Rufus B. von Kleinsmid papers
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Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the memorabilia and papers of Rufus B. von Kleinsmid (1875-1964), the former president of the University of Southern California (1921-1947). This collection includes photographs, plaques, awards, ephemera, and more.
Dates
- Creation: 1921 - 1964
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
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Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Biographical / Historical
Rufus Bernhard von Kleinsmid (1875-1964) was the fifth president of the University of Southern California from 1921–1947. Kleinsmid and his administration expanded professional training programs, and presided over a building program that added nine major structures to the university campus. During his first decade in office, USC attained full national accreditation and established a graduate school. In 1947 Kleinsmid stepped down as president and became USC's chancellor.
Extent
78.4 Linear Feet (51 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection consists of the memorabilia and papers of Rufus B. von Kleinsmid (1875-1964), the former president of the University of Southern California (1921-1947).
Processing Information
This collection is unprocessed.
Subject
- University of Southern California -- Archives (Organization)
- Kleinsmid, Rufus Bernhard von, 1875-1964 -- Archives (Person)
- Title
- Finding aid for the Rufus B. von Kleinsmid papers
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Author
- Marissa Chavez for History Associates Incorporated
- Date
- 2023 March
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2023 November: Bo Doub updated the finding aid to document material that had been separated from the collection circa 2017-2019 (accession no. 2023-052). Bo Doub also rehoused the material stored in Box nos. 18 and 19 because of damage to the previous boxes.
Repository Details
Part of the USC Libraries Special Collections Repository
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-0189 United States
specol@usc.edu