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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

Les Claypool's Los Angeles Free Press Publication

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2024-23
Abstract

This collection contains three complete bound volumes of Les Claypool's Free Press, quickly renamed the Los Angeles Free Press, which ran from 1955-1957. The newspaper was sponsored by the Los Angeles chapter of Americans for Democratic Action with Les E. Claypool Sr. as the founding editor. Glenn M. Anderson served as a board member during the short lifespan of the newspaper. The newspaper covers 1950s Los Angeles and California politics from a liberal perspective.

Dates: January 1955 - May 1957

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

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

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Weatherwax, John M. (John Martin), 1900-1984 2
Acquah, Joseph 1
American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born 1
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Anderson, Glenn M. 1
Angelou, Maya 1
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Armour, Alaine 1
Bailey, Alice, 1880-1949 1
Ben-Jochannan, Yosef 1
Claypool, Leslie E., Sr 1
Cooper, J. California 1
Crane-Gartz, Kate 1
DuBois, W.E.B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 1
Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906 1
Ebony Magazine 1
Gallagher, Leo 1
Gayle, Addison, Jr., 1932-1991 1
Giovanni, Nikki 1
Greenfield, Eloise 1
Gregory, Dick 1
Guy, Rosa 1
Haas, Lucien C., 1918- 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
Hurston, Zora Neale 1
Jackson, John G. 1
Jet Magazine 1
John Henry and Mary Louisa Dunn Foundation 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
Lester, Julius 1
Ligon, Alfred, 1906-2002 1
Ligon, Bernice, 1912-2000 1
Lorde, Audre 1
Los Angeles Committee for Protection of Foreign Born 1
Los Angeles Committee to Secure Justice in the Rosenberg Case 1
Los Angeles Free Press (1955-1957) 1
Los Angeles Times (Firm) 1
Marshall, Paule, 1929-2019 1
Meeds, Virgil A. 1
Nation of Islam (Chicago, Ill.) 1
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 1
National Committee to Secure Justice in the Rosenberg Case 1
National Federation for Constitutional Liberties 1
Perry, Armagene Hasani 1
Pillsbury, Kent 1
Rogers, J.A. (Joel Augustus), 1880-1966 1
Rosenberg, Ethel, 1915-1953 1
Rosenberg, Julius, 1918-1953 1
Sanyika, Dadisi 1
Shields, Raymond 1
Soyinka, Wole 1
The Crisis (magazine) 1
Thurman, Howard, 1915-1998 1
United States. Internal Security Act of 1950 1
Walker, Alice, 1944- 1
Walker, Margaret, 1915-1998 1
Weatherwax, Clara , 1905-1958 1
Winston, Henry, 1911-1986 1
Wright, Richard, 1908-1960 1
X, Malcolm, 1925-1965 1
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