Ephemera
Subject
Subject Source: Tgmi
Found in 201 Collections and/or Records:
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
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
Joel Harold Lieb Collection
Collection
Identifier: URB-JHL
Abstract
Joel Harold Lieb worked as an engineer at Rocketdyne Division of Rockwell International from 1956 to 1989. The collection documents Lieb's career working at Rocketdyne on both the Apollo program and the Space Shuttle program for NASA.
Dates:
1961-2019
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
Joyce Linden San Fernando Valley History Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC-JLSFV
Abstract
Joyce Linden lived with her family on a 15 acre ranch in Northridge, California in the late 1940s and 1950s. The collection consists of items collected by Linden related to the history of the San Fernando Valley and her family’s ranch in Northridge, including a Northridge land brochure, a label for the brochure written in 1960 which gives the history of the Linden’s Northridge ranch, and ribbons won at the San Fernando Valley Fair in the 1950s by Vivien Linden.
Dates:
1950-1960
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
Lisowski Family World War II Postcard Collection
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 30700112633143]
Identifier: SC-LFP
Abstract
The Lisowski Family World War II Postcard Collection consists of 24 postcards and 2 accordion-style foldout letters containing military information and graphic illustrations about Camp Rucker in Alabama and the “Military Activities of the U.S. Army.” The postcards are written by sons Ben, Aleck, and Stan Lisowski to their parents Peter and Grasilda Lisowski. The postcards document the locations and activities of each person, including military training activities. There is also a single...
Dates:
1940-1947
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
William J. Lodge World War II Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC-WWPC
Abstract
Major William J. Lodge served as a Statistical Officer in the VIII Fighter Command, 417th Night Fighter Squadron, of the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. After the war, he settled in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles and worked for many years as an investigator for the California Labor Commissioner's Office, Division of Labor Standards Enforcement. The William J. Lodge World War II Collection consists of aerial propaganda leaflets and...
Dates:
1944-1945
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
Los Angeles County Federation of Labor Collection
Collection
Identifier: URB-LACFL
Abstract
The Los Angeles County Federation of Labor (LACFL) is the umbrella organization for an alliance of hundreds of affiliated local labor unions and labor organizations in Los Angeles County, California. It was established in 1894 and operated under the name Los Angeles County Central Labor Council (LACCLC) for many years. Due to a split between the AFL and CIO on the national level the National CIO chartered the Greater Los Angeles CIO Council in May 1937, which maintained a separate existence...
Dates:
1860-2018
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
Los Angeles High School Printing Plate
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 30700112777320]
Identifier: SC-PPL