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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. |
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Whitsett, Ruth B.; Milwaukee Public Library. |
Title: Libraries of the United States Postcard Collection,
1900-1987
Quantity: 0.6 cubic ft. (4 boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Historic Photo Collection 2 Abstract: Postcards of libraries throughout the United States. This includes public, academic, government, and special libraries. |
| 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. |
| - - - | Title: Libyan Film Collection, 1970-1980
Quantity: 17 film reels (16 mm) Call Number: AC 481; CB 061-CB 065; DD 653-DD 658; FF 076-FF 080 Abstract: A selection of short documentary and educational films from Libya, originally part of the Madison Public Library's collection. Most of the films are in Arabic; some films are in English or include English subtitles. These short documentary films depict the cultural traditions and industrial progress of Libya, often with a propagandist tone. Some were created by the Libyan government to train citizens on farming practices. Though many of the films are undated, they are thought to have been made during the 1970s. |
| 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. |
| Welda, Lilian Tracey, 1900-1973 | Title: Lilian Tracey Welda Papers, 1902-1973
Quantity: 0.8 cubic feet (2 archives boxes) Call Number: La Crosse Mss BL Abstract: Papers of Lilian Tracey Welda, a La Crosse, Wisconsin, osteopath and various members of her family. Included are correspondence, financial records and a ledger, certificates, photographs, and a diary. The correspondence concerns family matters and various health care issues such as Lilian Welda's views on abortion and birth control and her observations about conditions in hospitals and clinics, and the nature of her medical training, and the deteriorating mental health and treatment of her brother LLoyd Tracey. Also included are discussion of education and teaching from her aunt Ida Johnson, a teacher in Ashland, Wisconsin, and accounts of a U.S. Navy submarine cruise to the Philippines and China in the early 1920s by Lester Tracey. |
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Trager, Lillian, 1947-2006
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Title: Lillian Trager Collection, 1956-2006
Quantity: 8.5 cubic feet (16 archives boxes, 1 flat box, and 1 index card box) Call Number: UWP Manuscript Collection 40 Abstract: This collection contains materials related to Dr. Lillian Trager, an anthropologist and professor at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, including field notes, photographs, video and sound recordings, and published material. |
| - - - | Title: Lillydahl Family Papers, 1882-2001
Extent: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box), and 95 photographs (1 archives box and 1 oversize folder) Call Number: M2006-110 Abstract: Papers and photographs of the Wilhelm (Per) and Sena (Hammerlund) Lillydahl family who immigrated to Milwaukee (Wisconsin) in the late 1800s, and various other branches of the family descended from Theodore Johan Lilljedahl of Solvesborg, Sweden. Included are genealogical materials and correspondence, some dating from service by family members during World War I. |
| - - - | Title: Limnology Department audio recordings Quantity: 1 Linear Feet 1 record storage carton Collection includes 53 audio recordings. 40 1/4" reel tapes, 13 cassette tapes. Call Number: uac218 Abstract: This collection consists of audio recordings of lectures given by various individuals on topics within the field of limnology. These recordings were produced by the Limnology Department, now referred to as the Center for Limnology, primarily during the 1960s and 1970s. The Center for Limnology (CFL) was established in July 1982 to coordinate, conduct and facilitate research, teaching and outreach on freshwater ecosystems at University of Wisconsin-Madison. |
| 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. |
| Wisconsin. County Court (Lincoln County) | Title: Lincoln County, Wisconsin, County Court Criminal Dockets, 1894-1938
Quantity: 3.5 cubic feet (11 volumes) Call Number: Lincoln Series 63 Abstract: Summary of cases tried showing date, defendant's name, statute violated, narrative description of case, sentence, costs, and name of the judge. Each volume includes an index by name of defendant. |
| - - - | Title: Lincoln County, Wisconsin, Forestry and 4-H Photographs, circa 1937-1940
Quantity: 0.2 cubic feet (1 archives box) Call Number: PH 6931 Abstract: Black and white photographs, some mounted, circa 1937-1940, relating to Lincoln County Forestry and 4-H activities including images of orchard and management techniques, crop harvesting, planting trees, fertilizing, plowing, and raising and judging livestock, and the Harrison Lake dam and Big Eddy Fish Pond project. 4-H fair, camp and meeting photographs are also included. |
