograph Archives, 1940-1979

Description:
Welton Davis Becket (1902- ) was a Los Angeles based architect with Becket, Wurdeman, and Plummer (later renamed Welton Becket and Associates) - one of the largest firms in Los Angeles with building credits throughout the world. He also served as the Master Planner and Supervising Architect for UCLA from 1949 to 1969. After Becket's death, the firm continued under the same name, directed by his nephew, MacDonald Becket. Around 1985, the firm was acquired by Ellerbe Incorporated to become Ellerbe Becket. The collection consists of photographs related to the work of the Welton Becket & Associates architectural firm. Most of the photographs represent projects in and around the Los Angeles area and include examples of both residential and commercial buildings with interior and exterior views.
Date:
1940-1979

Karl G. Yoneda Papers, 1892-1998

Description:
The collection consists of materials related to Yoneda's involvement in the Japanese American left and labor movement, World War II internment, and the United States Military services. Includes original manuscripts, publications, correspondence, photographs, and photocopied testimonies and investigation case files.
Date:
1928-1989

Kenneth Macgowan Papers, 1915-1970

Description:
Kenneth Macgowan (1888-1963) was a drama critic for newspapers and magazines, a publicity director, producer and director with the Actor's Theater (1927-29), and the first department chair at the UCLA Theater Arts Department (1946-58). He was also interested in the anthropological field of archaeology. His publications include The theater of tomorrow (1921), Footlights across America (1929), Early man in the new world (1950), and Behind the screen: the history and technique of the motion picture (1965). The collection consists of materials related to Macgowan's careers in theater, motion pictures, and academia as well as material related to his interest in anthropology.
Date:
1915-1970

Lloyd Wright Papers, 1920-1978

Description:
The collection consists of Wright's original drawings, renderings, blueprints, photographs, models and office files. Many of the photographs in the collection are by Will Connell.
Date:
1920-1978

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:
This digital collection is comprised of selected digitized photographic negatives from the analog photographic archive. Digitization and description of this collection is ongoing. The analog collection consists of photonegatives documenting events and people in Southern California and photographic prints documenting events and people in Southern California, the U.S., and the world. The material originates from the Los Angeles Times newspaper and includes glass negatives (ca. 1918-1932), nitrate negatives (ca. 1925-45), and safety negatives (ca. 1935-present). Also includes prints and negatives from the Los Angeles Times Orange County and San Diego bureaus.

Man in a lab coat next to promotional information about Adohr milk

Description:
View of a man in a lab coat facing away holding up a pencil. Next to him are a chair and promotional literature about Adohr milk, titled "Don't make this mistake about milk! Adohr...More first awards for quality and purity than all other brands combined." The promotional material includes a drawing of 2 women standing in front of 2 giant bottles of milk with a trophy in the background.
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Collection:
Connell (Will) Papers
Man in a lab coat next to promotional information about Adohr milk

Map of a portion of Los Angeles County showing the Abel Stearns' ranches : La Habra, Los Coyotes, San Juan Cajon, Las Bolsas, La Bolsa Chica

Description:
Relief shown by hachures. Shows drainage, township and section lines, land ownership, ranchos, settlements, railroads, etc. Los Angeles and San Pedro railroad shown as well as projected railroads from Los Angeles to San Berndardino, to Anaheim and from Compton to Anaheim.
Date:
1873
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Maps of Los Angeles, California, the United States and the World, circa 1516-1970
Map of a portion of Los Angeles County showing the Abel Stearns' ranches : La Habra, Los Coyotes, San Juan Cajon, Las Bolsas, La Bolsa Chica

Map of Mexico, including Yucatan and Upper California, exhibiting the chief cities and towns, the principal travelling routes, etc.; and, Map of the principal roads from Vera Cruz and Alvarado to the city of Mexico, including the Valley of Mexico, mountians, plains, volcanoes, lakes, etc.

Description:
Digitization took place as part of the California Cultures Project.
Date:
circa 1847
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Maps of Los Angeles, California, the United States and the World, circa 1516-1970
Map of Mexico, including Yucatan and Upper California, exhibiting the chief cities and towns, the principal travelling routes, etc.; and, Map of the principal roads from Vera Cruz and Alvarado to the city of Mexico, including the Valley of Mexico, mountians, plains, volcanoes, lakes, etc.