Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank), 1856-1919

Biographical and genealogical material on the Baum and Gage families; material relating to the publishing history as well as the film and theatrical adaptations of The Wizard of Oz, including correspondence, manuscripts, reviews, publicity, and publications about Baum and Oz; photographs; and Oz memorabilia. Also, material pertaining to Russell P. MacFall and William W. Denslow.

Laubach Literacy International.

Papers of Laubach Literacy International, founded in 1955 by Dr. Frank C. Laubach to address the world-wide problem of illiteracy. Established as Laubach Literacy Fund, the organization later became Laubach Literacy, Inc., and finally Laubach Literacy International; in 2002 it merged with Literacy Volunteers of America to form ProLiteracy. Material in the collection includes audio tapes, correspondence, diaries, filmstrips, financial records, journals, literacy journalism papers from courses taught at Syracuse University, motion pictures, newsletters, photographs, primers, reports, scrapbooks, slides and video tapes.

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.

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.

Miller, Leon Gordon.

American artist, industrial designer, architect and teacher. Collection includes printed material, correspondence, subject files, manuscripts, photographs and press releases.

Galloway, Leon J.

Collection created by Leon Galloway of Hicksville, New York, presumably based on his personal interests. Correspondence of military members of the Confederate States of America and Civil War currency. Contracts, land surveys, photo albums, and books about the Hicksite Quakers. Correspondence of the Saunders family.

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.

Engel, Leonard, 1916-1964.

American journalist, aviation writer, editor and author. Collection includes correspondence, writings, subject files, personal files and audiotapes.

Nathan, Leonard, 1924-2007.

Correspondence, writings, printed material, etc. of the American poet.

Volk, Leonard Wells, 1828-1895.

Papers of the American sculptor. Correspondence to and from Volk family members; photographs of a bust of Volk by David Richards, works by Volk, family members, and the areas around Pittsfield, Massachusetts and Wells, New York; and material relating to the acquisition of the collection by Edward Deming Andrews, grand-nephew of Volk.

Ranke, Leopold von, 1795-1886.

Papers of the German historian. Collection includes letters to Ranke, notes, memorabilia, newspaper clippings, and photographs, as well as poems and family letters to and from Clara Graves, Ranke's wife and great-aunt of poet Robert Graves. Also, bibliographic material about the library, compiled by Theodor Wiedemann.

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.

Brereton, Lewis H. (Lewis Hyde), 1890-1967.

General, United States Army Air Forces, World War I and II. Collection contains correspondence, clippings, printed material and photographs.

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.

Wakefield, Lillian.

Plays, poetry, drawings, handwritten memoirs, Southwestern American artifacts, lesson plans, student works and photos of students

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).

Allen, Lillian Sweet.

Papers of the American genealogist. Correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, and some published material relating to the genealogy of the Bly, Rich, Sweet, Towner, Vaughn and Whitford families.

Troeller, Linda

American photographer. Collection includes published material, memorabilia, original photographs and photographic prints.

Literacy Volunteers of America.

Papers of the non-profit education and literacy organization founded in 1962 by Ruth J. Colvin in Syracuse, New York. Material in the collection includes audio tapes and cassettes, correspondence, motion pictures, newsletters, primers, readers, reports, slides and video tapes. Areas of special interest are English as a second language, work within correctional facilities, the production of readers and workbooks, involvement in the National Right to Read Effort, and the development of slide/tape and later video tutor training programs.