| 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. |
| Neprud, Lincoln, 1898-1972 | Title: Lincoln Neprud Papers, 1926-1970
Quantity: 4.2 cubic feet (11 archives boxes), 17 photographs, and 12 negatives Call Number: La Crosse Mss BF; PH 3744; PH 3-3076 Abstract: Papers of Lincoln Neprud, a Wisconsin Sixth District (1952-1969) and Vernon County Court (1937-1952) judge, consisting of judicial case files, legal papers, reports, correspondence, minutes, speeches, campaign files, and information regarding numerous civic activities. Case files include his decisions, correspondence, and legal briefs as both Vernon County and Sixth Circuit Court judge, as well as those of his predecessor, R. S. Cowie. Other judicial records include minutes, correspondence, and briefs of the Wisconsin Board of Circuit Judges, various reports of court activities, and miscellaneous judicial information and publications. Involvement with the Snowflake Ski Club of Anderson Hill at Westby, the Vernon County Baseball League, and the Upper Mississippi Anti-Drawdown Congress are also well documented. Of special note is a file pertaining to the controversial appearance of native son Gerald L.K. Smith as a guest speaker at the Viroqua centennial. The photographs document the interior of the Wisconsin Sixth District Circuit Court during a program for women homemakers sponsored by the University of Wisconsin Agricultural Extension Program in 1963, and images of the interior and exterior of a home. There is a restriction on access to this material; see the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details. |
| - - - | Title: Lincolniana, undated
Quantity: 0.5 cubic feet (1 archives box and 1 flat box) and 33 transparencies Call Number: PH 6000; PH 6000 (5); PH 2633; PH 3046 Abstract: Photographs, lithographs, ephemera, and original artwork depicting Abraham Lincoln and events associated with Lincoln's life including his family and their home in Springfield, Illinois, his political career and presidency, and his assassination. The collection includes works by photographers and artists Mathew Brady, Alexander Gardner, C.S. German, W.H. Person, W.H. Shepherd, and Alexander Hesler. |
| French, Linda M. | Title: Linda M. French Papers Quantity: 3 Linear Feet 6 letter document boxes 3 linear feet of correspondence Call Number: Cairns Manuscript, French Abstract: This collection includes approximately 1000 handwritten letters to and from Linda M. French, dated 1890 to 1921. Her writing, both from Berlin and New York City, provide insight to city life in the early 20th century. She frequently describes and critiques lectures, recordings, books, and especially musical and theatrical performances of the time. From 1912 on, French shows an interest in the fight for suffrage and communicates her involvement in and opinions on the movement. Many of the responses are from friends and family members, notably her uncle, Calvin Stebbins; aunt, Susan Burleigh; and a variety of members of the Beebe family who resided in Hampden, Massachusetts. These letters provide details of family news and share instances of everyday life. |
| Hoben, Lindsay | Title: Lindsay Hoben Papers, 1924-1954
Quantity: 1.2 c.f. (1 record center carton and 1 archives box) Call Number: MCHC67-079 Abstract: Papers, 1924-1954, of Lindsay Hoben, editor of the Milwaukee Journal from 1961-1967. Hoben joined the Journal as a reporter in 1926 and began his travels through Europe, Mexico, and around the world writing columns for the paper. In addition to his worldly travel writings, Hoben was at Bellot Strait, in the eastern Canadian arctic, in 1937 to witness the first crossing of ships through the Northwest Passage. The collection primarily contains scrapbooks of newspaper clippings and photographs documenting his early reporting and travels around the world. Also present are several early typewritten manuscripts by Hoben documenting his early writing career. |
| Coleman, Lindsey | Title: Lindsey Coleman Papers, 1777-1875
Quantity: 0.6 c.f. (2 archives boxes) Call Number: McCormick Mss AJ Abstract: Papers of Lindsey Coleman, a planter and merchant in Augusta County, Virginia, consisting of miscellaneous receipts; promissory notes; indentures; blacksmith charges; purchases of general merchandise for various members of the family, especially Coleman himself, his brother William, and his son Joseph; and an account, 1831, for auction of the estate of his mother, Judith Coleman? Tucker. |
| Rogosin, Lionel, 1924- | Title: Lionel Rogosin Films, 1956-1974
Quantity: 281 reels of film Call Number: AC 715; AC 718-725; CB 150-164; DD 931-938; FF 540-573; GA 349-362; HB 428-435; SCA 218-365; SCA 435-479 Abstract: Completed films, workprints, outtakes, and trims from Come Back Africa, Arab Israeli Dialogue, Black Fantasy, Black Roots, Good Times, Wonderful Times, On the Bowery, Oysters Are in Season, and other works of documentary film producer and director Lionel Rogosin. |
