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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
Don Amador papers
Collection — Box: 1-2
Identifier: Coll2011-016
Abstract
Clippings, correspondence, manuscripts, publicity, academic papers, political flyers, newssheets, photographs, organizational lists, notes, and college course materials, 1976-1983, documenting the educational and political activities of Don Amador.
Dates:
1976-1983; Majority of material found within 1977-1981
Black Panther Party news sheets
Collection
Identifier: 7116
Abstract
A collection of five mimeographed communications from the Black Panther Party from 1968 to 1973. Between issues of The Black Panther newspaper, the Black Panther Party would issue mimeographed news sheets locally. The format, with its quick turnaround and low production cost, enabled the Black Panthers to address events within days or hours of their occurrence. Unlike the newspaper, which eventually was distributed in several cities, these mimeographed...
Dates:
1968 - 1973
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
California Democratic Council Collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Coll2011-020
Abstract
Meeting minutes, memos, correspondence, membership lists, bylaws, resolutions, reports, pamphlets, articles, newsletters, news releases, clippings, flyers, notes, and other material documenting the activities of the California Democratic Council (CDC), 1976-1981, mostly in regard to its Gay and Lesbian Caucus. The CDC is a voluntary affiliation of "grassroots" Democratic Party activist clubs, formed in 1953 by individuals interested in improving the Party's prospects in California. The...
Dates:
1971-1985; Majority of material found within 1976 - 1981
California Human Rights Advocates records
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Coll2013-035
Abstract
California State Legislature bills and resolutions, politician biographies, board of directors meeting minutes and agendas, press releases, bylaws, articles of incorporation, budget records, correspondence, job descriptions, contracts, fundraising records, reports, petitions, lobbying and mailing lists, position statements, clippings, lobby and staff reports, court records, brochures, newsletters, flyers, mock-ups of promotional material, and research records of the California Human Rights...
Dates:
1973-1981; Majority of material found within 1977 - 1981
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
Friends 4 Expo Transit records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 7145
Scope and Contents
Records of the Friends 4 Expo Transit advocacy group created and collected by Kathy Seal, a longtime community organizer who founded Friends 4 Expo in 2000 to fight for a light rail Expo Line along a right of way in Los Angeles running from Exposition Boulevard into Santa Monica. Friends 4 Expo (also known as Friends4Expo and F4E) emphasized the environmental benefit of clean, speedy, high-capacity light rail, and sought to overcome opposition to a passenger line--principally from...
Dates:
2000 - 2002
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
J. Ray Gallagher Papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Coll2011-040
Abstract
Correspondence, clippings, legal papers, and certificates of gay activist, J. Ray Gallagher, 1970-1985. Part of the collection documents Gallagher's candidacy for public offices, including Santa Monica City Council, Los Angeles County Supervisor, U.S. Congress, and California State Assembly. The bulk of the material consists of letters written by Gallagher to (for the most part) public offices and officials, such as the Santa Monica City Council, Congresspersons and heads of state, regarding...
Dates:
1970-1985
James Goltz and Jean Wood ethnographic fieldwork research on the Committee Against the Briggs Initiative, Los Angeles chapter
Collection
Identifier: Coll2014-003
Abstract
Ethnographic fieldwork research materials of James Goltz and Jean Wood regarding their study of the Committee Against the Briggs Initiative (CABI), Los Angeles chapter, conducted in 1978-1979. The collectin includes 29 interviews with members of CABI as well as field notes, administrative records, media clippings, and promotional materials. CABI was formed when Senator John Briggs introduced California Proposition 6, the "Briggs Initiative," in 1978 to prohibit gay and lesbian people as well...
Dates:
1975-1979
Max Gundy and Jack D. Bloch papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Coll2008-070
Abstract
Materials relating to the lives of progressive activist Max Gundersheimer (aka Gundy; 1910-1996), of New York City, and his partner of more than 60 years, Jack D. Bloch (1912-1996). The documents include correspondence, photographs, business, and financial records, as well as minutes and notes taken by Gundy of the meetings and other activities of Communist, socialist, peace, and other progressive organizations in Long Beach, California, where the couple retired in 1977. Both men died in...
Dates:
1887-1996; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1990