This series contains Lipton's clippings from periodicals and magazines from various publications of the mid-twentieth century such as the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, TIMES Magazine, UCLA Daily Bruin, and the L.A. Weekly News. Subject matter for these periodicals and magazines reflect much of the political issues of the time, such as student protests, civil rights, sexuality, experimentation with psychedelic drugs, critiques of higher educational systems, and music in pop culture.

This subseries contains Lipton's collected periodicals, including magazines, journals, newsletters, and a small number of newspapers. Some of these works feature articles and poems authored by Lipton. When a periodical contains Lipton's work, the relevant issue is usually specified. Lipton's notes and marginalia also appear in several of these works.