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Steve B. collection of personal advertisement responses
Collection
Identifier: 6276
Scope and Contents
A collection of approximately 130 letters from around 90 different women, all written to one southern California man, Steve B., in response to personal ads he placed in the Los Angeles Times, Orange County Register, and international pen-pal services in the early 1990s. Most of the letters are written in English, but a dozen or so are in Spanish. The majority of correspondents were from California, but women also wrote...
Dates:
1990 - 1994
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Eduard Frank correspondence with Joseph Brod
Collection
Identifier: 6246
Abstract
The Eduard Frank correspondence with Joseph Brod consists of a collection of letters written between Eduard Frank and Joseph Brod from 1953 to 1981. Eduard Frank was born in historical Sudetenland, now part of the Czech Republic. After settling in Germany following World War II, Frank authored one book, Gustav Meyrink, Werk und Wirkung (1957) and served as editor on another book, Das Haus zur Letzten Latern: Nachgelassenes und...
Dates:
1953 - 1981
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
McElmurry and Larrinaga family papers
Collection
Identifier: 7122
Abstract
A collection of family papers documenting two generations of the McElmurry and Larrinaga family. Mario Larrinaga immigrated from Mexico to Los Angeles and--in collaboration with his brother Juan Larrinaga--worked as a designer, art director, and painter of set backgrounds in Hollywood, working at RKO Pictures, Universal, and other major film studios. Larrinaga is most recognized for painting the set backgrounds for the original King Kong (1933) film. After...
Dates:
1920 - 2005
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
William L. Pereira & Associates records
Collection
Identifier: 0326
Abstract
The William L. Pereira & Associates records consist of architectural plans, materials for presentations to clients, site studies, project workbooks, and interim reports documenting the majority of the firm's projects from 1960 to 1989. William Leonard Pereira, who had already been working as an architect in Chicago and Los Angeles since the early 1930s, founded the company in 1958. William L. Pereira & Associates designed over 300 buildings, including the Transamerica Pyramid in San...
Dates:
1939 - 2022; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1980
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections