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African American Music Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2020-007
Abstract This collection contains sheet music, event programs, magazines, booklets, postcards, photographs, and other material related to African American musicians, composers, arrangers, and musical groups. This collection is mostly comprised of sheet music that falls under the sacred music genre such as gospels and spirituals, but also includes music in the blues genres. Also included in this collection are a few flyers and programs for events featuring African American musicians, booklets and...
Dates: 1871-1990; undated; Majority of material found within 1890-1945

John Ahouse-Upton Sinclair Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2013-001
Abstract This collection consists of 400 books, 12 linear feet of archival items and resource material about Upton Sinclair collected by bibliographer John Ahouse, author of Upton Sinclair, A Descriptive Annotated Bibliography. Included are Upton Sinclair books, pamphlets, newspaper articles, publications, circular letters, manuscripts, and a few personal letters. Also included are a wide variety of subject files, scholarly or popular articles about Sinclair, videos,...
Dates: 1895-2014

American Leftist Organizations and Labor Unions Stamps and Ephemera

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2018-026
Abstract The American Leftist Organization and Labor Unions Stamps and Ephemera Collection contains stamps, stickers, labels, cards, and other ephemera produced by socialist and communist organizations and labor unions in the United States, 1890-1940. The bulk of the materials in this collection are stamps from fundraising, boycott, and strike actions. Highlights include stamps and campaign cards from the International Workers of the World, "Save the Scottsboro Boys" fundraising stamps from the...
Dates: 1890-1940; undated

The American Socialist

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SPC-2018-018
Abstract

Vol.1, No. 1-12 of "The American Socialist", 1954.

Dates: January-December 1954

Bass Family Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2020-005
Abstract Bass Family Correspondence comprises the correspondence and family documents of the Bass Family from Nebraska, who were involved in early American socialism and the labor movement. The collection documents the family history through the eyes of descendant Jeanne Morgan, a community advocate, author, and artist who conducted thorough research into her family’s genealogy throughout her adult life. The collection documents the story of the Bass family through letters, documents, heirloom...
Dates: 1909-2012, undated

Guardian Newspaper Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2009-008
Scope and Contents The Guardian was established in 1948 by James Aronson, Cedric Belfrage, and John T. McManus, members of the Progressive Party, and originally called the publication the National Guardian. By the late 1960s, the older leadership of the paper found itself at odds with the younger, more leftist staff, and so in 1968 Aronson sold his shares of the paper to the staff, and the paper subsequently shortened its name to The Guardian. In the 1970s, the focus of the paper shifted from a general,...
Dates: 1968-1992

Dennis Terry/ National Organization for an American Revolution (N.O.A.R.) Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2022-017
Abstract This collection contains clippings; essays; presentations; speeches; event and workshop flyers; newsletters; fact sheets; and other material belonging to Dennis Terry, former chair of the Bay Area chapter of the National Organization for an American Revolution (NOAR). Also included are materials generated by NOAR, and a few of its founding members, James and Grace Lee Boggs such as correspondence, speeches, leaflets, essays, and committee meeting minutes and notes; and material from when...
Dates: 1964-1987; undated; Majority of material found within 1978-1987

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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