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California manuscripts teaching collection
Collection
Identifier: 7108
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence, a property indenture, and a store ledger relating to California history from various sources, assembled under one collection for ease of access and use in USC Libraries Special Collections instruction. The earliest item in the collection is an 1850 letter written by T. R. Billings, a California gold seeker, to his wife, Elizabeth Billings, back home in New York. Billings' letter describes the hardships and financial troubles experienced by many who...
Dates:
1850 - 1927
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Jackie Coogan Ranch records
Collection
Identifier: 0389
Abstract
In the mid-1920s, Jackie Coogan Productions purchased a cattle ranch near Campo, California, approximately fifty miles east of San Diego, on behalf of child actor Jackie Coogan. The collection contains correspondence and financial documents related to the operations of the ranch between 1924 and 1936.
Dates:
1924 - 1936
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Gerhard and Marianne Pinkus papers
Collection
Identifier: 6122
Abstract
Gerhard and Marianne Pinkus emigrated from Germany to Los Angeles in the 1930s and began to collect art in the 1940s. After accumulating a small collection of choice (and sometimes rare) finds, Gerhard and Marianne became a major force in the Los Angeles art world, especially in regard to their primary interest: Marc Chagall. Though they focused mainly on Chagall, the Pinkuses collected drawings, lithographs, and paintings by many other artists from various periods, with some emphasis on...
Dates:
1859-2005; Majority of material found in 1920s-1970s
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Ruskin Art Club records
Collection
Identifier: 6083
Abstract
The Ruskin Art Club was founded October 12, 1888, and is the oldest women's club in Los Angeles. Its original purpose was to study the technique and history of engraving and etching, inspired by founding member Mary E. Boyce's own collection of prints and extensive library of books on art. The Club's main activity were the annual courses of study in the history of art, architecture, or archaeology. These consisted of lectures delivered by the members to the membership at the monthly...
Dates:
1879 - 2003
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Stanislaus County Welfare Commission and Welfare Department records
Collection
Identifier: 0455
Abstract
The Stansilaus County Welfare Commission and Welfare Department records consists of materials created by these two entities (subsequently renamed the Stanislaus County Department of Social Services, and now the Community Services Agency). The collection's material is all textual and ranges from ledgers to photocopies of legal agreements; chronologically the material spans the period 1919-1986.
Dates:
1919 - 1986
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
J.E. Woodhead papers
Collection
Identifier: 0004
Abstract
Correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks of Woodhead's business and manufacturing career with the Lamb Knitting Machine Company; records of the Cosmic Publishing Company and the Western Society for Psychical Research; correspondence on the Columbian Exposition of 1893 in Chicago; correspondence, indexes, catalogues, dealers' invoices pertaining to the John Edward Woodhead Library, parts of which were acquired by USC; and personal correspondence, photographs, and memorablia of the Woodhead...
Dates:
circa 1856-1920s
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections