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Floyd C. Covington papers
Collection
Identifier: 7057
Abstract
Floyd C. Covington was a Black civic leader in Los Angeles from the late 1920s to the 1970s. Through his work as the first Executive Director of the Los Angeles Urban League and his service in the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Covington redefined social welfare and equal opportunity in both employment and housing for various communities in Los Angeles. Covington's papers contain his early scholarship and poetry from his youth and education in Seattle, Washington and Topeka,...
Dates:
1901 - 1989; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1970
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Ersey O'Brien scrapbooks
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 7008
Abstract
The Ersey O'Brien scrapbooks consists of two ledger format spiral binders containing green bar computer paper that has been repurposed as scrapbook pages. The scrapbooks, one entitled "My friends" and the other "High School Memories," contain clippings and printed ephemera that document the activities of Jefferson High School alumni in Los Angeles from the 1950s through the 1980s.
Dates:
1950s-1980s
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections