Oscar Zeta Acosta's "The Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo" First Edition, 1972
by Oscar Zeta Acosta
1972. [Chicano Literature] ACOSTA, Oscar Zeta. The Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo. San Francisco: Straight Arrow Books, 1972. First edition trade paperback. 8vo; 199p., multiple black and white illustrations, pictorial wraps. Acosta was a Chicano lawyer, author, and activist who and the model for Dr. Gonzo in Hunter S. Thompson's "Fear and Loathing in Los Vegas." Considered his first novel, Acosta writes this semi-fictionalized autobiography about his life through the lens of a tortured Mexican lawyer and his dealings... Read More
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Chicano Novel on 1960s East LA Uprisings, "The Revolt of the Cockroach People" First Edition
by Oscar Zeta Acosta
1973. [Chicano Literature] Acosta Zeta, Oscar. The Revolt of the Cockroach People. San Francisco: Straight Arrow Books, 1973. First edition. First printing. 258 pages. Hardcover book in original cloth binding with publisher's dust jacket. Famed Chicano lawyer and activist Oscar Z. Acosta's semi-autobiographical novel, written in the style of Gonzo journalism, exploring the racial tensions and upheavals in East Los Angeles in the 1960s and 1970s. The novel follows a Chicano lawyer named "Buffalo Zeta Brown" in the midst... Read More
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Report From The House of Commons Select Committee On Infant Life Protection -1908
by Infant Life Protection Act
1908. Report From The Select Committee On Infant Life Protection, viii+ 99 pp., original blue paper wrappers, with separately printed Index. 14pp., [London], Ordered, by the House of Commons, to be Printed, 1908. The passing of the Infant Life Protection Act was partly in response to concerns about 'baby farming'. The Act required parents to register voluntary foster placements with the Neglected Children's Department and pay for the upkeep of the child or risk the child becoming a ward... Read More
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NASA Lewis Research Center Affirmative Action Plan For Equal Employment Opportunity, 1966
by NASA; Affirmative Action
1966. [African American], [Space] NASA Lewis Research Center Affirmative Action Plan For Equal Employment Opportunity, 1966. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Nov. 1st 1966. Tan staplebound wrappers. Measures 10" x 8". 26 pages total. An original NASA program detailing a summary of proposed programs and objectives in support of equal opportunity. The general policy contends that "Lewis management gives full support to a continuing program designed to promote equal employment opportunity without regard to race, creed, color, national origin... Read More
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Cannabis Archive: Cultivation and Sociological Study of Marijuana,1970
by Cannabis Activism
1970. Cannabis Archive of 2 items, one book and one pamphlet providing information about the cultivation and sociological study of marijuana, both from 1970. Archive includes: [1] The Complete Cannabis Cultivator informational pamphlet produced by Stone Kingdom Syndicate and attributed to "Mary Jane Superweed." San Rafael: Sunshine Manufacturing & Import Co., 1969. 16 pages. 8.5" x 5.5". Staple bound with light green softcover wrappers with orange text and graphic design of a woman in a sunhat and apron... Read More
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UCSB Student Activist Newspaper "El Gaucho" Archive Covering Anti-Vietnam Protests, Black Studies, and Angela Davis, 1969
by El Gaucho; UCSB Student Activism
1969. [Student Activism][Black Panthers] El Gaucho, the University of California, Santa Barbara student newspaper, a record of California student activist reporting in the weeks after the October 15, 1969 Vietnam Moratorium, from the arrest of Michel Barton and Mick Kronman to Black Students Union demands for the removal of Black Studies chairman Setahrd Fisher and Angela Davis's November 4 appearance on campus. Across five late-October and early-November 1969 issues, the paper prints front-page headlines including "Two arrested for moratorium... Read More
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Newsletters of the National Organizing Committee to Build the African National Prison Organization
by Anti African American Incarceration Activism
