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All Nations Church and Foundation records

 Collection
Identifier: 0403
Abstract

The records contain correspondence; program plans and proposals; medical records and statistics; budgets and other financial records; staff rosters; miscellaneous religious publications; newspaper clippings; brochures, and other publications describing the work of All Nations; annual reports; committee reports, agendas, and minutes; and staff reports on activities. This collection encompasses the years 1925-1978, with the bulk of the material dating frmo the decade of the 1930s.

Dates: 1925-1978 (bulk 1930s)

American advertising ephemera collection

 Collection
Identifier: 6067
Abstract

A collection of advertising fliers, brochures, booklets and catalogs for household appliances and products, all aimed specifically at women, dating from the 1860s to the 1930s. The collection includes trade catalogs for heating sources, stoves, porcelain sinks, vacuums, "wear-ever" cookware, carpet sweepers, irons, wringers, and "ready to eat" food products; fliers for labor-saving laundry soap, and a dryer that dries without a wringer; a commercial laundry price list; and brochures.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Yvonne Brathwaite Burke papers: California State Assembly, U.S. Congress, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, and California Attorney General campaign

 Collection
Identifier: 0218-1
Abstract

The Yvonne Brathwaite Burke papers contain the records of the political activities of Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, University of Southern California Gould Law School alumna, state and federal legislator, and county official. Included are records from Burke's tenure in the California Assembly (1966-1972), U.S. Congress (1973-1978), and the Los Angeles Angeles County Board of Supervisor (1979-1980). Records also include her campaign for California State Attorney General (1978).

Dates: 1959 - 1980; Majority of material found within 1966 - 1980

California clippings collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 7001
Abstract



This collection of primarily California-related materials was the provenance of Mrs. Walter K. Towers, with some materials from Berenice Towers. Over the span of more than forty years, they saved clippings, magazines, small publications, maps, and other ephemera chiefly on California with an emphasis on Southern California.

Dates: 1945s-1980s; Majority of material found in 1950s-1960s

Esther Feldman and Community Conservation Solutions records

 Collection
Identifier: 7136
Abstract The Esther Feldman and Community Conservation Solutions records document the work conducted by Esther Feldman and/or Community Conservation Solutions (CCS) from the 1980s through 2020. The collection focuses on two major subject areas: (i) ballot measures and campaigns creating public financing for park and conservation projects and (ii) land-based projects involving land acquisition, native habitat restoration, park creation, 'green' stormwater and urban runoff capture, planning projects,...
Dates: 1984 - 2022

Robert F. Jani papers

 Collection
Identifier: 0291
Abstract This collection consists of the personal and business papers of Robert F. Jani (1934-1989). He was a creator, director and executive producer of musical spectaculars, television productions, pageants and extravaganzas, celebrations, international events, parades, arena shows and sports events, world premieres and openings, pyrotechnic shows, expositions, and theme parks. Mr. Jani was a founder of USC Songfest and principal of Robert F. Jani Productions, Inc. He graduated from the University...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1950s-1980s

Herbert G. Klein papers

 Collection
Identifier: 0345
Abstract The Herbert G. Klein papers contain detailed records of the day to day activities of Herbert G. Klein, University of Southern California alumnus and trustee, journalist, editor and first White House Director of Communications. Included are records from all phases of Klein's long career: his early career as a journalist with Copley Newspapers in Alhambra and San Diego; his work with Richard Nixon, beginning with the Vice Presidential campaign of 1956; and his subsequent career as a media...
Dates: 15th-17th centuries, 1932-2009 (bulk 1960-1973)

Bernice B. Mercer collection of Christopher Morley material

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 6210
Abstract 16 items relating to the author Christopher Morley (1890-1957) collected by Bernice B. Mercer (identified in the collection as Mrs. Theodore Mercer). Items in the collection include Alfred P. Lee's Christmas folder [circa 1930] containing Andrew McGill's Idea of Happiness by Christopher Morley; an announcement of an exhibition of first editions of the works of Christopher Morley at Sessler's Bookshop, Philadephia, 1931; a program of Author's Night, sponsored...
Dates: 1931 - 1939

Michael Several collection on Los Angeles Public Art

 Collection
Identifier: 0316
Abstract The Michael Several collection on Los Angeles Public Art consists of materials related to public art in Los Angeles. The collection dates from 1903-2000 with the bulk of the materials dating from 1980-2000. The collection includes article clippings, public records, photographs, slides, negatives, memorandums, brochures, art event notices, meeting minutes, project proposals, press releases, and correspondence about public art (murals, paintings, sculptures, etc.) in and around Los Angeles...
Dates: 1903 - 2000; Majority of material found within 1980 - 2000

University of Southern California Davis School of Gerontology records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0274
Abstract The USC Davis School of Gerontology records chronicle the development of Gerontology at USC, 1964-1987. Erected as a tribute to Ethel Percy Andrus, the Andrus Gerontology Center is committed to understanding aging and preparing professionals to work in an aging society. Founded in 1975, the Davis School is the nation's first professional School of Gerontology. With its own faculty representing various disciplines, the School is able to offer students a wide range of scientific and...
Dates: 1964 - 1987

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California. Legislature. Assembly 1
Church of All Nations (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1
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Community Conservancy International 1
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Copley Press, inc. 1
Copley, James S. (James Strohn) 1
Davis, Alonzo 1
Davy, Woods 1
Ehrlichman, John 1
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David) 1
Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center. Leonard Davis School of Gerontology 1
Feldman, Esther 1
Finch, Robert H. (Robert Hutchinson) 1
Fisk, Walter W. 1
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Goldwater, Barry M. (Barry Morris) 1
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Haldeman, H. R. (Harry R.) 1
Harris & Ewing 1
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Jani, Robert F., 1934-1989 1
Jarvis, Roy 1
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 1
King, Martin Luther, Jr. 1
Kissinger, Henry 1
Klein, Herbert G. (Herbert George) 1
Lew, Mervyn 1
Los Angeles County (Calif.). Board of Supervisors 1
Mattox, Warren 1
McKibben, Robert A. (Robert Anderson) 1
Mercer, Bernice B. 1
Methodist Episcopal Church 1
Metromedia, Inc 1
Morley, Christopher, 1890-1957 1
Nixon, Pat 1
O'Neill, Dev 1
Parker, Buffy 1
Republican National Convention (29th : 1968 : Miami Beach, Fla.) 1
Robinson, W. W. (William Wilcox), 1891-1972 1
Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich) 1
Romney, George W. 1
Rothschild Photo 1
Roycroft Shop 1
Ruscha, Edward 1
Safire, William 1
Several, Michael 1
Smith, Merrett T. 1
Society of Professional Journalists, Sigma Delta Chi 1
Sullivan, Ed 1
Towers, Berenice 1
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United States. Congress 1
Volpe, John A. 1
Walt Disney Company 1
Women at Work (Organization : Pasadena, Calif.) 1
Woodhead, J.E. (John Edward) 1
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