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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives
Title: Los Angeles Watts Riot Collection
Creator:
Sheldon, Farley
Identifier/Call Number: URB.LAWR
Extent:
2.42 linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1963-1970
Abstract: The Los Angeles Watts Riot took place
in August, 1965. The collection is comprised predominantly of newspaper clippings from the
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner,
Los Angeles Herald-Dispatch,
Los Angeles Sentinel and several smaller local papers. The
Los Angeles Watts Riots Collection also includes magazine
articles, studies, reports and newspaper clippings covering the aftermath of riot and
related civil disorders and racial issues of the period.
Language of Material:
English
Dr. Farley Sheldon was a professor of Sociology at California State University,
Northridge.
The
Los Angeles Watts Riot Collection is comprised
predominantly of newspaper clippings from the
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner,
Los Angeles Herald-Dispatch,
Los Angeles Sentinel and several smaller local papers. The
clippings date from the first day of the riots. The collection also contains magazine
articles, studies, reports and newspaper clippings covering the aftermath of riot and
related civil disorders and racial issues of the period. The collection has been divided
into four series:
Day-to-Day News Coverage (1965 August 13-19),
Riot Aftermath (1965-1970),
Riot-Related
Issues
(1963-1969), and
Riot-Related Racial Issues
(1965-1969).
Series I,
Day-to-Day News Coverage, includes newspaper
clippings from major local and city papers documenting the riots as they broke out and
continued to swell. The newspaper clippings are arranged in chronological order.
Series II,
Riot Aftermath, includes newspaper clippings and
magazine articles documenting the events, studies and personalities that came to the
forefront to find the causes of the riots. The files are arranged in alphabetical order by
subject.
Series III,
Riot-Related Issues, consists of newspaper
clippings, magazine articles and a participant study documenting the causes and events that
surrounded the riots. The files are arranged in alphabetical order by subject.
Series IV,
Riot-Related Racial Issues, consists of newspaper
clippings, magazine articles, pamphlets and reports documenting the history of race
relations, causes of racial violence and related issues at both the national and local
level. Of importance to the study of civil disorder is the report, "Status Inconsistency,
Relative Deprivation and the Detroit Riot," written by members of the faculty at the
University of Western Ontario, September 1969. The files are arranged in alphabetical order
by subject.
Series I: Day-to-Day News Coverage, 1965 August 13-19
Series II: Riot Aftermath, 1965-1970
Series III: Riot-Related Issues, 1963-1969
Series IV: Riot-Related Racial Issues, 1965-1969
Related Material
The collection is open for research use.
Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of
this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge.
Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials
protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires
the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be
commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any
use rests exclusively with the user.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Mrs. Farley Sheldon, 1984.
For information about citing items in this collection consult the appropriate style manual,
or see the
Citing Archival Materials
guide.
Robert G. Marshall, Cathy Sluter; 1987
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Documents