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Charles Bukowski papers

 Collection
Identifier: 0155
Abstract

The collection includes Charles Bukowski's (1920-1994) original poetry and short stories, along with drafts of Women, Factotum, Ham on Rye, Post Office, and Barfly; screenplays based on Bukowski's fiction; periodical appearances; tape recordings; and ephemera.

Dates: 1957-1994

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

Chicano and Latino ephemera collection

 Collection
Identifier: 0509
Abstract This collection contains various pieces of ephemera and periodical issues related to Latinos, chiefly focused on Chicanos in California from the 1970s to 2000s. Materials include programs, fliers, brochures, clippings, and magazine issues related to various subjects including the Chicano movement, Cesar Chavez and farm labor, community organizing, strikes and boycotts, community organizing, journalism and journalist Ruben Salazar, and cultural events including plays, museum exhibits, and Día...
Dates: 1930s-2006 (bulk 1970s-2000s)

Lee and Carla-Lee Conti USC Alumni realia and ephemera

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 5148
Abstract

USC memorabilia from the estate of Lee Conti (Journalism 1927) and his daughter Carla-Lee Conti (Class of 1956).

Dates: 1909; 1926 - 1929; 1952 - 1956

Martha Day Los Angeles musical events scrapbooks

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 5258
Abstract

This collection consists of scrapbooks put together by University of California, Los Angeles, student Martha Day featuring musical events held around Los Angeles, CA from 1923 to 1944.

Dates: 1923 - 1944

Lou D'Elia collection on George Hurrell

 Collection
Identifier: 6151
Abstract George Hurrell began his career as a photographer working for MGM during the Golden Age of Hollywood, during which time he photographed some of the most famous movie stars of the period, and as a result became one of the most famous studio photographers in Hollywood. He became known for his use of light that included spotlights and shadows, and hand-retouching, which produced romantic portraits that became his signature style. He continued to use this style throughout his long career,...
Dates: 1922-2015

B. Kwaku Duren papers

 Collection
Identifier: 7022
Abstract B. Kwaku Duren is a lawyer and long-time political, social and community activist in the Los Angeles area. He has served various institutions, among them the South-Central Office of the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles (LAFLA), the Union of Legal Services Workers of Los Angeles. He served as head of the Southern California Chapter of the Black Panther Party and chairman of the New Panther Vanguard Movement. He was co-editor-in-chief of The Black Panther International News Service. As a...
Dates: 1964 - 2012

Filipino American Library collection

 Collection
Identifier: 6235
Abstract The Filipino American Library collection consists of materials owned by the Filipino American Library in Historic Filipinotown that were transferred to the University of Southern California Special Collections in 2017. The collection is currently divided into two categories: (i) digitized material and (ii) minimally processed material. The digitized material consists of lantern slides, bound volumes, photographic prints, maps, and other materials that the USC Digital Library digitized and...
Dates: 1910 - 2015

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

Los Angeles Corral of Westerners records

 Collection
Identifier: 0117
Abstract

The Los Angeles Corral of the Westerners was founded in 1946 and promotes the study and understanding of Western history through publications and events. This collection contains correspondence, financial and publication records, photographs, artifacts, scrapbooks and drafts of articles documenting the history of the Los Angeles Corral of the Westerners.

Dates: 1946 - 2019

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Photographs 16
Correspondence 14
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Magazines (periodicals) 10
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Pamphlets 4
Periodicals 4
Posters 4
Programs (documents) 4
Publications (documents) 4
Schedules (time plans) 4
Universities and colleges -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- Archival resources 4
Universities and colleges -- Students -- Archival resources 4
American poetry -- 20th century -- Archival resources 3
Audiotapes 3
Brochures 3
Invitations 3
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History -- Archival resources 3
Manuscripts 3
Maps 3
Memorabilia 3
Newsletters 3
Poets, American -- 20th century -- Archival resources 3
Realia 3
Slides (photographs) 3
Universities and colleges -- Alumni and alumnae -- Archival resources 3
Videotapes 3
American literature -- 20th century -- Archival resources 2
Audiocassettes 2
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Directories 2
Disneyland (Calif.) -- Archival resources 2
Events -- California -- Los Angeles 2
Memorandums 2
Moving images 2
Newspaper clippings 2
Photograph albums 2
Academy Awards (Motion pictures) -- Archival resources 1
Actors -- Photographs 1
Actresses -- Photographs 1
Administrative records 1
Administrative reports 1
Admission tickets 1
Advertising -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 1
Advertising photography -- Archival resources 1
Aeronautics 1
Aeronautics -- History -- Archival resources 1
African American business enterprises -- California -- San Diego -- Archival resources 1
African Americans -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
Agendas (administrative records) 1
Agriculture -- California, Southern -- Archival resources 1
Alternative comics 1
American literature -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 1
American poetry -- 21st century -- Archival resources 1
Amusements -- California -- History -- Archival resources 1
Asian Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 1
Asian Americans and libraries -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 1
Authors, American -- Archival resources 1
Authors, American -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 1
Branding Iron 1
Breweries -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 1
Brewers -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 1
Budgets 1
Bulletins 1
California -- History -- Archival resources 1
California -- History -- Periodicals 1
California -- Politics and government -- Archival resources 1
California Institute of the Arts -- Archival resources 1
California, Southern -- History -- Maps 1
California, Southern -- History, Local -- Archival resources 1
California, Southern -- Transportation -- Archival resources 1
China -- Description and travel -- 20th century 1
China -- Photographs 1
Christian socialism -- Archival resources 1
Circus -- California -- La Jolla -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
Circus -- California -- Lakeside -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
Circus -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
Circus -- Florida -- Sarasota -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
Circus wagons -- Archival resources 1
Citrus crate labels -- California, Southern -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
Civil rights -- United States -- Archival resources 1
Civil service -- Training of -- Archival resources 1
Clowns -- Archival resources 1
College athletes -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
College student newspapers and periodicals -- California -- Los Angeles 1
Comic books, strips, etc. 1
Compact discs 1
Concerts -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 1
Conference proceedings 1
Contracts 1
Costumes (character dress) 1
Cowboys -- Poetry -- Archival resources 1
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University of Southern California 3
Barrio Defense Committee (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1
Big Apple Circus 1
Black Panther Party 1
Black Panther Party. Southern California Chapter 1
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Black Sparrow Press 1
Blew, Robert 1
Bogart, Guy 1
Bond, Genevieve Farnell 1
Bright, Verne 1
Britzman, Homer E. (Homer Elwood), 1901-1953 1
Brown, Helen Agcaoili Summers 1
Bukowski, Charles 1
Bush, Grace E. 1
Cavallo, Joseph 1
Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993 1
Chevaillier, Alzire A. (Alzire Adrienne) 1
Cheyney, Ralph 1
Circus Model Builders International 1
Circus World Museum (Baraboo, Wis.) 1
Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus 1
Cody, Iron Eyes, 1904-1999 1
Cole Bros. Circus 1
Conti, Carla-Lee 1
Conti, Lee 1
D'Elia, Lou 1
Day, Martha 1
Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor) 1
Denzel, Carl 1
Disney, Walt, 1901-1966 1
Duke, Donald 1
Duren, B. Kwaku 1
Evans, Merle 1
Filipino American Library (FAL) 1
Gaw, Ethelean Tyson 1
Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus 1
Hamilton, Florence 1
Hayden, Robert, Dr. 1
Hull, Lonnie 1
Hurrell, George, 1904-1992 1
Jacobs , Lou 1
Jani, Robert F., 1934-1989 1
King, Linda 1
Kreischer, Lou 1
Kwan, Moon 1
Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles 1
MacDougall, Robert 1
MacManus, Seumas 1
Markham, Edwin, 1852-1940 1
Martin, John 1
Mayne, Eric 1
Merritt, John F., 1942-2016 1
Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund 1
Miller, Juanita Joaquina 1
Morgan, Angela 1
National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America 1
Nelson, Eric A. 1
New Panther Vanguard Movement 1
Newton, Frank Q. 1
Newton, Helmut, 1920-2004 1
Norris, Gordon W. 1
Nunis, Doyce B. (Doyce Blackman), 1924-2011 1
O'Donnol, Dion 1
Parker, Jim 1
Pharaohs Scooter Club 1
Phrateres International. Rho Chapter 1
Posey, Jake 1
Price, Ruth Clay 1
Raza Unida Party (Calif.) 1
Reynolds, Adeline de Walt, 1862-1961 1
Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows 1
Robinson, John W., 1929- 1
Robinson, W. W. (William Wilcox), 1891-1972 1
Rodgers, Ralph 1
Royer, Keith 1
Salazar, Ruben, 1928-1970 1
Scott, John Milton 1
Sells-Floto Circus 1
Sherry, Ruth Forbes 1
Standing Bear, Luther 1
Strong, John 1
Towers, Berenice 1
Towers, Walter K. (Mrs.) 1
Trent, Lucia 1
Turner, Percy 1
University of Southern California. Institute of Government 1
University of Southern California. Library 1
University of Southern California. School of Public Administration 1
Wallenda, Karl 1
Walt Disney Company 1
Webb, Charles Harper (1948) 1
Wellborn, Mildred 1
Wells, Wesley Robert 1
Wenatchee Youth Circus 1
Westerners. Los Angeles Corral 1
Whitaker, Robert 1
Winsett, Eva L. 1
Zobelein family 1
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