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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

Johnny Tolbert letters

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 6089
Abstract The Johnny Tolbert letters is a collection of 151 letters and four Western Union telgrams sent from United States Army soldier Johnny Tolbert (1924-1989), also known as Johnnie Clifton or J.C., to Ruth Mae Clennell (1925-2000) from San Pedro, California between 1943-1946. Tolbert met Clennell on September 2, 1943, the night before his deployment to the South Pacific. Tolbert's love and affection for Clennell and his feelings of homesickness are the main themes of the letters,...
Dates: 1943-1946

Adolf Johnson postcards

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 7056
Abstract

22 postcards depicting buildings and scenes around Los Angeles, including Pasadena, Venice and Burbank, sent to Adolf Johnson in Turlock, California between 1911 and 1913. Scenes include (but are not limited to) various views of downtown Los Angeles (Spring Street at night, Broadway, Central Square), buildings (Hall of Records, California Hospital, the Alexandria Hotel), views of Mount Lowe and Lookout Mountain, and Eastlake Park.

Dates: 1911-1913

Herbert G. Klein papers

 Collection
Identifier: 0345
Abstract The Herbert G. Klein papers contain detailed records of the day to day activities of Herbert G. Klein, University of Southern California alumnus and trustee, journalist, editor and first White House Director of Communications. Included are records from all phases of Klein's long career: his early career as a journalist with Copley Newspapers in Alhambra and San Diego; his work with Richard Nixon, beginning with the Vice Presidential campaign of 1956; and his subsequent career as a media...
Dates: 15th-17th centuries, 1932-2009 (bulk 1960-1973)

Lucjan Krause Warsaw Uprising postcards

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 6212
Abstract A collection of approximately 75 postcards and handmade cards sent from schoolchildren in Poland to Lucjan Krause (1928-2022), a member of the Polish underground resistance who fought in the Warsaw Uprising (1944). The cards, mostly written by Polish schoolchildren in 2018, express gratitude for Krause's wartime sacrifice and heroism. The cards in this collection were designed and delivered as part of a Polish campaign--"BohaterON"--to commemorate and honor the participants of the Warsaw...
Dates: 2018

June and Gilbert Krueger collection of Civil War letters

 Collection
Identifier: 0167
Abstract The collection consists chiefly of letters addressed to Lovina Obriham of Freeport, Winneshiek County, Iowa, from her brothers, Edwin C., Charles J., Frank W., and Harlow H. Obriham, her cousin and future husband, Chales L. Beebe, and other Union soldiers serving with the 9th Iowa Volunteers and other units; written from Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina, the letters deal largely with camp life, troop movements, and military engagements, with...
Dates: 1861-1886, undated (bulk 1861-1865)

Geraldine Liniger photograph album

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 6262
Abstract A photograph album compiled by Geraldine Liniger of Medford, Oregon to document her 1950 trip to a Brethren youth work camp in Kassel, Germany, where she helped build homes for refugees displaced by World War II. The album begins with a series of photographs showing Liniger and other young women sightseeing in Italy, Paris, and the Netherlands and attending a Brethren Service Committee conference in Germany. The remainder of the album dates from Liniger's time in at the Kassel work camp in...
Dates: 1950 - 1958

Arthur Mansback papers

 Collection
Identifier: 0040
Abstract

The Arthur Mansback papers consists of letters, postcards, telegrams, photographs, training materials, and printed ephemera created and collected by Private Arthur Mansback during his tour of duty in the United States Army Expeditionary Forces in France during the second half of 1918. The letters, in conjunction with Mansback's training materials and the postcards he collected, provide a broad overview of the daily life of an American foot soldier during the last months of World War I.

Dates: 1918, 1940s (bulk 1918)

Fritzi Massary correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: 6035
Abstract This collection contains the correspondence of Fritzi Massary with her colleague and friend Violet Oldak. It also includes one letter from Liesl Frank, Fritzi's daughter, to Violet Oldak; a newspaper clipping about Fritzi Massary; an enclosed letter from Lili Darvas to Violet Oldak; a blank postcard featuring a publicity photograph of Massary; and a theater program. Violet Oldak played the character Trudi in the original cast of Operette by Noel Coward and Fritzi Massary played Liesl Haren....
Dates: 1934 - 1943

John F. Merritt Southern California memorabilia and ephemera collection

 Collection
Identifier: 7103
Abstract

A collection of Southern California memorabilia and ephemera collected by John F. Merritt, founder of Californians for Preservation Action and its successor organization, California Preservation Foundation (CPF). The collection contains postcards, pamphlets, magazines, produce crate labels, prints, comic books, illustrations, and countercultural political materials created between 1899 and 2005, with the bulk of the collection spanning from 1910 to 1970.

Dates: 1899 - 2005; Majority of material found within 1910 - 1970

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Postcards 43
Photographs 22
Correspondence 17
Clippings (information artifacts) 10
Printed ephemera 10
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Ephemera 8
Photographic postcards 8
Pamphlets 7
Posters 5
Telegrams 5
Brochures 4
Magazines (periodicals) 4
Maps 4
Picture postcards 4
Postcards -- California, Southern -- 20th century -- Archival resources 4
Publications (documents) 4
Scrapbooks 4
Slides (photographs) 4
Soldiers -- United States -- 20th century -- Archival resources 4
Drawings (visual works) 3
Financial records 3
Missions -- California -- Postcards 3
Notes 3
Photograph albums 3
Postcards -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 3
Postcards -- California -- Los Angeles County -- Archival resources 3
Postcards -- California -- Orange County -- Archival resources 3
Postcards -- California -- Pasadena -- Archival resources 3
Postcards -- California -- Riverside County -- Archival resources 3
Programs (documents) 3
Realia 3
Sheet music 3
Textiles 3
Videotapes 3
Agriculture -- California, Southern -- Archival resources 2
Audiocassettes 2
Audiotapes 2
Books 2
California, Southern -- History -- Archival resources 2
Certificates 2
Comic books 2
Cuba 2
Death Valley National Park (Calif. and Nev.) -- Archival resources 2
Disneyland (Calif.) -- Archival resources 2
Fliers (printed matter) 2
Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) -- Archival resources 2
Guatemala -- Description and travel -- Archival resources 2
Itineraries 2
Ledgers (account books) 2
Legal documents 2
Long Beach (Calif.) -- Postcards 2
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Description and travel -- Archival resources 2
Memorabilia 2
Mission Inn -- Postcards 2
Missions -- California -- Archival resources 2
Musicians -- History -- Archival resources 2
Negatives (photographic) 2
Newsletters 2
Phonograph records 2
Popular culture -- California, Southern -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources 2
Press releases 2
Prints 2
Reports 2
San Diego County (Calif.) -- Postcards 2
Spain -- Description and travel -- Archival resources 2
T-shirts 2
Theater programs 2
Transcripts 2
Typescripts 2
United States -- Armed Forces -- Military life -- 20th century -- Archival resources 2
Venice (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Postcards 2
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Archival resources 2
Academy Awards (Motion pictures) -- Archival resources 1
Actresses -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 1
Actresses -- England -- Archival resources 1
Advertisements 1
Aeronautics -- History -- Archival resources 1
African American business enterprises -- California -- San Diego -- Archival resources 1
African American pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Photographs 1
African American soldiers -- West (U.S.) -- Photographs 1
African Americans -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
Air -- Pollution -- California -- Archival resources 1
Aircraft -- Archival resources 1
Aircraft industry -- Photographs 1
Alternative comics 1
American poetry -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
Amusements -- California -- History -- Archival resources 1
Antisemitism -- Caricatures and cartoons -- History -- Archival resources 1
Appointment books 1
Architects -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
Architectural documents 1
Architectural drawings (visual works) 1
Architectural photography -- Archival resources 1
Architecture -- Guatemala -- Archival resources 1
Architecture -- Study and teaching -- Archival resources 1
Art -- Collectors and collecting -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 1
Art -- Private collections -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 1
Autographs (manuscripts) 1
Beaches -- California 1
Board games (game sets) 1
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Language
English 41
German 5
Spanish; Castilian 4
French 2
Polish 1
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Portuguese 1
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Names
United States. Army 3
University of Southern California 3
Agnew, Spiro T. 1
Allard, Lillian I. 1
Allen, William C. 1
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American Federation of Priests 1
Annis, Elizabeth (1905-2000) 1
Annis, Verle Lincoln 1
Armendáriz, Pedro, 1912-1963 1
Atkins, Oliver F. 1
Bachrach, Fabian 1
Beebe, Charles L. 1
Big Apple Circus 1
Bliss, Arthur 1
Bonnay, Charles 1
Borges, Jorge Luis 1
Brethren Service Commission 1
Brethren Service Committee 1
Buchanan, Patrick J. (Patrick Joseph) 1
California Historical Society 1
California. Dept. of the California Highway Patrol 1
Carlson, Milton 1
Catholic Church--California--Los Angeles--History--20th century--Archival resources 1
Catholic Church--United States--History--20th century--Archival resources 1
Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Los Angeles (Calif.) 1
Catholic Human Relations Council (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1
Catholics United for Racial Equality 1
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de 1
Chagall, Marc 1
Chaliapin, Fyodor Ivanovich 1
Church of the Brethren 1
Circus Model Builders International 1
Circus World Museum (Baraboo, Wis.) 1
Clark, Robert 1
Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus 1
Cole Bros. Circus 1
Colson, Charles W. 1
Cook, A. T. 1
Copley Press, inc. 1
Copley, James S. (James Strohn) 1
Costa, Euclides Goulart da 1
Darvas, Lilli, 1902-1974 1
Drake, Zachary L. 1
DuBay, William H. 1
Edward H. Mitchell (Publisher) 1
Ehrlichman, John 1
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David) 1
Evans, Merle 1
Finch, Robert H. (Robert Hutchinson) 1
Fisk, Walter W. 1
Frank, Liesl 1
Gessner, George J. (George John) 1
Goldwater, Barry M. (Barry Morris) 1
Gospel Foundation of California 1
Griffiths, Edwin 1
Griffiths, Louise 1
Haberman, Irving 1
Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus 1
Haldeman, H. R. (Harry R.) 1
Harris & Ewing 1
Hawkins, J. Allen 1
Hayden, Robert, Dr. 1
Herbert, Ernest C. 1
Herbert, Ernestine Q. 1
Herbert, John A. 1
Herbert, William C. 1
Hill, Richard A. 1
Hulbert, J. O. 1
Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio) 1
Jacobs , Lou 1
Jaeger, Ernst 1
Jani, Robert F., 1934-1989 1
Jarvis, Roy 1
Johnson, Adolf 1
Johnson, Albert M., 1872-1948 1
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 1
Kennedy, Robert F. 1
Kissinger, Henry 1
Klein, Herbert G. (Herbert George) 1
Knight, Carl W. 1
Krause, Lucjan, 1928- 1
Kreischer, Lou 1
Krueger, June 1
Lew, Mervyn 1
Liddecoat Packing Co. 1
Liddecoat family 1
Liddecoat, Mary 1
Liddecoat, Tom 1
Liniger, Geraldine 1
Liszt, Franz 1
Los Angeles (Calif.). Police Department 1
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office 1
Los Angeles Railway 1
MacDougall, Robert 1
MacDowell, Edward, 1860-1908 1
Mansback, Arthur E. 1
Massary, Fritzi 1
Mattox, Warren 1
McIntyre, J. Francis A. (James Francis Aloysius), 1886-1979 1
Merritt, John F., 1942-2016 1
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