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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

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

African American Music Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2020-007
Abstract This collection contains sheet music, event programs, magazines, booklets, postcards, photographs, and other material related to African American musicians, composers, arrangers, and musical groups. This collection is mostly comprised of sheet music that falls under the sacred music genre such as gospels and spirituals, but also includes music in the blues genres. Also included in this collection are a few flyers and programs for events featuring African American musicians, booklets and...
Dates: 1871-1990; undated; Majority of material found within 1890-1945

Kaye Briegel Chicano Pamphlets and Literature Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2024-014
Scope and Contents

The Kaye Briegel Chicano Pamphlets and Literature Collection (1961-1979; undated) contains three boxes of pamphlets, booklets, plays, poetry, books, comic books, children’s books, essays, short stories, and anthologies regarding Chicano communities, movements, culture, and history. This collection is arranged alphabetically by title within material type. Collection material is in both English and Spanish.

Dates: 1961-1979; circa 1960s-1970s; undated

Paionia Senryu Ginsha パイオニア川柳吟社 = Pioneer Senryu Poetry Circle Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2022-024
Abstract The collection comprises monthly bulletins and anthologies of senryu poetry authored by the members of パイオニア川吟社 Paionia Senryu Ginsha from 1997 to present as well as the works by the members of other circles in Los Angeles, California between 1991 and 2002, including 川柳つばめ吟社 Senryu Tsubame Ginsha, かごめ川柳吟社 Kagome Senryu Ginsha, and 悠々会 Yuyukai and 自適会 Jitekikai. Also included are a reprint of an anthology, “鈴蛇 Suzuhebi,” which was originally published in the Jerome camp during the war, and...
Dates: 1991-2021

Hisashi Matsue Tanka Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2023-005
Abstract This collection comprises tanka poems authored by Hisashi Matsue, who is a master of tanka poetry, an instructor for the California Tankakai in Los Angeles, California, which mainly consists of the Japanese and Japanese American poets in Los Angeles, and the editor for their periodical magazine. Included are a complete set of the California Tankakai’s magazine, "California Tanka," published quarterly (1979-2021) and semiannually (2022-present) since 1979, a set of special issues published...
Dates: 1979-2024

Sue Doro Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2024-013
Abstract

This collection is related to Sue Doro, a woman who worked as a machinist for over thirty-five years, and wrote poetry about her experiences as a machinist, and her life. It includes newspapers and publications related to her poetry books, apperances, and poetry readings; permissions; copyright; publications; correspondence; and other material related to Sue Doro and women tradeswomen.

Dates: Fall 1979-September 16, 2011

Black History Pamphlets Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2022-064
Abstract

This collection contains pamphlets, ephemera, booklets, joutrnals, comic books, and other materials related to Black history in the last 200 years. Subjects include slavery, economics, Black/White relations, as well as noted Black figures, including Rev. Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Anglea Davis, Huey Newton, Paul Robeson, C.L.R. James, and Amanda Smith. Publications include Black journals, zines, and comic books introducing Black superheroes.

Dates: ca. 1890-2018

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Aquarian Spiritual Center (Los Angeles, Calif.) 2
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Besant, Annie, 1847-1933 1
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Budge, E. A. Wallis, Sir (Ernest Alfred Wallis), 1857-1934 1
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Cooper, J. California 1
Curtiss, Harriette Augusta, 1856?-1932 1
Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne ), 1944- 1
Doro, Sue, 1937- 1
DuBois, W.E.B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 1
Eliade, Mircea, 1907-1986 1
Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974 1
Europe, James Reese, 1881-1919 1
Fortune, Dion 1
Gadalla, Moustafa, 1944 1
Gauquelin, Michel, 1928-1991 1
Gayle, Addison, Jr., 1932-1991 1
Ghose, Aurobindo, 1872-1950 1
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Hall Johnson Choir 1
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Jackson, Jesse, 1941- 1
Jerome Incarceration Camp 1
Johnson, J. Rosamond (John Rosamond), 1873-1954 1
Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938 1
Jones, Marc Edmund, 1888-1980 1
Jordan, June, 1936-2002 1
Jubilee Singers (Fisk University) 1
Jung, C.G. (Carl Gustav), 1875-1961 1
Kalayjian, Pat 1
Kgositsile, Keorapetse 1
Killens, John Oliver, 1916-1987 1
King, Richard D. 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
Martin, Roberta, 1907-1969 1
Massey, Gerald, 1828-1907 1
Meeds, Virgil A. 1
Nation of Islam (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Newton, Huey P. 1
Perry, Armagene Hasani 1
Purucker, G. de (Gottfried), 1874-1942 1
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Walker, Margaret, 1915-1998 1
Weatherwax, John M. (John Martin), 1900-1984 1
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