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Los Angeles Tribune (1941-1960)

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2022-029
Scope and Contents

This collection contains seven issues of the Los Angeles Tribune; a newspaper published in Los Angeles by civil rights activist, Almena Lomax. The newspaper ran from 1941-1960 and was published for African American residents of Los Angeles.

Dates: October 12, 1941; August 24, 1942; October 19, 1942; November 30, 1945; December 14, 1942; March 26, 1945

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

Ernest C. Smith Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2019-019
Abstract This collection contains material belonging to Ernest C. Smith and his family. The majority of the collection contains documents regarding Ernest's life as a sheet metal contractor; teacher for the Los Angeles Unified School District; educator; politician; and African American civil rights activist. This collection includes: articles, reports, certificates, correspondence, event programs, photographs, ephemera, and other material. Also included in this collection are items that belonged to...
Dates: 1930-2011; undated

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

Watts Labor Community Action Committee (WLCAC) Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2018-001
Abstract This collection is comprised of materials generated by Watts Labor Community Action Committee (WLCAC). The Watts Labor Community Action Committee formed in 1965 prior to the Los Angeles (Watts) Riots of 1965 in an effort spearheaded by Ted Watkins, Sr. and supported by local labor unions, most notably, the United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW). Their purpose was to create and provide programs and services that serve the needs of the under-served,...
Dates: 1947, 1964-1983, 1985-1988, 1990-1999, 2001-2003, 2005, 2007-2009, 2011, 2014-2015; Majority of material found within 1965-1999

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

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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Los Angeles (Calif.) 7
Civil rights 5
African Americans -- Civil Rights 2
African Americans -- Social conditions 2
Race relations 2
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United States -- Politics and government 2
AIDS (Disease) 1
AIDS periodicals 1
Aberdeen (Wash.) 1
Activism 1
African American Jews 1
African American authors 1
African American book collectors 1
African American newspapers 1
African American periodicals 1
African American women poets 1
African Americans -- California 1
African Americans -- Economic conditions 1
African Americans -- Fiction 1
African Americans -- History 1
African Americans -- Intellectual life 1
African Americans -- Juvenile fiction 1
African Americans -- Poetry 1
African Americans -- Politics and government 1
Altadena (Calif.) 1
American drama -- African American authors 1
Anti-LGBTQ+ violence 1
Antislavery movements 1
Astrology 1
Bears (Gay culture) 1
Black Muslims 1
Black nationalism 1
Black people -- Egypt 1
Black people -- Religion 1
Black theology 1
Booksellers and bookselling 1
California -- Politics and government -- 1951- 1
Chapbooks 1
Civil Rights Movement 1
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Communism -- United States -- History -- 20th century 1
Community development -- California -- Los Angeles 1
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LGBTQ+ periodicals 1
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Labor unions -- United States 1
Leather community 1
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Newspapers 1
Magic 1
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English 7
Multiple languages 1
 
Names
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
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Acquah, Joseph 1
Adelante 1
Affirmation: Gay & Lesbian Mormons (Organization) 1
After Dark 1
Aid for AIDS 1
American Civil Liberties Union 1
American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born 1
Angelou, Maya 1
Aquarian Spiritual Center (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1
Armour, Alaine 1
Bailey, Alice, 1880-1949 1
Bay Area Reporter 1
Being Alive (Organization) 1
Ben-Jochannan, Yosef 1
Buttigieg, Pete, 1982- 1
Caffe Cino 1
California Teachers Association 1
Capital District Gay and Lesbian Community Council (Albany, N.Y.) 1
Christopher Street (Magazine) 1
Cooper, J. California 1
Crane-Gartz, Kate 1
Cybersocket 1
DNA (Magazine) 1
Dallas Voice 1
Daughters of Bilitis 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
Fag Rag (Newspaper) 1
Frontiers Magazine 1
Gallagher, Leo 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
Giovanni, Nikki 1
Golden State Gay Rodeo Association. Greater Los Angeles Chapter 1
Greenfield, Eloise 1
Gregory, Dick 1
Guy, Rosa 1
Hahn, Harlan, 1939-2008 1
Haley, Alex 1
Hall, Manly P. (Manly Palmer), 1901-1990 1
Herskovits, Melville J. (Melville Jean), 1895-1963 1
Himes, Chester B., 1909-1984 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, John G. 1
Jet Magazine 1
John Henry and Mary Louisa Dunn Foundation 1
Jones, Michelle 1
Jordan, June, 1936-2002 1
Kgositsile, Keorapetse 1
Killens, John Oliver, 1916-1987 1
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 1
King, Richard D. 1
L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center 1
L.A. weekly 1
LN - Lesbian News 1
Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund 1
Lester, Julius 1
Ligon, Alfred, 1906-2002 1
Ligon, Bernice, 1912-2000 1
Lomax, Almena 1
Long Beach Lambda Democratic Club 1
Lorde, Audre 1
Los Angeles (Calif.). Police Department 1
Los Angeles Blade 1
Los Angeles Committee for Protection of Foreign Born 1
Los Angeles Committee to Secure Justice in the Rosenberg Case 1
Los Angeles Times (Firm) 1
Los Angeles Tribune (firm) 1
Lundon, Ace 1
Marshall, Paule, 1929-2019 1
Mayo Clinic 1
McElroy, Lynetta A.S. 1
Meeds, Virgil A. 1
Metro (Magazine) 1
Metropolitan Community Church 1
NAMES Project Foundation 1
Nation of Islam (Chicago, Ill.) 1
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