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Lewis Dormitory was built in 1924. The collection includes a certificate of appreciation from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and two photos from 1989 showing Lewis Dormitory residents. Acquired as part of University Archives.

Lewis Edwin Harvie (1843-1918) was a physician of Danville, Va. The collection includes typed copies of short, undated reminiscences by Harvie of the Civil War, during which he was a student at Virginia Military Institute, soldier in various units, and federal prisoner. Also included is an 1860 letter describing a visit to the Harvie home in Powhatan County, Va., and a biographical sketch of Harvie, 1935, by his daughter.

Lewis Henry Webb of Richmond County, N.C., was a Confederate officer who served with the 23rd North Carolina Regiment in 1861 and in a company that later became part of the 13th North Carolina Light Artillery Batallion, 1862-1865, chiefly in southeastern Virginia.

Lewis M. Hatch was a Confederate officer who served with the 23rd South Carolina Regiment. The collection includes items relating to Colonel Lewis M. Hatch, 1861-1862; and two letters, 1886, about the Charleston, S.C., earthquake.

Lewis M. Maney (fl. 1862-1867) was a resident of Murfreesboro, Tenn. The collection includes photocopies of letters of appreciation and family news, 1862-1867, from William W. Duffield, a federal soldier from Detroit, Mich., and his family to Lewis M. Maney and his family, who had befriended and cared for Duffield in their home while he was a prisoner of war.

The interview with ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax on audio cassette was conducted by radio producer Lex Gillespie over the telephone for New York National Public Radio in 1994. Acquired as part of the Southern Folklife Collection.

The North Carolina Collection is a special collection of the University Library; its purpose is to acquire and preserve all published materials dealing with North Carolina. Louis Round Wilson began developing the collection shortly after he became University Librarian in 1901, and in 1917 he hired Mary L. Thornton to be its first curator. The history of the North Carolina Collection as a distinct unit of the library dates from that time.

The U.S.S. Lieutenant Walter H. Lee was a ship of the Harbor Board Service of the United States Army Quartermaster Corps stationed in the Charleston (S.C.) harbor area. The collection includes the daily log of the U.S.S. Lieutenant Walter H. Lee showing times of departure and arrival, weather, coal and water used, number of officers, enlisted men, and civilians aboard, and maintenance and repairs.

The collection of white folk singer and radio program host Shirley Keller (-2017) of New Jersey contains four audio cassette tapes of folk music, press and publicity materials about Keller and her performances, and a paper index for the radio shows of her program "The Folk People," broadcast on WFDU FM Radio during the 1980s and 1990s. The audio tapes include two Keller albums likely self produced and titled "Shirley, Your Favorites and Mine" from 1985 and "Romping" from 1986 with music by Keller and Diane Wolkstein. The other tapes are memorial tributes to folk singer Lillian Appel and titled "Lil Appel: 'Twas a Pleasure to Know You" and "Lil Appel: 'Twas a Pleasure to Hear Her." Other materials include a black-and-white publicity photograph of Keller from circa 1997. Acquired as part of the Southern Folklife Collection.

The Little River Primitive Baptist Association included Primitive Baptist churches in Johnston, Harnett, Cumberland, and Wake counties in North Carolina. The Association held its annual meetings for three days in late September or early October, and the location rotated among the member churches.