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African American Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2021-003
Abstract This collection contains photograph albums, as well as single and loose photographs featuring images of African Americans. Images depict families; children; soldiers; and infants in a variety of settings and participating in many activities such as parties and events; holidays such as Christmas and Easter; inside and in front of homes; in front of cars; birthdays; churches; parks; vacations; and others. Also included in this collection are school, graduation, and military portraits; and some...
Dates: circa 1880s-2010s; Majority of material found within 1940-1980

Willie G. Bass Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2023-038
Abstract This collection contains one scrapbook with mostly Los Angeles Times clippings; Radio and Television Training School lesson plans, study guides, exams, notes; one Watts Summer Festival program; issues of Soviet Life; Sentinel 50; The American Negro; The Negro; Ebony; a New York City, and Los Angeles atlas; as well as a few loose...
Dates: 1945-2006; undated; Majority of material found within 1970s-1980s

Ken Carpenter Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2019-042
Abstract

This collection contains athletic event programs, correspondence, magazines, photographs, certificates, postcards, and other material mostly related to Ken Carpenter's college athletic career in discus including his time on the United States track-and-field team during the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany where he won a gold medal.

Dates: 1934-1937; 1946; undated

Compton High School Time Capsule

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2022-031
Abstract

The Compton High School Time Capsule Collection includes information on the cornerstone, correspondence, city maps, pamphlets, school and club yearbooks, history on the city of Compton, school and city newspapers, information on the 1933 earthquake, and club and organization’s list of officers and members.

Dates: 1903-1935

Filer Compton Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2022-012
Abstract

This collection consists of approximately 25 magazines and newspaper titles, as well as newspaper clippings and ballots. The collection predominantly focuses on African American social and political news, civil rights issues, and cultural and entertainment news. A large portion of the collection consists of Jet magazines but almost equally as large is the collection of Ebony magazines. Some of the titles also included are The Crisis, Los Angeles Times, The Bulletin and more.

Dates: 1957-2020; Majority of material found within 1960-1990

Gidra Magazine Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SPC-1900-009
Scope and Contents This collection contains issues of Gidra, an monthly magazine published by Japanese-American students at UCLA between 1969 and 1974. Gidra covered issues such as racism; the anti-war movement; and other social justice issues in regards to the Asian American community around the UCLA campus and greater Los Angeles.Gidra also included art and poetry. Sixty issues of ...
Dates: 1969-1974

Japanese American Newspaper Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-1900-048
Abstract

This collection includes newspapers and magazines from the Nichibei Manichi, Shin Nichibei New Japanese American News, Maui Shinbun, Rafu Shimpo, and Pacific Citizen published by the Japanese American community pre and post World War II.

Dates: January 1, 1927 - June 12, 2014; Majority of material found within 1940-1967

Les Claypool's Los Angeles Free Press Publication

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2024-23
Abstract

This collection contains three complete bound volumes of Les Claypool's Free Press, quickly renamed the Los Angeles Free Press, which ran from 1955-1957. The newspaper was sponsored by the Los Angeles chapter of Americans for Democratic Action with Les E. Claypool Sr. as the founding editor. Glenn M. Anderson served as a board member during the short lifespan of the newspaper. The newspaper covers 1950s Los Angeles and California politics from a liberal perspective.

Dates: January 1955 - May 1957

LGBTQ Publications Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2018-031
Abstract

The LGBTQ Publications Collection (1935-2022, undated; bulk 1970-2000) contains newspapers, magazines, newsletters, reports, and other publications devoted to the LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer) community.

Dates: 1935-2023; Majority of material found within 1975-2000

Los Angeles Tribune (1941-1960)

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2022-029
Scope and Contents

This collection contains seven issues of the Los Angeles Tribune; a newspaper published in Los Angeles by civil rights activist, Almena Lomax. The newspaper ran from 1941-1960 and was published for African American residents of Los Angeles.

Dates: October 12, 1941; August 24, 1942; October 19, 1942; November 30, 1945; December 14, 1942; March 26, 1945

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Capital District Gay and Lesbian Community Council (Albany, N.Y.) 1
Carpenter, William Kenneth, 1913-1984 1
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Dallas Voice 1
Daughters of Bilitis 1
Daughters of Improved, Benevolent, Protective Order of Elks of the World 1
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Ebony Magazine 1
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Edge (Magazine) 1
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Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation 1
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Gay Men's Health Crisis, Inc. 1
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Golden State Gay Rodeo Association. Greater Los Angeles Chapter 1
Haas, Lucien C., 1918- 1
Human Rights Campaign (U.S.) 1
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Japanese American Citizens' League 1
Jet Magazine 1
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King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 1
L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center 1
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Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund 1
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Long Beach Lambda Democratic Club 1
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Metropolitan Community Church 1
NAMES Project Foundation 1
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 1
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (U.S.) 1
National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights 1
NewsWest (Newspaper) 1
Nightlife Magazine 1
Nikkei for Civil Rights & Redress 1
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Obama, Barack 1
Obama, Michelle, 1964- 1
Olympic Games (11th : 1936 : Berlin, Germany) 1
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Outfest (Film festival) 1
POZ 1
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San Francisco Mime Troupe 1
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