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League of Women Voters of the District of Columbia Records

 Collection
Identifier: 033
Scope and Contents

The collection contains clippings and alphabetically arranged office files maintained by the League of Women Voters of the District of Columbia to document its activities. Topics in the records cover primarily local D.C. political issues, but also national and international concerns of the National League of Women Voters. The records are divided into two series: topical files and clippings.

Dates: 1930-1982

Liaison Records, Inc. Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 206
Scope and Contents

This collection comprises materials that are related to go-go music and go-go musicians, particularly artists whose music was distributed and promoted by Liaison Records. Materials include correspondence, fliers and promotional materials, ephemera, photographs, and periodical and newspaper clippings on go-go music, performers, events and culture.

Dates: 1982 - 2007

Literary Arts and Urban Journalism Program Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 221
Scope and Contents

The collection includes material collected and created by David Aaronson, founder of the Literary Arts Program (LAP), regarding the LAP, Urban Journalism Workshop, and other programs in D.C. Public Schools that encourage student artistic expression and publication. Materials include printed material, newsletters, publications, journals, correspondence, and photographs.

Dates: 1969-2019, undated

Literary Society of Washington, D.C. Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 108
Scope and Contents

The collection includes invitations, annual programs, the society’s constitution and rules of procedure, and papers read before the society.

Dates: 1908-1957

Local Artist Files

 Collection
Identifier: 235

Kip Lornell and Charles Stephenson, Jr. Go-Go Oral History Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 230
Content Description

This collection contains transcripts of interviews conducted by Kip Lornell and Charles Stephenson as part of the research for their book "The Beat: Go-Go's Fusion of Funk and Hip-Hop." The materials document the evolution of Go-Go performers and sound; as well as the cultural and political role the music plays in Washington, D.C.

Dates: 1988 - 1998

Violet Lowens D.C. Arts and Culture Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 090
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of memorabilia, programs, invitations, correspondence, clippings, and newsletters from a variety of arts and culture institutions in Washington, D.C., including items related to theatre, musicals, concerts, exhibits, speeches, and dance performances.

Dates: 1942-1983

Lowe's Funeral Home Records

 Collection
Identifier: 067
Scope and Contents

The collection contains records of the Lowe’s Funeral Home from the early 1960s including personal information on deceased clients, financial records/ledgers, and general subject files.

Dates: 1958 - 1969

Lozano Dry Goods Co., 3101 M Street NW, Fire Court Case

 Collection
Identifier: PBY017
Scope and Contents - Lozano Dry Goods Co.; listing of inventory stock and fixtures lost in December 24, 1897 fire.-Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, The Lozano Dry Goods Company vs. The Albany Insurance Company, September 3, 1897- Wolf and Rosenberg, Attorneys and Counsellors at Law, 507 E Street, NW, Washington, DC; case records folder containing correspondence from January 1898.- Wolf and Rosenberg, Attorneys and Counsellors at Law, 507 E Street, NW, Washington,...
Dates: 1897 - 1898

Mapping Segregation in Washington D.C. Oral History Project

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 220
Scope and Contents Mapping Segregation in Washington DC: School and Neighborhood Desegregation in Ward 4 documents the transformation of Ward 4 neighborhoods and schools during the 1950s and early 1960s. Ward 4 was predominantly white in the early 1940s, but saw a shift in demographics as white families fled after the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Bolling v. Sharpe, in which public school segregation was deemed unconstitutional in the District of Columbia. This project primarily consists of interviews with...
Dates: 2014 - 2021

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