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Latino Cultural Heritage Oral History Project Collection

 Collection
Identifier: URB-LCHOH
Abstract

The Latino Cultural Heritage Oral History Project Collection contains interviews conducted with several donors to the Latino Cultural Heritage Archives as part of the Urban Archives Center’s efforts to expand its holdings documenting the Latino and Chicano experience in Southern California.

Dates: 1995-2005
Found in: Special Collections & Archives

Marie Laurencin Letter

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SC-MLL
Abstract

Letter from French painter Marie Laurencin, handwritten in French, to an unnamed "Monsieur" thanking him for sending books and apologizing for losing a letter.

Dates: ca. 1920-1929
Found in: Special Collections & Archives

Aristide J. Laurent Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC-AL
Abstract Aristide Joseph "A.J." Laurent was a U.S. Airman, writer, publisher, printer, and pioneer activist for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) communities. He clandestinely co-founded The Advocate—the oldest and largest LGBT publication in the United States—in the basement studios of ABC Television in 1967, two years prior to the infamous Stonewall Riots of NYC which marked the beginning of the gay liberation movement in America. Consisting...
Dates: 1967-2010
Found in: Special Collections & Archives

Lawrence County, Alabama Writ of Execution

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SC-LCAW
Abstract

The collection consists of a fieri facias writ of execution issued in Lawrence County, Alabama in 1860, which commands any state sheriff to seize the sum of two thousand dollars in court ordered damages from a number of debtors. The writ also includes a list of court costs, and a number of handwritten notes.

Dates: 1860
Found in: Special Collections & Archives

Ellwood Lawson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: OCH-EL
Abstract

The Ellwood Lawson Collection consists of items collected by Lawson and his wife, Darla, that relate to his experience as an Old China Hand. The collection is primarily made up of biographical documents, photographs, and articles outlining Lawson's military service in China and his life in Pekin, Illinois.

Dates: 1945-2013
Found in: Special Collections & Archives

Barbara D. Loughman Le Lièvre Diary

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SC-BDL
Abstract Barbara Le Lièvre kept a diary while living in Washington D.C. and Paris, France in 1945, during the final days of World War II. Early entries in the diary highlight Le Lièvre's daily activities in Washington D.C. and New York, including her attendance with her husband, Lucien, at a formal reception at the French Embassy in Washington where she met the new French ambassador to the U.S. She often refers to world events in her entries, including President Franklin D. Roosevelt's death and VJ...
Dates: 1945
Found in: Special Collections & Archives

League of Women Voters of Glendale/Burbank Collection

 Collection
Identifier: URB-LWVGB
Abstract The League of Women Voters of Glendale/Burbank, a chapter of the League of Women Voters of the United States, is a grassroots nonpartisan political organization encouraging the informed and active participation of citizens in government through voter registration, public education, and advocacy. The materials in the collection document the chapter’s activities throughout its existence (1941-2020) and include administrative operational files, as well as project and program files. There are...
Dates: 1941-2021
Found in: Special Collections & Archives

League of Women Voters of Los Angeles Collection

 Collection
Identifier: URB-LWVLA
Abstract In 1921 the League of Women Voters, a national organization, merged with an existing women's organization in California, the California Civic League, which already had chapters in many cities throughout the state. Women in Los Angeles established a chapter that same year, and participated in the first statewide League of Women Voters convention in California in 1922. The League of Women Voters of Los Angeles Collection documents the Los Angeles League's...
Dates: 1911-2017
Found in: Special Collections & Archives

Kyle K. Lee Record Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: OCH-KKL
Abstract

The Kyle K. Lee Record Collection contains LP records collected by Lee of both instrumental Chinese music and recordings of multiple Peking (Beijing) Operas.

Dates: Circa 1951-Circa 1989
Found in: Special Collections & Archives

Hassina and Deeptha Leelarathna Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: TBC-LLP
Abstract Hassina and Deeptha Leelarathna founded the first Sri Lankan newspaper in the United States. Founded in 1978, the paper, Sri Lankan Express, served as a voice for the Sri Lankan diaspora, and reported on everything from the decades-long civil war in Sri Lanka to the issues being faced by the Sri Lankan communities in the U.S. Committed to serving their community, the pair also hosted a weekly two-hour radio program in Sinhalese and English titled ...
Dates: 1977-1988
Found in: Special Collections & Archives

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