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Yvonne Brathwaite Burke papers: California State Assembly, U.S. Congress, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, and California Attorney General campaign
Collection
Identifier: 0218-1
Abstract
The Yvonne Brathwaite Burke papers contain the records of the political activities of Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, University of Southern California Gould Law School alumna, state and federal legislator, and county official. Included are records from Burke's tenure in the California Assembly (1966-1972), U.S. Congress (1973-1978), and the Los Angeles Angeles County Board of Supervisor (1979-1980). Records also include her campaign for California State Attorney General (1978).
Dates:
1959 - 1980; Majority of material found within 1966 - 1980
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Robert Lewis family papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 7151
Scope and Contents
The Robert Lewis family papers comprise a multigenerational archive of a family of Black military servicemen who served in World War I, World War II, and the Korean War. The collection holds documents relating to the Lewis family's military service, as well as documents relating to the Lewis Family's East Texas cotton farm in Naples, Texas. Material in the collection dates from 1893 through the 1970s. Robert Lewis, the main subject of the collection, served as a Private in the U.S. Army for...
Dates:
1893 - 1979
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections