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| Series II. Unpublished books, 1947-1994,
undated
5.25 Linear
Feet
(7 boxes)
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| The series contains Nadel's unpublished books and related material on the two HACLA
projects that he documented most extensively, Pueblo del Rio and Aliso Village. Nadel
began documenting Pueblo del Rio while a student at the Art Center College of Design. In
the late 1940s, he showed some of the photographs to Frank Wilkinson, who encouraged him
to continue his documentation, suggesting that he also photograph Aliso Village. Shortly
thereafter Wilkinson hired Nadel as a photographer for HACLA. The books Nadel compiled
from his material are titled, "Pueblo del Rio: The Study of a Planned Community" and
"Aliso Village, USA."
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| Arrangement |
| Arranged in two subseries: Series II.A. Pueblo del Rio, 1947-1948; Series II.B. Aliso
Village, 1948-1994.
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Series II.A. Pueblo del Rio, 1947-1948
2 Linear
Feet
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Leonard Nadel photographs of Pueblo del Rio, 1947-1948
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The subseries comprises Nadel's unpublished book, "Pueblo del Rio: The Study of a
Planned Community," and additional photographic material related to the project. Nadel
began documenting Pueblo del Rio while a student at the Art Center College of Design.
In the late 1940s, he showed some of the photographs to Frank Wilkinson, who
encouraged him to continue his documentation, and later hired him as a photographer
for HACLA.
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Originally built between 1941 and 1942 to house Black defense industry workers and
enlisted military personel and their families during a nationwide housing shortage,
Pueblo del Rio is located at 52nd Street and Long Beach Avenue in South Central Los
Angeles in one of the city's older residential areas. Existing substandard housing on
the 17.5 acre site was razed to build the garden city-style complex of 57 two-story
apartment buildings (400 apartments) and a single-story administration building. Some
of Nadel's views of the complex are taken from the vantage point of the deteriorated
doorways of the older housing still exant across the street from the site. Due to
wartime restrictions and material shortages, Pueblo del Rio was built soley out of
brick masonry and reinforced concrete.
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The mid-century modernist project was designed by the Southeast Housing Architects,
which included Richard Neutra, Gordon Kaufman, Adrian Wilson, and the firm of Wurdeman
& Becket. The chief architect on the project was Paul R. Williams, the first Black
architect certified west of the Mississippi, who was known as the "architect to the
stars" for the numerous private residences he designed for the Hollywood elite.
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Some of the families currently living in Pueblo Del Rio have been there more than
three generations. In 1954, 270 additional apartments were built on an adjoining 16.6
acre site. For three decades the complexes flourished, yet, when the nearby factories
shut down in the 1970s many of Pueblo del Rio's residents spiralled into poverty and
the project's demographics began to shift. In the 1990s, Latinos began moving into the
housing complex. Today, Pueblo Del Rio is a mixed community comprising Black, Latino,
and Cambodian families.
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File titles are loosley derived from Nadel's notes jotted on the manilla or glassine
envelopes containing the negatives and contact prints. Consequently, some titles may
include language now considered to be outdated or biased.
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Arrangement |
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Materials are arranged thematically, and include views of the project, and of
community life such as activities and organizations within the project, schools, and
named residents in a variety of activities and settings. The last part of the
subseries comprises the book matter, including selected images, text, and the
maquette.
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Views, 1947-circa
1948
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| box |
folder |
| 5 |
14 |
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Aerial view, circa
1948
2
items
(1 negative, 1
envelope)
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Note reads: Not used [in book?]. |
| 5 |
15 |
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Maps and views, circa
1948
19
items
(18 negatives, 1
envelope)
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Images of two maps titled "Map showing public housing developments under the
managment of the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angles" and "Unit and
housing numbering map." Also inclued are views of the project; residents; scenes
of daily life (areas for hanging laundry, baseball, mail delivery); and of a sign
bearing the legend: 1200 children living here please drive carefully. On envelope:
Housing project.
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| 5 |
16 |
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Unit and house numbering map, circa
1948
3
items
(2 negatives, 1
envelope)
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On envelope: Unit map. |
| 5 |
17 |
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View from across the railroad tracks, circa
1948
7
items
(5 negatives, 1 envelope, 1 note
card)
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Also includes images of nearby (?) housing after a fire. On envelope: Pueblo and
fired shack. RR & children sign.
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| 5 |
18 |
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Exterior views of Pueblo del Rio, circa
1948
6
items
(3 negatives, 1 envelopes, 2 note
cards)
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Also includes one image of a Black man in a office doing accounts. On envelope:
Pueblo del Rio - (good sky and clouds).
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| 5 |
19 |
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Negro housing, circa
1948
5
items
(3 negatives, 1 envelope, 1 note
card)
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Also includes an image of the porch of an old house with a rocking chair and
flowers in a tin can.
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Various subjects, circa
1948
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| box |
folder |
| 5 |
20 |
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Staff and office, circa
1948
8
items
(7 negatives, 1
envelope)
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Note reads: Not used [in book?]. |
| 5 |
21 |
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Maintenance staff, circa
1948
5
items
(4 negatives, 1
envelope)
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Maintenance staff standing in front of Pueblo del Rio administration building.
Note reads: Not used [in book?].
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| 5 |
22 |
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1200 children sign, circa
1948
4
items
(3 negatives, 1
envelope)
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Images of signs bearing the legend: 1200 children living here. Please drive
carefully. Note reads: Not used [in book?].
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| 5 |
23 |
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Negro clinic, circa
1948
10
items
(9 negatives, 1
envelope)
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People at clinic. Note reads: Not used [in book?]. |
| 5 |
24 |
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Negros outside church, circa
1948
4
items
(3 negatives, 1
envelope)
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Includes a little girl dressed in her "Sunday best." |
| 5 |
25 |
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Negro interiors, circa
1948
10
items
(7 negatives, 1 envelope, 2 note
cards)
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Some images include inhabitants engaged in various activities. |
| 5 |
26 |
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Interior of bedroom, kitchen, circa
1948
7
items
(3 negatives, 4
envelopes)
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Kitchen, dining room, bedroom, and bathroom. |
| 5 |
27 |
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Resident Council, circa
1948
3
items
(2 negatives, 1
envelope)
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Resident Council meeting. |
| 5 |
28 |
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Ballet, ping pong, Murray's girl, circa
1948
4
items
(3 negatives, 1
envelope)
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| 5 |
29 |
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Jamis, circa
1948
2
items
(1 negative, 1
envelope)
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Environmental portrait of a young Black girl with her face leaning on her
hand.
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| 5 |
30 |
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Talent nite, circa
1948
10
items
(9 negatives, 1
envelope)
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Performers and audience. |
| 5 |
31 |
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Nursery, portrait of Mrs. Terry, circa
1948
13
items
(11 negatives, 1 envelope, 2 note
cards)
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Children in nursery classroom and playing or grouped outside. Includes an
exterior view of the Pueblo del Rio administration building, and an environmetal
portrait of Mrs. Terry, a Black woman (teacher?).
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| box |
folder |
| 6 |
1 |
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Negro nursery children, circa
1948
12
items
(11 negatives, 1
envelope)
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| 6 |
2 |
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Negro nursery, circa
1948
7
items
(6 negatives, 1
envelope)
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Children sitting on exterior steps; in playground; exteriors of buildings;
sprinklers going near playground.
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| 6 |
3 |
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Mrs. Terry, circa
1948
18
items
(17 negatives, 1
envelope)
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Portraits of Mrs. Terry in her office and environmental portraits, including with
a young girl (student?).
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Samuel family, circa
1948
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Thomas and Bessie Samuels, a Black couple with three girls and two boys. |
| box |
folder |
| 6 |
4 |
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Bessie Samuel's kitchen and family, circa
1948
2
items
(1 negative, 1
envelope)
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| 6 |
5 |
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Happy family, circa
1948
9
items
(8 negatives, 1
envelope)
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Samuels family in their living room; a baseball game; children with police
officer. Note reads: Not used [in book?].
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Book matter, circa
1948
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Images, circa
1948
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| box |
folder |
| 6 |
6 |
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Group 1, circa
1948
51
items
(25 negatives, 26
envelopes)
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Group labeled "1" on maniala envelope. Aerial views of downtown Los Angeles;
views of downtown substandard housing; views of Pueblo del Rio; 2203 Hunter
Street.
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| 6 |
7 |
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Group 2, circa
1948
63
items
(31 negatives, 32
envelopes)
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Group labeled "2" on manila envelope. Views of Pueblo del Rio; office workers;
grounds workers; interiors of apartment; Samuels family around table; nursery
school; resident meetings; health clinic.
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| 6 |
8 |
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Group 3, circa
1948
25
items
(12 negatives, 13
envelopes)
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Group labeled "3" on manila envelope. Health clinic; congregation in church;
meetings; recreation.
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| 6 |
9 |
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Text, circa
1948
42
items
(41 negatives, 1
envelope)
|
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Photographs of pages of texts, captions, and page numbers for the book. |
| box |
folder |
| 11 |
1 |
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"Pueblo del Rio: The Study of a Planned Community", circa
1948
1
volume
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Bound volume of 100 pages containing a photographic essay on the Pueblo del Rio
housing project, illustrated with 76 gelatin silver photographs.
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Series II.B. Aliso Village, 1948-1994,
undated
3.25 Linear
Feet
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Leonard Nadel photographs of Aliso Village, 1948-1994, bulk 1948-1949
|
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The subseries comprises Nadel's unpublished book, "Aliso Village, USA," and
additional material related to the housing project.
|
|
Designed in 1942 by the Housing Group Architects lead by Ralph Flewelling and
including Lloyd Wright, the garden city-style Aliso Village was one of the first
racially integrated public housing projects in the United States. It was built in the
Boyle Heights area known as "The Flats," which in the 1930s was one of the most
impoverished areas of Los Angeles. Aliso Village was demolished in 1999 and replaced
by Pueblo del Sol, a new housing project.
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|
Nadel documented Aliso Village from 1948 to 1949. The book he assembled is a
photographic study of four families - Asian American, Black, Caucasian, and Latino -
living in the new community. Between 1949 and 1951, Nadel made a concerted effort to
find a publisher for the book. In 1949, he made a trip to Washington, D.C. and New
York City to meet with supporters and potential publishers. In addition to meeting
with representatives from organizations such as the American Civil Liberties Union and
the American Council on Race Relations, he also met with former Farm Security
Administration (FSA) photographers Roy Stryker and Edward Steichen, who assessed his
photographs. The related correspondence and Nadel's meeting notes are included in this
subseries. Although varous parties expressed interest in the project at the time, the
book was never published.
|
|
File titles are loosley derived from Nadel's notes jotted on the manilla or glassine
envelopes containing the negatives and contact prints. Consequently, some titles may
include language now considered to be outdated or biased.
|
|
Arrangement |
|
Materials are arranged thematically, and include views of the project, and of
community life such as activities and organizations within the project, and its
schools. This is followed by a section on each of the four families Nadal documented
in-depth, as well as notes pertaining to Aliso Village in general, and the families in
particular. The last part of the subseries consists of the book matter, including
slides of the selected images, the introductory text, the maquette, and correspondence
and notes regarding the book and Nadel's efforts to publish it.
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Views of Aliso Village, 1948-1949 |
| box |
folder |
| 6 |
10 |
|
|
Aerial view in winter, 1948 January
12
3
items
(2 negatives, 1
envelope)
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|
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Taken after a snowfall. |
| 6 |
11 |
|
|
Aerial views of Aliso Village from Lookout Mountain, circa
1948-1949
4
items
(3 negatives, 1
envelope)
|
| 6 |
12 |
|
|
View of Aliso Village through slum, circa
1948-1949
4
items
(3 negatives, 1
envelope)
|
| 6 |
13 |
|
|
Slums near Aliso Village, 1948 October
28
3
items
(2 negatives, 1
envelope)
|
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|
|
Includes two girls playing ball in a back courtyard. |
|
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Exterior views, circa
1948-1949
|
| box |
folder |
| 6 |
14 |
|
|
Group A, circa
1948-1949
34
items
(33 negatives, 1
envelope)
|
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|
|
Group labeled "A" on envelope. |
| 6 |
15 |
|
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Group B, circa
1948-1949
9
items
(7 negatives, 1 envelope, 1 note
card)
|
|
|
|
|
Group labeled "B" on envelope. |
| 6 |
16 |
|
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Exteriors with people, circa
1948-1949
19
items
(17 prints, 1 envelope, 1 note
card)
|
|
|
|
|
Includes a view of Aliso Village from the freeway. |
| 6 |
17 |
|
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Administration building, circa
1948-1949
3
items
(2 negatives, 1
envelope)
|
| 6 |
18 |
|
Maintenance, circa
1948-1949
4
items
(3 negatives, 1
envelope)
|
|
|
|
Tree spraying and exterior painting. |
| 6 |
19 |
|
Infrastructure, circa
1948-1949
7
items
(6 negatives, 1
envelope)
|
|
|
|
Includes the reception office, maintenance shop, and community bulletin boards. |
| 6 |
20 |
|
1500 children sign, circa
1948-1949
0
items
(2 negatives, 1
envelope)
|
|
|
|
Sign bearing the legend: 1500 children live here. Please drive carefully. |
| 6 |
21 |
|
Outdoor laundry lines, circa
1948-1949
3
items
(1 negative, 2
envelopes)
|
|
|
|
132 N. Clarence St. |
| 6 |
22 |
|
Laundry scenes, circa
1948-1949
3
items
(2 negatives, 1
envelope)
|
|
|
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|
|
Resident Council, circa
1948-1949
|
| box |
folder |
| 7 |
1 |
|
|
November 1948 meeting, 1948 November
1
25
items
(24 negatives, 1
envelope)
|
| 7 |
2 |
|
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Resident Council II meeting, circa
1948-1949
6
items
(5 negatives, 1
envelope)
|
| 7 |
3 |
|
|
Resident Council II, circa
1948-1949
2
items
(1 contact print, 1
envelope)
|
|
|
|
|
Black couple at a Resident Council meeting. |
| 7 |
4 |
|
|
Management and Resident Council meeting, circa
1948-1949
3
items
(2 negatives, 1
envelope)
|
|
|
|
|
Meeting of residents and staff around desk of Miss Hedges. |
| 7 |
5 |
|
|
Management and Inter-council meeting, 1948 November
8
10
items
(9 negatives, 1
envelope)
|
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|
Includes one image of children on a stage manipulating marionettes. |
|
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|
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Clinic, circa
1948-1949
|
|
|
|
Primarily images of baby examinations. |
| box |
folder |
| 7 |
6 |
|
|
Negatives, circa
1948-1949
17
items
(14 negatives, 1 envelope, 2 note
cards)
|
| 7 |
7 |
|
|
Prints, circa
1948-1949
4
items
(3 contact prints, 1
envelope)
|
|
|
|
|
Mothers and babies. |
| 7 |
8 |
|
Immunization at Utah St. school, circa
1948-1949
7
items
(6 negatives, 1
envelope)
|
|
|
|
One of the children being immunized is Arthur Ramirez, Jr. |
|
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|
|
|
Movie night, circa
1948-1949
|
| box |
folder |
| 7 |
9 |
|
|
Negatives, circa
1948-1949
9
items
(8 negatives, 1
envelope)
|
| 7 |
10 |
|
|
Print, circa
1948-1949
2
items
(1 contact print, 1
envelope)
|
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|
|
|
Children watching movie. |
|
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|
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Boys fighting, circa
1948-1949
|
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|
|
Images include two shots of two boys - Black and Latino (?) - fighting, with other
children onlookers; a Latino toddler kneeling; and two shots of a Latino dad and
kids working on a digging project.
|
| box |
folder |
| 7 |
11 |
|
|
Negatives, circa
1948-1949
4
items
(3 negatives, 1
envelope)
|
|
|
|
|
Boys fighting, little girl on her knees. |
| 7 |
12 |
|
|
Prints, circa
1948-1949
2
items
(1 contact print, 1
envelope)
|
|
|
|
|
Boys fighting. |
|
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|
|
|
Children and children's activities, 1948-1949 |
| box |
folder |
| 7 |
13 |
|
|
Children in area (mixed), circa
1948-1949
9
items
(8 negatives, 1
envelope)
|
|
|
|
|
Images are primarily of preschool children. |
| 7 |
14 |
|
|
Kids at Aliso Village, circa
1948-1949
12
items
(11 negatives,1
envelope)
|
|
|
|
|
Children playing on the catwalk, playing football, in kindergarten, at story
time, and portraits of children. Primarily outdoor shots of younger children.
|
| 7 |
15 |
|
|
Little children, circa
1948-1949
6
items
(5 contact prints, 1
envelope)
|
|
|
|
|
Children looking out of windows, sitting on stoop, playing. On envelope: Odds
& ends.
|
| 7 |
16 |
|
|
Recreation at school, circa
1948-1949
12
items
(11 negatives, 1
envelope)
|
|
|
|
|
Playing marbles, tetherball, basketball, on playground equipment, and other
games.
|
| 7 |
17 |
|
|
Marionette show, circa
1948-1949
9
items
(8 negatives, 1
envelope)
|
|
|
|
|
On envelope: Puppet. |
| 7 |
18 |
|
|
Puppets, circa
1948-1949
1
items
(1 envelope)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Folk dancing, circa
1948-1949
|
|
|
|
Images of a teen dance. |
| box |
folder |
| 7 |
19 |
|
|
Negatives, circa
1948-1949
5
items
(4 negatives, 1
envelope)
|
| 7 |
20 |
|
|
Prints, circa
1948-1949
2
items
(1 contact print, 1
envelope)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ping pong, circa
1948-1949
|
|
|
|
Junior games and craft (community hall). |
| box |
folder |
| 7 |
21 |
|
|
Negatives, circa
1948-1949
3
items
(2 negatives, 1
envelope)
|
| 7 |
22 |
|
|
Prints, circa
1948-1949
2
items
(1 contact print, 1
envelope)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sports, 1948-1949 |
| box |
folder |
| 7 |
23 |
|
|
School sports, circa
1948-1949
13
items
(11 negatives, 2
envelopes)
|
|
|
|
|
Teen sports including football, basketball, volleyball, gymnastics (pole rings),
and spectators.
|
| 7 |
24 |
|
|
Boys playing football, circa
1948-1949
4
items
(3 contact prints, 1
envelope)
|
|
|
|
|
On envelope: Sports / (Basketball) / (Football). |
| 7 |
25 |
|
|
Young people at play, circa
1948-1949
4
items
(3 contact prints, 1
envelope)
|
|
|
|
|
Boys playing marbles; girls and boys sitting along a schoolyard fence. |
|
|
|
|
|
Halloween, 1948 |
| box |
folder |
| 7 |
26 |
|
|
School Halloween party, 1948
2
items
(1 negative, 1 contact
print)
|
|
|
|
|
Bobbing for apples. |
| 7 |
27 |
|
|
Extended day care Halloween party, 1948 October
29
4
items
(3 negatives, 1
envelope)
|
|
|
|
|
Extended day care at Utah St. school. Miss Sanderson (head teacher) with children
at long tables.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Christmas, 1948 |
| box |
folder |
| 7 |
28 |
|
|
Christmas party in the auditorium, 1948
8
items
(7 negatives, 1
envelope)
|
| 7 |
29 |
|
|
Christmas party program, 1948
4
items
(3 contact prints, 1
envelope)
|
|
|
|
|
Children talking to Santa (Mr. Taggart) and children watching program. |
| 7 |
30 |
|
|
Jr. Santa Claus, 1948
2
items
(1 negative, 1
envelope)
|
|
|
|
|
Child dressed as Santa Claus. |
| 7 |
31 |
|
|
Looking thru Xmas window, 1948
6
items
(5 negatives, 1
envelope)
|
|
|
|
|
Includes children looking out of a window decorated with a snowman and Santa
scene; images of a boy looking out of window with a Christmas tree; and of another
boy looking out of a window.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Parent Teacher Association (PTA), circa
1948-1949
|
| box |
folder |
| 7 |
32 |
|
|
PTA November 1948 meeting, 1948 November
8
8
items
(7 negatives, 1
envelope)
|
| 7 |
33 |
|
|
Women at PTA meeting, circa
1948-1949
4
items
(3 contact prints, 1
envelope)
|
| 7 |
34 |
|
|
Audience and speakers, circa
1948-1949
11
items
(11 negatives, 1
envelope)
|
|
|
|
|
The audience comprises mothers, some with small children. On envelope: PTA
meeting I.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Playgroup, circa
1948-1949
|
| box |
folder |
| 7 |
35 |
|
|
Playgroup benefit (Xmas), circa
1948-1949
2
items
(1 contact print, 1
envelope)
|
|
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|
|
Depicts women preparing and serving food at the benefit. |
| 7 |
36 |
|
|
Benefit for playgroup, circa
1948-1949
4
items
(3 negatives, 1
envelope)
|
| 7 |
37 |
|
|
Playgroup, circa
1948-1949
4
items
((3 contact prints, 1
envelope)
|
|
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|
|
Story hour, pumpking carving, and a party. |
| 7 |
38 |
|
|
Playgroup meeting, circa
1948-1949
9
items
(8 contact prints, 1
envelope)
|
|
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|
Ruth Wong, Patsy Ramirez, and others. |
| 7 |
39 |
|
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Playgroup loop, 1948 November
1
28
items
(27 negatives, 1
envelope)
|
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Nursery school, circa
1948-1949
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| box |
folder |
| 7 |
40 |
|
|
Nursery entrance, circa
1948-1949
2
items
(1 negative, 1
envelope)
|
| 7 |
41 |
|
|
Nursery school (outside), circa
1948-1949
2
items
(1 contact print, 1
envelope)
|
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Two children standing against fence. |
| 7 |
42 |
|
|
Nursery outdoors, circa
1948-1949
23
items
(22 negatives, 1
envelope)
|
|
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|
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Children and teachers participating in outdoor activities; with one view of the
cot room.
|
| 7 |
43 |
|
|
Nursery (Eating), circa
1948-1949
3
items
(2 contact prints, 1
envelope)
|
| 7 |
44 |
|
|
Nursery School (Sleeping), circa
1948-1949
3
items
(2 contact prints, 1
envelope)
|
| 7 |
45 |
|
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Nursery children sleeping, circa
1948-1949
4
items
(3 negatives, 1
envelope)
|
| 7 |
46 |
|
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Nursery (Lunch), circa
1948-1949
11
items
(10 negatives, 1
envelope)
|
|
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|
|
Includes children on playground equipment. |
| 7 |
47 |
|
|
Jungle gym, circa
1948-1949
6
items
(5 negatives, 1
envelope)
|
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|
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Kindergarten, 1948 |
| box |
folder |
| 8 |
1 |
|
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Kindergarten (Thanksgiving play), 1948
4
items
(3 negatives, 1
envelope)
|
| 8 |
2 |
|
|
Kindergarten (Thanksgiving party), 1948
4
items
(3 contact prints, 1
envelope)
|
|
|
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|
|
Boy Scouts, circa
1948-1949
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| box |
folder |
| 8 |
3 |
|
|
Boy Scout troop, circa
1948-1949
6
items
(5 negatives, 1
envelope)
|
|
|
|
|
First aid (William Taggert), presentation of colors (William Taggert and Charles
Wilson), drills.
|
| 8 |
4 |
|
|
Presentation of colors, circa
1948-1949
2
items
(1 contact print, 1
envelope)
|
|
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|
|
Troop includes Charles Wilson and William Taggart, Jr. |
| 8 |
5 |
|
Young craft group in community hall, circa
1948-1949
3
items
(2 negatives, 1
envelope)
|
|
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Food shopping truck, circa
1948-1949
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| box |
folder |
| 8 |
6 |
|
|
Negatives, circa
1948-1949
2
items
(1 negative, 1
envelope)
|
|
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|
|
Original envelope contained two glassine sleeves. Negative for Aliso building
through slum door is missing.
|
| 8 |
7 |
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|
Prints, circa
1948-1949
3
items
(2 contact prints, 1
envelope)
|
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|
Contact prints of various actvities, circa
1948-1949
|
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|
Many of the contact prints are represented in other Aliso Village groupings, as
negatives and/or prints.
|
| box |
folder |
| 8 |
8 |
|
|
General and community activities, circa
1948-1949
136
items
(1 negative, 135 prints, 1
envelope)
|
| 8 |
9 |
|
|
Community activities, circa
1948-1949
184
items
(1 negative, 183 contact prints, 1
envelope)
|
|
|
|
|
Contact prints. |
|
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|
|
Four families, circa
1948-1949
|
|
|
|
Photographs of the Wong, Rmirez, Wilson, and Taggert families who lived in Aliso
Village.
|
| box |
folder |
| 8 |
10 |
|
|
Four families group shot, circa
1948-1949
10
items
(9 negatives, 1
envelope)
|
| 8 |
11 |
|
|
Four families standing around, circa
1948-1949
4
items
(3 negatives, 1
envelope)
|
|
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|
Wong family, circa
1948-1949
|
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|
|
Ruth and George Wong were a Chinese American couple with a young son, Richie
(Richey), who three years old at the time Nadel photographed them.
|
| box |
folder |
| 8 |
12 |
|
|
Family portrait, circa
1948-1949
2
items
(1 contact print, 1
envelope)
|
| 8 |
13 |
|
|
Wongs shopping, circa
1948-1949
4
items
(2 contact prints, 1 envelope, 1
notecard)
|
| 8 |
14 |
|
|
George Wong at school, circa
1948-1949
3
items
(2 contact prints, 1
envelope)
|
| 8 |
15 |
|
|
Richie Wong at playgroup, circa
1948-1949
3
items
|
| 8 |
16 |
|
|
Richie Wong's third birthday party, circa
1948-1949
2
items
|
| 8 |
17 |
|
|
The Wongs at lunch (at home), circa
1948-1949
3
items
(2 contact prints, 1
envelope)
|
| 8 |
18 |
|
|
Wongs at supper, circa
1948-1949
6
items
(5 contact prints, 1
envelope)
|
|
|
|
|
Includes George Wong with Richie. |
| 8 |
19 |
|
|
Mrs. Wong at ceramics class, circa
1948-1949
3
items
(2 contact prints, 1
envelope)
|
| 8 |
20 |
|
|
Mrs. Wong at clinic, circa
1948-1949
2
items
(1 contact print, 1
envelope)
|
|
|
|
|
Richie getting a check-up. |
| 8 |
21 |
|
|
Wongs at Zoo, circa
1948-1949
13
items
(12 contact prints, 1
envelope)
|
|
|
|
|
Griffith Park Zoo. |
| 8 |
22 |
|
|
Trimming the Christmas tree, circa
1948-1949
2
items
(1 contact print, 1
envelope)
|
| 8 |
23 |
|
|
George Wong at work, circa
1948-1949
8
items
(7 contact prints, 1
envelope)
|
|
|
|
|
Lettering on door reads: County Auditor, Budget and Report Division, Property
Section.
|
|
|
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|
|
Ramirez family, circa
1948-1949
|
|
|
|
Arthur J. and Pascuala (Patsy) Ramirez were a Mexican American family with five
boys: Arthur, Jr. (8 1/2); David (6); Thomas (4); Jimmy (3); and Steven (1).
|
| box |
folder |
| 8 |
24 |
|
|
Ramirez getting bath, circa
1948-1949
15
items
(13 contact prints, 1 envelope, 1 note
card)
|
| 8 |
25 |
|
|
Boys playing at home, circa
1948-1949
3
items
(2 contact prints, 1
envelope)
|
| 8 |
26 |
|
|
Pillow fight, circa
1948-1949
3
items
(2 contact prints, 1
envelope)
|
| 8 |
27 |
|
|
Ramirez teaching, circa
1948-1949
7
items
(6 contact prints, 1
envelope)
|
|
|
|
|
Arthur Ramirez teaching a class. |
| 8 |
28 |
|
|
Ramirez boys at playgroup, circa
1948-1949
2
items
(1 contact print, 1
envelope)
|
| 8 |
29 |
|
|
Ramirez fixing the car, circa
1948-1949
2
items
(1 contact print, 1
envelope)
|
| 8 |
30 |
|
|
Mr. Ramirez at Catholic Youth Organization (CYO), circa
1948-1949
2
items
(1 contact print, 1
envelope)
|
| 8 |
31 |
|
|
Ramirez at home, circa
1948-1949
6
items
(5 contact prints, 1
envelope)
|
|
|
|
|
Patsy Ramirez ironing. |
| 8 |
32 |
|
|
Ramirez Christmas tree, circa
1948-1949
4
items
(3 contact prints, 1
envelope)
|
|
|
|
|
Arthur and Patsy Ramirez decorating their Christmas tree; Ramirez family
portrait; Patsy Ramirez playing tennis.
|
| 8 |
33 |
|
|
Ramirez studying in library, circa
1948-1949
2
items
(1 contact print, 1
envelope)
|
| 8 |
34 |
|
|
Ramirez at supper, circa
1948-1949
8
items
(7 contact prints, 1
envelope)
|
|
|
|
|
Ramirez family eating; Arthur Ramirez playing with baby; boys reading. |
| 8 |
35 |
|
|
Ramirez on Sunday stroll, circa
1948-1949
3
items
(2 contact prints, 1
envelope)
|
| 8 |
36 |
|
|
Ramirez - referee in game, circa
1948-1949
2
items
(1 contact print, 1
envelope)
|
|
|
|
|
Arthur Ramirez as basketball referee. |
|
|
|
|
|
Wilson family, circa
1948-1949
|
|
|
|
Lee Roy and Jessie Mae Wilson were a Black couple with two boys, Carles and Saul,
and a toddler (?).
|
| box |
folder |
| 8 |
37 |
|
|
Charles Wilson in cafeteria, circa
1948-1949
3
items
(1 contact print, 1 envelope, 1 note
card)
|
| 8 |
38 |
|
|
Wilsons at supper, circa
1948-1949
6
items
(5 contact prints, 1
envelope)
|
|
|
|
|
Includes Mr. Wilson working at table, Mrs. Wilson doing laundry, boys washing
dishes.
|
| 8 |
39 |
|
|
Wilson boys in Sunday school, circa
1948-1949
4
items
(3 contact prints, 1
envelope)
|
| 8 |
40 |
|
|
Sewing class (Mrs. Wilson), circa
1948-1949
3
items
(2 contact prints, 1
envelope)
|
| 8 |
41 |
|
|
Saul Wilson at Tenderfoot ceremony, circa
1948-1949
3
items
(2 contact prints, 1
envelope)
|
| 8 |
42 |
|
|
Social tea, circa
1948-1949
3
items
(2 contact prints, 1
envelope)
|
| 8 |
43 |
|
|
Wilsons relaxing, circa
1948-1949 (1
contact print, 1 envelope)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Taggart family, circa
1948-1949
|
|
|
|
William Taggert and his wife were a white couple with three sons: William, Jr.
(13); Richard James (8); and James William (2).
|
| box |
folder |
| 8 |
44 |
|
|
Taggert portrait, circa
1948-1949
6
items
(5 contact prints, 1
envelope)
|
|
|
|
|
Family portraits. Also included are images of a large group of children and
adults from the community gathered in the Taggert's [?] living room.
|
| 8 |
45 |
|
|
Bluegirls, circa
1948-1949
3
items
(1 contact print, 1 envelope, 1
notecard)
|
|
|
|
|
Mrs. Taggert and the Bluegirl troop making a cake. |
| 8 |
46 |
|
|
Mr. Taggart and baby, circa
1948-1949
2
items
(1 contact print, 1
envelope)
|
| 8 |
47 |
|
|
Taggert family at supper, circa
1948-1949
5
items
(4 contact prints, 1
envelope
|
| 8 |
48 |
|
|
Taggarts and home counselor, circa
1948-1949
6
items
(5 contact prints, 1
envelope)
|
|
|
|
|
Discussing budget, teaching canning. |
| 8 |
49 |
|
|
Christmas, circa
1948-1949
3
items
(2 contact prints, 1
envelope)
|
|
|
|
|
Bringing in Christmas tree, dressing up as Santa. |
| 8 |
50 |
|
|
Boy sick in bed, circa
1948-1949
3
items
(2 contact prints, 1
envelope)
|
| 8 |
51 |
|
|
Taggert doing washing, circa
1948-1949
4
items
(3 contact prints, 1
envelope)
|
|
|
|
|
William Taggart doing laundry in kitchen using a wringer washing machine. |
| 8 |
52 |
|
|
Taggert printing press, circa
1948-1949
2
items
(1 contact print, 1
envelope)
|
|
|
|
|
William Taggart working a printing press. |
| 8 |
53 |
|
|
Richard Taggart in class, circa
1948-1949
5
items
(4 contact prints, 1
envelope)
|
| 8 |
54 |
|
|
Taggart boys washing dishes, circa
1948-1949
4
items
(3 contact prints, 1
envelope)
|
| 8 |
55 |
|
|
Taggert boy getting haircut, circa
1948-1949
2
items
(1 contact print, 1
envelope)
|
|
|
|
|
Mrs. Taggart giving son a haircut. |
| box |
folder |
| 9 |
1 |
|
Notes on Aliso Village, circa
1948-1949
36
items
(1 envelope, 35 note
cards)
|
|
|
|
On envelope: Notations by photographer Leonard Nadel while working on the Aliso
Village project - (quotes that inspired him, among them: Nature has no favorite
nation, color, creed or occupation any place you point your finger to, there's
someone with the same blood as you.)
|
| box |
folder |
| 12 |
2 |
|
Slides, undated
18
items
(17 slides, 1
envelope)
|
|
|
|
35 mm. black-and-white slides of inhabitants, activities, and exteriors. |
| box |
folder |
| 13 |
5 |
|
Permissions to photograph families, 1949-1950
22
items
|
|
|
|
Signed consents from families (full and exclusive permission to copyright, use, and
publish photographs).
|
| 13 |
6 |
|
Charts of family and inter-resident interactions, circa
1949
5
Sheets
|
|
|
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|
|
Book matter, 1949-1994 |
|
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|
|
Texts for "Aliso Village, U.S.A.," 1949 |
| box |
folder |
| 9 |
2 |
|
|
|
Aliso text, 1949
23
items
(22 negatives, 1
envelope)
|
| 9 |
3 |
|
|
|
Aliso text type, 1949
44
items
(43 negatives, 1
envelope)
|
| box |
folder |
| 13 |
7 |
|
|
Introduction to book, circa
1949
1
item
|
|
|
|
|
Typescript introduction to the book by Loren Miller. |
| box |
folder |
| 12 |
3 |
|
|
Copy slides of images used in book, negatives 1949,
slides 1994
65
Photographic Slides
|
| box |
folder |
| 10 |
1 |
|
"Aliso Village, U.S.A.," circa
1949
1
volume
|
|
|
|
Bound unpublished volume of 122 pages with 136 gelatin silver photographs. |
| box |
folder |
| 13 |
8 |
|
Nadel's writings regarding the book, circa
1949
4
items
|
|
|
|
Contains the following typescript documents by Nadel about the book: Exhibit on
Aliso Village study; Aliso Village; The concept; and Aliso Village, U.S.A.
|
|
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|
Correspondence and meeting notes, 1949-1951,
undated
|
|
|
|
Correspondence regarding atttempts to find a publisher for the book. Also includes
hand-written and typescript notes from meetings with supporters and potential
publishers.
|
| box |
folder |
| 13 |
9 |
|
|
May 10 - May 24,
1949
7
items
|
|
|
|
|
Letter from Floyd C. Covington executive director of the Los Angeles Urban
League, to Lester B. Granger, executive director of the National Urban League,
introducing and recommending Nadel and his Aliso Village project. Letter from
Carey McWilliams to Nadel. Letter from Jack J. Spitzer to Rabbi S. Andhil
Fineberg, director of the Community Service Department, American Jewish Committee,
asking for support to publish Nadel's work. Letter from Floyd C. Covington to
Leslie W. Ganyard, secretary of the Rosenberg Foundation.
|
| 13 |
10 |
|
|
June
1949
6
items
|
|
|
|
|
Letter from Kenneth Hahn, chairman, Los Angeles County Conference on Community
Relations, to Nadel. Letter from A. A. Heist, director, American Civil Liberties
Union, to Morris Ernst. Letter from Jack J. Spitzer, assistant executive director,
Community Relations Committee of the Los Angeles Jewish Community Council, to
Nadel. Letter from Herschell Chanin, Jewish Labor Committee, to Irving Salert.
|
| 13 |
11 |
|
|
July 20 - July 29,
1949
6
items
|
|
|
|
|
Summaries of meetings with Louis Hosch, executive secretary of the American
Council on Race Relations; Roland Hemans; assistant director of the University of
Chicago Press; W. T. Couch, director of the University of Chicago Press; Coleman
Woddbury, director of Urban Redevelopment Study; Mrs. Dorothy Gazzolo, editor of
Journal of Housing; and James Brown III, trustee
of the Marshall Field Foundation. Letter from Nadel to Dr. Louis Wirth, American
Council on Race Relations.
|
| 13 |
12 |
|
|
August
1949
11
items
|
|
|
|
|
Summary of meetings with Clarence Johnson, east coast regional race relations
advisor for the Federal Housing Agency; Thomas Creighton, Progressive Architecture; Dr. Louis Wirth, director of the American
Council on Race Relations; Dr. Gerald Breese, director of the Social Science
Research Council; and Franklin Thorne and Dr. McGraw, Race Relations, Federal
Housing Authority; Charles Abrams, publisher; Phillip Vaudrin, editor of the
Oxford Press; Leo Johnson, director of the National Public Housing Conference.
Letter from Victor Kayfetz (Victor Kayfetz Productions) to Nadel.
|
| 13 |
13 |
|
|
September
1949
9
items
|
|
|
|
|
Notes on meetings with the following persons: Edward Steichen; Miss Rose Terlin,
editor of YWCA publications; Dr. Robt Weaver, New York University sociology
department; Dr. Robert Merton, Columbia University, sociology editor for Harcourt
Brace & Co.; Mrs. Dorothy Nathan, Community Service Department, American
Jewish Committee; and Dr. Nadhil Fineberg, American Jewish Committee.
Correspondence with John Morris, picture editor, The Ladies
Home Journal.
|
| 13 |
14 |
|
|
October
1949
1
item
|
|
|
|
|
Notes on meeting with Roy Stryker. |
| 13 |
15 |
|
|
1950 -
1951
21
items
|
|
|
|
|
Summaries of meetings with Francis Brennan, picture editor, Life History of WWII; Lee Jones, picture editor, This Week; Mrs. Anna Wolfe; children's editor, Woman's Home Companion; Ted Gorkinm picture editor,
Parade; Holmer Cable, picture editor, Look; William White, picture editor, Daily News; Mr. Borstadt, picture editor, Saturday Evening Post, Philadelphia. Correspondence with
John Morris; picture editor, Ladies Home Journal.
Letter from Victor Kayfetz.
|
| 13 |
16 |
|
Exhibitions, 1951
4
items
|
| 13 |
17 |
|
Filmstrip copyright agreement, undated
2
items
|
|
|
|
Agreement between Leonard Nadel and Robert Friedman and Donald Weiss, producers and
writers, pertaining to production and distribution of two film strips on Aliso
Village. The agreement is signed by Nadel and Friedman.
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