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Yvonne Brathwaite Burke papers: Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
Collection
Identifier: 0218-2
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 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
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Finch family papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 5307
Abstract
This collection consists of letters, articles, photographs, and memorabilia of the extended Finch family in New York, New Haven, Ohio, Wisconsin, from 1823-1954.
Dates:
1823 - 1954
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
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
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Karol J. Mysels papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 5385
Scope and Contents
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....
Dates:
1930 - 2000
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Bob Navarro papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0594
Abstract
The papers of broadcast journalist Bob Navarro, who spent close to 40 years covering news at KCBS and KNBC in Los Angeles and Sacramento. The collection includes Navarro's writings, photographs, family memorabilia, collected publications, and other material. Navarro also worked as a reporter at KTLA Channel 5 and KCAL Channel 9, a news director at Spanish-language channel KVEA-TV, and hosted his own show "Bob Navarro's Journal," a weekly public affairs series on KCBS-TV. The...
Dates:
1915 - 2013
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Concetta E. Ribaudo scrapbook on the Hollywood Canteen
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 7093
Abstract
The Concetta E. Ribaudo scrapbook on the Hollywood Canteen includes a variety of memorabilia collected by Ribaudo, who went by the stage name Connie Roberts, during her employment as a hostess at the Hollywood Canteen during World War II. The Hollywood Canteen was a converted barn that operated at 1451 Cahuenga Boulevard in Hollywood from October 3, 1942 to Thanksgiving Day 1945 as a club offering food, dancing, and entertainment for more than three million servicemen. A military uniform...
Dates:
1938 - 1944
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Sanville Institute records
Collection
Identifier: 0616
Scope and Contents
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,...
Dates:
1974 - 2021
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Frank and Blanche Seaver memorabilia
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 5171
Abstract
This collection includes photographs, realia, and memorabilia related to USC building construction funded by philanthropists Frank and Blanche Seaver.
Dates:
1962 - 1973
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Admiral William H. Standley papers
Collection
Identifier: 0005
Abstract
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
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Dorothy and Eugene Tubbesing USC football memorabilia collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 5364
Abstract
A collection of USC football memorabilia and keepsakes, along with two photograph albums, assembled by Dorothy and Eugene Tubbesing. Items in the collection include a football signed by the USC 1989 team at the Rose Bowl, USC/Notre Dame "Fight is on" bourbon glasses, Christmas ornaments, game day pins, and a photograph album documenting a 1998 USC Trojan Marching Band trip to Spain and Portugal. Dorothy Ann Rounsavell graduated from USC in the late 1940s and married Eugene J. Tubbesing in...
Dates:
1949 - 1998
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections