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Chauncey Alexander papers
Collection
Identifier: 0419
Abstract
The papers include material collected by Chauncey Alexander over a long and active life in social work and radical politics. Included are personal papers, school papers, and materials relating to Alexander's leadership of such organizations as the National Association of Social Workers, the International Federation of Social Workers, the First Amendment Foundation, and other organizations. Considerable materials are preserved from Alexander's service as an adjunct professor of Social Work...
Dates:
1917 - 2004
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
B. Kwaku Duren papers
Collection
Identifier: 7022
Abstract
B. Kwaku Duren is a lawyer and long-time political, social and community activist in the Los Angeles area. He has served various institutions, among them the South-Central Office of the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles (LAFLA), the Union of Legal Services Workers of Los Angeles. He served as head of the Southern California Chapter of the Black Panther Party and chairman of the New Panther Vanguard Movement. He was co-editor-in-chief of The Black Panther International News Service. As a...
Dates:
1964 - 2012
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Immaculate Heart Community records
Collection
Identifier: 7141
Scope and Contents
The Immaculate Heart Community records contain material spanning the history of the Immaculate Heart Community (IHC), a Catholic religious teaching institute based in Los Angeles, and its parent institution, the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (IHM), founded in 1848 by Father Joaquin Masmitja de Puig in Olot, Catalonia (Spain). The material in the collection was created between approximately 1852 and 2021 and consists of a wide variety of items and formats including correspondence,...
Dates:
1852 - 2021
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Irmgard Lenel papers
Collection
Identifier: 0212
Abstract
This collection contains the papers of Irmgard Lenel, who was born in Germany in 1901 and who immigrated to the United States in 1937. She was a politically active socialist involved with groups like Women for Legislative Action and the Friends Committee on Legislation. Her papers include correspondence, photographs, legal papers, and some periodical publications.
Dates:
1912 - 1999
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Stephen Stewart photographs
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Coll2010-006
Abstract
Photographs and the resulting published work documenting icons, iconic places, and events of the United States lesbian and gay movement, 1982-1984. The collection primarily consists of Stephen Stewart's published and unpublished black and white photographs from his work, Positive Image: A Portrait of Gay America, along with other Stewart photographs.
Dates:
1982-1984
United Farm Workers rally photographs
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 7161
Scope and Contents
The United Farm Workers rally photographs comprise a total of 53 photographic prints and 35 negatives of a United Farm Workers of America (UFWA) rally and other subjects taken in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The majority of the photographic prints (approximately 31) and all of the negatives show scenes from a UFWA rally in San Francisco, California. The rally photographs show speakers and musicians on a stage that is emblazoned with a banner of the UFWA logo and the slogan "Si Se...
Dates:
1966 - 1974
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections