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| Liberation News Service | Title: Liberation News Service Graphics, 1968-1972, 1976-1981
Quantity: 1.8 cubic feet (1 records center carton and 2 archives boxes) Call Number: PH 4634 Abstract: Graphics, 1968-1972, 1976-1981, consisting of photocopies of photographs and Liberation News Service bulletin covers chronicling anti-war, feminist, labor and other social and political movements. Liberation News Service was an underground, anti-war news service distributing photographs and bulletins to underground newspapers nationwide. |
| Liberation Publications | Title: Liberation Publications Records, 1971-1981
Quantity: 1.8 cubic ft. (5 boxes) 1 oversize folder Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 261 Abstract: Collection consists primarily of the correspondence files of GPU News, the news and literary magazine of the Gay Peoples Union of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. GPU News was published by the Gay Peoples Union from 1971 to 1976 and by Liberation Publications from 1976 to 1981. |
| Libertarian Party | Title: Libertarian Party Proceedings, 1979
Quantity: 12 tape recordings Call Number: Tape 1193A Abstract: Recorded proceedings of the 1979 Libertarian Party national convention in Los Angeles, produced by Liberty Audio, a private organization. Included is a speech by Eugene McCarthy. |
| Library Council of Southeastern Wisconsin | Title: Library Council of Southeastern Wisconsin Records, 1972-2012
Quantity: 7.2 cubic ft. (8 boxes) 14 audio cassettes 2 audio reels 4 videocassettes 2 videoreels 4 film reels Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 48 Abstract: Records of an organization founded to foster cooperation between Milwaukee area libraries. The collection includes reports, correspondence, memos, newsletters, financial records, meeting minutes, publications, library directories, and union lists. The records concern a wide range of library services and issues, including archives, collection development, interlibrary loan, interlibrary cooperation, automation, continuing education, legislation and public services. Organizational functions, including fund-raising, long-range planning and membership and public relations, are documented as well. Other materials of note include copies of the constitution, by-laws, organizational guidelines, and articles of incorporation. The collection contains some non-print media, including slides, films, and video and audio tapes. These are largely of an educational nature and subjects include local labor and ethnic history, histories of Milwaukee neighborhoods and continuing education for librarians. |
| Library League of La Crosse (La Crosse, Wis.) | Title: Library League of La Crosse Records Physical Description: 0.8 cubic feet Call Number: MSS 014 Abstract: The Library League of La Crosse was founded in 1990 to help raise funds though a Christmas home tour to benefit the La Crosse Public Library. The non-profit organization dissolved in 1998. The collection includes meeting minutes (1990-1998), publicity materials and photographs of the various home tours of La Crosse, Wisconsin. |
| Lichtenberg, Bernard, 1892- | Title: Bernard Lichtenberg Papers, 1917-1940
Quantity: 2.2 c.f. (15 volumes) Call Number: U.S. Mss 104AF Abstract: Bound papers of a public relations counsel, author, and president of the Institute of Public Relations, Inc. Included are speeches; articles; photographs; printed mattter; biographical clippings relating to his work for the Alexander Hamilton Institute, the Association of National Advertisers, and other professional organizations; and his master's thesis. Letters of congratulation pertaining to Lichtenberg's founding of the Institute of Public Relations comprise two volumes. |
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Lichtner, Schomer, 1905-2006; Grotenrath, Ruth, 1912-1988 |
Title: Schomer Lichtner and Ruth Grotenrath Papers, 1918-2009
Quantity: 13 cubic ft. (29 boxes) 14 videocassettes 5 digital video files (4.68 GB) 14 safety film negatives 7 nitrate negatives Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 328 Abstract: Papers of Milwaukee-area artists Ruth Grotenrath and Schomer Lichtner. Grotenrath is well known for her dramatic, colorful floral images while Lichtner is best known for his whimsical and cheerful paintings and sculptures of cows and ballerinas. While the collection documents the work and lives of both artists, the bulk of the collection documents Lichtner's work, as he was more prolific and outlived his wife by 18 years. |
