Consists of the papers of Elaine Black Yoneda and research material gathered by author Vivian McGuckin Raineri in the course of writing the biography, Red Angel: The Life and Times of Elaine Black Yoneda. Collection includes correspondence from Manzanar, duplicates of FBI files, subject files regarding the San Francisco 1934 General Strike and Tom Mooney, a manuscript history of International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Auxiliary No. 16, transcripts of oral histories, and photographs of the Buchman and Yoneda families. While the earliest material dates from 1908, the majority of documents cover the 1930's through 1970's, with remembrances from the death of Elaine Yoneda in 1988.

Among original documents of particular historical interest are notes for a history of ILWU Auxiliary No. 16 and a report entitled "The ILA and the Courts During the 1934 Strike," the latter compiled by the ILA Defense Committee. It is a carbon typescript with a pencilled list of seaman arrested, country of origin, deportation notes, etc. This report numbers 39 pages. There is also considerable documentation on the internment camp at Manzanar, including the text of a 1942 address to the Commonwealth Club by the camp director. The address was called "Manzanar from the Inside." Other views of the "inside" may be found in the testimonies by Elaine and Karl before the U.S. Commission on Wartime and Civilian Internment, and in the compilation, "A Few Reminders of Manzanar, 1941-1992."

Among family papers may be found a sizeable correspondence from Elaine to Karl during his service in World War II [Note: A few letters from daughter Joyce appear in Elaine's handwriting. They appear to have been copied by Elaine for re-mailing to Karl], and a number of tributes gathered in eulogy upon Elaine's death.

Beside the Yonedas, a number of labor leaders are highlighted in this collection (e.g., Tom Gallagher, "Blackie" Myers, Tom Mooney), particularly in Series 2, "Labor Trials/Bail Defense."