Abba Ptachya Lerner papers, 1929-1986.Manuscript Division
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Abba Ptachya Lerner was an American economist, professor, and advisor. He is famous for several accomplishments in the field of economics: such as the use of fiscal policy and monetary policy as the twin tools of Keynesian economics, the development of a model of market socialism which became known as the Third Way, and the development of the concept of distributive efficiency.- Arthur D. Little papers, 1884-1973.
Manuscript Division
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Arthur D. Little was an international management consulting firm originally founded in 1886 by Arthur Dehon Little and Roger B. Griffin. Arthur D. Little pioneered the concept of contracted professional services and the company played key roles in the development of business strategy, operations research, the word processor, the first synthetic penicillin, LexisNexis, and NASDAQ. - Ernest Irving Lewis papers, 1897-1944.
Manuscript Division
Correspondence, subject files, drafts of speeches and writings, newspaper clippings, printed material and other papers, relating principally to Lewis' work (1921-1944) at the Interstate Commerce Commission as a transportation specialist and as chairman (1929-1932), his interest in railroad regulation and consolidation, and to Indiana politics and the Republican Party. - James McCauley Landis papers, 1916-2004.
Manuscript Division
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One container of Landis's papers is devoted to his role as a special trial examiner for the U.S. Department of Labor in its attempt to deport Harry Bridges of the west coast longshoremen's union. - John Richardson Latimer papers, 1679-1906.
Manuscript Division
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Correspondence, account books, orders, bills of lading, ledgers, daybooks, cashbooks, invoices, bills, receipts, etc. from when Latimer, a Merchant and business agent from Wilmington, resided in Canton (Guangzhou), China, and traded in opium and other commodities. The papers also relate to trade between merchants of China, England, India, Pacific area, and the U.S. - Labor Union Periodicals. Part 1, The metal trades [microform] by James P. Danky (consulting editor)
Microform & Electronic Resources Center
MicRR guide no.: 105-246.Labor Union Periodicals. A collection of U.S. labor periodicals in the metal trades to 1956 from three major repositories: The State Historical Society of Wisconsin; Johns Hopkins University; and the library of the Department of Labor. The goal of this microfilm project is to make available every major trade union periodical published by an international union in the U. S. before 1956.
Each journal title entry in the Reel Index contains title changes and dates, union name, editors, frequency of publication, and place of publication with dates. - Labor Union Periodicals Part 2, The printing trades
Microform & Electronic Resources Center
The collection was filmed from the holdings of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, the Johns Hopkins University Library, and the U.S. Dept. of Labor Library.
Accompanied by a printed guide compiled by Dale Reynolds, entitled: A guide to the microfilm edition of Labor union periodicals. Part 2, The printing trades.
MicRR guide no. 456.
Contents: [1]. American pressman, 1890-1955 ; and, Service Bureau news bulletin of the International Printing Pressmen and Assistants' Union of North America, 1937-1952 (26 reels) -- [2]. Buchdrucker-Zeitung, 1873-1875 and 1887-1940 (5 reels) -- [3]. International bookbinder, 1900-1955 (13 reels) -- [4]. International Stereotyper and Electrotypers Union journal, 1906-1955 (18 reels) -- [5]. International Typographical Union bulletin, 1912-1955 (7 reels) -- [6]. Lithographer's bulletin, 1901-1904 ; Official publication of the Lithographer's International Protective and Beneficial Association, 1910-1913 ; and, the Lithographer's journal, 1918-1955 (15 reels) -- [7]. Palette and graver, 1919-1923 ; and, International mailer, 1946-1955 (1 reel) -- [8]. Plate makers' criterion, 1907-1909 ; and, American photo-engraver, 1908-1955 (28 reels) -- [9]. Plate printer, 1908-1932 (4 reels) -- [10]. Printer's circular and stationers' and publishers' gazette, 1866-1888 ; American model printer, 1879-1882 ; and, Craftsman, 1884-1888 (4 reels) -- [11]. Typographical journal, 1889-1955 (53 reels). - Labor Union Periodicals Part 3, Food and agricultural industries
Microform & Electronic Resources Center
A guide to the microfilm edition of Labor union periodicals. Part 3, Food and agricultural industries.
MicRR guide no.: 461. - La Follette family papers, 1781-1988.
Manuscript Division
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This collection includes the papers of Wisconsin governor and U.S. senator Robert M. La Follette, Sr., U.S. senator Robert M. La Follette, Jr., Wisconsin governor Philip F. La Follette, other La Follette family members, and the records, 1911-12, of the National Progressive Republican League. The papers contain extensive correspondence on political and legislative matters with numerous trade union officials and progressive politicians as well as extensive files on labor legislation. - Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway system records, 1849-1909.
Microform & Electronic Resources Center
The railway system was formed in 1869 by the merger of four railroads, the Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad Company; the Cleveland and Toledo Railroad Company; the Cleveland, Painesville, and Ashtabula Rail Road Company; and the Buffalo & Erie Rail Road. In 1914 it was merged into the New York Central system. The line was controlled by the Vanderbilt family and eventually connected to the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad to create a totally controlled railroad linking New York City with Chicago. This collection consists entirely of financial records of the Lake Shore System. The records include daybooks, ledgers, journals, stock ledgers and listings of stock transfers. These materials contain information on the types of supplies used by the railroads, salaries paid to various personnel, and names of individuals and companies that invested in the railroad industry. - Lamb Studios Archive (J. and R. Lamb Studios).
Prints & Photographs Division
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The business records related to J. and R. Lamb Studios are unprocessed, or not yet prepared and organized for regular service but there is an online presentation of nearly 2,500 preparatory and study sketches for stained glass windows, murals, mosaics, furnishings, metalwork, and interior architecture from the Lamb Studios Archive affords unique insights into changing aesthetics and artistic practices in the United States. The sketches, created from the 1860s to the 1990s, primarily for churches, synagogues, and other sacred spaces. - Lovering-Taylor family papers, 1727-1926.
Manuscript Division
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The Lovering-Taylor families were from Boston and New York, and Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Includes: correspondence, diaries, financial papers, business records, legal papers, clippings, printed material, and other papers chiefly of Joseph Taylor (1745(?)-1816), merchant and Loyalist, relating to business and trade during the Revolution, the Loyalist cause, mercantile insurance, and French spoliation claims. Other family members represented include William Taylor (1714-1789), Abigail Taylor Amory (born 1739), Charles Taylor (died 1837), Hannah Jones Welles Taylor (1776-1845), Mary Taylor Lovering (born 1813), Charles T. Lovering (born 1846), and members of the allied Amory (Emery) and Welles (Wells) families. - R.C. Leffingwell letterbooks, 1917-1920.
Manuscript Division
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United States assistant Secretary of the Treasury. Letters relating to war debts and loans, post-World War I financing, and bond drives signed by Leffingwell during his term as assistant secretary of the treasury and by other Treasury Department officials. - Raymond Loewy papers, 1929-1988.
Manuscript Division
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Industrial designer known for working for Pennsylvania Railroad, Studebaker, co*ke, Greyhound. Correspondence; administrative, client, and project files; and financial and legal papers relating to Loewy's work as an industrial designer and documenting the growth of his company from a small firm to a complex system of international corporations and subsidiaries concerned with architecture, corporate image coordination, exhibitions, marketing, packaging, product design, and other aspects of industrial design. - Seymour Martin Lipset papers, 1824-2013.
Manuscript Division
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Lipset was an academic and sociologist whose major work included political sociology and trade union organization. - Sol M. Linowitz papers, 1778-1999.
Manuscript Division
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Besides having helped negotiate the return of the Panama Canal to Panama under the direction of President Jimmy Carter, Sol Linowitz was a one time chairman of the Xerox Corporation. This collection includes correspondences, speeches and writings, interviews, organizational records, reports, photographs, printed matter, clippings, etc. documenting Linowitz's career.
