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Box 27

 Container

Contains 18 Results:

Valley Committee for Defense of the Bill of Rights- event flyers for Esther Baun celebration, February 25, 1967

 File — Box: 27, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This sub-series contains flyers, pamphlets, correspondence, leaflets, and other documents related to a Red Scare, the Smith Act of 1940, McCarthyism, and other material related to communism and the time period surrounding the perceived threat of communism in the United States such as documents regarding the Hollywood blacklist, House Committee on Un-American Activities, Communist Party U.S.A., Communist Party of Los Angeles, and others.

Dates: February 25, 1967

Leaflets (general file- benefits, birthday celebrations, memorial services), 1945, 1947, 1952-1953, 1955, 1959-1961, 1970, 1973, 1977

 File — Box: 27, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents

Includes: Pancake Breakfast to help Taos Indian Pueblo; City Wide Laymen Movement meeting; Beach Party; "Ride in on a Broomstick and Sweep Out Your Peeves" benefit; National Negro Labor Council dinner for Bernice Henry; Thanksgiving dinner celebration; birthday party for Matilda Tolly; birthday party for Helmer Bergman; memorial for Nell Higman; benefit for Morton Sobell; COmmittee to Aid Soviet War Orphans "An Evening of Stellar Entertainment"

Dates: 1945, 1947, 1952-1953, 1955, 1959-1961, 1970, 1973, 1977

Leaflets (general file- movie screenings, theatre, concerts, festivals), 1947, 1952-1955, 1960, 1963, 1975, 1976

 File — Box: 27, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents Includes: Hungarian Center celebration; musicale extraordinaire at California Art Institute; movie slide show "An Education on China"; Civil Rights Congress 7th Annual Carnival and Dance; Vanguard Presents "The Issues"; Youth Rights Festival; Victor Arnautoff "Realism in the 19th Century Russian Art"; "Many Moons" by James Thurber; Inter-Arts Alliance party; "Fund for the P.W." evening of music; evening of chamber music; Cirus Theatre presents "A Night of Fun and Entertainment"; "Movies...
Dates: 1947, 1952-1955, 1960, 1963, 1975, 1976

Los Angeles Committee for the Protection of Foreign Born "Festival of Nationalities" flyers, 1959, 1961, 1964, 1970

 File — Box: 27, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This sub-series contains petitions, pamphlets, articles, essays, flyers, mailers, and letters relating to and published by the American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born and Los Angeles Committee for Protection of Foreign Born. Also included are programs, sponsorship letters, summary proceedings and other documents regarding the National Conference to Defend the Rights of Foreign Born Americans; and issues of “The Lamp” and “Torchlight”. For more material published by Los Angeles...
Dates: 1959, 1961, 1964, 1970

Anti-War Leaflets (general file), 1950, 1962, 1964, 1970; undated

 File — Box: 27, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents

Includes: Los Angeles Labor Youth League Unity for Peace Rally and Review; "Pre-Moratorium Peace Friend"; Gertrude Betts' birthday party (celebration of her continued activity for peace and a democratic America); Valley Peace Center children's holiday party; New Year's Eve celebration for peace and freedom; Peace-Friendship SCR Society for Cultural Relations; "Had a Peace Lately?"

Dates: 1950, 1962, 1964, 1970; undated

Southern California Committee for the People's World leaflets regarding donor banquets, holiday bazaars, picnic and world fair, 1959, 1960, 1964, 1973, 1975

 File — Box: 27, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This sub-series contains pamphlets, flyers, correspondence, and other documents regarding issues related to socialism, marxism, labor, fascism, Trotskyism, and other sociopolitical topics. This includes material generated by the Socialist Labor Party, California Labor School, and International Labor Defense; as well as material regarding Spanish Civil War, Sam Darcy case, efforts to recall the Meade McClanahan Campaign, a second front in World War II, and other related topics.

Dates: 1959, 1960, 1964, 1973, 1975

Jewish Community events (leaflets), 1938, 1950-1952, 1955, 1957-1958, 1960-1961, 1975, 1980,

 File — Box: 27, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents Includes: Intergroup Committee Eastside Jewish Community Center festival; 17th Annual Morning Freiheit picnic; Purim Carnival Hollywood-Los Feliz Jewish Community Center; "Only in Chelm Would They Dare to Call it a Chupah"; Yablon Cultural Center event for Sam Aronoff; Jewish American Cultural Club event; Rubin Saltzman 60th birthday celebration; celebration of 100th anniversary of I.L. Peretz Founder of Modern Yiddish Literature; Jewish Peoples Chorus; 10th Annual Yiddish Cultural...
Dates: 1938, 1950-1952, 1955, 1957-1958, 1960-1961, 1975, 1980,