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Holt Labor Library Ephemera Collection
Collection
Identifier: HLL-2019-034
Abstract
The collection comprises buttons, keychains, flags, banners, and black-and-white and color photographs, negatives and contact sheets related to various labor strikes, commemorative events, political party and labor union election campaigns, women's rights causes, anti-war activism and demonstrations, and socialist political causes.
Dates:
1948-2005, undated; Majority of material found within 1970-2000, undated
Effie Robinson Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2023-037
Abstract
This collection contains one scrapbook, photographs, an obituary, master’s thesis, copies of a speech, and excerpts of an oral history regarding Effie Robinson, a San Francisco based social worker who was a pioneer for championing minority children in need of adoption, and educational leadership programs for minority youths. A majority of the scrapbook contains clippings regarding her work with MARCH! Adoption program, Junior Leaders Program at Benjamin Franklin Junior High School, and...
Dates:
circa 1930s; 1942; circa 1950s; 1952-1985, 2001, 2003; undated
Holt Labor Library pamphlet and subject file collection
Collection
Identifier: HLL-2019-001
Abstract
This collection contains pamphlets, manuscripts, correspondence, and ephemera related to labor movements and issues, Anarchism, Communism, Marxism, Socialism, Trotskyism, civil rights, anti-war and peace movements, the Soviet Union and the Russian Revolution, and related subjects in the arts, sciences, religion, sports, economics, education, and government.
Dates:
1902-2016; Majority of material found within 1930-1970
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
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; undated
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
Jim Matsuoka Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress Records
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2020-019
Abstract
This collection includes flyers, newspaper clippings, organizational documents, agendas, publications, books, and other materials related to the Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress (NCRR) organization, formally known as the National Coalition for Redress and Reparations, and one of its founding members, Jim Matsuoka. It also includes material related to the Little Tokyo People’s Rights Organization (LTPRO), Japanese Americans, Japanese Latin Americans, Little Tokyo, and incarceration...
Dates:
1967-April 27, 2019
Berta Green Langston papers
Collection
Identifier: HLL-2019-002
Abstract
This collection includes the personal and professional papers of Berta Green Langston, an active member of the Socialist Workers Party and Socialist Action who was involved in various protest movements during the 20th century. It includes newsletters, newspaper articles, miscellaneous writings, and correspondence with James Baldwin, Robert F. Williams, Albert Perry, Dave Dellinger, William Worthy, Pete Seeger, and Noam Chomsky, among others.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1958-2005
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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- Langston, Berta Green, 1926-2010 1
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- Matsuoka, Jim 1
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- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Los Angeles Branch 1
- National Committee to Secure Justice in the Rosenberg Case 1
- National Education Association 1
- National Federation for Constitutional Liberties 1
- National Negro Congress (U.S.) 1
- Newton, Huey P. 1
- Nikkei for Civil Rights & Redress 1
- Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976 1
- Robinson, Effie 1
- Rosenberg, Ethel, 1915-1953 1
- Rosenberg, Julius, 1918-1953 1
- Smith Vincent, Cheryl 1
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- Southern Regional Council 1
- United States. Internal Security Act of 1950 1
- United Teachers Los Angeles 1
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