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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
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
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
Hahn (Harlan) Disabilities Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2014-004
Abstract
This collection contains materials related to Harlan Hahn (1939-2008), his family, his battle with polio in the 1940s, and his professional career focusing mostly on society’s view of disabilities. Hahn was a professor of political science, psychiatry, and behavioral science at the University of Southern California. The collection concentrates on his writings and research on American and urban politics, and health and disability politics and policy. Included in the collection are published...
Dates:
1823-2006; 1945-2006
Melvin House Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2020-030
Abstract
This collection contains material belonging to Melvin House, an African American electrician and high school gymnast living in Los Angeles, California. Included in this collection are documents, photographs, ephemera, articles, booklets, pamphlets, and other material relating to House's education, career, friends and family; as well as his interests in spirituality, politics, religion, and the Nation of Islam.
Dates:
1929-1971; undated
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
P. Louis and Marylynn T. Johnson Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2023-023
Scope and Contents
The P. Louis and Marylynn T. Johnson Family Collection (1946-2023; undated) contains one box and 0.21 ft. of material belonging to the Johnson & Mahoney family. The majority of the collection contains political campaign documents regarding the Nixon, Ford, and Reagan administrations, autographed photographs of Presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Ronald Reagan, and several photographs of P. Louis Johnson and politicians, a photograph of Marylynn T. Johnson’s family, several...
Dates:
November 14, 1946-October 25, 2023; undated
Ed Pearl, Ash Grove Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2021-022
Abstract
This collection contains material belonging to Ed Pearl, founder of the Ash Grove venue. The majority of material related to the Ash Grove includes documents regarding efforts to create a new Ash Grove in the 1980s, as well as in the 1990s on the Santa Monica Pier; and material related to Ash Grove produced events, the Ash Grove Foundation, and Ash Grove music archives project. Also included are documents regarding Pearl's career as a producer for San Francisco Mime Troupe, KPFK-FM radio...
Dates:
1947, 1952-2021; undated; Majority of material found within 1980-1999
Random Lengths News Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2021-032
Abstract
This collection contains clippings, notes, correspondence, photographs, half-tones, press releases, flyers, invoices, meeting minutes, reports, published newspaper issues, and other material generated by Random Lengths News.
Dates:
1848, 1853, 1967, 1971, 1985-2024; undated ; Majority of material found within 1990-2004
Ernest C. Smith Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2019-019
Abstract
This collection contains material belonging to Ernest C. Smith and his family. The majority of the collection contains documents regarding Ernest's life as a sheet metal contractor; teacher for the Los Angeles Unified School District; educator; politician; and African American civil rights activist. This collection includes: articles, reports, certificates, correspondence, event programs, photographs, ephemera, and other material. Also included in this collection are items that belonged to...
Dates:
1930-2011; undated
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