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SOUTH BAY HISTORY COLLECTION,
1923-2005
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Title: South Bay History Collection
Dates: 1923-2005
Collection Number: Consult repository.
Collector:
California State University, Dominguez Hills
Extent:
6.75 linear feet
(7 boxes)
Repository: California State University, Dominguez Hills
Archives and Special Collections
Archives & Special Collection
University Library, Room G-145
1000 E. Victoria Street
Carson, California 90747
Phone: (310) 243-3013
URL: http://archives.csudh.edu/
Abstract:
The collection includes of brochures, flyers, newsletters, directories, reports, papers, newspapers, and newsclippings related
to the communities of Carson, Davidson City, Gardena, Hawthorne, Lakewood, Lawndale, Lomita, Long Beach, Lynwood, Manhattan
Beach, Palos Verdes, Redondo Beach, San Pedro, Terminal Island, Torrance, Wilmington, and Los Angeles. Subjects include historic
preservation, municipal records, tourism, commerce, and transportation.
Language: Collection material is in English
There are no access restrictions on this collection.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Archives
and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical
materials and not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
[Title of item], South Bay History Collection, Courtesy of the Department of Archives and Special Collections. University
Library. California State University, Dominguez Hills
Materials in this collection were collected by archives staff and members of the community. It is a growing collection.
This collection was originally processed in the 1980s by archival staff.
This finding aid was created as part of Early Los Angeles/Rancho San Pedro Manuscript Cataloging Project, a CSU Dominguez
Hills Library project funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. The project started in 2005.
Project Director was Greg Williams. Project Archivists were Thomas Philo and Jennifer Allan Goldman.
The South Bay History Collection is an artificial collection created by the archives to house materials relating to the history
of the South Bay. Materials in this collection were donated by local historians, the University Library, and archival staff.
In this collection, the South Bay is defined as the area south of the Los Angeles International Airport and the Glenn Anderson
Freeway (CA 105) and west of the San Gabriel River Freeway (CA 605). Generally, the cities in this collection are within the
borders of the Rancho San Pedro land grant, made in 1784.
Materials in this collection include reports, flyers, municipal publications and records, histories, pieces from historical
societies, reports, newsletters, calendars, and newspapers. These have been organized alphabetically by city. Cities with
a large amount of material were further organized into subseries and sub-subseries. The Oversize materials are in a separate
series, arranged to match the series order of the collection.
Arrangement
Arranged in 17 series:
- Series I. Carson, 1963-2001
- Series II. Davidson City, no date
- Series III. Gardena, 1958-1998
- Series IV. Hawthorne, no date
- Series V. Lakewood, 1990-1992
- Series VI. Lawndale, 1992-1993
- Series VII. Lomita, 1990-1991
- Series VIII. Long Beach, 1986, 1996
- Series IX. Lynwood, 1940
- Series X. Manhattan Beach, 1992-1993
- Series XI. Palos Verdes, 1965-1993
- Series XII. Redondo Beach, 1980-1992
- Series XIII. San Pedro, 1976-1988
- Series XIV. Terminal Island, 1959-1965
- Series XV. Torrance, 1931-2005
- Series XVI. Wilmington, 1965-1992
- Series XVII. Regional, 1938-1994
- Series XVIII. Oversize 1923-1989
Public transit
Guided light transit
California State University, Dominguez Hills
Poulson, Norris, 1895-1982
Carson (Calif.)
Davidson City (Calif.)
Gardena (Calif.)
Hawthorne (Calif.)
Lakewood (Calif.)
Lawndale (Calif.)
Lomita (Calif.)
Long Beach (Calif.)
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Lynwood (Calif.)
Manhattan Beach (Calif.)
Palos Verdes (Calif.)
Redondo Beach (Calif.)
San Pedro (Calif.)
Long Beach Harbor (Calif.)
Terminal Island (Calif.)
Torrance (Calif.)
Wilmington (Calif.)
- Compton History Collection
- Dominguez Air Meet Collection
- Heritage House Collection
- Robert C. Gillingham Working Papers Collection
- South Bay Photo Collection (includes Compton photos)