League of Allied Arts records

Series 1: Administrative Records 1981-2011

Scope and Content

Series 1: Administrative Records contains meeting minutes, agendas, and notices primarily from general membership meetings. Also included are records from the Executive Board and various committees, such as the Membership, Program, Ways and Means, Cultural Projects, Scholarship, and Closing Event Committees.

Organized chronologically by year, this series reveals the organization's focus, administrative functioning, and event planning activities, as well as information about its arts advocacy and community outreach efforts in Los Angeles and beyond. Information about League membership and scholarships are also included in this series.

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Meeting Minutes and Agendas 1981, 1982

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Meeting Minutes and Agendas 1984, 1985, 1986

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Meeting Minutes and Agendas 1987, 1988

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Meeting Minutes and Agendas 1989

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Meeting Minutes and Agendas 1990

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Meeting Minutes and Agendas 1991

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Meeting Minutes and Agendas 1992

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Meeting Minutes and Agendas 1993

box 1, folder 9

Meeting Minutes and Agendas 1994

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Meeting Minutes and Agendas 1995

box 1, folder 11

Meeting Minutes and Agendas 1996

box 1, folder 12

Meeting Minutes and Agendas 1997

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Meeting Minutes and Agendas 1998

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Meeting Minutes and Agendas 1999

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Meeting Minutes and Agendas 2000

box 2, folder 1

Meeting Minutes and Agendas 2001

box 2, folder 2

Meeting Minutes and Agendas 2002

box 2, folder 3

Meeting Minutes and Agendas: Retreat 2002

box 2, folder 4

Meeting Minutes and Agendas 2003

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Meeting Minutes and Agendas 2004

box 2, folder 6

Meeting Minutes and Agendas 2005

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Meeting Minutes and Agendas 2006

box 2, folder 8

Meeting Minutes and Agendas 2007

box 3, folder 1

Meeting Minutes and Agendas 2008

box 3, folder 2

Meeting Minutes and Agendas 2009

box 3, folder 3

Meeting Minutes and Agendas 2010

box 3, folder 4

Meeting Minutes and Agendas 2011

box 3, folder 5

Membership: Poetry, Recipes Undated

box 3, folder 6

Membership: Yvonne Meo Undated

box 3, folder 7

Membership: Rosters 1989-2008

box 3, folder 8

Membership: Questionnaires 2001, 2007

box 3, folder 9

Membership: Questionnaires 2005

box 3, folder 10

Membership: Obituaries 2006, 2009

box 3, folder 11

Membership 1998-2001

box 3, folder 12

Membership 1994-2011

box 3, folder 13

Membership 1997-2011

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Scholarships 1991-2008

box 4, folder 2

Scholarships 1996-1999

box 4, folder 3

Scholarships 1996-2007

box 4, folder 4

Scholarships 1997-2006

box 4, folder 5

Scholarships 2000, 2001

Series 2: Financial 1969-2011

Scope and Content

Series 2: Financial contains information about the fiscal activities of the League. Organized chronologically by year, this series includes treasurer's reports, budget reports, closing event reports, charitable donations, statements of income and expenses, requests for payments, and breakdown of funds.

box 4, folder 6

Reports 1980-1989

box 4, folder 7

Reports 1990

box 4, folder 8

Reports 1991

box 4, folder 9

Reports 1992

box 4, folder 10

Reports 1993

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Reports 1995

box 5, folder 2

Reports 1996

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Reports 1997

box 5, folder 4

Reports 1997, 1998

box 5, folder 5

Reports 1999

box 5, folder 6

Reports 2000

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Reports 2001

box 5, folder 8

Reports 2002

box 5, folder 9

Reports 2003

box 5, folder 10

Reports 2004

box 5, folder 11

Reports 2005

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Reports 2007

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Reports 2008

box 6, folder 3

Reports 2009

box 6, folder 4

Reports 2010

box 6, folder 5

Reports 2011

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Expenses: Ledger 1969-1973

box 6, folder 7

Expenses 1984-1989

box 6, folder 8

Expenses 1990

box 6, folder 9

Expenses 1991

box 6, folder 10

Expenses 1992

box 6, folder 11

Expenses: Ledger 1993-1998

box 6, folder 12

Expenses 1993, 1994

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Expenses 1995, 1996, 1997

box 6, folder 14

Expenses 1998

box 6, folder 15

Expenses 1998

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Expenses 1999

box 7, folder 2

Expenses 2000

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Expenses 2001

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Expenses 2002

box 7, folder 5

Expenses 2003

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Expenses 2004

box 7, folder 7

Expenses 2004

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Expenses 2004

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Expenses 2004

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Expenses 2005

box 7, folder 11

Expenses 2005

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Expenses 2006

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Expenses 2007

box 8, folder 3

Expenses 2008

box 8, folder 4

Expenses 2009, 2010

Series 3: Public Relations 1940-2011

Scope and Content

Series 3: Public Relations contains ephemera such as programs, announcements, invitations, response cards, and fliers from League events. Some highlights include invitations for the League's yearly closing events; a program for the art exhibit Treasures of Ancient Nigeria at the California Museum of Science and Industry; announcements for Patti LaBelle and Althea Waites concerts as well as receptions in honor of opera singer Denyce Graves and civil rights activist Roy Wilkins; and programs for the League's 60th and 65th Anniversary galas. This series also contains information about art related events in the Los Angeles community as well as newspaper clippings featuring the League of Allied Arts.

