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Asian Americans: South Bay/Los Angeles Nisei
(California: California State University, Long Beach. Virtual Oral/Aural History Archive),
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When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Issei (first generation immigrants) and their Nisei children were well established in the South Bay area of Los Angeles County. Some raised fruit, vegetables and flowers on undeveloped land that they rented or farmed as sharecroppers. Others formed cooperatives or corporations to...
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When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Issei (first generation immigrants) and their Nisei children were well established in the South Bay area of Los Angeles County. Some raised fruit, vegetables and flowers on undeveloped land that they rented or farmed as sharecroppers. Others formed cooperatives or corporations to sell and distribute produce while still others started small businesses to serve Japanese and other residents in the area.
Field of Study
Letters and Diaries
Content Type
Oral history, Interview
Publisher
California State University, Long Beach. Virtual Oral/Aural History Archive
Topic / Theme
Ethnic groups, Law, Politics, War, World War II, 1939-1945, Bombing of Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, Japanese American Internment, 1942-1945
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Long Beach Area History: Responses to Subsidence and the Tidelands Controversy
(California: California State University, Long Beach. Virtual Oral/Aural History Archive),
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In the late 1930s, oil was discovered under Long Beach harbor. Its production helped Long Beach recover from the Depression and provided revenue to support expansion and modernization of the harbor as well as enriching individuals who owned land in the area. As a result when land near the oil field began to sink,...
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In the late 1930s, oil was discovered under Long Beach harbor. Its production helped Long Beach recover from the Depression and provided revenue to support expansion and modernization of the harbor as well as enriching individuals who owned land in the area. As a result when land near the oil field began to sink, those who were profiting from pumping the oil out from under the land resisted any suggestion that there could be a link between oil pr...
In the late 1930s, oil was discovered under Long Beach harbor. Its production helped Long Beach recover from the Depression and provided revenue to support expansion and modernization of the harbor as well as enriching individuals who owned land in the area. As a result when land near the oil field began to sink, those who were profiting from pumping the oil out from under the land resisted any suggestion that there could be a link between oil production and subsidence. They hired experts to defend their position. As the subsidence continued, those whose property was damaged by the sinking, but who were not benefiting from the oil production, hired experts to determine what was really causing the sinking.
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Letters and Diaries
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Oral history, Interview
Publisher
California State University, Long Beach. Virtual Oral/Aural History Archive
Topic / Theme
Communities, History
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Mexican American/Chicano History: The Mexican Revolution
(California: California State University, Long Beach. Virtual Oral/Aural History Archive),
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(In Spanish) The Mexican Revolution began in 1910 and opponents of the regime of Porfirio Diaz organized in various parts of the country to fight, first against the Mexican Army, and later among themselves for control of the country and its government. In northern Mexico, adjacent to the United States, the various...
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(In Spanish) The Mexican Revolution began in 1910 and opponents of the regime of Porfirio Diaz organized in various parts of the country to fight, first against the Mexican Army, and later among themselves for control of the country and its government. In northern Mexico, adjacent to the United States, the various revolutionary factions sought the official support of the United States government and monetary and material support from private resi...
(In Spanish) The Mexican Revolution began in 1910 and opponents of the regime of Porfirio Diaz organized in various parts of the country to fight, first against the Mexican Army, and later among themselves for control of the country and its government. In northern Mexico, adjacent to the United States, the various revolutionary factions sought the official support of the United States government and monetary and material support from private residents. So the border was a focus of fighting and organizing. Some of the narrators in this series spent time in that area and describe their experiences.
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Letters and Diaries
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Oral history, Interview
Publisher
California State University, Long Beach. Virtual Oral/Aural History Archive
Topic / Theme
Armed forces, War, Mexican Revolution, 1910-1920
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California State University, Long Beach. Virtual Oral/Aural History Archive
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Musical Development in Southern California: Jazz Composers, Arrangers and Performers
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The Hollywood film and recording studios served as a magnet, attracting many talented jazz and commercial musicians to Los Angeles. Yet, little is known of the role that Los Angeles played in the development of jazz, especially the early extension of New Orleans, Chicago and Kansas City jazz. For example, Paul Whi...
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The Hollywood film and recording studios served as a magnet, attracting many talented jazz and commercial musicians to Los Angeles. Yet, little is known of the role that Los Angeles played in the development of jazz, especially the early extension of New Orleans, Chicago and Kansas City jazz. For example, Paul Whiteman's first major success came with his appearance at the Alexandria Hotel in downtown Los Angeles in 1919, and in the early 1920s, n...
The Hollywood film and recording studios served as a magnet, attracting many talented jazz and commercial musicians to Los Angeles. Yet, little is known of the role that Los Angeles played in the development of jazz, especially the early extension of New Orleans, Chicago and Kansas City jazz. For example, Paul Whiteman's first major success came with his appearance at the Alexandria Hotel in downtown Los Angeles in 1919, and in the early 1920s, nearly every major New Orleans figure who went to Chicago also appeared in Los Angeles. By the 1930s, Louis Armstrong was in Los Angeles (1931-32) making records, and Benny Goodman and his band appeared here in 1935 in an event that several jazz historians mark as the beginning of the popularity of the swing era. Lionel Hampton had been in Los Angeles since 1925, the year that radio station KFI did the first Los Angeles to New York radio broadcast.
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Letters and Diaries
Content Type
Oral history, Interview
Publisher
California State University, Long Beach. Virtual Oral/Aural History Archive
Topic / Theme
Intellectual life, Music
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Women's History: Welfare Mothers, Welfare Rights
(California: California State University, Long Beach. Virtual Oral/Aural History Archive),
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The welfare mothers movement in Los Angeles can be traced to 1963 and the founding of the ANC Mothers Anonymous of Watts. Initially it had little connection with the larger women's movement, and its members did not view themselves as part of that movement.
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The welfare mothers movement in Los Angeles can be traced to 1963 and the founding of the ANC Mothers Anonymous of Watts. Initially it had little connection with the larger women's movement, and its members did not view themselves as part of that movement.
Field of Study
Letters and Diaries
Content Type
Oral history, Interview
Publisher
California State University, Long Beach. Virtual Oral/Aural History Archive
Topic / Theme
Economics, Ethnic groups
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Women's History: Women's Lives, Women's Work, 1900-1960
(California: California State University, Long Beach. Virtual Oral/Aural History Archive),
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This series is comprised of a range of women whose work and lives are not easily classified. With only one exception, they constitute a cohort born in the period from 1885 to 1900, and although they all eventually ended up in southern California, their work, family and community lives often played out elsewhere. L...
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This series is comprised of a range of women whose work and lives are not easily classified. With only one exception, they constitute a cohort born in the period from 1885 to 1900, and although they all eventually ended up in southern California, their work, family and community lives often played out elsewhere. Like women of that era, some worked outside their homes only rarely after they married and their lives revolved mainly around their fami...
This series is comprised of a range of women whose work and lives are not easily classified. With only one exception, they constitute a cohort born in the period from 1885 to 1900, and although they all eventually ended up in southern California, their work, family and community lives often played out elsewhere. Like women of that era, some worked outside their homes only rarely after they married and their lives revolved mainly around their families
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Field of Study
Letters and Diaries
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Oral history, Interview
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California State University, Long Beach. Virtual Oral/Aural History Archive
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California State University, Long Beach. Virtual Oral/Aural History Archive
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California State University, Long Beach. Virtual Oral/Aural History Archive
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Labor History: Desegregating Unions during WWII
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While CIO unions were committed to organizing all workers, regardless of race, ethnicity or gender, and had a relatively good record on civil rights, most AFL craft unions engaged in a variety of discriminatory practices. Consequently, although the expanded job market resulting from the wartime industrial boom in...
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While CIO unions were committed to organizing all workers, regardless of race, ethnicity or gender, and had a relatively good record on civil rights, most AFL craft unions engaged in a variety of discriminatory practices. Consequently, although the expanded job market resulting from the wartime industrial boom in Los Angeles created openings for Black workers in both the aircraft and shipbuilding industries, they often found themselves either exc...
While CIO unions were committed to organizing all workers, regardless of race, ethnicity or gender, and had a relatively good record on civil rights, most AFL craft unions engaged in a variety of discriminatory practices. Consequently, although the expanded job market resulting from the wartime industrial boom in Los Angeles created openings for Black workers in both the aircraft and shipbuilding industries, they often found themselves either excluded from unions, or assigned to Jim Crow locals.
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Field of Study
Letters and Diaries
Content Type
Oral history, Interview
Publisher
California State University, Long Beach. Virtual Oral/Aural History Archive
Topic / Theme
Economics, History, Labor force, World War II, 1939-1945
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California State University, Long Beach. Virtual Oral/Aural History Archive
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Labor History: Furniture Workers
(California: California State University, Long Beach. Virtual Oral/Aural History Archive),
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Mexicans first gained employment in the furniture industry in the late 1910s. While it is unclear whether they were primarily U.S. citizens or immigrants, it is clear that they were often restricted to low-paying, undesirable jobs. By 1925, when Los Angeles had become the nation's fourth largest furniture manufact...
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Mexicans first gained employment in the furniture industry in the late 1910s. While it is unclear whether they were primarily U.S. citizens or immigrants, it is clear that they were often restricted to low-paying, undesirable jobs. By 1925, when Los Angeles had become the nation's fourth largest furniture manufacturing center, more entry-level Mexican workers were hired and the experienced ones were assigned to more skilled occupations. Neverthel...
Mexicans first gained employment in the furniture industry in the late 1910s. While it is unclear whether they were primarily U.S. citizens or immigrants, it is clear that they were often restricted to low-paying, undesirable jobs. By 1925, when Los Angeles had become the nation's fourth largest furniture manufacturing center, more entry-level Mexican workers were hired and the experienced ones were assigned to more skilled occupations. Nevertheless, the racially segmented job classifications and pay scales remained intact.
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Letters and Diaries
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Oral history, Interview
Publisher
California State University, Long Beach. Virtual Oral/Aural History Archive
Topic / Theme
Economics, Ethnic groups, Labor force, Great Depression, 1929-1941, World War II, 1939-1945
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California State University, Long Beach. Virtual Oral/Aural History Archive
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Labor History: Garment Workers
(California: California State University, Long Beach. Virtual Oral/Aural History Archive),
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Starting in the early 20th century, women worked in both men's and women's garment manufacturing, and were members of the unions that eventually represented these two industries. The Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America represented the workers in the men's clothing industry and aligned immediately with the newl...
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Starting in the early 20th century, women worked in both men's and women's garment manufacturing, and were members of the unions that eventually represented these two industries. The Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America represented the workers in the men's clothing industry and aligned immediately with the newly organized CIO in the 1930s. The International Ladies Garment Workers, which represented workers in the women's clothing industry, rem...
Starting in the early 20th century, women worked in both men's and women's garment manufacturing, and were members of the unions that eventually represented these two industries. The Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America represented the workers in the men's clothing industry and aligned immediately with the newly organized CIO in the 1930s. The International Ladies Garment Workers, which represented workers in the women's clothing industry, remained aligned with the AFL, except for a brief two year period.
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Field of Study
Letters and Diaries
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Oral history, Interview
Publisher
California State University, Long Beach. Virtual Oral/Aural History Archive
Topic / Theme
Economics, Ethnic groups, Labor force
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California State University, Long Beach. Virtual Oral/Aural History Archive
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Long Beach Area History: Petroleum Entrepreneurs
(California: California State University, Long Beach. Virtual Oral/Aural History Archive),
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The development of southern California oil fields in the 1920s attracted people from all over the country who were hoping to strike it rich. Although most of them didn't, some became successful by supplying equipment to drillers, buying and selling petroleum products and drilling wells for speculators.
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The development of southern California oil fields in the 1920s attracted people from all over the country who were hoping to strike it rich. Although most of them didn't, some became successful by supplying equipment to drillers, buying and selling petroleum products and drilling wells for speculators.
Field of Study
Letters and Diaries
Content Type
Oral history, Interview
Publisher
California State University, Long Beach. Virtual Oral/Aural History Archive
Topic / Theme
Communities, Economics, History, Labor force
Publisher:
California State University, Long Beach. Virtual Oral/Aural History Archive
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