| Lichtner, Schomer, 1905-2006 | Title: Schomer Lichtner Papers, 1995-2011
Quantity: 0.2 cubic ft. (1 box) 1 oversize folder Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 105 Abstract: Schomer Lichtner was an artist who worked in many media, including ink, paint, lithograph and sculpture. The works represented in this collection include themes of dancers, cows, leaves and flowers, and freehand organic patterns. |
| Lichty, Sandra | Title: Sandra Lichty: County Mental Hospital Project Records, 1960-1969
Quantity: 4.4 cubic feet (4 records center cartons and 1 archives box) Call Number: M80-367 Abstract: Files used by Sandra Lichty in her Ph.D. research at the University of Wisconsin for the County Mental Health Hospital Project. Principal investigator was Dr. Peter Weiss and project director was Dr. Martin Loeb. Materials concern the condition of mental health care centers in Wisconsin in the 1960s. This research into hospitals, clinics, and homes at the county level includes interviews with administrators, social workers, and other staff; records of patient populations and related costs; and needs assessments developed through public hearings and committees. Files also contain the subsequent recommendations and action plans by region, and related academic publications and papers. |
| Liddy, James, 1934-2008 | Title: James Liddy Papers, 1927-2009
, 1967-2009
Quantity: 15.2 cubic ft. (38 boxes) 2 digital video files (5.18 GB) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 300 Abstract: The collection documents James Liddy's life as a poet and professor. Liddy was born and raised in Ireland, and after briefly practicing law, he turned to a life of poetry. He moved to San Francisco in 1967 and began teaching poetry and English at various institutions across the U.S. before finally settling down at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 1976, where he taught for over 30 years. The collection contains primarily correspondence, literary papers, and general files. Some of his works include: In a Blue Smoke (1964), Baudelaire's Bar Flowers (1975), A White Thought in a White Shade (1987), Collected Poems (1994), and The Doctor’s House (2004). |
| Lien, Christian | Title: Correspondence Received by Christian Lien Quantity: 0.02 cubic feet (1 folder) Call Number: MISC MSS 112 Abstract: Photocopies of correspondence received by Christian Lien, 1884-1885. Lien was a druggist on the north side of La Crosse, Wisconsin. |
| Light Horse Squadron Association (Milwaukee, Wis.) | Title: Light Horse Squadron Association: Photographs and Moving Images of Wisconsin National Guard, 105th Cavalry, 1925-1939
Quantity: 0.4 c.f. of photographs (1 flat box), 2 film reels (16 mm), and 1 videorecording Call Number: M2002-096 Abstract: Collected materials of the Light Horse Squadron Association consisting of a scrapbook and loose photographs (1925-1933), two films of regimental and National Guard events and parades (late 1930s), and a videotape copy of the films. |
| Lighty, William H. (William Henry), 1866-1959 | Title: William H. Lighty Papers, 1885-1958
Quantity: 20.5 cubic feet (99 archives boxes and 3 card file boxes) and 16 tape recordings; plus additions of 1.6 cubic feet and 3 tape recordings Call Number: Wis Mss PV; Audio 20A; M61-148; M74-049 Abstract: Papers of William Lighty, a pioneer in the field of adult education who was on the administrative staff of the Extension Division of the University of Wisconsin from 1906 to 1937 and exerted a marked influence on its development. The bulk of the collection derives from the period between 1910 and 1930 and is composed of Lighty's personal, business, and professional correspondence; his articles and speeches; and records of the Extension Division. His papers for the period prior to 1906 contain material on his early education and teaching experiences in Pennsylvania; on his interest in the ethical culture movement, particularly in St. Louis; and on a summer camp for boys which he operated near Spooner, Wisconsin. On tape are his recollections of his work in the Extension Division. |
| Lincoln County (Wis.) Extension Office | Title: University of Wisconsin Extension Lincoln County Office collection Quantity: 2 Linear Feet Two records storage cartons Publications, videocassettes, and paper records Call Number: uac159 Abstract: This collection includes paper publications, videocassettes, and internal records created by the Lincoln County Extension Office. Many of the publications and videos focus on conservation, such as "It All Adds Up," films about water pollution. Others focus on nonprofit management and city planning in Lincoln County. |
| Lincoln County (Wis.) Treasurer | Title: Lincoln County (Wis.). Treasurer: Tax Rolls, 1879-1965
Quantity: 21.0 cubic feet (97 volumes) and 36 reels of microfilm (35 mm) Call Number: Lincoln Series 4 Abstract: Description of real and personal property, assessed value, taxes due on property, and record of payment of taxes. There are rolls for 1879, 1890, decennial years from 1900 to 1950, a few volumes for 1906 to 1926-1929, and every fifth year from 1955 to 1965. Post-1950 records are available only on microfilm. The microfilm portion is listed below, followed by an appendix which notes the years covered by both the volumes in the series (which are unnumbered) and the microfilm. |
| Lincoln Hills School | Title: Lincoln Hills School: Correspondence and Subject Files, 1965-1986
Quantity: 4.0 c.f. (4 record center cartons); plus additions of 1.0 c.f. Call Number: Series 2396; 1980/005 Abstract: Correspondence, memoranda, reports, daily staff bulletins, minutes, news clippings, brochures, and other materials relating to the daily administration, treatment programs, recreational activities and academic program at the Lincoln Hills School in Irma, Wisconsin. |
| Lincoln Lumber Company (Merrill, Wis.) | Title: Lincoln Lumber Company Records, 1881-1892
Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box including 11 volumes) Call Number: Stevens Point Mss K Abstract: Records of the Lincoln Lumber Company, a company in Merrill, Wisconsin, incorporated in 1881 by Thomas P. Mathews and others. Records include the articles of incorporation and minutes of meetings, a stock certificate book, records of bills payable, and log scale books of several camps. |
| Lincoln Neighborhood Redevelopment Corporation (Milwaukee, Wis.) | Title: Lincoln Neighborhood Redevelopment Corporation Records, 1987-1996
Quantity: 1.2 cubic ft. (2 boxes) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 95 Abstract: Records of the Lincoln Neighborhood Redevelopment Corporation, a non-profit community development corporation, mostly dating from the 1990s. The collection documents neighborhood improvements, renovation projects, and assistance provided to area residents and businesses. Included are files concerning the establishment of a business improvement district, community development block grants, community reinvestment act matters, including performance evaluations and activity reports, and financial information. Also included in the collection are files documenting the St. Josaphat Basilica square capital improvement project and the Kosciusko Park Lagoon restoration project, as well as photographs documenting renovation projects and the Lincoln Avenue neighborhood. |
| Lincoln, Grace G. | Title: Grace G. Lincoln Papers, 1897-1929
Quantity: 0.7 cubic ft. (2 boxes) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 4 Abstract: Grace G. Lincoln was a Wisconsin activist involved in socialism and Women's Suffrage in the early 20th century. |
| Lincoln, Grace Garrison, 1871-1970 | Title: Grace Garrison Lincoln Papers, 1900-1965
Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Mss 323 Abstract: Papers, mainly 1900-1924, of Grace Garrison Lincoln, a Richland County, Wisconsin, resident active in the socialist, suffrage, and temperance movements. Present are incoming correspondence, including many letters from officials of the Social-Democratic Party, writings, clippings, and materials pertaining to her music teaching. |
| Lind, Scott | Title: Scott Lind Drawing of Floorplan for 1105 King Street, La Crosse, Wisconsin Quantity: 0.02 cubic feet (1 folder) Call Number: MISC MSS 122 Abstract: Floorplans of 1105 King Street in La Crosse, Wisconsin, as drawn by Scott Lind in 1993. The house was originally built by Mary E. Sawyer in 1893, and was later the residence of the Ann Sutor family for nearly 50 years. The house was torn down in the 1990s. |
