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African American Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2021-003
Abstract
This collection contains photograph albums, as well as single and loose photographs featuring images of African Americans. Images depict families; children; soldiers; and infants in a variety of settings and participating in many activities such as parties and events; holidays such as Christmas and Easter; inside and in front of homes; in front of cars; birthdays; churches; parks; vacations; and others. Also included in this collection are school, graduation, and military portraits; and some...
Dates:
circa 1880s-2010s; Majority of material found within 1940-1980
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
B-E Collection: Lesbians and Their Careers
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2021-020
Abstract
This collection contains oral history interviews of lesbians discussing their lives and includes discussions regarding childhood, careers, coming out, lesbian relationships, family, hobbies, education, and other topics. Material in this collection is available to view at:Lesbians and Their Careers (B-E Collection)
Dates:
March 2021-September 2023
Sidney A. Ball Policewoman Daily Calendars Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2017-003
Abstract
This collection contains one box of seven daily calendars kept by Sidney A. Ball, a Los Angeles Policewoman from 1929-1965, making her one of the first policewomen on the force. Entries within these calendars include: brief summaries of interactions and observations from Ball’s time as a policewoman, such as bookings for prostitution, intoxication, and verbal and physical altercations with police officers- including Ball. Ball also kept a record of addresses, birthdays, lunch and dinner...
Dates:
1934-1957; 1965-1966; undated
Willie G. Bass Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2023-038
Abstract
This collection contains one scrapbook with mostly Los Angeles Times clippings; Radio and Television Training School lesson plans, study guides, exams, notes; one Watts Summer Festival program; issues of Soviet Life; Sentinel 50; The American Negro; The Negro; Ebony; a New York City, and Los Angeles atlas; as well as a few loose...
Dates:
1945-2006; undated; Majority of material found within 1970s-1980s
Neil Boyer Photography Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2017-015
Abstract
This collection contains photographs and negatives taken by Neil Boyer, a commercial photographer based in the South Bay Area of Southern California. Clients include: businesses and organizations; families; models; bands; and others who hired Boyer for portraits; public relations and marketing purposes; product photography; holiday and Christmas cards; and events. Material types include: black-and-white and color negative film; color transparency film; slide film; polaroids; proof sheets;...
Dates:
1971-2019; undated; Majority of material found within 1980-2000
Jerry Brown and Tom Bradley at Simon Wiesenthal Center Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2024-006
Scope and Contents
The Jerry Brown and Tom Bradley at Simon Wiesenthal Center Photograph Collection (1978; circa 1970s) contains approximately 100 8x10 photographs and 32 contact sheets featuring images taken at the Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies in Los Angeles, California. A majority of the photographs feature former California governor Edmund Gerald "Jerry" Brown Jr. posing with people (presumably guests and employees of the Center); and speaking at and in attendance at various events held at...
Dates:
1978, circa 1970s
Ken Carpenter Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2019-042
Abstract
This collection contains athletic event programs, correspondence, magazines, photographs, certificates, postcards, and other material mostly related to Ken Carpenter's college athletic career in discus including his time on the United States track-and-field team during the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany where he won a gold medal.
Dates:
1934-1937; 1946; undated
Chicano History Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2022-038
Scope and Contents
This collection contains magazines, articles, newspaper clippings, theater programs, flyers, pamphlets, vinyl records, t-shirts, and other material regarding Chicano history. A majority of the material relates to topics such as the Zoot Suit riots; education; the East LA High School Walkouts of 1968; immigration; politics; and other areas of activism regarding the Chicano movement. Some of the material in this collection were featured as part of the Gerth Archives and Special Collections...
Dates:
1943-2010; undated; Majority of material found within 1960-1980
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