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Box 8

 Container

Contains 4 Results:

Publications, 1939 - 1945

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents Includes: Santa Ana Register, 1939-11-21 and 1939-12-11; Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 1941-12-07 [reprint]; Sixth Army News, circa 1945; Los Angeles Daily News, 1945-04-14 [front page only; FDR funeral]; San Francisco Chronicle, 1945-08-15 [incomplete; "PEACE"]; Pacific Stars and Stripes,...
Dates: 1939 - 1945

School newspapers and photographs, 1936 - 1945

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

Includes: Belvedere Jr. High panoramic photograph, 1936; Stevenson Jr. High panoramic photograph, 1940; Roosevelt High Rough Rider, 1941-10-08 and 1942-12-10; Long Beach Poly High Life, 1945-10-19.

Dates: 1936 - 1945

Business, 1958 - 1971

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

Includes: photographs from General American Life Insurance Conventions, 1958 and 1959; The Huntington Park Bulletin, 1971-06-03, with cover photo of James presenting scholarship awards.

Dates: 1958 - 1971

Clippings and certificates of appreciation, 1982 - 1999

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains material on the lives of James and Margarita Mendez. It consists of photographs, printed matter, memorabilia, correspondence, and realia. There is a great deal of material on their secondary school years at both Garfield High School and Roosevelt High School in Los Angeles. Both schools had large populations of Japanese American students whose educations were interrupted by forced relocation and incarceration. Margarita had many Japanese American friends throughout...
Dates: 1982 - 1999