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Lindemann, Florence F.; Lindemann, Harvey J. |
Title: Florence and Harvey Lindemann Papers, 1927-1981
Quantity: 1.6 cubic ft. (4 boxes) Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 35 Abstract: Papers of local author Florence Lindemann and her husband Harvey, who was an astronomer. Collection contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, manuscripts, and a scrapbook. |
| Lindow, Lester W., 1913- | Title: Lester W. Lindow Papers, 1958-1978
Quantity: 1.2 c.f. (3 archives boxes) Call Number: U.S. Mss 183AF Abstract: Papers of a broadcaster and executive director of the Association of Maximum Service Telecasters (MST), an association of owners of television stations operating at maximum-permitted power. Included are statements, annual reports, and copies of testimony presented before the Federal Communications Commission and other governmental and private groups. These concern such issues as UHF and VHF frequency allocation, interference prevention, spectrum conservation, and cable television. |
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Lindsay, Howard, 1889-1968; Crouse, Russel, 1893-1966 |
Title: Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse Papers, 1909-1980
Quantity: 7.6 c.f. (19 archives boxes) Call Number: U.S. Mss 20AN Abstract: Papers of two award-winning playwright-producers who formed one of the most successful collaborations in Broadway history. Some of the collection relates to their joint efforts, some to their work alone. Of their collaborative efforts theatrical materials predominate. Among the plays on which there are files are Anything Goes (1934), Arsenic and Old Lace (1941), Call Me Madam (1950), Detective Story (1949), The Great Sebastians (1956), The Hasty Heart (1945), Life With Father (1939), Life With Mother (1948), The Sound of Music (1956), and State of the Union (1945). The types of documentation present are scripts and drafts, stage directions, clippings, reviews, and contracts. Also included are scripts for adaptations of several of the above titles for television and motion pictures. Among the notable correspondents are S. N. Behrman, Irving Berlin, Theodore Bikel, William O. Douglas, Edna Ferber, Helen Hayes, Irving Paul Lazar, and Alfred Lunt. Lindsay's papers include correspondence, speeches, theatrical scripts, poetry, essays, short stories, and notes on acting, directing, and writing for a text about the theater. Crouse's papers include seven books, newspaper articles, and theater and motion picture scripts. |
| Lipscomb, Mark | Title: Mark Lipscomb Papers, 1965-1973
Quantity: 3.0 c.f. (3 record center cartons) Call Number: M73-059 Abstract: Papers of Mark Lipscomb, Wisconsin Democratic Assemblyman (1965-1971) and State Senator (1971). The collection includes subject files and campaign materials, 1965-1973, relating to Mark Lipscomb's work in the legislature, and on judicial reform. |
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Lipsky, Michael; Olson, David J. |
Title: Michael Lipsky and David J. Olson Papers, 1935-1981 (bulk 1963-1981)
Quantity: 4.6 c.f. (13 archives boxes) and 3 tape recordings; plus additions of 4.4 c.f. Call Number: Mss 851; M96-024; Audio 1669A Abstract: Papers, mainly 1963-1981, of Michael Lipsky and David J. Olson, two political scientists concerning their collaborative research on the urban race riots of the 1960s and Lipsky's separate research on rent strikes in New York City and materials documenting his involvement in the civil rights movement. The collection includes biographical information, editorial correspondence, exchanges with professional colleagues, research files, writings, and records documenting Lipsky’s work as special assistant to the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, as a consultant to Upward Bound and Action, and as a Freedom Summer volunteer in 1964. |
| Lisbon Avenue Neighborhood Development Corporation | Title: Lisbon Avenue Neighborhood Development Corporation
Records, 1994-2015
