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Lotz, (Linda A.) Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: IRLE-C010

Scope and Contents

The bulk of the Linda A. Lotz Photograph Collection is organized into three albums of photographs that document CLUE’s participation in the following legislative and union campaigns, as well as 10 oversize images.

Dates

  • Creation: Majority of material found within 1994-1999

Conditions Governing Access

The Los Angeles Workers Justice Archives are housed in the offices of the UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment. Select materials have been digitized and made available through the IRLE collections at the California Digital Library (https://calisphere.org), Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/uclairle), and Vimeo (https://vimeo.com/memoryworkla). Original materials are housed at the IRLE offices in the Ueberroth Building (10945 Le Conte Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90024) and are only available upon request by the researcher. For inquiries about accessing our collections, contact IRLEarchive@irle.ucla.edu.

Biographical / Historical

Linda A. Lotz served as the Interfaith Coordinator for CLUE from 1996 to 1999. Raised in suburban Harrisburg, PA, she spent five years in Washington D.C. with the Campaign to Stop Government Spying (later Campaign for Political Rights), and after returning to Harrisburg, served as Director of the Three Mile Island Public Interest Resource Center’s campaign to keep Unit 1 at the nuclear plant closed, following the 1979 accident in Unit 2. She also served as the Public Information Liaison to Pennsylvania State Senator Freeman Hankins (D-Philadelphia). In 1985, she became Field Secretary and later Program Director for the American Friends Service Committee’s regional office in Pasadena. Her Middle East peace education activities - focused primarily on Israel/Palestine and the Gulf War - brought her into coalition with local religious leaders who would later become active in CLUE.

In 1996, Linda became the interfaith coordinator for the Los Angeles Living Wage campaign and later CLUE, as the informal network became a respected organization. She was responsible for organizing and administrative tasks including engaging members of the faith community, planning events in cooperation with local union staff, writing newsletters and action alerts, and serving as the organization’s de-facto photographer. In late 1999, she joined the AFSC’s International Programs (IP) staff in Philadelphia. Following retirement, she prepared minutes for the AFSC Board and the IP Executive Committee. While living in the Cherry Hill, NJ area, she joined Haddonfield Friends Meeting and was a co-founder of the South Jersey Quakers project.

Extent

0 Linear Feet

21.1 Gigabytes

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

The Linda A. Lotz Photograph Collection is arranged into the following serieses:

  • Series I: Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice (CLUE) Album 1, circa 1998
  • Series II: Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice (CLUE) Album 2, circa 1999
  • Series III: Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice (CLUE) Album 3, 1996-1999
  • Series IV: Faith at Work Exhibition
  • Related Materials

    The Linda A. Lotz Photograph collection was subsequently donated to UCLA Library Special Collections and incorporated into the CLUE Records (LSC.2441). More information at https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8g167r7

    A curated collection of Lotz' photographs are available at the IRLE's Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/uclairle/albums/72177720320845755/

    Title
    Linda A. Lotz Photograph Collection
    Author
    Caroline Luce
    Date
    6/27/23
    Language of description
    English
    Script of description
    Latin

    Repository Details

    Part of the UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE) Archive Repository

    Contact:
    10945 Le Conte Avenue
    Los Angeles CA 90095-1478 U.S.