Kupferman, Lawrence, 1909-

Papers of the American painter, etcher. Died 1982. Correspondence, financial material, photographs and slides of work, sketchbooks, and printed material, including articles and exhibition catalogs.

Jackson, Lee, 1909-

Papers of the American painter. Collection includes correspondence, exhibition catalogs, photographs of work, articles and clippings about Jackson.

Mullican, Lee, 1919-1998

Papers of the American painter, sculptor, educator. Collection includes artwork reproductions used in advertisements and for magazine covers and illustrations; articles and reviews (1950-1966); newspaper clippings (1952-1967), and exhibition catalogs and invitations (1949-1971) for group and one-person shows.

Lerner, Leo Alfred, 1907-1965.

Papers of the American editor, publisher of Lerner Newspapers, also known as the Chicago Northside Newspapers. Correspondence, incoming and outgoing (1931-1965); personal notebooks, speeches (1941-1962), articles, editorials; clippings, tape recordings, and pocket calendars.

Sowerby, Leo, 1895-1968.

Papers of the American musician, composer, educator. Sowerby was director of the College of Church Musicians at Washington Cathedral in Washington, D.C. Correspondence, articles by and about Sowerby, photographs, musical programs, and a scrapbook.

Kelly, Leon, 1901-1982.

Papers of the American painter, muralist. Correspondence (1938-1965); manuscripts and other material relating to Kelly's work and family history; photographs of work and family; and published material, including articles about Kelly, clippings, and exhibition announcements and catalogs.

dal Negro, Leonard.

Poems, plays, miscellaneous writings from the Portuguese Jew and anarchist writer.

Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014.

Papers of the African-American author, music critic, novelist, playwright, poet, and social activist. Baraka was also editor of Yugen, a literary magazine, and co-editor, with Diane Di Prima, of The floating bear. Correspondence (1958-1965); Baraka's typescript and published writings, including articles, book manuscripts, book and music reviews, essays, playscripts, and poems; and Yugen records, including manuscripts and page proofs. Yugen manuscripts include those of John Ashbery, Paul Blackburn, Robin Blaser, Bruce Boyd, William Burroughs, Paul Carroll, Gregory Corso, Robert Creeley, Edward Dahlberg, Diane Di Prima, Edward Dorn, Larry Eigner, Allen Ginsberg, Barbara Guest, Stephen Jonas, Jack Kerouac, Kenneth Koch, Philip Lamantia, Ron Loewinsohn, Walter Lowenfels, Michael McClure, Edward Marshall, David Meltzer, Frank O'Hara, Charles Olson, Joel Oppenheimer, Stuart Perkoff, Gary Snyder, Gilbert Sorrentino, George Stanley, Philip Whalen, John Wieners, and William Carlos Williams.

Calapai, Letterio, 1902-1993

Papers of the Italian-American painter, engraver, illustrator, printmaker who worked in New York City and Chicago. Correspondence (1932-1967); exhibition catalogs and invitations (1930s-1977); original artwork (prints and etchings); reproductions of artwork; and printed materials, including articles and newspaper clippings (1933-1968) about Calapai. Predominantly incoming correspondence includes that of the American Institute of Graphic Arts, John Taylor Arms, Artists for Victory, Inc., Aline Bernstein, Boston Public Library, Brooklyn Museum, Charles Burchfield, Lorenz B. Graham, Lou Harrison, Arthur Heintzelman, Codman Hislop, Clayton Hoagland, Charles Hopkinson, A. Hyatt Mayor, Riverside Museum, Max Rudolf, Franz Schoenberner, Society of American Graphic Artists, Benton Spruance, Andrew Stasik, Lynd Ward, Morris Weisenthal, Mabel Wheaton, John Hall Wheelock, Arthur Zaidenberg, and Carl Zigrosser. Exhibition catalogs includes catalogs for two Rockwell Kent exhibits at Calapai's gallery.

Gilkes, Lillian B. (Lillian Barnard), 1902-1977.

The Lillian B. Gilkes Papers comprises the correspondence, writings, research notes, and memorabilia of the American author, educator, and biographer of Cora Crane (b. 1902). The collection not only illuminates Gilkes' professional writings, but also reveals a personal life marked by political activity and connections with radical artists and writers of the early to mid-20th century.

Reiner, Lillian

Spanning 1890 to 1991, the Lillian Reiner Collection comprises Correspondence/subject files, Writings, and Memorabilia relating to the Syracuse, New York teacher and political activist (1901-1987).

Bachrach, Louis Fabian, 1881-1963.

Papers of the American portrait photographer. Correspondence, holograph and typescript articles, interviews, speeches, and notes; published materials, including articles by and about Bachrach, clippings, pamphlets, and press releases; and photographs taken by Bachrach, his son Louis Fabian Bachrach, Jr., and his father David Bachrach. Correspondence includes that of Sherman Adams, Joseph Alsop, Stewart Alsop, Joseph S. Clark, John F. Collins, Walter Cronkite, Ralph E. Flanders, J. William Fulbright, Barry M. Goldwater, Conrad Hilton, Luther Hodges, Herbert Hoover, Walter Lippmann, Maurine Brown Neuberger, Jacqueline Onassis, Norman Vincent Peale, James Reston, George W. Romney, and Leverett Saltonstall.

Lozowick, Louis, 1892-1973.

Papers of the American Jewish lithographer, painter, and art critic, born in Russia, emigrated to the United States in 1906. Correspondence (1923-1973); manuscript writings, including various chapters of an unpublished autobiography; photographs and reproductions of Lozowick's work; and printed material, including articles by Lozowick and exhibition catalogs.

Montross, Lynn, 1895-1961.

American military historian, author. Collection contains correspondence, scrapbooks, notes, manuscripts, and published material. Correspondents include Bruce Catton, H.L. Mencken, and Francis E. Walter.