Flyers, event program, correspondence, pamphlets, questionnaire, court documents and other items documenting Johann Vessup's involvement with the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC), 1974-1977.
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This collection chiefly contains official correspondence and legal documents of the Veyga family (also spelled Veiga) and related family members in Cuba and later Argentina, dating from the late-18th to the late-19th centuries. Materials include legal, business, political, and governmental documents of multiple generations, as well as papers of Dr. Francisco de Veyga (1866-1948), primarily reflecting his involvement with the Cuban Independence Movement in the 1890s, including international...
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One letter sent by George Worms to his father, May 4, 1845, and 9 letters sent by Charles Stuart Cochrane to his solicitor, F.B. Robinson, over the course of 1831. The letter from Worms is writtenfrom a hotel in Dover during a journey to Calais and Brussels, and describes the passage and the weather, discusses his prospects for an examination. The letters from Cochrane discuss general business and political matters, including a patent. Cochrane was an inventor of wool manufacturing...
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A collection of correspondence to and from Voltaire, as well as three pages of poetry written by Voltaire. Many letters in the collection are either to or from Frederick the Great, who was the King of Prussia from 1740-1786. The correspondence between Voltaire and Frederick, as well as all the other correspondence in the collection covers such topics as freedom of expression in 18th Century France and wars which were going on in Europe at the time. Voltaire was sick and apparently bed-ridden...
The Volunteer Center of Los Angeles records consist of reports, minutes, pamphlets, surveys, correspondence, newsletters, and clippings, 1981-1986, that describe the day to day activities of this organization. Included are minutes of board and annual meetings, annual reports, and surveys of board member activities.