David Lehrer papers, circa 1975-2023

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Summary

Creators:
Lehrer, David (1948-2023)
Extent:
18.69 Linear Feet 19 boxes
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Box/folder no. or item name], David Lehrer papers, Collection no. 6287, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Background

Scope and content:

The David Lehrer papers hold personal and professional material created and collected by David A. Lehrer (1948-2023). Lehrer was a leader in Los Angeles' Jewish community, a civil rights attorney who helped draft California's hate crime laws, a regional director of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), and a co-founder of the nonprofit organization Community Advocates Inc. The collection includes Lehrer's personal and professional correspondence, drafts and published copies of articles written by Lehrer, speech notes, programs relating to ADL events and other proceedings, newspaper clippings, photographs, ADL publications and ephemera, and polling data and research material relating to antisemitism. Lehrer's papers also hold audiovisual material, including audio cassette tapes, DVDs, CDs, and VHS tapes, with recordings of public talks and radio broadcasts relating to Lehrer's work. Some of the audiovisual material documents Lehrer's appearance(s) on "Kitchen Table Talk" segments of KCET's Life & Times television series.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Ariella Lehrer, August 1, 2024.
Processing information:

The David Lehrer papers are minimally processed with box-level descriptive records.

The boxes described under this finding aid's "Chronological files" series came to USC with handwritten labels indicating creation date ranges on the outside of each box. During accessioning and re-boxing, the archivist re-used the previous box labels for the chronological series' box-level descriptive records. The remaining boxes (without chronological arrangement) did not have box labels prior to USC's acquisition. The accessioning archivist titled the remaining box-level records with incomplete summaries of each box's formats and topics covered. Record titles supplied by the accessioning archivist are enclosed in brackets.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection stored off-site. Advance notice required for access.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

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Preferred citation:

[Box/folder no. or item name], David Lehrer papers, Collection no. 6287, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Location of this collection:
Special Collections
Doheny Memorial Library, Room 209
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189, US
Contact:
(213) 740-5900
specol@usc.edu
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