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Title: Bay Area Black Panther Party collection
Identifier/Call Number: CEMA 56
Language of Material:
English.
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Physical Description:
2.5 Linear Feet
(4 document boxes, 4 flat boxes)
Creator:
Black Panther Party
Date (inclusive): 1963-2000
Abstract: The collection includes documents, small flyers, handbills, collected research, publications, and newspaper and magazine articles,
and ephemera (buttons) related to the Bay Area Black Panther Party.
Physical Location: Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library
The collection is open for research.
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
[Identification of Item], Bay Area Black Panther Party collection, CEMA 56. Department of Special Research Collections, UC
Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
The collection includes documents, small flyers, handbills, collected research, publications, and newspaper and magazine articles,
and ephemera related to the Bay Area Black Panther Party. There are seven series: Organizational Papers, Subject Files, Publications,
Magazine and Newspaper Articles, Oversize, Newspapers, and Black Panther Party Buttons; each series is arranged either by
chronological or alphabetical order according to original titles or dates.
Series I: Organizational Papers, 1972-1995. Series I includes a wide variety of documents created by and related to the Black Panther Party. Of particular interest are
the bulk campaign flyers for Huey Newton, Bobby Seale and Eldridge Cleaver and the intake application for membership in the
Black Panther Party.
Series II: Subject Files, 1962-1995. Series II is an excellent example of the types of subject files that the Party was gathering during the 1960's and 1970's
concerning various other civil rights groups and activists. Included here is also a small collection of papers and drafts
concerning various civil rights issues.
Series III: Publications, 1963-2000. Series III includes an outstanding collection of first volume publications of significant titles such as
The Black Panther,
Black Politics,
Black Power!,
The Commemorator, and
Free Huey.
Series IV: Magazine and Newspaper Articles, 1966-1998. Series contains a collection of articles pertaining to a wide variety of topics related to the Party. In particular, there
is a large collection of articles for 1989, the year Huey Newton was assassinated. There are additionally a number of articles
about early Panther activity in Oakland and the Bay Area as well as on the University of California campus. This is also a
rich source of information on Eldridge Cleaver as there are both articles written by and about him in the collection.
Series V: Oversize. There are a few other oversize materials (other than publications and article clippings) that are too large to be included
in legal size archival boxes and have been moved from their original series and placed in a flat box for preservation purpose.
If an item has been removed from its original series and placed in oversize, a note indicating its location in oversize has
been left in the original place of the item.
Series VI: Newspapers.
The Black Panther Intercommunal News Service from February 20th 1971 to February 5th 1972.
Series VII: Black Panther Party Buttons. Ten Bay Area Black Panther Party buttons.
There are seven series: Organizational Papers, Subject Files, Publications, Magazine and Newspaper Articles, Oversize, Newspapers,
and Black Panther Party Buttons; series are arranged either by chronological or alphabetical order according to original titles
or dates.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
African Americans -- California -- Politics and government -- 20th century
African Americans -- Civil rights
Black power -- California -- History -- 20th century
Political activists -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area
Racism -- United States
United States -- Race relations
Articles
Buttons (information artifacts)
Fliers (printed matter)
Handbills
Newspapers
Organization files
Publications (documents)
Black Panther Party -- Archives