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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

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

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

"California Eagle"

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SPC-2021-002
Scope and Contents This collection contains Vol. 21, issues 10-29 of the "California Eagle"(June 5, 1950-October 19, 1950), one of the oldest black-owned and operated newspapers in the United States during its run from 1979-1964. In its early days, the newspaper provided housing and job information for Black settlers transitioning to life on the West Coast. After Charlotta Bass took over the newspaper in 1912, she started directing the newspaper toward reporting on issues affecting Black and minortiy...
Dates: June 5, 1950-October 19, 1950

Civil Rights Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2022-009
Scope and Contents The Civil Rights Collection (1913-1994; undated) contains three boxes of flyers, leaflets, broadsides, magazines, and other documents related to civil rights activism. Included are flyers regarding activist Angelo Herndon; an event aimed at Los Angeles' Latinx voters; Delegates National Assembly for Peace, Washington D.C. April 1, 1952; a reprint of the address Rev. Edward D. McGowan of the National Committee to Defend Negro Leadership delivered before the National Fraternal Council of...
Dates: 1913-1994; undatee

Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) San Francisco Chapter Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2023-004
Scope and Contents The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) San Francisco Chapter Papers (1964-1965, 1969; circa 1960s; undated) contains documents mostly related to activities of the San Francisco Chapter of CORE. A majority of the documents are in regards to an agreement between Community Dry Goods Relation Association and CORE, and CORE's belief that the terms of the agreement were not met due to discriminatory hiring practices; pickets, demonstrations, and marches protesting East Bay Restaurant Association,...
Dates: 1964-1969; circa 1960s; undated

CSU Japanese American Digitization Project Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2014-008
Abstract The central focus of the California State University Japanese American Digitization Project is the digitization and access to primary materials related to the history and progress of Japanese Americans in their communities. An enormous range of subjects and archival materials central to Japanese-American life before, during, and after World War II are in this digital collection including: letters, photographs, oral histories, camp publications, papers of camp administrators and counselors,...
Dates: 1915-1994

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

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

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Nikkei for Civil Rights & Redress 4
X, Malcolm, 1925-1965 3
American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born 2
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Hall, Manly P. (Manly Palmer), 1901-1990 2
Jackson, John G. 2
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 2
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 2
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) 2
Watts Labor Community Action Committee (Los Angeles, Calif.) 2
Weatherwax, John M. (John Martin), 1900-1984 2
4-Front Magazine 1
AIDS Health Project 1
AIDS Project Los Angeles 1
AIDS WALK Los Angeles 1
Acquah, Joseph 1
Adelante 1
Affirmation: Gay & Lesbian Mormons (Organization) 1
After Dark 1
Aid for AIDS 1
American Civil Liberties Union 1
Angelou, Maya 1
Armour, Alaine 1
Bay Area Reporter 1
Being Alive (Organization) 1
Ben-Jochannan, Yosef 1
Besant, Annie, 1847-1933 1
Black Panther Party 1
Budge, E. A. Wallis, Sir (Ernest Alfred Wallis), 1857-1934 1
Buttigieg, Pete, 1982- 1
Caffe Cino 1
California State University, Dominguez Hills 1
California Teachers Association 1
California eagle 1
Capital District Gay and Lesbian Community Council (Albany, N.Y.) 1
Christopher Street (Magazine) 1
Churchward, Albert 1
Civil Rights Congress (U.S.) 1
Clark, Steve 1
Clymer, R. Swinburne (Reuben Swinburne), 1878-1966 1
Committee Against Jim Crow in Military Service and Training 1
Community Care and Development Services 1
Congress of Racial Equality 1
Cooper, J. California 1
Cortines, Ramon C. 1
Crane-Gartz, Kate 1
Curtiss, Harriette Augusta, 1856?-1932 1
Cybersocket 1
DNA (Magazine) 1
Dallas County Voters League 1
Dallas Voice 1
Daughters of Bilitis 1
Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne ), 1944- 1
Dignity/Los Angeles 1
Dignity/USA 1
DuBois, W.E.B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 1
Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906 1
Ebony Magazine 1
Echo (Magazine) 1
Edge (Magazine) 1
Eliade, Mircea, 1907-1986 1
Fag Rag (Newspaper) 1
Fortune, Dion 1
Frontiers Magazine 1
Gadalla, Moustafa, 1944 1
Gallagher, Leo 1
Gauquelin, Michel, 1928-1991 1
Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation 1
Gay (Newspaper) 1
Gay Community News 1
Gay Games 1
Gay Men's Health Crisis, Inc. 1
Gay Sunshine (Newspaper) 1
Gay and Lesbian Times 1
Gayle, Addison, Jr., 1932-1991 1
Genre (Magazine) 1
Ghose, Aurobindo, 1872-1950 1
Giovanni, Nikki 1
Golden State Gay Rodeo Association. Greater Los Angeles Chapter 1
Greater Los Angeles Community Action Agency 1
Greenfield, Eloise 1
Gregory, Dick 1
Guy, Rosa 1
Hahn, Harlan, 1939-2008 1
Haley, Alex 1
Hartmann, Franz, 1838-1912 1
Heline, Corinne, 1882- 1
Herskovits, Melville J. (Melville Jean), 1895-1963 1
Himes, Chester B., 1909-1984 1
Hodson, Geoffrey, 1886-1983 1
Housing Authority of the City and County of San Francisco 1
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 1
Human Rights Campaign (U.S.) 1
Hurston, Zora Neale 1
In Magazine 1
Instinct (Magazine) 1
International Male (Company) 1
International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America 1
Jackson, Jesse, 1941- 1
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