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Lawrence County, Alabama Writ of Execution

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 30700111882634]
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: [Barcode: 30700112337208]
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

Legal and Financial Documents on Slaves and Slavery in the United States Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC-SSUS
Abstract

Purchased by the library in the late 1970s, this collection consists of bills of sale, bonds, writs, promissory notes, summons, wills of slave owners, and inventories of slaves. It also includes some criminal cases involving slaves and an anonymously authored play with characters who are slaves. Well over half the documents concern the state of Alabama with Lawrence County particularly well represented. The documents are organized by state and arranged by counties.

Dates: 1756-1869
Found in: Special Collections & Archives

Lehman Family Papers

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 30700112669709]
Identifier: URB-LFR
Abstract

The Lehman Family Papers include a marriage license and baptismal record from Salems Evangelical Church, a German church in Los Angeles, California.

Dates: 1909-1912
Found in: Special Collections & Archives

Leicester Peace Society Letter

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 30700112777312]
Identifier: SC-LPS
Dates: 1910 February 16
Found in: Special Collections & Archives

Norman Leonard and William H. Carder Collection

 Collection
Identifier: URB-NLWC
Abstract Mr. Leonard served as counsel for the International Longshore and Warehouse Union through several phases of labor disagreements including such issues as civil rights, racial discrimination, hiring and registration disputes, and management's unfair labor practices. The files of Leonard and Carder consist of legal cases brought before the court by their firm over the period 1951 to 1983. The documents found within the collection substantiate the process of labor arbitrations through National...
Dates: 1942-1983
Found in: Special Collections & Archives

Benjamin M. Levaco Papers

 Collection
Identifier: OCH-BML
Abstract Benjamin Levaco was a Russian-born Jew who moved to China with his family in 1915 at the age of four. He grew up in Harbin and Tientsin, and after graduating high school began working for a sausage casing company in the 1930s. After World War II, he opened his own casing company with plants in Shanghai, Hangchow, Tientsin and Peking. He fled China with his wife in 1950, immigrating to New York City. He retired in the Los Angeles area, and traveled to China multiple times in the 1990s before...
Dates: Circa 1900-1999
Found in: Special Collections & Archives

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