Los Angeles (Calif.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 52 Collections and/or Records:
African American Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2021-003
Abstract
This collection contains photograph albums, as well as single and loose photographs featuring images of African Americans. Images depict families; children; soldiers; and infants in a variety of settings and participating in many activities such as parties and events; holidays such as Christmas and Easter; inside and in front of homes; in front of cars; birthdays; churches; parks; vacations; and others. Also included in this collection are school, graduation, and military portraits; and some...
Dates:
circa 1880s-2010s; Majority of material found within 1940-1980
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
Glenn M. Anderson Papers
Collection
Identifier: SPC-1983-001
Abstract
This collection comprises papers related to the long political career of Glenn M. Anderson, who served in California as mayor of the city of Hawthorne, as State Assemblyman, and as Lieutenant Governor, then represented the state in the House of Representatives. The wide-ranging collection contains legislation, reports, correspondence, scrapbooks, newsletters, audio-visual material, and other items recording Anderson’s deep involvement in the political issues facing California and the United...
Dates:
1870s-2000; Majority of material found in 1940-1994
Art Postcards Collection
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: SPC-2024-009
Scope and Contents
The Art Postcard collection (1939-1940; undated) contains one box and 0.21 linear ft. of material belonging to A.M. Lawton, possibly named Alice May Lawton. The majority of the collection contains postcards in a notebook sent to A.M. Lawton, who lives in San Francisco, from a woman named Vada, who lived in Los Angeles. The postcards contain art from Vada, and her day-to-day life inspired the majority of her drawings. Vada drew in pencil and outlined with bright colored pens relating to...
Dates:
1939-1940; undated
B-E Collection: Lesbians and Their Careers
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2021-020
Abstract
This collection contains oral history interviews of lesbians discussing their lives and includes discussions regarding childhood, careers, coming out, lesbian relationships, family, hobbies, education, and other topics. Material in this collection is available to view at:Lesbians and Their Careers (B-E Collection)
Dates:
March 2021-September 2023
Sidney A. Ball Policewoman Daily Calendars Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2017-003
Abstract
This collection contains one box of seven daily calendars kept by Sidney A. Ball, a Los Angeles Policewoman from 1929-1965, making her one of the first policewomen on the force. Entries within these calendars include: brief summaries of interactions and observations from Ball’s time as a policewoman, such as bookings for prostitution, intoxication, and verbal and physical altercations with police officers- including Ball. Ball also kept a record of addresses, birthdays, lunch and dinner...
Dates:
1934-1957; 1965-1966; undated
Willie G. Bass Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2023-038
Abstract
This collection contains one scrapbook with mostly Los Angeles Times clippings; Radio and Television Training School lesson plans, study guides, exams, notes; one Watts Summer Festival program; issues of Soviet Life; Sentinel 50; The American Negro; The Negro; Ebony; a New York City, and Los Angeles atlas; as well as a few loose...
Dates:
1945-2006; undated; Majority of material found within 1970s-1980s
Jerry Brown and Tom Bradley at Simon Wiesenthal Center Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2024-006
Scope and Contents
The Jerry Brown and Tom Bradley at Simon Wiesenthal Center Photograph Collection (1978; circa 1970s) contains approximately 100 8x10 photographs and 32 contact sheets featuring images taken at the Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies in Los Angeles, California. A majority of the photographs feature former California governor Edmund Gerald "Jerry" Brown Jr. posing with people (presumably guests and employees of the Center); and speaking at and in attendance at various events held at...
Dates:
1978, circa 1970s
Chicano/Latino Family Photograph Albums
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2021-011
Scope and Contents
This collection contains seven photograph albums comprised of 856 mostly black-and-white photographs belonging to a Southern California Chicano/Latino family. A majority of the photographs were taken in the 1950s and depict the family and their friends posing with dogs; in front of yards; in homes; at the beach; at the beach and Pike amusement park in Long Beach, CA.; camping trips; during holidays; and possibly during family vacations. Other photographs include: school portraits; cars;...
Dates:
1939-1958; undated
Collage Ensemble Inc. Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2020-021
Abstract
This collection contains material regarding Collage Ensemble Inc., a multicultural Los Angeles area art collective. A majority of the collection contains photographs, flyers, moving images, audio files, press releases, clippings, programs, grant applications, proposals, and show notes regarding various Collage Ensemble Inc. performances, projects, and shows. Also included are financial records, memorandums, by-laws, meeting minutes, t-shirts, artwork, clippings and flyers related to Los...
Dates:
1919-2015; undated; Majority of material found within 1983-2002