Racism -- United States -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Collection on racism and religious intolerance in American advertising
Collection
Identifier: 6233
Abstract
A collection of sixty-one advertisements featuring racist stereotypes of Black, Indigenous, and other people of color -- along with a 1937 booklet advocating against marriages between two individuals of differing faiths and a 1950 flyer promoting the opening of a restaurant. The collection includes a 1950 flyer promoting the opening of the Santa Clara Kitchen, advertising "Home Cooking by a Genuine Colored Cook"; an advertisement for Lautz Bros' & Co's Soaps, in which a man is showing...
Dates:
1880 - 1950; Majority of material found within 1880 - 1900
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
George Kellman papers
Collection
Identifier: 6281
Scope and Contents
The George Kellman papers contain correspondence, clippings, newsletters and publications, memoranda, and notes and writings by George Kellman during his tenure as Director of the Fact-Finding Division of the American Jewish Committee (New York Chapter) during the 1950s and 1960s. Publications include newletters of the American Jewish Committee, such as The Committee Reporter--as well as a host of pamphlets, reports, and other materials from a variety of...
Dates:
1931 - 1971
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Ku Klux Klan ephemera collection
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 6180
Content Description
The Ku Klux Klan ephemera collection consists of two notices promoting public events held by the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), two blank petition forms for membership in the KKK, and one informational pamphlet regarding the KKK's attitudes toward immigration -- all created circa 1924. The two KKK events documented in the collection: "Ku Klux Klan Kolossal Karnival" (March 15th to March 22nd, 1924) and "Meet Your Friends---Ku Klux Klan Day" (undated) were both organized to take place in Dallas, Texas....
Dates:
1924
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Right-wing political pamphlets collection
Collection
Identifier: 6049
Abstract
A collection of pamphlets, brochures, flyers, magazines, newspapers, and printed ephemera discussing various right-wing political topics, including anti-communist activities, the American Nazi Party and white supremacy, anti-semitism, racism, conservative economic policies, and religion. Also includes a few left wing publications.
Dates:
1917 - 1983
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Women of the Ku Klux Klan ephemera
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31275058596470]
Identifier: 6259
Abstract
The Women of the Ku Klux Klan ephemera comprise sixteen pieces of ephemera relating to membership in the Women of the Ku Klux Klan (WKKK) in Little Rock, Arkansas and St. Louis, Missouri. Most of the material in the collection is undated, though at least one item is dated in 1927. Following are brief descriptions of each item in the collection: "Constitution and Laws of the Women of the Ku Klux Klan" (46 pp.); "The Code of the Flag" booklet (16 pp.); "Installation Ceremonies" ritual...
Dates:
1920s
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections