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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

Leo Gallagher Campaigns - Weatherwax Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2017-007
Abstract

The Leo Gallagher Campaigns - Weatherwax Collection contains press releases, pamphlets, legal filings, campaign literature, lists of expenditures and receipts, internal campaign committee literature, endorsements, correspondence, and other papers about the 1933 and 1934 judicial campigns of Leo Gallagher from the personal collection of his campaign manager, John Weatherwax. This collection is now part of the

Dates: 1933-1934, undated

Kate Crane Gartz Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2018-004
Abstract

The Kate Crane Gartz Collection contains a wide array of personal papers including correspondence, poems, clippings, activism ephemera, drafts and information related to her published travel diary "Around the World with Kate Crane Gartz," and photographs. The materials were collected by her friend and colleague, John Weatherwax. This collection is now part of the

Dates: 1929-1954

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

Weatherwax Rosenberg Flyer Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2017-006
Abstract

The Weatherwax Rosenberg Flyer Collections contains flyers, pamphlets, booklets, and other papers about the Julius and Ethel Rosenberg case from the personal collection of John Weatherwax. Items in the collection date from 1952 to 1976. Most of the materials in this collection are flyers for events supporting the Rosenbergs and informational flyers and pamphlets attempting to rally popular support for clemency. This collection is now part of the

Dates: 1952-1976, undated; Majority of material found within 1952 - 1953

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Bailey, Alice, 1880-1949 1
Ben-Jochannan, Yosef 1
Cooper, J. California 1
DuBois, W.E.B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 1
Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906 1
Gayle, Addison, Jr., 1932-1991 1
Giovanni, Nikki 1
Greenfield, Eloise 1
Gregory, Dick 1
Guy, Rosa 1
Haley, Alex 1
Hall, Manly P. (Manly Palmer), 1901-1990 1
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John Henry and Mary Louisa Dunn Foundation 1
Jordan, June, 1936-2002 1
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Marshall, Paule, 1929-2019 1
Meeds, Virgil A. 1
Nation of Islam (Chicago, Ill.) 1
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Thurman, Howard, 1915-1998 1
United States. Internal Security Act of 1950 1
Walker, Alice, 1944- 1
Walker, Margaret, 1915-1998 1
Weatherwax, Clara , 1905-1958 1
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