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Alfred and Bernice Ligon Aquarian Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2015-001
Abstract This collection contains archival materials and rare books related to Alfred and Bernice Ligon as the proprietors and founders of The Aquarian Book Shop and Aquarian Spiritual Center in Los Angeles, CA; their interests in African American history and culture; and studies and teaching of metaphysics, occultism and black gnostic studies. The archival collection concentrates on the operations and events of the Book Shop, curriculum of the Spiritual Center, and African American culture. The rare...
Dates: Late 1800s - 2014; Bulk 1941-1996

Pat Kalayjian Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SPC-2022-016
Scope and Contents The Pat Kalayjian Collection (1843-1942, undated) contains photographs and books belonging to Pat Kalayjian, associate professor of interdisciplinary studies at Cal State Dominguez Hills. The majority of photographs are military photographs of Ashford General Hospital in West Virginia and 1942 army training. Also included is an undated aerial view of Los Angeles and a panoramic class photo from Ranchito Grammar School in Pico Rivera, circa 1922-1924. Books are mainly focused on Christianity,...
Dates: 1843-1942, undated

Ludwig Lauerhass Mexican Broadsides and Leaflets

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2014-007
Abstract

This collection consist of leaflets and broadsides pertaining to religious, social, and political themes from Mexico’s post-independence period. The content of the collection is made up of prints from Mexico’s iconic 19th-century printer and publisher, Luis Abadiano y Valdés. The collection presents a view of Mexican elite culture of post-independence Mexico that emphasizes the importance of religion, culture, and politics.

Dates: 1826-1851; undated

The Realist [publication]

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SPC-2018-016
Abstract

This collection contains 15 issues of "The Realist", a satirical publication featuring articles and essays focusing on social, political, and religious topics; and conspiracy theories.

Dates: 1965-1974

Right-Wing and Conservative Publications Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2018-022
Abstract The Right-wing and Conservative Publications Collection contains newsletters, newspapers, bulletins, magazines, and other publications generated by right-wing organizations and individuals. Material in this collection includes information regarding topics such as right-wing politics, religion, anti-communist activities, conservatism, antifeminism, segregation, political extremism, and racism. Publications in this collection include: "Common Sense: The Nation's Anti-Communist Newspaper", "Dan...
Dates: 1938-2021; undated; Majority of material found within 1950s-1980s

Dadisi Sanyika Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2015-002
Abstract

This collection contains archival material and rare books related to Dadisi Sanyika and his interests in African American history and culture, African drumming and dance, and the study of astrology, metaphysics, occultism, black gnostic studies, and PermaCulture. Included in the collection are published books and periodicals, pamphlets, yearbooks, handwritten notes, study materials, lesson plans, astrology charts, ephemera, newspaper clippings, and VHS tapes.

Dates: 1940s-2005; 1970-2005

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African American book collectors 1
African American dance 1
African American women poets 1
African Americans -- Culture 1
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Aquarian Spiritual Center (Los Angeles, Calif.) 2
Bailey, Alice, 1880-1949 2
Hall, Manly P. (Manly Palmer), 1901-1990 2
Jackson, John G. 2
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Acquah, Joseph 1
Angelou, Maya 1
Armour, Alaine 1
Ben-Jochannan, Yosef 1
Besant, Annie, 1847-1933 1
Budge, E. A. Wallis, Sir (Ernest Alfred Wallis), 1857-1934 1
Churchward, Albert 1
Clymer, R. Swinburne (Reuben Swinburne), 1878-1966 1
Cooper, J. California 1
Curtiss, Harriette Augusta, 1856?-1932 1
DuBois, W.E.B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 1
Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906 1
Eliade, Mircea, 1907-1986 1
Fortune, Dion 1
Gadalla, Moustafa, 1944 1
Gauquelin, Michel, 1928-1991 1
Gayle, Addison, Jr., 1932-1991 1
Ghose, Aurobindo, 1872-1950 1
Giovanni, Nikki 1
Greenfield, Eloise 1
Gregory, Dick 1
Guy, Rosa 1
Gómez Marín, Manuel, 1761-1850 1
Haley, Alex 1
Hartmann, Franz, 1838-1912 1
Heline, Corinne, 1882- 1
Herskovits, Melville J. (Melville Jean), 1895-1963 1
Himes, Chester B., 1909-1984 1
Hodson, Geoffrey, 1886-1983 1
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 1
Hurston, Zora Neale 1
John Birch Society 1
Jones, Marc Edmund, 1888-1980 1
Jordan, June, 1936-2002 1
Jung, C.G. (Carl Gustav), 1875-1961 1
Kalayjian, Pat 1
Kgositsile, Keorapetse 1
Killens, John Oliver, 1916-1987 1
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 1
King, Richard D. 1
Krassner, Paul 1
Lauerhass, Ludwig 1
Lester, Julius 1
Ligon, Alfred, 1906-2002 1
Ligon, Bernice, 1912-2000 1
Lorde, Audre 1
Lévi, Éliphas, 1810-1875 1
Marshall, Paule, 1929-2019 1
Massey, Gerald, 1828-1907 1
Meeds, Virgil A. 1
Metastasio, Pietro, 1698-1782 1
Moral Majority, Inc. 1
Nation of Islam (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Perry, Armagene Hasani 1
Purucker, G. de (Gottfried), 1874-1942 1
Realist (New York, N.Y.) 1
Regardie, Israel 1
Rogers, J.A. (Joel Augustus), 1880-1966 1
Rudhyar, Dane, 1895-1985 1
Sakoian , Frances 1
Sanyika, Dadisi 1
Saraydarian, Torkom 1
Schlafly, Phyllis 1
Schwaller de Lubicz, R.A. 1
Shields, Raymond 1
Smoot, Dan 1
Soyinka, Wole 1
Thurman, Howard, 1915-1998 1
Walker, Alice, 1944- 1
Walker, Margaret, 1915-1998 1
Weatherwax, John M. (John Martin), 1900-1984 1
Winston, Henry, 1911-1986 1
Wright, Richard, 1908-1960 1
X, Malcolm, 1925-1965 1
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