Guide to the Los Angeles Watts Riot Collection
Special Collections & Archives
University Library
California State University, Northridge
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA 91330-8326
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
Biographical Information:
Dr. Farley Sheldon was a professor of Sociology at California State University,
Northridge.
Scope and Contents
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.
Arrangement of Materials:
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
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for research use.
Conditions Governing 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.
Preferred Citation:
For information about citing items in this collection consult the appropriate style manual,
or see the
Citing Archival Materials
guide.
Processing Information:
Robert G. Marshall, Cathy Sluter; 1987
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Documents
Series I: Day-to-Day News Coverage, 1965 August 13-19
Box 1, Folder 1
Newspaper Clippings,
1965 August 13
Box 1, Folder 2
Newspaper Clippings,
1965 August 14
Box 1, Folder 3
Newspaper Clippings,
1965 August 15
Box 1, Folder 4
Newspaper Clippings,
1965 August 16
Box 1, Folder 5
Newspaper Clippings,
1965 August 17
Box 1, Folder 6
Newspaper Clippings,
1965 August 18
Box 1, Folder 7
Newspaper Clippings,
1965 August 19
Folder 1
Oversized Newspaper Clippings,
August 1965
Series II: Riot Aftermath, 1965-1970
Box 1, Folder 8
Aftermath: Newspaper Clipping Photographs, 1965 August 20-November 19: "Race
Riot Study,"
1965
Box 1, Folder 9
Brown, (Gov.) Pat: Newspaper Clippings,
1965 August 20
Box 1, Folder 10
City Council: Riot Probe Newspaper Clippings,
September 1965
Box 1, Folder 11
Federal Funds: Newspaper Clippings,
September 1965-January 1966
Box 1, Folder 12
Government Task Force: Newspaper Clippings,
August 1965
Box 1, Folder 13
Johnson, (Pres.) Lyndon B.: Newspaper Clippings,
1965 August 21-November 18
Box 1, Folder 14
King, Martin Luther, Jr.: Newspaper Clippings,
1965 August 21
Box 1, Folder 15
Magazine Coverage: Time; Newsweek; Anarchy LA,
August 1965
Box 1, Folder 16
McCone Commission: Newspaper Clippings on,
1965 August 20-December 23
Box 1, Folder 17
National Guard: Newspaper Clippings,
1965 August 20-November 19
Box 1, Folder 18
Parker, (LA Police Chief) William: Newspaper Clippings,
1965 August 22
Box 1, Folder 19
Police: Newspaper Clippings,
1965 August 22
Box 1, Folder 20
Police Brutality: Newspaper Clippings,
1965 August 25
Box 1, Folder 21
Riot Court Cases: Newspaper Clippings,
1965 August 20
Box 1, Folder 22
Riot Damage: Newspaper Clippings,
1965 August 22
Box 1, Folder 23
Riot Prisoners: Newspaper Clippings,
1965 August 22
Box 1, Folder 24
Yorty, (Mayor) Sam: Newspaper Clippings,
1965 August 20
Box 3, Folder 1
Three Issues of
Life Magazine Focusing on the
Riots,
1965-1967
Box 3, Folder 2
Two Issues of
Look Magazine with Articles on the
Riots,
1965, 1967
Folder 2
Oversized Newspaper Clippings on Aftermath,
1965-1966
Folder 3
Oversized Newspaper Clippings,
1965-1970
Folder 3, Item 1
The Black Panther Black Community News Service,
Vol. III No. 2,
1969 December 13
Folder 3, Item 2
The Black Panther Black Community News Service,
Vol. IV No. 21,
1970 April 25
Folder 3, Item 3
Muhammad Speaks, Vol. 4 No. 41,
1965 September 3
Folder 3, Item 4
Muhammad Speaks, Vol. 9 No. 22,
1970 April 24
Series III: Riot-Related Issues, 1963-1969
Box 2, Folder 1
Bickering: Newspaper Clippings,
December 1964
Box 2, Folder 2
Black Employment: Newspaper Clippings,
1965 September 5-November 24
Box 2, Folder 3
Black Poverty: Newspaper Clippings,
1965 August 21-November 17
Box 2, Folder 4
Churches: Newspaper Clippings,
1965 August 20
Box 2, Folder 5
Insurance: Newspaper Clippings,
1965 August 31-1966 March 22
Box 2, Folder 6
Los Angeles County Involvement: Newspaper Clippings,
1965 August 24
Box 2, Folder 7
Muslims: Newspaper Clippings, 1965 September 2-November 23; Life Magazine
Article,
1963 May 31
Box 2, Folder 8
Rebuilding: Newspaper Clippings,
1965 August 22-November 18
Box 2, Folder 9
Riot Juveniles: Newspaper Clippings,
1965 August 25-November 23
Box 2, Folder 10
Riot Legal Air: Newspaper Clippings,
1965 September
Box 2, Folder 11
Riot Participant Study: Los Angeles County Probation Department,
November 1965
Folder 4
Life Magazine Article on Harvard Student
Protests,
1969 April 25
Series IV: Riot-Related Racial Issues, 1965-1969
Box 2, Folder 12
Assorted Riots: Newspaper Clippings,
1965 August 20
Box 2, Folder 13
Community Relations Conference: Report,
August-September 1965
Box 2, Folder 14
Detroit Riots: "Status Inconsistency, Relative Deprivation and The Detroit
Riot," James A. Geschwender, et al., The University of Western Ontario,
September 1969
Box 2, Folder 15
Post-Riot Assessment - Race Relations: Magazine Articles
Box 2, Folder 16
Prejudice; Magazine Articles
Box 2, Folder 17
Residential Segregation: Magazine Articles
Box 2, Folder 18
Schools: Magazine Articles,
1965 August 27-November 11
Box 2, Folder 19
"Troubled Cities," Time Magazine,
1967 July 28-1970 April 6
Box 2, Folder 20
Watts: Newspaper Clippings; Time Editorial,
1965 August 27, October 10-November 24
Box 2, Folder 21
Watts: Pamphlet; Bibliography,
1965, 1967
Box 2, Folder 22
Watts Festival: Newspaper Clippings,
1966 August 13-July 27
Box 2, Folder 23
Watts Riot - March 1966: Newspaper Clippings,
1966 March 16-July 27
