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| Montgomery, Lucile | Title: Lucile Montgomery Papers, 1963-1967
Quantity: 0.1 c.f. (1 folder), 3 reels of microfilm (35 mm), and 8 tape recordings Call Number: Micro 44; SC 662; Audio 425A Abstract: Papers, mainly 1964 and 1965, of Lucile Montgomery, a patron of the civil rights movement. Included are correspondence, notes, circulars, press releases, project plans, and reports relating to the Highlander Research and Education Center, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and various Mississippi civil rights groups and activities. On tape are several Freedom School workshops and a Chicago meeting addressed by James Bevel and Martin Luther King Jr. |
| Hein, Lucille E. | Title: Lucille E. Hein Papers, 1938-1994
Quantity: 5.6 c.f. (14 archives boxes); plus additions of 2.6 c.f. Call Number: Mss 837; M95-184 Abstract: Papers of Lucille E. Hein, a freelance non-fiction writer and former Wisconsin resident, who specialized in writing books for and about children, child-rearing, and religion. Included are printed copies, proposals and outlines, drafts, promotion material, and reviews of books written or edited by Hein, together with magazine articles and other non-fiction writing assignments and correspondence with her family, publishers and employers such as Association Press, Judson Press, the Lutheran Brotherhood Insurance Company, and the YMCA. |
| Fairchild, Lucius, 1931-1896 | Title: Lucius Fairchild Papers, 1819-1943
Quantity: 33.0 c.f. (84 archives boxes, 2 record center cartons, 12 flat boxes, 2 card boxes, 3 oversize folders), 575 photographs, 201 drawings, and 1 painting Call Number: Wis Mss GC; PH 12-14, 16-18, 61, 796, 881, 1461, 6018, 6439, 3-2861 Abstract: Papers of Lucius Fairchild, a Wisconsin Civil War general, Dane County circuit court clerk (1859-1861), Republican governor (1866-1872), and United States consul and diplomatic representative (1872-1881); including general correspondence, records of his public offices, speeches and writings, diaries, business records, family papers, and photographs. The papers document Fairchild's varied career, including his military service, tenure as Dane County circuit county clerk, governor, and diplomat in Liverpool, Paris, and Madrid; as well as his involvement with the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) and other Civil War veteran's organizations, the early history of Madison, the gold rush in California, and travels. The collection also contains e material related to several other members of the Fairchild family, including correspondence, business records (pertaining particularly to his father Jairus C. Fairchild's business interests), family papers, and photographs. |
| Lucius Fairchild Woman's Relief Corps Post 37 | Title: Lucius Fairchild Woman's Relief Corps Post 37 Records, Quantity: Papers, 3.6 linear ft. (7 archives boxes and 4 flat boxes) Call Number: WVM Mss 1754 Abstract: Records pertaining to the Lucius Fairchild Woman's Relief Corps Post 37 of Madison, Wisconsin, auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic Post 11. Records include journals containing meeting minutes, letters sent to the post, cash books, ledgers, rolls of members and other post materials. Journals contain meeting minutes that cover the activity of the post at regular and special meetings. Cash books contain information about the balance of money held by the corps, payment of dues and payments to others. Ledgers contain membership and dues payment information. Member rolls and include information on each member. Each entry has the name of the member, the date joined and the date they left the corps. Also included in the back of each ledger is a “necrology” of members who had died in the span of each journal. Letterbooks contain correspondence sent to the corps from members, other posts, GAR posts, people asking for aid, and notices sent to the corps. Materials pertaining to the Corps include bylaws, membership applications, honorable discharge cards, quarterly reports of the secretary and treasurer, order forms for Corps materials and newsclippings about the Corps and Civil War matters. |
| Denny, Ludwell, 1894-1970 | Title: Ludwell Denny Papers, 1917-1959
Quantity: 3.2 c.f. (8 archives boxes) and 2 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: U.S. Mss 151AF; Micro 612 Abstract: Papers of an author and journalist specializing in foreign affairs, who was long-associated (1928-1970) with Scripps-Howard Newspapers as editorial writer, columnist, and editor. Included are correspondence, memos, notes, a speech, charts of the appearances of his stories, and copies of his Scripps-Howard Alliance columns and editorials (some on microfilm), 1928-1935 and 1939-1958. Correspondents include Henry Elmer Barnes, Bernard Baruch, Bruce Bliven, Chester B. Bowles, Charles R. Crane, Louis Fischer, C. Hartley Gratten, Louis M. Hacker, Roy W. Howard, Cordell Hull, Harold L. Ickes, William W. Kiplinger, H. L. Mencken, Frank Murphy, Marie Teresa Norton, Ralph P. Patterson, Ernest T. Pyle, Nelson A. Rockefeller, Carlos P. Romulo, Herbert Bayard Swope, Arthur H. Sulzberger, Jr., Oswald Garrison Villard, and Burton K. Wheeler. The correspondence is supplemented by material on Denny's development as a journalist during the 1920's, articles written for The Nation and The Freeman, a synopsis of an unpublished book on American foreign policy, and correspondence and reviews concerning two published books, We Fight for Oil (1928) and America Conquers Britain: A Record of Economic War (1930). The balance of the collection consists of news clippings, sermons, and miscellany relating to Denny's activities as a Unitarian minister, 1917-1921. |
| Grannis, Luella | Title: Luella Grannis Album, 1862-1867
Quantity: 0.2 cubic ft. (1 box) Call Number: Milwaukee Historic Photo Collection 36 Abstract: This leather-bound album from the 1860s contains 47 photographs of Milwaukeeans and their children. The album was the property of Luella Grannis who was a nurse or nanny for many of Milwaukee’s prominent families. |
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Sanders, Luida E., 1917-; Sanders, Lewis E., 1919-1968 |
Title: Luida and Lewis Sanders Papers, 1941-1952, 1957-1991, 2000
Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes) and 9 photographs; plus additions of 241 photographs, 50 negatives, and 1229 transparencies Call Number: Mss 168; PH Mss 168; M78-189; M2004-010 Abstract: Papers of Luida Sanders and Lewis Sanders, a Wisconsin brother and sister, primarily concerning their Army service during World War II and the Korean War, including correspondence which provides information both on the Sanders’ family and friends, and on the procedures, regulations, social life, and daily activities of Army life; and materials resulting from Luida’s service in the W.A.C.s such as gossip sheets, diary, duty and personal notes, and orders. Also included is correspondence from Lewis to Luida and their mother, Ida, in 1950 as well as a biography compiled by Luida related to Lewis’ military service. Additionally there are photographs depicting Lewis Sanders with his comrades in Kunsan, Korea, personal photographs collected by Luida Sanders, and transparencies, primarily dating from the 1970s, documenting Madison and other cities in Wisconsin. |
| Wilson, Luke W. (Luke Woodward), 1912-1985 | Title: Luke W. Wilson Papers, 1933-1977
Quantity: 4.4 c.f. (10 archives boxes), 22 photographs, and 4 posters (3 folders and 1 oversize folder) Call Number: Mss 1013; PH 6459 Abstract: Papers, bulk 1936-1954, of Luke Wilson, an investigator, researcher, campaign worker, and freelance writer. Included are investigative and background materials used as evidence for the Senate Subcommittee of the Committee on Education and Labor (1936-1940) in its investigation of oppressive labor practices of agricultural companies in California. Also included are publications of the Army Morale Services Division (1942-1946), which later became the Information and Education Division, some of which Wilson either researched or helped write as well as materials related to Wilson's testimony before the Senate Subcommittee on Internal Security, which was investigating Communist activity in the U.S. government and army. In addition, there is extensive material for both the Progressive Party and the American Labor Party (1948-1953), focusing on 1948 presidential candidate, Henry Wallace, and 1949 New York mayoral candidate, Vito Marcantonio. |
| Wendel, Lulu, 1906- | Title: Lulu Wendel Papers, 1945-1978
Quantity: 1.6 c.f. (4 archives boxes) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 125 Abstract: Papers of an active member of voluntary mental health organizations in Wisconsin and California documenting her efforts to aid institutionalized mental patients. Included are organizational papers such as correspondence, minutes, memoranda, membership lists, reports, publicity materials, financial records, notes, and clippings pertaining to her involvement with the Contra Costa County Mental Health Association, the Milwaukee County Society for Mental Health, the National Academy of Religion and Mental Health, the Women's Court and Civic Conference (Milwaukee), and other organizations. Files of speeches and writings concern her personal experiences as a mental patient. There is also information on her interest in the Human Growth Institute during the 1960s. |
| Weller, Luman Hamlin, 1833-1914 | Title: Luman Hamlin Weller Papers, 1828-1912
Quantity: 5.5 c.f. (11 archives boxes) Call Number: Iowa Mss A Abstract: Correspondence of Luman Weller, a Nashua, Iowa, Greenbacker and Populist politician and member of Congress, 1883-1885; relating to the Iowa activities of numerous farm and labor groups and political parties, including the Iowa Farmer's Alliance, People's Party, Populist Party, and the Knights of Labor. |
| Klesman, Norris J. | Title: Lumberjack World Championships Photographs, 1978
Quantity: 7 photographs Call Number: PH 6268 Abstract: Photographs made by photographer Norris Klesman, Madison, Wisconsin, of competition at the 1978 Lumberjack World Championships in Hayward, Wisconsin. Images show men and women competitors in standing chop, log rolling, spring board chop, one-man buck sawing, speed climbing, and power saw competitions. |
| Lund Family | Title: Lund Family Papers, 1762-1972
Quantity: 1 reel of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Micro 830 Abstract: Papers primarily related to Theodore Lund (1810-1895), an artist, who studied art at the Royal Academy of Copenhagen from 1832 to 1834 and immigrated to America from Denmark around 1836. Lund worked as a painter in New York City before moving in 1846 to a farm in Racine County, Wisconsin, where his family lived while he painted in various cities in Europe and America. The papers consist mostly of the research notes and correspondence of two descendants of Theodore Lund--Maude Leone Fish and Judith Lund Chisholm, who wrote a history of the Lund Family. Included in the collection are several letters of Theodore Lund; copies of the Civil War records of his sons, Charles and Julius Lund; a diary by Charles; an annotated plat book of Racine County; and memorabilia. |
| Whitaker, Lurana Faustina Leavitt, 1837-1915 | Title: Lurana Faustina Leavitt Whitaker Papers, 1841-1905
Quantity: 0.6 c.f. (2 archives boxes) Call Number: River Falls Mss DG Abstract: Papers of Lurana Whitaker, a one-time Maine mill worker and a speaker and writer on behalf of women's rights. A teacher in Prescott, Wisconsin, in 1861, Mrs. Whitaker then farmed with her husband in Point Douglas, Minnesota until 1904. Documenting her personal life and her opinions on women's rights, the collection consists largely of letters from family and friends in Maine, Prescott (Wis.), and St. Anthony (Minn.). Also present is one 1865 letter from William Lloyd Garrison, family memorabilia, and a notebook from her lectures on women's rights. |