Many of the photographs in this series document Lipton’s life in Venice, including images with his wife Nettie Lipton and his work in composing jazz music with poetry. Authors, artists, and musicians of the mid-twentieth century are also portrayed in many of these photographs.

Many of the photographs in this series document Lipton’s life in Venice, including images with his wife Nettie Lipton and his work in composing jazz music with poetry. Authors, artists, and musicians of the mid-twentieth century are also portrayed in many of these photographs.

Many of the photographs in this series document Lipton’s life in Venice, including images with his wife Nettie Lipton and his work in composing jazz music with poetry. Authors, artists, and musicians of the mid-twentieth century are also portrayed in many of these photographs.

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.