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Events: Burr Singer 1940

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Events: William Grant Still 1965

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Events: The 5th Dimension 1974

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Events: Dr. Joseph H. Howard 1975

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Events: Ain't Misbehavin' 1979

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Events: Treasures of Ancient Nigeria, Roy Wilkins 1980, 1981, 1982

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Events 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989

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Events: Althea Waites 1990, 1991

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Events 1992

box 8, folder 14

Events 1993

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Events 1994

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Events 1995

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Events: Gertrude Rivers Robinson 1996

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Events: Patti LaBelle 1997

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Events 1997

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Events 1998

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Events: 60th Anniversary 1999

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Events: Paris 2000

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Events: BEEM Foundation, Marion Maddox 2000

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Events 2001

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Events 2002

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Events: Denyce Graves 2003

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Events: 65th Anniversary, Langston Hughes 2004

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Events: August Wilson 2005

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Events 2005

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Events: Long Beach Museum of Art 2006

box 9, folder 12

Events: The Huntington Library, Langston Hughes 2007

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Events 2008

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Events 2009

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Events: 70th Anniversary 2010

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Events 2011

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Newspaper Clippings 1941, 1963, 1979

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Newspaper Clippings 1973, 1978-1985

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Newspaper Clippings 1984-2009

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Newspaper Clippings 1991-1992

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Newspaper Clippings 1993

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Newspaper Clippings 1995

box 10, folder 11

Newspaper Clippings 1996

box 10, folder 12

Newspaper Clippings 1997

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Newspaper Clippings 1998

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Newspaper Clippings 1999

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Newspaper Clippings 2001-2007

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Newspaper Clippings 2002-2003

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Advertisement 2005

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Logo Undated

Series 4: Correspondence 1980-2010

Scope and Content

Series 4: Correspondence contains letters, memos, cards, and printed emails sent by the League to its membership, political figures, and various vendors. Also includes internal correspondence from League presidents Antoinette Atkinson, Dorothy Thornhill, and Carol Hall Holliday.

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Correspondence Undated

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Correspondence 1980-1989

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Correspondence 1990-1994

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Correspondence 1995-1997

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Correspondence 1998-1999

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Correspondence 2000- 2002

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Correspondence 2003

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Correspondence 2004

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Correspondence 2005

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Correspondence 2006

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Correspondence 2007

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Correspondence 2008

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Correspondence 2009-2010

Series 5: Historical Information 1943-2007

Scope and Content

Series 5: Historical Information contains various versions of the history of the League of Allied Arts written by members as well as the organization's constitution. This series also contains scrapbooks created by League members, which visually presents the League's chronological history through photographs, event ephemera, and newspaper clippings.

box 11, folder 8

League Constitution Undated

box 11, folder 9

League Constitution Undated

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League History: Miriam Matthews Undated

box 11, folder 11

League History: Marion Maddox Undated

box 11, folder 12

League History 1973-1981

box 11, folder 13

League History 1974

box 11, folder 14

League Constitutions and Membership 1978

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League History 1993-1995, 1997-2001, 2003, 2004

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League History: Dorothy Vena Johnson Undated, 2006

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League History 2007

box 12, folder 3

Scrapbooks: William Grant Still, Jacob Lawrence, Aaron Douglas, Alice Taylor Gafford 1943-1956

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Scrapbooks: Langston Hughes, Buddy Collette, Jacqueline Kennedy 1957-1965

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Scrapbooks: Loren Miller, Alice Taylor Gafford 1966-1969

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Scrapbooks 1970-1975

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Scrapbooks 1974

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Scrapbooks: Mrs. Ralph J. Bunche 1975

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Scrapbooks 1975

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Scrapbooks: Thelma Houston, Jane Aileen Floyd, Our Authors Study Club 1976, 1977

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Scrapbooks: Treasures of Tutankhamun 1978

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Scrapbooks: Richard Hunt, Frances Johnson Barnes 1978

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Scrapbooks: Ain't Misbehavin' 1979, 1980

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Scrapbooks 1980, 1981

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Scrapbooks 1982, 1984, 1986

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Scrapbooks (1 of 9) 1990, 1991

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Scrapbooks (2 of 9) 1991-1994

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Scrapbooks (3 of 9) 1994-1996

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Scrapbooks (4 of 9) 1996, 1997

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Scrapbooks (5 of 9) 1995

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Scrapbooks (6 of 9) 1995

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Scrapbooks (7 of 9) 1996, 1997

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Scrapbooks (8 of 9) 1998

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Scrapbooks (9 of 9) 1998

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Awards 1979

box 15, folder 11

Awards 2005

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Scrapbooks 1999

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Scrapbooks: Misty Copeland 1999

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Scrapbooks 1999

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Scrapbooks 1999

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Scrapbooks 2000

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Scrapbooks 2000, 2001

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Scrapbooks 1999, 2000

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Scrapbooks 1999, 2000, 2007

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Scrapbooks 2001

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Scrapbooks 2001, 2002

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Scrapbooks 2002, 2003

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Scrapbooks 2002, 2003

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Scrapbooks 2000-2003

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Scrapbooks 2003

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Scrapbooks 2004-2006

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Scrapbooks 2000-2002

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Scrapbooks 2004-2007

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Scrapbooks 2001, 2005

box 17, folder 1

Awards 1994

box 17, folder 2

Awards 2009

Series 6: Photographs and Media 1967-2008

Scope and Contents

Series 6: Photographs & Media contains photographs of the League of Allied Arts members and events, including closing events. The series also contains photographic slides as well as audio and video recordings of a limited number of League events.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: This collection contains both processed and unprocessed audiovisual materials. For information about the access status of the material that you are looking for, refer to the Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements note at the series and file levels. All requests to access processed audiovisual materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.

box 13, folder 7

Photographs Undated

box 13, folder 8

Photographs Undated

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Photographs Undated

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Photographs Undated

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Photographs: Alice Taylor Gafford, Ruth Warrick 1967

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Photographs 1970, 1975, 1978

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Photographs 1980S

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Photographs: Closing Event 1990

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Photographs: Closing Event 1991

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Photographs 1992

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Photographs 1992

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Photographs 1993

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Photographs 1994, 1995

box 14, folder 12

Photographs 1998

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Photographs 1999

box 14, folder 14

Photographs: August Wilson 1989, 2003

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Photographs 2003-2006, 2008

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Media: Slides Undated

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Media: Slides Undated

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Media: Slides Undated

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Media: Open Reel Tapes Undated

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Dorothy Vena Johnson Memorial Program yrlsc_1856_018_004_001a circa 1970

Physical Description: 1 Sound Recordings(1 1/4 inch audiotape; Duration: 0:55:45)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials are available for access. All requests to access digital materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.

Scope and Contents

Content Note: Memorial program for founder and first president of the League of Allied Arts, Dorothy Vena Johnson

box 18, case 4

Dorothy Vena Johnson Memorial Program yrlsc_1856_018_004_001b circa 1970

Physical Description: 1 Sound Recordings(1 1/4 inch audiotape; Duration: 0:28:19)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials are available for access. All requests to access digital materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.

Scope and Contents

Content Note: Memorial program for founder and first president of the League of Allied Arts, Dorothy Vena Johnson.

box 18, case 4

Robert Watt French Horn Demonstration yrlsc_1856_018_004_002 1975 February 13

Physical Description: 1 Sound Recordings(1 1/4 inch audiotape; Duration: 0:47:29)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials are available for access. All requests to access digital materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.

Scope and Contents

Transcribed from container: "Lecture on French Horn, accompanied by three of his students for League of Allied Arts."

box 18, folder 5

Media: DVDs and VHS Undated, 2004, 2006, 2007

Scope and Content

4 DVDs: "League of Allied Arts, October 17, 2004, DVD Presentation, Created by South Street Studios," 10/17/2004 2 DVDs: "League of Allied Arts Corporation, Founded 1939, 62nd Scholarship Awards Luncheon 6/11/2006," 2006 VHS tape: "Krista Selico 626.844.6994," Undated

box 18, folder 6

Media: Compact Audio Cassettes Undated, 1999

Scope and Content

Audio: Compact Cassette: Untitled, Undated, 60 MIN, TDK Audio: Compact Cassette: "League of Allied Arts 10/10/1999" (CD 1: Cuts 1-13), 10/10/1999, 60 MIN, Unknown Manufacturer Audio: Compact Cassette: "League of Allied Arts 10/10/1999" (CD 2: Cuts 1-16), 10/10/1999, 60 MIN, Unknown Manufacturer

box 18, folder 7

Media: CDs and 3.5 inch Floppy Disks Undated, 2003, 2004, 2007

Scope and Content

CD: "League updated history," Undated 2 CDs: "Langston Hughes" photos by Hamilton, Undated CD: Untitled (Los Angeles Women's Appointment Collaboration – Photos – Carol Hall Holliday, League president), 11/6/2003 CD: "2004 Langston Hughes Gala Kit," 2004 CD: Untitled (League 65th Anniversary PR docs), 2004 CD: "League of Allied Arts: Langston Hughes Tribute & 65th Anniversary Celebration," 10/17/2004 CD: "League of Allied Arts: 65th Gala & Tribute to Langston Hughes event photos," 10/17/2004 CD: "Photography by Hamilton, 2007 League Members," 2007 3.5 inch Floppy Disk: "League of Allied Arts Finances (Quicken) 98 Version", Undated 3.5 inch Floppy Disk: "League of Allied Arts 'Save the Date'", Undated 3.5 inch Floppy Disk: "League 2004," Undated