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 in this collection are the records from Burke's second tenure on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors (1992-2008).
Dates:
1968 - 2008; Majority of material found within 1991 - 2008
Collection consists of subject files, typescripts, correspondence, published articles and personal memorabilia of American novelist, biographer, screenwriter, and musicologist Rupert Hughes (1872-1956).
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The Karol J. Mysels papers comprise the personal and professional papers of Karol J. Mysels (1914-1998), former professor of chemistry at the University of Southern California. The collection also holds a relatively small amount of material created and collected by Estella Mysels (1921-2010), who was married to Karol from 1953 until his death in 1998. Karol Joseph Mysels was born on April 14, 1914, in Kraków, Poland, to Janina Johanna Henryka Henriette Rosenberg and Abraham Adolph Meisels....
The Poets Garden records contains publications, letters, diaries, and memorabilia of the literary group created by Los Angeles poet Ruth Le Prade. The collection also contains materials relating to the poet Edwin Markham (1852-1940) and the labor and socialist activist Eugene Debs.
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The Sanville Institute for Clinical Social Work (formerly the California Institute for Clinical Social Work) was a non-profit educational organization dedicated to deepening the practice and values of the social work profession among practitioners and the public. From 1974 to 2018 the Institute operated a state-approved graduate program in California, offering a PhD in clinical social work. The Sanville Institute records consist of documents relating to the organization's early history,...
These papers document both the personal and professional life of Admiral William H. Standley (1872-1963), naval officer, United States government official and diplomat, and California civic leader.
Dates:
1892 - 1992; Majority of material found within 1924 - 1958