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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
Katherine Sui Fun Cheung scrapbook and videos
Collection
Identifier: 6241
Abstract
A collection of videos and a scrapbook relating to Katherine Sui Fun Cheung (1904-2003), the first Chinese woman to obtain an international flying license. The scrapbook was created by Cheung and her daughter Dorothy Leschenko and consists of photographs, newspaper clippings, copies of certificates and articles, and programs from air shows and other events documenting the life of Katherine Sui Fun Cheung. Cheung immigrated to the United States from China in 1921. After studying music at...
Dates:
1932 - 2016
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
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
John Clyde Collison scrapbook
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 5150
Abstract
This collection consists of the scrapbook and photographs of organist and University of Southern California alumnus John Clyde Collison.
Dates:
1910 - 1914
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Consul General de Portugal en Cuba scrapbook
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 0546
Abstract
Collection consists of a bound scrapbook of reports and other materials, titled Alguns Factos da Politica Interna da Republica Cubana, written by the Portuguese consul-general Euclides Goulart da Costa.
Dates:
1931
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Floyd C. Covington papers
Collection
Identifier: 7057
Abstract
Floyd C. Covington was a Black civic leader in Los Angeles from the late 1920s to the 1970s. Through his work as the first Executive Director of the Los Angeles Urban League and his service in the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Covington redefined social welfare and equal opportunity in both employment and housing for various communities in Los Angeles. Covington's papers contain his early scholarship and poetry from his youth and education in Seattle, Washington and Topeka,...
Dates:
1901 - 1989; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1970
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Flora May Cronemiller USC Alumna scrapbook
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 5073
Abstract
This collection consists of a scrapbook compiled by USC alumna Flora May Cronemiller during her attendance from 1904 to 1908.
Dates:
1904 - 1908
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Ingolf Dahl papers
Collection
Identifier: 1001
Abstract
The Ingolf Dahl papers contain the manuscripts, scores, and professional and personal papers of American composer and USC School of Music faculty member Ingolf Dahl (1912-1970). Dahl, one of USC's most distinguished faculty members, had a long and successful career in music both here in his adopted country and abroad. In 1938, Dahl immigrated to the U.S. and settled in Los Angeles where he found work as a composer and conductor for radio and film. In 1943, Dahl joined the faculty of USC. He...
Dates:
1928 - 1988; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1970
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Martha Day Los Angeles musical events scrapbooks
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 5258
Abstract
This collection consists of scrapbooks put together by University of California, Los Angeles, student Martha Day featuring musical events held around Los Angeles, CA from 1923 to 1944.
Dates:
1923 - 1944
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections