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Theodore Hsi-en Chen papers
Collection
Identifier: 3266
Abstract
The Theodore Hsi-en Chen papers consist of administrative and faculty papers from Dr. Chen's chairing of the East Asian Studies Center and its predecessors from 1960 to 1971. The collection also includes material from the 1940s and 1950s, a scrapbook of newspaper clippings on Dr. Chen's career, photographic slides showing Theodore Chen and Wen Hui Chen's tour of Hong Kong and Southeast Asia in 1962, research reports and theses, and a photocopied biography of Theodore Chen. Lastly, the...
Dates:
circa 1940s-1971; 1991
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Chester Place photographs
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 7070
Abstract
12 mounted photographs depicting Chester Place and the surrounding area. The photographs include streetscapes (of Chester Place and Figueroa Street), lawns and gardens. Many of the photographs are identified only generally, but some can be positively identified as no. 7 Chester Place, the home of Judge Charles Silent, the founder of Chester Place. Chester Place was founded by Judge Silent in 1899, when he moved his family to the old home of real estate speculator Nathan Vail and extended a...
Dates:
circa 1900
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Marion Frances Chevalier papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 5059
Scope and Contents
This collection is comprised chiefly of mementos from Chevalier's early years, particularly high school and college. One scrapbook contains photos, clippings, programs, etc. of her life at Pomona College where Chevalier participated in both the Italian and French clubs and from which she graduated in 1924 before continuing her education at USC. A small photo album consists of baby pictures of Chevalier from birth to two years, month by month. Other materials in the collecction include...
Dates:
1900-1980; Majority of material found in 1920s
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
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)
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Arden H. Christensen papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 5115
Abstract
This collection consists of the papers and photographs of University of Southern California alumnus Arden H. Christensen.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1920s-1960s
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Carl Quimby Christol papers
Collection
Identifier: 5323
Abstract
Carl Quimby Christol, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Political Science in USC's Dornsife College (on faculty from 1949-1987) was a pioneer in the field of international space law. The papers consist of materials documenting his time at the University of Chicago, personal activities, and items collected by Christolduring his time in the Army during World War II. The bulk of the collection documents Christol's tenure on the faculty at USC, and covers topics related to his area of...
Dates:
1931-2004, undated
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Paul Christopher collection of Carl W. Knight photographs
Collection
Identifier: 0321
Abstract
The Paul Christopher collection of Carl W. Knight's photographs consists mainly of photographs, negatives, and slides of portraits and scenic views of Missouri and Southern California. In addition to the images, there are a few textual items that include financial documents, newspaper clippings, miscellaneous ticket stubs and pamphlets that Knight collected, and correspondence (mostly postcards) to or from Carl Knight's sister, Pansy M. Knight. The date span of the collection ranges from...
Dates:
1920 - 1988; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1970
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Cine Mundial Archivo press photographs of Maria Felix
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 0701
Abstract
42 black and white press photographs of Mexican actress Maria Felix on the set of various movies, including La Cucaracha, Miercoles de Ceniza, Juana Gallo, En Busca de un Muro, La Bandida, and La Valentina. Felix (1914-2002) starred in 47 films between 1940 and 1971, was one of the most successful figures of Latin American cinema in the 1940s and 1950s, and was wildly popular in Ltin America, and in Spain, France and Italy.
Dates:
1958-1960
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Citizens Committee to Save Elysian Park records
Collection
Identifier: 0320
Abstract
The Citizens Committee to Save Elysian Park was founded in 1965 to organize public and official awareness and to raise support to preserve the park land as public open space, and to develop it for recreational activities. The mission and efforts of this vibrant "grass roots" organization are ongoing, and the Committee will continue to add materials which document its activities. The collection consists of fifteen boxes of records dating back to the Committee's early history in the 1960s. ...
Dates:
1965 - 2019
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Robert J. Clark collection on aeronautical history
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 7027
Abstract
This collection consists of a scrapbooks containing photographs, articles, and clippings about aircraft and flying machines from around the world. These materials were collected by aircraft designer Robert J. Clark (1919-2009).
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1940s-1990s
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections