Fonds contains textual, photographic, and other graphic material related to Angel’s various creative endeavors, including poetry, playwriting, prose writing, and art. Material from plays includes scripts, correspondence, clippings, and ephemera from their production. The fonds contains drafts of his poetry, as well as clippings of select poems published in the Or Shalom Synagogue’s newsletter Keren Or. There is a wide range of material related to Angel’s scholarly and personal interests in religion, philosophy, and spirituality, including but not limited to published articles, material from meditation retreats led by Angel, and miscellaneous writing and correspondence on Judaism, Zen, and other religions and philosophies.
The fonds also contains his collected “black books,” sketchbooks spanning nearly thirty years that include notes and drawings of meetings, conferences, and personal events attended by Angel. Pen and ink portraits of individuals make up the majority of Angel’s sketches. Other personal records include diplomas and certificates, along with correspondence and a sample set of a card game developed by Angel.