米奇利兰
米奇·利兰饥饿中心, Poverty, and World Peace at 德克萨斯南方大学 administers the unpublished papers, 视听资料, 美国晚期的文物和图书馆.S. 国会议员乔治·托马斯·"米奇"·利兰. The collection is stored at the Barbara Jordan / 米奇利兰 School of Public Affairs and includes the legislative work, 对应, 剪报, pictures, 视听资料, library and personal items of Congressman 米奇利兰. The materials in the collection date from the early 1970’s to 2015. Much of the collection concentrates on 米奇利兰’s political career from 1970 to 1989.
艾莉森·利兰, the widow of the late Congressman donated his congressional papers and collection to 德克萨斯南方大学 in 1989. The 米奇·利兰档案 and Collection are a part of the Archives Collection of the 18th Congressional District of Houston, Texas, 位于德克萨斯南方大学. Congressional papers at the University also include those of former Congresswoman Barbara Jordan, who preceded 米奇利兰 in representing the 18th Congressional District in Congress. The Leland’s Papers expand the University’s acquisition, access, and preservation program and constitute a major collection in the Southwest.
The Leland Archives and Collection span the turbulent years from Nixon, Vietnam, and Watergate; through Reagan and Reaganomics; to Bush and the Recession. They reveal the evolution of Leland’s political philosophy and career, 从他年轻的黑人激进抗议中, when he arrived in Austin as a freshman legislator dressed in an African Dashiki, to his arrival on the Washington scene sporting a Giorgio Armani suit. His papers document Leland’s public service career from 1970 to 1989 and provide a political perspective on the history and culture of Houston, 第88州选区, 和18世纪美国.S. 国会选区.
The collection reveals Leland’s uncanny ability to make a difference and get beyond words to solve the problems of hunger, poverty, 不公正和苦难.
The Leland Archives cover a variety of topics including health care rights for the poor, 监狱改革, 警察的骚扰和暴行, 种族歧视, 反歧视行动, 高等教育中的预算歧视, 劳动立法, 政治选举组织, 婴儿死亡率, 商业中的少数人权利, 健康教育, 穷人的公园和娱乐场所, apartheid and 种族歧视 issues worldwide, 第三世界发展, 无家可归者的紧急避难所, 营养不良者的营养, 以及饥饿受害者的粮食安全.
利兰的选民, the archives document especially well his involvement in issues and projects of particular concern to the people he represented. The diverse conditions existing in the 18th Congressional District required Leland’s extraordinary flexibility. He managed issues ranging from mass transportation, urban planning and neighborhood protection to energy legislation and domestic oil production.
The collection verifies Leland’s role as a champion of minority issues and a promoter of the economic development. He focused on trade issues for state products with the Pacific Rim countries and developed special projects such as Houston’s Economic Conference.
In 2015, the Finding Aid for the archives has been completely restored and is now available online and is searchable through the Digital Scholarship web site. 另外, a significant sample of the newly digitized papers, images, audio and videos from the archives are now available online.
Access to the archives and research requests are by appointment.
Contact the archive staff or Bashir Kalyesubula bashir.kalyesubula@homeminimalist.net AND archivesmlc@homeminimalist.net / 713-313-7370.
The 米奇·利兰档案 are located in suite 105 on the first floor of the School of Public Affairs.
The archives can be accessed through our Digital Scholarship site: http://digitalscholarship.homeminimalist.net/mla/