1979. the pan-African political party, the African People's Socialist Party made the decision to create the African National Prison Organization (ANPO) in an effort to forge a unity with Black independence movements, and prison forces to greater achieve solidarity towards self-determination, anti-imperialism/colonialism and political independence for the greater pan-African movement and African American diaspora. Two Issues of: Build the African National Prison Organization: Newsletter of the National Organizing Committee to Build ANPO. Louisville, KY: the Committee, 1979. Approximately 15.5"... Read More
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Overthrow Newspaper Archive Documenting Yippie Radicalism, Antiwar Protest, and Reagan Era Counterculture, 1980-1985
by Radical Yippie Counterculture Movement Activism
1980. Overthrow. Archive of eight issues of the underground newspaper published by the Youth International Party (YIP) between 1980 and 1985, documenting systems of radical protest, anarchist organizing, underground journalism, and countercultural activism during the Reagan era. The material documents how the Yippies used independent print networks, graphic propaganda, satire, and alternative journalism to coordinate antiwar activism, anti-capitalist critique, draft resistance campaigns, and confrontational street politics in the aftermath of the 1960s New Left. Founded in the political tradition... Read More
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Pro-Palestinian "Al-Djabha: Die Front", 1970-71 Archive
by Pro-Palestinian Social Activism
1970. [Palestine] [Middle East] Archive of six issues of "Al-Djabha: Die Front", German language magazine published by Der Komitee zur Unterstützung Palästinas (Committee in Support of Palestine) in Aachen, Frankfurt, and Heidelberg, Germany. Archives includes No. 6/7 (1970), No. 8 (1970), No. 9 (1970), No. 10 (1971), No. 11 (1971), and No. 12 (1971). The 1960s and 70s saw a resurgence of scrutiny on the Israel-Palestine conflict following the Six-Day War and mass forced displacement of Palestinians in 1967.... Read More
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UCSD Student Activist Newspaper "Triton Times" Reporting on Black Student Organizing and Protest, 1968
by Triton Times; Student Activism
1968. [Student Activism][New Left] UC San Diego student activist newspaper Triton Times, June through December 1968, covering Black student organizing, Associated Students politics, and campus protest in Southern California. Across these issues, student reporters cover local conflicts over education outreach, partisan university control, and diversity studies in real time during a period of increased New Left activism and student involvement in California. Triton Times. Volume 5. University of California, San Diego, 1968. Group of 7 issues spanning June... Read More
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LGBTQ+ Activism and AIDS Crisis Response in San Francisco Pride Publications, 1981-1987
by AIDS Crisis LGBTQ Activism
1981. Various authors and issuers, group of LGBTQ+ publications, 1981-1987, documenting community organizing, political advocacy, and public health response during the early years of the AIDS crisis in the United States. The material operates in Cultural/Representational Mode, illustrating how LGBTQ+ communities articulated identity, protest, and survival strategies through print media, and providing insight into the shift from liberation-focused discourse to urgent health and civil rights advocacy. Centered on San Francisco's Lesbian/Gay Freedom Day events alongside a federal publication, the... Read More
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LGBTQ Public Health and AIDS Crisis Activism: International Archive of Pediatric Care, Education, and Community Response, 1988 to 1995
by AIDS Crisis Activism
1980. [LGBTQ] [Public Health] [African American] Various authors and photographers. AIDS crisis archive, 1988 to 1995 documents medical education, community response, and lived experience during the HIV AIDS epidemic across the United States, the United Kingdom, and sub Saharan Africa. The material provides direct evidence of how governments, advocacy organizations, and affected communities addressed transmission, stigma, and care, with particular attention to pediatric patients, Black communities, and LGBTQ networks. Produced during a period of widespread public fear, evolving medical... Read More
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Women's Liberation and Reproductive Rights Activism Hyde Amendment Protest and Radical Feminist Organizing Materials 1970s
by Abortion Rights Activism
1970. Coalition for Abortion Rights and Against Sterilization and anonymous author, two printed items dating from circa 1968 to 1978, document grassroots organizing around reproductive rights, anti sterilization advocacy, and radical feminist political strategy during the late twentieth century women's liberation movement. The materials engage directly with the legal and social consequences of the Hyde Amendment, which eliminated most federal funding for abortion services and disproportionately affected poor, non white, and younger women. Produced within activist networks in the... Read More
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Black Veteran John T. Walker and the Burning of His Redwood City Home, Communist Party Protest Broadside, 1946
by African American Activism
1946. Defend Democratic Rights! Handbill Calling for Justice After the Arson of Black WWII Veteran John T. Walker's Home in Redwood City, California, 1946 Redwood City, CA: Communist Party, San Mateo County, [1946]. 8.5 x 11 in. Mimeographed leaflet. Handbill issued by the Communist Party of San Mateo County after the nearly completed home of Black World War II veteran John T. Walker was burned to the ground in Redwood City, California, on December 6, 1946. The... Read More
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Original 1968 Face the Nation Transcript of Tom Hayden's Interview, on Youth Radicalism, Revolution, and the Vietnam War
by Tom Hayden; Radical Activism
1968. [Counterculture] [Vietnam War] SDS New Left leader Tom Hayden on CBS News' Face the Nation, December 8, 1968. Original CBS News transcript addressing the New Left, youth radicalism, and Nixon's America. Washington, D.C.: CBS News, 1968. Original mimeographed transcript, 11" x 8.5", 16 pages. Marked "TRANSCRIPT" in red on front wrapper, with release date and broadcast details printed at top. Scarce original broadcast transcript of Face the Nation, aired December 8, 1968, featuring Tom Hayden, co-founder of Students... Read More
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1936 Map Poster History Peiping Beijing Animals Human Activites
by Beijing Map Activities
1936. This is a reprint of a 1936 Antique Map Poster History Peiping (Beijing) animals and human activities. size 17 x 19.5" of the Old illustrated map of Peking (now Beijing) from 1936 by Col. Frank Dorn. The city of Beijing had different names during its history: Peiping, Beiping, Peking, Beijing. This is a very complex map with lots of sights, human activities, animals and historical scenes. The map author, Col. Frank Dorn was Commanding General of China Training... Read More
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Rare Pro-Palestine German Magazine Materialien zum Antiimperialistischen Kampf - 1973
by Social Activist
Pro-Palestine Materialien zum Antiimperialistischen Kampf. Unterstutzen wir den gerechten Kampf des Palastinensischen Volkes! West Berlin: Projecktbereich Internationalismus im SVI, January 1973. A4. Black and white illustrated staple bound wrappers. 24 pages. Text in German. The title roughly translates to: "Materials for the anti-imperialist struggle. Let us support the just struggle of the Palestinian people!" Inside is a bound collection of pro-Palestinian protest flyers and associated articles. The flyers call for solidarity with German university students and address at length... Read More
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Pro-Palestinian Archive The Palestine Question and Basic Facts About The Palestine Problem
by Social Activism
1980. [Palestine] [Social Activism] Archive of two pieces regarding the rights of Palestine. One pamphlet presented by the United Nations, and a handbill presented by the Palestine Liberation Organization. 1970s-1980. Set includes: The Palestine Question: A Brief History. New York: United Nations, 1980. First edition, Stapled wraps, 25 pages, measuring 5.5" x 8.5". This pamphlet studies the roots of the Palestinian conflict and its present state circa 1980. Prepared for, and under the guidance of the Committee on the... Read More
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African American Entertainers Photo Archive Including Sidney Poitier, Isaac Hayes, Harry Belafonte, and Many More 1940s-1970s
by Midcentury Black Musicians & Actors
1940. Archive of original publicity and candid photographs of 20th-century Black entertainers, ca. 1940s-1970s. 12 silver gelatin prints and half-tone publicity stills, various sizes but majority are 8 x 10 in., several with photographer or agency stamps, press captions, or printed credit on versos or margins. This collection assembles portraits, film stills, and candid images of major African American performers whose careers spanned stage, screen, music, and comedy during the mid-20th century-a period when Black entertainers broke barriers in... Read More
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Midcentury Black Musicians and Character Actors, Including Otis Redding and Dinah Washington, Studio Portrait Archive
by Midcentury Black Musicians & Actors
1960. [African America Film and Entertainment] Photo Archive of Black Entertainers, Musicians, Actors & Comedy Figures (1950s-1970s), including Otis Redding, Dinah Washington, and Brock Peters. An archive of 9 original gelatin silver and glossy studio prints, black and white, measuring 10" x 8". Produced for press and promotional use in the United States during the mid 20th century. This archive comprises promotional portraits of major and lesser known Black entertainers. Multiple framed headshots feature blues and soul music legends... Read More
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1857 "Kellog's premium Ambrotype and Daguerreotype Gallery" Ad in Dodge County Newspaper
by Ambrotype Photography Ad
1857. The Dodge County Citizen Historical newspaper May 12, 1857. with a large ad for the "Kellog's premium ambrotype and daguerreotype gallery. First class pictures taken ... Pictures of children taken almost instantaneously ... pictures taken in all kinds of weather. Mr. K has all improvements in ambrotypes ... the picture being protected only by black varnish which is liable to get scratched ... " The ad also has an illustration of a camera on a tripod.
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Japanese American Incarceration History Ansel Adams Born Free and Equal First Edition 1944 Photographic Record of Manzanar
by Ansel Adams
1944. Adams, Ansel. Born Free and Equal published in 1944 presents a photographic and textual record of Japanese Americans incarcerated at the Manzanar War Relocation Center during World War II. The book emerged from Adams's 1943-1944 visits to Manzanar in California's Owens Valley, where he documented daily life among Japanese American families confined under wartime relocation policies following Executive Order 9066. Adams produced the work while anti Japanese sentiment remained widespread in the United States, particularly along the West... Read More
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World War II Civil Liberties Ansel Adams Born Free and Equal 1944 Photographs of Japanese Americans at Manzanar War Relocation Center
by Ansel Adams
1944. Adams, Ansel. Born Free and Equal published in 1944 presents a photographic record of Japanese Americans incarcerated at the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California during World War II. Adams produced the work following visits to Manzanar in 1943 and 1944, when Japanese American families were confined under wartime relocation policies after the issuance of Executive Order 9066. The book documents daily life inside the camp and portrays individuals who had lost homes, businesses, and professions after forced... Read More
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American Environmental Art Ansel Adams Signed Photographs of the Southwest Featuring Images from Arizona California Utah and New Mexico
by Ansel Adams
1976. Adams, Ansel. Photographs of the Southwest. 1976 volume presenting a selection of Ansel Adams' landscape photographs created between 1928 and 1968 across the American Southwest, inscribed and signed by the photographer. Adams emerged as one of the most influential figures in twentieth century American photography and environmental advocacy, widely recognized for large format black and white images that helped shape public appreciation of the natural landscapes of the western United States. The photographs reproduced in this work document... Read More
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Lesbians for Christ: The Rev. Rose Mary Denman and The Rev. Dr. Jane Adams Photo Archive
by Mary Denman; Jane Adams
1987. [LGBTQ] Lesbian Minister Photo Archive of 4 Original Press Photographs. Included in this archive is one sepia-toned press photograph of lesbian minister, The Rev. Dr. Rose Mary Denman, and two original black and white silver gelatin press photographs of ordained lesbian minister, The Rev. Dr. Jane Spahr. Three measure 11" x 8", one measures 10" x 8". In a May 1987 letter, the chair of the Board of Ordained Ministry informed Denman that "the executive session of the... Read More
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