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American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2022-042
Scope and Contents

The American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born Collection (1939-1944, 1946-1948, 1950, 1955, circa 1959) contains one box and .21 linear feet of mailers; flyers; pamphlets; conference programs and proceedings; press releases; discussion outlines; brochures; and other documents generated by the American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born, an organization founded in 1933 to defend the rights of foreign born individuals. This collection is organized chronologically.

Dates: 1939-1944, 1946-1948, 1950, 1955, circa 1959

Glenn M. Anderson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-1983-001
Abstract This collection comprises papers related to the long political career of Glenn M. Anderson, who served in California as mayor of the city of Hawthorne, as State Assemblyman, and as Lieutenant Governor, then represented the state in the House of Representatives. The wide-ranging collection contains legislation, reports, correspondence, scrapbooks, newsletters, audio-visual material, and other items recording Anderson’s deep involvement in the political issues facing California and the United...
Dates: 1870s-2000; Majority of material found in 1940-1994

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

John M. Weatherwax Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2015-005
Abstract This collection contains material collected and written by John M. Weatherwax such as correspondence, manuscripts, essays, film treatments, research notes, pamphlets, leaflets, flyers, programs, mailers, and other documents. Material authored by Weatherwax includes drafts of manuscripts, essays, novellas, articles, radio transcripts, and film treatments; as well as notes, revisions, and related research material. Collected material is from organizations such as American Committee for...
Dates: 1913-1981; undated; Majority of material found within 1930-1960

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American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born 2
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California State University, Dominguez Hills 1
California. Legislature. Assembly 1
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California. Governor’s Commission on the Los Angeles Riots 1
California. Legislature. Senate. Fact-Finding Committee on Un-American Activities in California 1
California. National Guard 1
Carter, Jimmy , 1924- 1
Crane-Gartz, Kate 1
Cranston, Alan , 1914-2000 1
Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne ), 1944- 1
Democratic Party (Calif.) 1
Democratic Party (U.S.) 1
Gallagher, Leo 1
Jackson, Jesse, 1941- 1
John Henry and Mary Louisa Dunn Foundation 1
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 1
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 1
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 1
Los Angeles Committee for Protection of Foreign Born 1
Los Angeles Committee to Secure Justice in the Rosenberg Case 1
Military Prison at Alcatraz Island, California 1
National Committee to Secure Justice in the Rosenberg Case 1
National Federation for Constitutional Liberties 1
Newton, Huey P. 1
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1944 1
Reagan, Ronald 1
Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976 1
Rosenberg, Ethel, 1915-1953 1
Rosenberg, Julius, 1918-1953 1
Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing ), 1835-1914 1
Tenney, Jack B. (Jack Breckinridge ), 1898-1970 1
United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, California 1
United States. Marine Mammal Commission 1
United States. Congress . House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation 1
United States. Congress. House 1
United States. Congress. House. Committee on merchant Marine and Fisheries 1
United States. Internal Security Act of 1950 1
University of California (System) 1
Weatherwax, John M. (John Martin), 1900-1984 1
Weatherwax, Clara , 1905-1958 1
X, Malcolm, 1925-1965 1
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