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All Nations Church and Foundation photographs
Collection
Identifier: 0421
Abstract
The All Nations Church and Foundation photographs (circa 1924-1967) consist of photographic material in a variety of formats; the collection provides a rich view of the people, community, and activities associated with the All Nations Foundation's operations in Los Angeles. Among the subjects documented in the photographs are All Nations centers and community life; arts and education; recreation and leisure; groups and individuals; and publicity materials. The collection complements the All...
Dates:
circa 1924-1967
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
All Nations Foundation Child Welfare Clinic photograph album
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 7156
Abstract
A photograph album from 1935 showing the work of the Child Welfare Clinic, a project of the Los Angeles-based All Nations Foundation, then one of the largest non-governmental social welfare organizations in Los Angeles. The All Nations Foundation, founded in 1918, purchased land and buildings and equipped gymnasiums, playgrounds, libraries, and medical clinics in East Los Angeles for a community where three-fourths of the families were on public assistance. The album also documents a...
Dates:
1935
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Allan Hancock Foundation archive
Collection
Identifier: 0257
Abstract
The Allan Hancock Foundation Archive contains records of the Foundation set up at the University of Southern California by G. Allan Hancock for the purpose of furthering oceanographic studies. These records also include those materials from the library and museum that were associated with the Foundation, as well some personal mementos of Captain Hancock's and the Hancock family. Also included are extensive records of the research ship Velero IV, as well as sound recordings, photographs and...
Dates:
1823 - 2005
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
American Literature photograph collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 6222
Scope and Contents
This small collection consists primarily of mounted (on 16 x 20" boards) photographs of late 19th and early 20th century American authors, literary scholars, and persons of note, including Walt Whitman, Julia Ward Howe, Louise Chandler Moulton, Joaquin Miller, Lyman Abbott, George Wharton James, and William Jennings Bryan, to name a few.
Dates:
late 19th-early 20th centuries
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
American Photo Company Cuba photograph album
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 0598
Abstract
Photograph album consisting of 27 black and white silver prints, each approximately 8 x 10", of Cuba. Scenes include landscapes, city scapes, and genre scenes. Each photograph is accompanied by a glassine leaf with typed photo descriptions. Of particular note are photographs of both the sinking and raising of the USS Maine. Also includes a poem written by Irene Wright, who may have been the owner of the album. Wright was an American historian who spent time in Havana as a writer for the...
Dates:
circa 1911
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Michael Andersen papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 5139
Abstract
This collection consists of the papers and music scores of film and classical composer, Michael Andersen. Includes scores, photographs, news articles, letters, and music programs.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1950s-1980s
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Verle and Elizabeth Annis papers
Collection
Identifier: 5266
Abstract
The Verle and Elizabeth Annis papers contain photographs, pamphlets, postcards, correspondence, architectural designs, and other material created by Verle and Elizabeth Annis. Verle Lincoln Annis (1897-1983) was a scholar and professor of architecture at the University of Southern California until 1962. Verle Annis wrote The Architecture of Antigua Guatemala 1543-1773, published in 1968. Elizabeth Naomi Annis (née Reed) (1905-2000) was a writer, traveler,...
Dates:
1910 - 1978
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Tony Anthony collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4006
Abstract
Collection consists of the project files and research materials of Southern California architect, Tony Anthony (1922-1997). Records include photographs, correspondence, clippings, research materials, and project reports.
Dates:
Majority of material found within c. 1950-1998
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Michael A. Arbib papers
Collection
Identifier: 5315
Abstract
Papers of Michael A. Arbib, Fletcher Jones Professor of Computer Science; University Professor; Professor of Biological Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Neuroscience and Psychology; Director, USC Human Brain Project. Prof. Arbib has based his career on the argument that we can learn much about machines from studying brains, and much about brains from studying machines. He has thus always worked for an interdisciplinary environment in which computer scientists and...
Dates:
1970-2016
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
James Arkatov photographs and interviews
Collection
Identifier: 0191
Abstract
James Arkatov was a cellist who photographed famous concert soloists performing. This collection consists of black and white prints of the photographs he took between 1946 and 1999 of musicians and artists, as well as interviews of artists.
Dates:
1946 - 1999; Majority of material found within
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections