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Index to Research Topics

Below is a selected list of topics that students or faculty can research using archival materials found in the collections of the Urban Archives Center.  Collection names relevant to each topic are abbreviated in brackets. Refer to the Alphabetical List of Collection Codes for complete collection names. For additional information, see individual descriptive finding guide for each collection.

• Abortion -  [ZPG]
• Actors and Actresses -- [see Motion Picture Industry]
• Advertising -- [GLAVCB], [LWC], [LWV], [WVNCC]
• Aerospace Industry, labor relations in -- [IAM], [SCLNC]
• Affiliated Teachers of Los Angeles -- [ATOLA], [UTLA]
• African Americans, Longshore Work -- [ILWU], [ILWU-OH], [ILWU-GS], [NLWC]
• African Americans, Race Relations -- [BPP], [JCC], [LAWR]
• African Americans, Women -- [LINKS]
• AFL and CIO, merger of, Los Angeles County -- [LACFL]
• Agribusiness -- [VVB]
• Agricultural Labor, conditions in -- [JN], [MAMS], [MM], [RM], [VVB]
• Air Pollution -- [TCC]
• Air Quality -- [LWV], [TCC]
• Aircraft Mechanic -- [SCLNC]
• Airports -- [see:  Transportation, Airports]
• All-Year Club of Southern California -- [GLAVCB]
• Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWC) -- [LACFL], [RM]
• The American Aeronaut -- [IAM]
• American Association of University Women -- [DB]
• American Federation of Labor (AFL) -- [LACFL], [SCLNC]
• American Federation of Teachers (AFT) -- [ATOLA], [CFT], [SCLNC], [MBCFT], [OFT], [RON], [UTLA]
• American Jewish Congress -- [CRC], [LACFL]
• Anti-Semitism, Southern California -- [BNC], [CRC], [GGB], [JR]
• Astronautics -- [JCC]
• Audio-Visual Educators Association of California (AVEAC) -- [CMLEA]
• Automation -- [ILWU], [NLWC], [RM]
• Autonomous Center for Social Action -- [CASA]

• Ballot Measures, California (various) -- [LWV]
• Beck, Judge Julian -- [JB]
• Bird, Rose, Californians to Defeat -- [ED]
• Black Panther Party:  [BPP], [GGB]
• Board of Education, Los Angeles (LAUSD) -- [AZ], [BUS], [JN], [RLD], [UTLA]
• Boilermakers Blacksmiths Reporter -- [SCLNC]
• Boston School Desegregation -- [BUS]
• Braceros, Agricultural Workers -- [JN], [MM], [VVB]
• Bridges, Harry -- [ILWU], [LACFL], [NLWC]
• Brown, (Gov.) Edmund G. -- [LACFL], [MM]
• Building, Construction Industry -- [GLAVCB]
• Burbank Airport -- [CHT]
• Busing for School Integration -- [BUS], [DL], [JCC], [MM], [RLD], [SAR] 

• California Civic League -- [LWV]
• California Classified Employees, CFT, AFT -- [CFT]
• California Classified Exposition -- [SCLNC]
• California Committee for Fair Practices -- [MM]
• California Council for Social Studies -- [SCSSA]
• California Federation of Teachers, AFT, AFL-CIO -- [CFT], [OFT], [MBCFT], [UTLA], [VVB]
• California Federation of Women's Clubs -- [RWC], [SFWC]
• California State University, Northridge (CSUN) -- [AZ], [CF], [EMS], [JB], [JN], [LL], [RLD], [RWC], [SFVHC] [see also: Student/Youth Movements and University Archives]
• California Teacher -- [CFT], [SCLNC]
• Californians Against Proposition 14 -- [MM]
• Californians to Defeat Rose Bird -- [ED]
• Canoeing -- [DAS]
• Canoga Park, California -- [CR], [CW] [CPWC]
• Carrell, (Senator) Thomas C. -- [TCC]
• Census Data, Los Angeles County -- [AZ], [LACFL], [LWV], [RCC]
• Chambers of Commerce, San Fernando Valley -- [ACC], [ACCSFV], [AZ], [CSD], [LWC], [RCC], [WVNCC]
• Charros -- [JN]
• Charitable Organizations, Los Angeles -- [JFS], [UWLA]
• Chatsworth, California -- [ACCSFV], [AB], [JG], [NCA], [SSMPA], [VFM]
• Chatsworth, Porter Ranch -- [NCA]
• Chavez, Cesar -- [FDO], [JN], [MAMS], [VVB]
• Chicano Studies -- [DV], [JN], [MM], [RAD], [SCMAM]
• Childhood Education -- [CAEYC], [CNSM], [SCAEYC], [RMB]
• Churches, San Fernando Valley -- [HTB], [TGP]
• Citizen's Independent Vice Investigating Committee (CIVIC) -- [WLF]
• City Planning -- [ACCSFV], [AZ], [CCAPA], [JAM], [LACP], [VICA], [LWC], [LWV], [PRI], [WVNCC]
• Citizens Advisory Committee for School Integration -- [MM], [RLD]
• Civil Disorder -- [JCC]
• Civil Liberties -- [CFT], [CRC], [LWC], [LWV]
• Civil Rights -- [JCC], [JN], [LWV], [MM]
• Civil Rights, Labor Movement -- [CFT], [ILWU-GS], [LACFL], [NLWC]
• Civil Rights, Students -- [RLD]
• Civil Rights, Teachers -- [CFT]
• Cleary, Dr. James -- [SFVHC] [see also: University Archives]
• Coalition for Women's Economic Development -- [CWED]
• Cohen, Mickey -- [AMU]
• Collective Bargaining - [see: Labor]
• Comision Femenil San Fernando Valley -- [CFSFV]
• Communism, United States -- [CRC], [GGB], [LACFL]
• Community Chest -- [UWLA]
• Community College Council -- [CFT], [SCLNC]
• Community Redevelopment, San Fernando Valley -- [PRI]
• Community Relations Committee, Jewish Federation Council -- [CRC]
• Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) -- [ILWU], [LACFL], [LANG]
• CIO Council of Los Angeles -- [LACFL], [LANG]
• Connely, Phillip M. (Slim) -- [LACFL], [LANG]
• Conservation -- [LWC], [LWV], [SSMPA]
• Constitutional Revisions, California -- [TCC]
• Corbin, Harold -- [ATOLA]
• Corman, (Congressman) James C. -- [JCC]
• Crain, Robert L. -- [BUS]
• Crawford vs. Board of Education (LAUSD) -- [BUS], [JCC], [MM], [RLD]

• Democratic Party -- [CDSCC], [CYD], [JB], [JCC], [TCC]
• Democratic State Central Committee, California -- [CDSCC]
• del Olmo, Frank -- [FDO]
• De Silva, Joseph -- [RCU]
• Dies Committee, U.S. Congress -- [CRC]
• DiGorgio Fruit Company -- [MM], [VVB]
• Discrimination, ethnic and racial -- [BUS], [CRC], [JCC], [JN], [MM]
• Discrimination, housing -- [JCC], [JN], [LACFL], [MM]
• Disney, Walt -- [SCG]
• Docter, Dr. Robert L. -- [RLD]

• Ebell Club -- [SFWC]
• Education, California -- [CETA], [CFT], [CMLEA], [JB], [JN], [LACFL], [LWV], [OFT], [RLD],  [SCSSA], [TCC], [UTLA], [YWCA] [see also:  Childhood Education]
• Education and the Chicano -- [JN], [CFT], [LWV], [LACFL], [RAD]
• Education and the Labor Movement -- [CFT], [MBCFT], [OFT], [PP], [VVB], [UTLA]
• Education, integration - [see: Busing for School Integration]
• Education, legislation -- [JCC], [TCC]
• Education, nursery schools -- [CAEYC], [CNMS], [SCAEYC], [RMB]
• Education, strikes -- [see: Strikes and Lockouts]
• Education, teachers -- [ATOLA], [CFT], [MBCFT], [SCLNC], [OFT], [UTLA]
• Egly, Judge Paul -- [BUS]
• Eight Ball Final -- [AMU]
• Elections, Democratic Party -- [CDSCC], [JCC], [TCC]
• Elections, various -- [ED], [JB], [JN], [LWV], [LACFL]
• Emergency Committee to Aid Farm Workers -- [MM]
• Employee Relations -- [see: Labor]
• Employment, Fair Practices -- [CRC], [ILWU-GS], [LACFL], [NLWC], [MM]
• Energy -- [DB], [CRC], [LWC], [LWV]
• Engineers News-Record -- [SCLNC]
• Entertainment Industry -- [SCG], [YWCA]
• Environmental Problems, Southern California -- [ED], [GLAVCB], [LWV], [NCA], [SSMPA], [VICA], [ZPG]
• Equal Employment Opportunity -- [EMS], [JCC]

• Fair Employment Practices -- [ILWU-GS], [LACFL], [NLWC], [MM]
• Fair Housing Practices -- [MM]
• Family Planning -- [ZPG]
• Farm Workers, United States -- [JN], [MAMS], [MM], [VVB]
• Farley, Reynolds -- [BUS]
• Fascism, Southern California -- [CRC], [GGB], [LACFL]
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI):  [JCC], [GGB]
• Freeways -- [see: Transportation - Freeways/Highways]
• Fernando Award -- [AZ], [RCC]
• Fowler, Gene -- [WRF]
• Fowler, William Randolph -- [WRF]

• General Motors Assembly Plant, Van Nuys, California -- [LWC], [PJG]
• Geography, Los Angeles -- [GLAVCB]
• Geography, San Fernando Valley -- [AZ], [SFVC], [SSPMA], [VICA]
• Geography, Southern California -- [GLAVCB]
• Gifford, Bernard R. -- [BUS]
• Gitelson, (Judge) Alfred -- [BUS], [JCC], [RLD]
• Government, California -- [CDSCC], [ED], [JB], [JCC], [JN], [LWV], [TCC]
• Granada Hills, California, Knollwood District -- [NCA]
• Grape Boycott, Farm Workers in -- [JN], [MAMS], [MM]
• Great Depression and Tourism -- [GLAVCB]
• Gun Control -- [LWV]

• Health Care, Education -- [SFVHC]
• Health Care Facilities -- [AZ], [SCLNC], [LWC], [RS], [SFVHC], [ZPG]
• Health Care Facilities, Rancho Los Amigos Hospital -- [BU], [EB], [ERE], [JA], [SC]
• Hebrew Benevolent Society, Los Angeles -- [JFS]
• Herald-Examiner, labor strikes -- [AMU], [LANG], [LATU]
• Hinkston, Jan -- [SSMPA]
• Hollywood -- [CRC], [WRF], [YWCA] [see also: Motion Picture Industry]
• Hollywood Bowl -- [ABN]
• Hollywood/Burbank Airport -- [CHT]
• Hollywood Studio Club, Actress' Residence -- [YWCA]
• Holocaust Survivors -- [CRC], [JFS]
• Hospitals -- [see: Health Care, Facilities]
• House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) -- [CRC], [JCC], [GGB], [LACFL]
• Housing, Los Angeles -- [ACCSFV], [CRC], GLAVCB], [LACFL], [LWC], [LWV], [MM], [NCA], [PRI], [VICA], [YWCA]

• Immigration, from Eastern Europe -- [MA], [CB], [JFS], [MZ]
• Immigration, from Mexico -- [CASA], [FBR], [FDO], [JCC], [JN]
• Immigration and Naturalization -- [JCC], [ZPG]
• Independent Oiler (IUPW) -- [SCLNC]
• IUPIW-Views -- [SCLNC]
• Industrial Association of the San Fernando Valley -- [VICA]
• Industrial Development, Los Angeles -- [FP], [LACFL], [LWC], [PRI], [TCC], [VICA]  [see also: City Planning]
• Industrial Workers of the World (IWW):  [GGB]
• Integration, Public Schools -- [BUS], [JCC], [JN], [JWC], [MM], RLD]
• International Association of Machinists, District Lodge 727, AFL-CIO, Burbank, Calif. -- [IAM]
• International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union, Pacific Coast -- [ILWU], [LACFL], [NLWC]

• Japanese-Americans -- [YWCA]
• Japanese, Internment of -- [MO]
• Jewish Aid Society, Los Angeles -- [JFS]
• Jewish Community, Los Angeles -- [CRC], [JFS], [MM]
• Jewish Family Service, Los Angeles -- [JFS]
• Jewish Federation Council, Los Angeles -- [CRC], [RS]
• Jewish Immigration, Los Angeles -- [JFS], [MA]
• Jewish Labor Committee -- [MM]
• Journalism -- [AMU], [LANG], [PPA], [SCJ], [WRF]
• Just One More -- [AMU], [PPA]
• Justice System -- [JCC], [LWV]

• Kefauver, Estes -- [TCC]
• Kerner (Otto) Commission -- [JCC] [see also: National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorder and Los Angeles Watts Riot]

• Labor, Collective Bargaining, Public School Teachers -- [CFT]
• Labor Leader -- [SCLNC]
• Labor Movement, California -- [ATOLA], [CFT], [CRC], [IAM], [ILWU], [GGB], [JN], [LACFL], [LANG], [LATU], [LWC], [MBCFT], [MM], [NHLA], [NLWC], [OFT], [PJG], [RCU], [RM], [SCG], [ULTA], [VVB]
• Labor News -- [SCLNC]
• Labor Relations, Aerospace Industry -- [IAM], [SCLNC]
• Labor Relations, Automobile Industry -- [LACFL], [PJG]
• Labor Relations, Farm Workers -- [MM], [JN], [VVB]
• Labor Relations, Longshoremen -- [ILWU], [LACFL], [NLWC]
• Labor Relations, Los Angeles -- [LACFL], [MM]
• Labor Relations, Newspaper Industry -- [LANG]
• Labor Relations, Public Schools -- [ATOLA], [CFT], [MBCFT], [OFT], [RON], [UTLA], [VVB]
• Labor Unions -- [CFT], [IAM], [ILWU], [JN], [LATU], [LACFL], [LANG], [MBCFT], [SCLNC], [NLWC], [OFT], [PJG], [RCU], [RM], [SCG], [UTLA], [VVB]
• Labor's Non-Partisan League -- [LACFL], [LANG]
• Land Use Development Code -- [NCA]
• Landham Childhood Education Act -- [SCAEYC]
• League of Women Voters, Los Angeles -- [LWV]
• Legislative Process, the -- [ED], [JCC], [SAR], [TCC]
• Lesser, Sol -- [CRC]
• Libraries -- [CMLEA] [see also: University Archives]
• Livestock Production, San Fernando Valley -- [CW]
• Lockheed Corporation -- [CHT], [IAM]
• Longshoremen, Pacific Coast -- [ILWU], [NLWC]
• Los Angeles Central Labor Council -- [LACFL], [LANG]
• L.A. Citizen -- [SCLNC]
• Los Angeles County Court -- [JB]
• Los Angeles Country Employees Association -- [SCLNC]
• Los Angeles County Fair -- [RCC]
• Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO -- [LACFL]
• Los Angeles Guildsman -- [LANG], [SCLNC]
• Los Angeles Herald-Examiner -- [AMU], [LANG]
• Los Angeles Olympics, 1932 -- [DAS]
• Los Angeles Olympics, 1984 -- [SOC]
• Los Angeles Teachers Association (LATA) -- [ATOLA], [UTLA]
• Los Angeles Teacher's Strike, 1970 -- [ATOLA], [PP], [TP]
• Los Angeles Unified School District -- [BUS], [JN], [RLD], [UTLA]
• Los Angeles Watts Riot -- [JCC],[LAWR]
• Los Angeles Area Welfare Federation -- [UWLA]

• Machinists Union, Burbank, CA -- [IAM], [SCLNC]
• Marketing -- [GLAVCB]
• Mass Transit -- [see: Transportation, Rapid Transit]
• McCone Commission (Watts Riot) -- [LAWR]
• Mechanization -- [see: Automation]
• Mexican-Americans -- [FBR], FDO], [JN], [MM], [RAD], [SCMAM]
• Mexican Labor, United States -- [CASA], [FBR], [FDO], [JN], [MM], [VVB]
• Miller, Ruth -- [RM]
• Miller, Rev. Windell L. -- [WLF]
• Migratory Workers -- [JN], [LWV], [MAMS], [MM], [VVB]
• Monetary Policy, United States -- [ABN]
• Motion Picture Industry -- [CRC], [SCG], [YWCA]

• National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorder -- [JCC]
• National Association of Letter Carriers, North Hollywood Ladies Auxiliary -- [NHLA]
• National Council for the Social Studies -- [SCSSA]
• National Labor Relations Board -- [ILWU], [LACFL]
• National Negro History Week -- [EMS]
• National War Labor Board -- [IAM], [ILWU], [NLWC], [NWLB]
• Nava, Dr. Julian -- [JN], [RLD]
• Nazi and pro-Nazi Activities, Southern California -- [BNC], [CRC], [GGB]
• Northeast Valley Health Corporation -- [SFVHC]
• Northridge, California -- [NCA]
• Nuclear Power -- [DB], [LWV], [LWC]
• Nursery Schools -- [CAEYC], [CNSM], [RMB], [SCAEYC]

• Owensmouth, California -- [CW] [CPWC]
• Owens River Valley -- [ABN]

• Pacific Coast Maritime Industry Board -- [ILWU], [NLWC]
• Pacific Telephone Company -- [LWC]
• Pacoima Housing Rehabilitation -- [PRI], [BR]
• Pacoima Property Owners Association -- [EMS]
• Parks & Recreation -- [NCA], [RCC], [WF]
• Perspective -- [CFT], [SCLNC]
• Pettigrew, Thomas F. -- [BUS]
• Phelps, G. Allison -- [CRC]
• Photojournalism -- [PPA]
• Polio -- [see: Health Care Facilities, Rancho Los Amigos Hospital]
• Political Action Committees, labor -- [LACFL]
• Politics -- [ED], [CDSCC], [CYD], [JB], [JCC], [JN], [LACFL], [LWV], [TCC]
• Population, Los Angeles -- [AZ], [CRC], [GLAVCB], [NCA], [RCC], [VICA], [WVNCC], [ZPG]
• Poultry Farming, San Fernando Valley -- [CW]
• Prayer in public schools -- [CRC], [ABN]
• Propeller (UAW, Local 887) -- [SCLNC]
• Proposition 14 - [see: Rumford Fair Housing Act]
• Proposition 18 - [see: Right-to-Work Initiative and Save Our State Committee]
• Prostitution and Gambling, Los Angeles -- [WLM]
• Public Housing -- [LWV], [MM]
• Public Utilities, Los Angeles -- [LWC], [TCC], [VICA]
• Public Utilities, Southern California Edison -- [WM], [JS], [LWC], [OAS]
• Public Works -- [TCC], [VICA]

• Rabinovitz, Francine F. -- [BUS]
• Race Relations -- [CRC], [ILWU], [JCC], [JN]
• Racism -- [CRC], [JCC], [JN], [LACFL], [MM]
• Realtors -- [FP], [LWC], [RCC], [VICA]
• Recreation - [see: Parks and Recreation]
• Reporter (UFCWIC, Local 324) -- [SCLNC]
• Reseda, California -- [RCC], [RWC]
• Reseda Retail Merchants Association -- [RCC]
• Retail Clerks Union, Local 770, AFL-CIO -- [RCU]
• Right-to-Work Initiative of 1958 (Proposition 18) -- [LACFL], [RM]
• Right-Wing Organizations, Southern California -- [CRC]
• Riots -- [JCC], [LAWR]
• Riverside AFL-CIO Central Labor Council -- [SCLNC]
• Rockwell International Corporation -- [SCLNC], [ROCK]
• Rodriguez, Felipe and Blandina (Family) -- [FBR]
• Rosenberg, Ethel and Julius -- [CRC], [GGB] [see also: Communism, United States]
• Rumford Fair Housing Act (Proposition 14) -- [MM]
• Ryan Act of 1970 -- [CETA]

• San Fernando Valley, History -- [ACCSFV],  [AZ], [ED], [CHT], [CW], [JB], [JN], [RCC], [RS] [SFVC], [SFWC], [VFM], [VICA], [WVNCC], [YWCA]
• San Fernando Valley State College - [see: CSUN]
• San Joaquin Nuclear Power Project -- [DB]
• San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station -- [DB]
• San Pedro-Wilmington, California -- [ILWU], [LACFL], [NLWC]
• Save-Our-State Committee (Proposition 14) -- [LACFL], [RM], [ZPG]
• Screen Cartoonists Guild, Motion Picture -- [SCG]
• Searle, Jean -- [SSMPA]
• Segregation, Schools -- [see: Busing for School Integration]
• Service Employees International Union (SEIU) -- [SCLNC]
• Shaw, Frank L. (Mayor, Los Angeles) -- [WLM]
• Sierra Club -- [SSMPA]
• Silberberg, Mendell -- [CRC], [JR]
• Smith, Gerald L. K. -- [CRC]
• Social Service Organizations, Los Angeles -- [CRC], [GLAVCB], [JFS], [LWV], [UWLA], [VICA]
• Southern California Gas Company -- [LWC]
• Soviet Jewry -- [CRC], [GGB]
• Sports -- [DAS], [SOC], [YWCA]
• Strikes and Lockouts, aircraft industry -- [IAM]
• Strikes and Lockouts, agricultural labor -- [JN], [MM], [VVB]
• Strikes and Lockouts, autoworkers -- [PJG]
• Strikes and Lockouts, general -- [LACFL]
• Strikes and Lockouts, longshoremen -- [ILWU], [NLWC]
• Strikes and Lockouts, newspapers -- [LANG], [LATU]
• Strikes and Lockouts, retail clerks -- [RCU]
• Strikes and Lockouts, screen cartoonists, [SCG]
• Strikes and Lockouts, teachers -- [ATOLA], [CFT], [SCLNC], [PP], [TP], [UTLA], [VVB]
• Student Integration - [see: Busing for School Integration]
• Student Rights -- [RLD]  [see also: CSUN]
• Student/Youth Movements -- [GGB]  [see also: CSUN, Student Unrest in University Archives]
• Subversive Activities, United States -- [GGB]

• Taft-Hartley Labor Relations Act -- [LACFL], [PJG], [RM], [VVB]
• Tarzana, California -- [TPOA]
• Tarzana Woman's Club -- [TWC]
• Taxation, Legislation -- [ACCSFV], [CFT], [JN], [GLAVCB], [LACFL], [LWC], [LWV], [TCC], [VICA], [WVNCC]
• Teachers, integration -- [BUS]
• Teachers, unions -- [see: Labor Unions, Strikes & Lockouts]
• Tenny, Jack (Senator) -- [CRC], [GGB]
• Terrytoon Strike -- [SCG]
• Theater Arts, Education -- [CETA]
• Thomas, Don -- [GLAVCB]
• Tourism, Southern California -- [GLAVCB]
• Toxic Substances -- [ED]
• The Transit Reporter (AASERMCEA, #1277) -- [SCLNC]
• Transportation, Airports -- [AZ], [CHT], [WVNCC]
• Transportation, Freeways/Highways -- [AZ], [ED], [RCC], [TCC], [VICA], [WVNCC]
• Transportation, Public -- [LWV], [VICA]
• Transportation, Rapid Transit -- [ACCSFV], [LWV], [TCC]
• Transportation, Shipping, World War II -- [CALSHIP]
• Typographical Bulletin -- [SCLNC]
• Typographical Journal, The -- [SCLNC]

• Underwood, Agnes M. -- [AMU]
• Unemployment, Los Angeles -- [LACFL]
• The Union Teacher (AFT, Local 1021) -- [SCLNC]
• Unions -- [See: Labor]
• United Auto Workers, Local 645, Van Nuys, California -- [LACFL],  [PJG]
• United Nations -- [CRC]
• United States Commission on Civil Rights -- [JCC]
• United Teacher -- [UTLA]
• United Way of Los Angeles -- [UWLA]
• Urban Planning -- [CCAPA], [JAM], [LACP]
• Urban Planning, San Fernando Valley -- [AZ], [LACP], [PRI], [VICA]
• Urban Politics and Government -- [LWV]
• Utilities -- [see: Public Utilities]

• Valley Industry and Commerce Association -- [VICA]
• Van Nuys Airport -- [AZ], [WVNCC]
• Van Nuys, California -- [AZ], [LWC], [PJG], [WVNCC]
• Varela, Delfino -- [CASA]
• Veterans -- [CRC], [JCC], [LACFL]
• Vietnam -- [JCC], [GGB]
• Voice of Local 399 (SEIU) -- [SCLNC]
• Voter Education -- [LWV]

• Wages and Salaries -- [CFT], [LACFL]
• Walt Disney Studio Strike, 1940-1941 -- [SCG]
• War Chest -- [UWLA]
• Ward, Lincoln -- [LWC], [VICA]
• Water, California -- [ABN]
• Water Quality -- [LWV]
• Water Resource Development, Southern California -- [FRPA], [LW], [LWV], [VICA]
• Weeks, Charles (experimental poultry farm) -- [CW]
• Wilmington, California -- [ILWU], [NLWC]
• Winnetka Women's Club -- [WWC] 
• Women, organizations -- [CPWC], [LWC], [LWV], [NHLA], [RWC], [SFWC], [TWC], [WWC], [YWCA]
• Women journalists -- [AMU]
• Women's Societies and Clubs:  [CPWC], [LINKS], [RWC], [SFWC], [TWC], [WWC], [YWCA]
• Woods, Elizabeth -- [CETA]
• World War II, Armed Forces Radio Service -- [AFRS]
• World War II, home front -- [UWLA]
• World War II, Japanese internment -- [MO]
• World War II, ship building -- [CALSHIP]

• Young Democrats, California -- [CYD]
• Young Communist League -- [GGB]  [see also: Student/Youth Movements]
• Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) -- [SCMAM], [YWCA]
• YMCA Mexican Youth Conference -- [SCMAM]
• Young Women's Christian Association, Los Angeles -- [YWCA]
• Younger, Evelle J. -- [JCC], [LAWR]

• Zionism -- [CRC], [LWV]
• Zoning, Los Angeles -- [LWV], [VICA]
• Zoning, San Fernando Valley -- [ACCSFV], [AZ],  [NCA], [PRI], [RCC], [VICA]
• Zoraster, Albert -- [AZ], [WVNCC]