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Vahakn Dadrian papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 6213
Abstract
Vahakn Dadrian (1926-2019) was an Armenian-American sociologist and historian and one of the early scholars of the academic study of genocide. Dadrian was especially recognized as a leading expert on the Armenian Genocide. The Vahakn Dadrian papers contain Dadrian's research files on the Armenian Genocide. The collection includes copies of published legal papers with Dadrian's notes, maps of Turkey and Armenia, newspaper clippings, literature relating to Armenian Studies, copies of records...
Dates:
1843 - 2000; Majority of material found within 1915 - 1990
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Immaculate Heart Community records
Collection
Identifier: 7141
Scope and Contents
The Immaculate Heart Community records contain material spanning the history of the Immaculate Heart Community (IHC), a Catholic religious teaching institute based in Los Angeles, and its parent institution, the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (IHM), founded in 1848 by Father Joaquin Masmitja de Puig in Olot, Catalonia (Spain). The material in the collection was created between approximately 1852 and 2021 and consists of a wide variety of items and formats including correspondence,...
Dates:
1852 - 2021
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
George Kellman papers
Collection
Identifier: 6281
Scope and Contents
The George Kellman papers contain correspondence, clippings, newsletters and publications, memoranda, and notes and writings by George Kellman during his tenure as Director of the Fact-Finding Division of the American Jewish Committee (New York Chapter) during the 1950s and 1960s. Publications include newletters of the American Jewish Committee, such as The Committee Reporter--as well as a host of pamphlets, reports, and other materials from a variety of...
Dates:
1931 - 1971
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Anna M. Ranck papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 7152
Abstract
Anna M. Ranck, née Kammerer (1874-1956), was a missionary, educator, radio broadcaster, and a member of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) for over fifty years. Ranck held high-level positions at the local and national levels of the WCTU. She was the Director of Temperance and Missions for the National WCTU for ten years and held the title of Special Worker with Orientals for at least twenty years, during which she organized with Asian American members of the WCTU, supported Asian...
Dates:
1895 - 1956
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Alfonsina Storni collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0539
Abstract
Collection consists of poet and playwright Alfonsina Storni’s published books of poems, newspaper clippings, and other publications written about her life and work.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1919 - 1974
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
University of Southern California Library of Aeronautical History collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0050
Abstract
This collection consists of the University of Southern California Library of Aeronautical History collections including photographs, newspapers, ephemera, scrapbooks, and other information related to aeronautical history.
Dates:
1918 - 1971
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections