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20Th Century Organizational Files, 1912-1980S http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt709nc7kx No online items 20th Century Organizational Files, 1912-1980s Processed by Mary Tyler and Brigitte Kueppers Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research 6120 South Vermont Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90044 Phone: (323) 759-6063 Fax: (323) 759-2252 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.socallib.org/ © 2004 Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research. All rights reserved. 20th Century Organizational MSS 077 1 Files, 1912-1980s The Register of 20th Century Organizational Files, 1912-1980s Collection number: MSS 077 Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research Los Angeles, California Contact Information: Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research 6120 South Vermont Avenue Los Angeles, CA, 90044 Phone: (323) 759-6063 Fax: (323) 759-2252 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.socallib.org/ Processed by: Mary Tyler and Brigitte Kueppers Date Completed: January 2003 Encoded by: Teri Robertson and Susan Jones © 2004 Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research. All rights reserved. Descriptive Summary Title: 20th Century Organizational Files, Date (inclusive): 1912-1980s Collection number: MSS 077 Creator: Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research Extent: 49 legal archival document boxes; 16 linear feet Repository: Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research Los Angeles, CA 90044 Abstract: An assembled collection of 20th century papers and ephemera from nearly 800 social action organizations, primarily based and/or active in Los Angeles and Southern California. Language: English. Access The collection is available for research only at the Library's facility in Los Angeles. The Library is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday. Researchers are encouraged to call or email the Library indicating the nature of their research query prior to making a visit. Publication Rights Copyright has not been assigned to the Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research. Researchers may make single copies of any portion of the collection, but publication from the collection will be allowed only with the express written permission of the Library's director. It is not necessary to obtain written permission to quote from a collection. When the Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research gives permission for publication, it is as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], 20th Century Organizational Files, Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research, Los Angeles, California. Provenance 20th Century Organizational MSS 077 2 Files, 1912-1980s Assembled by Library founder Emil Freed. Collection History The materials in the collection were assembled by Library founder Emil Freed. He gathered the papers and ephemera of organizations dedicated to human rights, social justice, peace and working people to preserve a record of 20th century social activism. Scope and Content The collection contains documents from 795 organizations. There is a broad spectrum of material types including: fliers, programs, pamphlets, newsletters, newspapers, fact sheets, circular letters, speeches, and reports. While the document dates span most of the 20th century, the majority date from the 1950s through the 1970s. Many of the organizations are Los Angeles or Southern California based. In the case of national organizations, the materials derive predominantly from local or regional offices in the Los Angeles area. The amount of material varies for each organization. In general these documents do not reflect administrative activities, but are the instruments the organizations used to raise public awareness of issues and actions to be taken in the interest of promoting social justice. Arrangement There are no series in the collection. Arrangement The files are arranged alphabetically by organization name. Separated Material Organizational newsletters or newspapers found in the collection were placed in the Library's Periodicals Collections, in instances when the Library already had significant runs of these publications. Title: Periodicals Collection Physical Description: 20,000+ titles, 700+ Los Angeles related Title: Pamphlet Collection Physical Description: 25,000+ items Title: Union Files Collection, Date (inclusive): 1920s - 1980s Physical Description: 10 linear feet Title: Contemporary Heritage Files, Date (inclusive): 1990 - and collecting Physical Description: vertical file Box-folder 1/1 Abbie Hoffman and Friends Defense Committee, 1976, n.d. Box-folder 1/2 Action Co-ordinating Council for Comprehensive Child Care, 1971-1973 Box-folder 1/3 Ad Hoc Coalition on the Political Crises, 1981 Box-folder 1/4 Ad Hoc Committee to Support the Coal Miners' Strike, 1978Notes of Walter Lippmann Box-folder 1/5 The Africa Fund, 1975-1978 Box-folder 1/6 Agent Orange Victims International, 1980 Box-folder 1/7 Alabama Christian Union for Human Rights, 1959 Box-folder 1/8 Alexander Defense Committee, 1966-1967 Box-folder 1/9 All African Peoples Revolutionary Party, 1972, 1984, n.d. Box-folder 1/10 Alliance for Displaced Homemakers, 1975 Box-folder 1/11 Alliance for Survival, 1970s-1980s Box-folder 1/12 Alliance for the Liberation of Mental Patients, 1981 Box-folder 1/13 America First Committee, [1941?] Box-folder 1/14 American Association to Combat Facism, Racism, and Anti-Semitism, 1970 Box-folder 1/15 American Atheists, 1975, 1978 Box-folder 1/16 American Citizens in Action, 1958 Box-folder 1/17 American Committee for Solidarity with the Vietnamese People, 1969 Box-folder 1/18 American Committee for Yugoslav Relief, 1945 Box-folder 2/1 American Committee on Africa, 1962-1976 Box-folder 2/2 American Committee to Aid Soviet Russia, 1942, 1944 Box-folder 2/3 American Council on Race Relations, 1945 20th Century Organizational MSS 077 3 Files, 1912-1980s Collection Contents Box-folder 2/4 American Council on Race Relations, 1946-1949 Box-folder 2/5 American Council on Soviet Relations, 1940s-1950s Box-folder 2/6 American Emigrants' League, 1963 Box-folder 2/7 American Federation of Teachers, 1967-1968 Box-folder 2/8 American Federation of World Citizens, 1962 Box-folder 3/1 American Friends Service Committee, 1940, 1950-1954 Box-folder 3/2 American Friends Service Committee, 1960-1969 Box-folder 3/3 American Friends Service Committee, 1970-1979 Box-folder 3/4 American Friends Service Committee, 1980-1998 Box-folder 3/5 American Friends Service Committee, n.d. Box-folder 3/6 American Humanist Association, Southern California Chapter, 1960s-1970s Box-folder 4/1 American Indian Development Association, 1979-1980 Box-folder 4/2 American Institute for Marxist Studies, 1964-1978 Box-folder 4/3 American Jewish Congress-Publications, 1947-1948 Box-folder 4/4 American Jewish Congress, 1944-1948 Box-folder 4/5 American Jewish Congress, 1967-1968 Box-folder 4/6 American Jewish Congress, n.d. Box-folder 4/7 American Jewish Congress of Southern California, 1947-1948, n.d. Box-folder 4/8 American Jewish Labor Council, 1947-1948, 1966 Box-folder 4/9 American Joint Committee for the Prosecution of Nazi War Criminals, 1965 Box-folder 4/10 American Labor Party, 1956, n.d. Box-folder 4/11 American League Against War and Fascism, 1937 Box-folder 5/1 American Legion, 1946, 1961, n.d. Box-folder 5/2 American Negro Labor Congress, 1925 Box-folder 5/3 American Peace Crusade, 1950-1955 Box-folder 5/4 American Peace Crusade, 1950-1955 Box-folder 5/5 American Peace Mobilization, n.d. Box-folder 5/6 American Russian Institute, 1945-1981 Box-folder 5/7 American Servicemen's Union, n.d. Box-folder 5/8 American Student Union, [1938?] Box-folder 5/9 American Veterans Committee, 1945-1946 Box-folder 5/10 American Youth Congress, 1930s, 1965 Box-folder 5/11 American Youth for Democracy, 1940s Box-folder 5/12 Americans Concerned About Corporate Power, 1980 Box-folder 5/13 Americans for Common Sense, 1981 Box-folder 5/14 Americans for Democratic Action (ADA), 1960-1966 Box-folder 5/15 Americans for Democratic Action (ADA), 1967 Box-folder 6/1 Americans for Democratic Action (ADA), 1968-1970s, 1981,1993 Box-folder 6/2 Americans for Democratic Action (ADA), n.d. Box-folder 6/3 Americans for Progressive Israel, 1960-1980sHashoomer Hatzae Box-folder 6/4 Americans United for Separation of Church and State, 1970s Box-folder 6/5 Amnesty International/USA, 1970s Box-folder 6/6 Angry Arts, n.d. Box-folder 6/7 Another Mother for Peace, 1960s-1970s Box-folder 7/1 Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, 1940s-1970s Box-folder 7/2 Assembly of the World Peace Council, 1970s Box-folder 7/3 Association of Arab-American University Graduates, 1973 Box-folder 7/4 Association on American Indian Affairs, Inc., 1940s-1970s Box-folder 7/5 Avila, 1968-1969 Box-folder 7/6 Barrio Defense Committee, 1970-1971 Box-folder 7/7 Bay Area Vietnam Day Committee, 1965 Box-folder 7/8 Berkeley Defense Committee, 1960s Box-folder 7/9 Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation, 1967, n.d. Box-folder 7/10 Billy Dean Smith Defense Committee, 1971-1972 Box-folder 7/11 Black American Political Associations of California, 1979 Box-folder 7/12 Black Political Liberation Organization, 1969 Box-folder 7/13 Black Silent Majority Committee, 1980 20th Century Organizational MSS 077 4 Files, 1912-1980s Collection Contents Box-folder 7/14 Black Youth Conference, n.d. Box-folder 7/15 Bread for the World, n.d.
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