Quantity: 4 cubic ft. (6 boxes) 1,279 digital files (3.07 GB) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 351 Abstract: Physical and electronic records of the Lisbon Avenue Neighborhood Development Corporation (LAND). The collection documents how LAND acquired grants and implemented programs to improve the neighborhood surrounding Lisbon Avenue located on the north side of Milwaukee's inner city. The collection includes meeting minutes, grant proposals, budget and census data, resources and social event information for residents, and property rehabilitation reports. Also included are photographs and digital images of LAND programs and events and properties on and surrounding Lisbon Avenue. |
| Lisowski, Michael | Title: Michael Lisowski Papers, 1977-1984
Quantity: .2 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 235 Abstract: Collection consists of subject files assembled by Michael Lisowski, an active member of Milwaukee's lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community, during the late 1970s and early 1980s. The files relate to various organizations with which Lisowksi was involved--such as the Gay Peoples Union, Gay Counseling Services, and Gay Community at UWM--but few provide substantial evidence of Lisowski's specific contributions or activities. Often, these files contain only ephemera such as brochures and fliers. Several files pertain to the Gay Peoples Union, documenting that organization's efforts to unify the Milwaukee gay and lesbian community around issues of police harassment, establishment of a community center, and coalition building. Lisowski was vice president of the organization in 1978. |
| Little Review (Chicago, Ill.) | Title: Little Review Records, 1914-1964
Quantity: 4.4 cubic ft. (12 boxes) 1 oversize folder Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 1 Abstract: Collection contains the editorial files of the Little Review, an international magazine of the arts. Almost all of the records date from 1914 to 1929. The bulk of the collection consists of corrected and uncorrected galleys of works, correspondence, holograph manuscripts, and typescripts. Also contains the administrative files of editors Margaret Anderson and Jane Heap, which include correspondence concerning subscriptions and advertising; letters from Ezra Pound; and letters from John Quinn, a financial backer of the magazine and the publication's lawyer in the case concerning the government's seizure of the issue containing James Joyce's Ulysses. The collection contains a small amount of layout materials for various issues; photographs and reproductions, usually published in the magazine; and newsclippings (1920-1964) about Anderson, Heap, and the Little Review. |
| Little, Clara Louise | Title: Clara Louise Little Papers, 1907-1946
Quantity: 0.6 cubic ft. (3 boxes) 1 oversize folder Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 288 Abstract: Assorted materials written by local author and genealogist, Clara L. Little. Primarily contains genealogical materials on Wisconsin families. |
| Litvak, Simi H. | Title: Simi H. Litvak Papers, 1961-1993
Quantity: 6.0 c.f. (6 record center cartons) Call Number: M2004-159 Abstract: Papers, primarily from the 1970s and 1980s, of Simi Litvak, an activist involved in various leftist political organizations in Madison, Wisconsin, and the San Francisco Bay area. The papers consist of correspondence, memos, notes, and materials related to various ideologies, causes, and events. Organizations documented include the communist organization Line of March and its publication Frontline as well as its national Marxist-Leninist Education Project, the United States Anti-Imperialist League, and the Madison Common Sense Coalition. Also included are materials relating to Jesse Jackson’s presidential campaigns, gay and women’s rights, and labor issues. |
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Livingston, Gerald M., 1883-1950; Livingston, Crawford, 1848-1925 |
Title: Gerald and Crawford Livingston Papers, 1920-1933
Quantity: 7 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Micro 820 Abstract: Papers of Gerald Livingston, a New York stock broker, and his father Crawford, a railroad executive and stock broker. Included are correspondence concerning investments, homes in Maine and Georgia, and breeding of basset hounds; a Livingston family genealogy; sympathy cads and estate papers following Crawford's death in 1925; and business correspondence, 1925, of stockbroker Walter Price, a partner in the Livingston firm. |