| 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. |
| Kaynor, Fay Campbell, 1924- | Title: Lisle Lester Research Papers, 1851-2001
Quantity: 1.0 c.f. (1 record center carton) Call Number: M2004-051 Abstract: Research papers, 1851-2001, of Fay Campbell Kaynor for her book, Lapdogs and Bloomer Girls: The Life and Times of Lisle Lester. Lisle Lester was born Sophia Walker in Massachusetts but came to Fond du Lac, Wisconsin as a young girl and attended Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin. Lester was a progressive journalist and editor, author, and champion of women’s rights. Kaynor’s research includes annotated photocopies of publications edited by Lester, columns written by Lester, and articles and reviews about Lester and her publications. Also included are reviews of Lester’s dramatic tours around the country, biographical materials detailing her travels, education, and death, and a copy of Kaynor’s book. |
| Connell, Douglas | Title: List of World War II Deaths of La Crosse (Wisconsin) Servicemen Quantity: 0.02 cubic feet (1 folder) Call Number: MISC MSS 018 Abstract: List of World War II deaths of La Crosse, Wisconsin servicemen compiled by Doug Connell in 1984. |
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Milwaukee Public Library; Carr, Adam; Thomsen, Sonja |
Title: Listening to Mitchell Street, 2007-2014
Quantity: 0.3 cubic ft. (2 boxes) 2 oversize folders Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 404 Abstract: Records of the planning for the Listening to Mitchell art project. Contains correspondence, planning documents, notes, artwork, and audio recordings. |
| Mouser, Bruce L. | Title: Listing of Black Settlers: La Crosse, Wisconsin Quantity: 0.02 cubic feet (1 folder) Call Number: MISC MSS 024 Abstract: Draft of "Listing of Black Settlers: La Crosse, Wisconsin" by Bruce Mouser, 1982 August. |
| Oak, Liston M., 1895-1970 | Title: Liston M. Oak Papers, 1910-1970
Quantity: 1.4 c.f. (4 archives boxes) Call Number: Mss 171 Abstract: Papers of Liston Oak, a journalist and liberal political activist who, in the 1920's, became active in the Communist Party, but repudiated communism in the late 1930's. Oak edited or wrote for many publications including Soviet Russia Today (1932-1934), and Fight (1935-1936). After rejecting communism he edited the magazines Antiques (1938-1943) and The New Leader (1943-1948), and served as labor and economics editor of the Voice of America (1948-1965). The bulk of the papers date from the late 1940's to the early 1960's and largely document Oak's work at The New Leader and the Voice of America. Included is correspondence, much of which reveals Oak's opinions and political philosophy; speeches and articles by Oak; research materials on leftist and labor movements; Voice of America materials, including scripts for Oak's radio broadcasts; and personal information. Among the prominent correspondents are Socialist leader Norman Thomas, labor leader George Meany, ex-communist and informer Whittaker Chambers, Polish leader Stanislaw Mikolajczyk, and leftist writer Max Eastman. Also included are minutes of a 1937 meeting of the Theater Union, a leftist theater group which Oak managed briefly. |
| 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. |
| Center for Limnology, University of Wisconsin-Madison | Title: Little Rock Lake Archives records Quantity: 4 Linear Feet 4 record cartons Call Number: Accession 2008/105 Abstract: The Little Rock Lake Archives records cover the 1970s-1990s and include annual reports, correspondence, research, steering committee meeting minutes, limnological data, information surrounding work with the EPA, pH data from 1985-1990, and wildlife information. Many of the included documents were contributed by Thomas Frost, Carl Watras, and John Magnuson. |
| Kander, Simon, Mrs. | Title: Lizzie Black Kander Papers, 1875-1960
Quantity: 1.0 c.f. (3 archives boxes), 2 reels of microfilm (35 mm), and 20 photographs Call Number: Milwaukee Mss DN; Micro 548; PH 4179 Abstract: Papers of Lizzie Black Kander, whose social work among Russian Jewish immigrants in Milwaukee earned her the sobriquet “the Jane Addams of Milwaukee.” Relating to her founding and operation of the settlement house that ultimately became the Jewish Community Center of Milwaukee are reports, correspondence, promotional brochures, clippings, materials used in publishing a cookbook used for fund-raising purposes, and minutes. Also present is correspondence of her niece, Irma Greenthal, dealing mainly with the 1948 dedication of the Kander Auditorium and with biographical information on her aunt. Photographs include portraits of Kander, images of her family, group meetings, and the exterior of the Jewish Community Center of Milwaukee. |