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Collection
Identifier: 0031
Abstract
Literary archive of the German emigre author and playwright Julius Berstl (1883-1975). The collection includes typescripts, manuscripts, personal and professional correspondence, personal and biographical documents, theater memorabilia, and a small number of literary journals, both in English and in German. Julius Berstl was born on August 6, 1883 in Bernburg, Germany to a theatrical family. Upon graduation from university, he became the dramaturg, or literary advisor, of the renowned...
Dates:
1858 - 2010; Majority of material found within 1901 - 1975
Collection
Identifier: 0420
Abstract
The Beverly Foundation records, 1978-2008, consist of founding documents, Executive Committee and Board of Trustees meeting minutes, correspondence, financial records, reports and publications, and 35mm slides from Walter H. Ettinger's book "Fitness after 50". The Beverly Foundation was formed on November 13, 1978 to (1) pilot, test and demonstrate innovative community programs that support the autonomy of older adults, (2) foster nationwide progress in long-term care administration and...
Dates:
1978 - 2012
Collection
Identifier: 0342
Abstract
Letters from Ambrose Bierce to a variety of correspondents, including Samuel Loveman, B.J.S. Cahill, and Burnette G. Haskell. The collection also includes copies of some of Bierce's contracts with Neale Publishing, and pamphlets advertising his "Collected Works."
Dates:
1893-1913, undated
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 5301
Content Description
Administrative papers of the Dean of the School of Public Administration (1976-1982), Executive Vice Provost (1982-1988), Dean of Admissions (1988), Vice President for External Affairs (1988-1992), and Dean of the School of Policy, Planning and Development (1998-2000).
Dates:
1974 - 2010
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0213
Abstract
Collection consists of the collected musical manuscripts of Dr. Richard J. Bing (1909-2010), composer and former Director of Experimental Cardiology and Scientific Development at the Huntington Medical Research Institutes in Pasadena, California.
Dates:
1930 - 2005
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 6043
Abstract
Collection consists of pamphlets, invitations, programs, press catalogs, correspondence, newsletters, publishers' announcements, small press keepsakes, and publications belonging to English professor Milton Birnbaum. The publications include materials from independent publishers and handmade booklets.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1960s-1980s
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 5312
Abstract
Papers, publications, photographs from the career of James E. Birren, the USC gerontology program's first director, and the Davis School of Gerontology's inaugural dean,a position he held until 1989. He studied cognitive changes in relation to aging, publishing more than 250 papers, and authoring and editing several of the field's most important books. In 1989, he moved to UCLA, where he remained as the associate director of the UCLA Center on Aging until he retired in 2003. He returned to...
Dates:
1938-2010
Collection
Identifier: 0216
Abstract
This collection contains photograph scrapbooks kept by Eugene Biscailuz during his tenure as Los Angeles County Sheriff, as well as scrapbooks of newspaper clippings kept by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Biscailuz joined the Sheriff’s Department in 1907 and became Sheriff of Los Angeles County in 1932. He retired from the force in 1958.
Dates:
1870 - 1958; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1958
Collection
Identifier: 0504
Abstract
The B.L. Engineering Inc. archive contains the papers of the civil engineering firm B.L. Engineering, Inc., including contracts, project files, financial records, plans and drawings. The firm, founded in 1969 and owned by the Cuban American Carlos Sebastian Lorente, worked on projects throughout Los Angeles and the region.
Dates:
1969 - 1998
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 6216
Abstract
A collection of four Black Lives Matter (BLM) protest posters gathered at BLM protests during 2020. The posters feature images of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Terence Crutcher, Sandra Bland, Tamir Rice, Oscar Grant, Philando Castile, Walter Scott, Eric Garner, and Trayvon Martin. Two of the posters in the collection also relate to LGBTQ+ movements, including a poster stating "All Black Lives Matter" in rainbow lettering and a different poster featuring the transgender pride...
Dates:
2020