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Collection
Identifier: 6136
Abstract
The Nicholas Beck collection on Budd Schulberg consists of material relating to Budd Schulberg (1914-2009)--the American screenwriter, television producer, and novelist--collected by Nicholas Beck (1932-2017). The collection includes material on Budd Schulberg's life, family, and works; the Watts Writers Workshop -- a creative writing group initiated by Budd Schulberg following the 1965 Watts Riots; correspondence between Beck and Schulberg's extended family; archival documents by and about...
Dates:
1913 - 2017
Collection
Identifier: 2644
Abstract
This collection contains music scores and sketches, audio and video, office records and other related materials created during the life and career of Elmer Bernstein.
Dates:
1945 - 2004
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Coll2011-004
Abstract
Manuscripts, correspondence, organizational records, research materials, photograph albums, audiovisual items, clothing, trophies and other materials from lesbian activist, writer and psychotherapist, Betty Berzon (1928-2006). Included in this collection are manuscripts and resource materials for Berzon's published and unpublished books; records from gay and lesbian organizations in which she was involved; paper and audiovisual material for her therapy practice, workshops, and training...
Dates:
1928 - 2006; Majority of material found within 1965 - 2005
Collection
Identifier: 0155
Abstract
The collection includes Charles Bukowski's (1920-1994) original poetry and short stories, along with drafts of Women, Factotum, Ham on Rye, Post Office, and Barfly; screenplays based on Bukowski's fiction; periodical appearances; tape recordings; and ephemera.
Dates:
1957-1994
Collection
Identifier: 0218-2
Abstract
The Yvonne Brathwaite Burke papers contain the records of the political activities of Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, University of Southern California Gould Law School alumna, state and federal legislator, and county official. Included in this collection are the records from Burke's second tenure on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors (1992-2008).
Dates:
1968 - 2008; Majority of material found within 1991 - 2008
Collection
Identifier: 6215
Abstract
A collection of screenplay drafts, research notes, subject files, correspondence, photographs, books, audio and video tapes, and one 16mm film compiled by Lorenzo DeStefano for a film about G. Allan Hancock's expeditions to the Galapagos Islands during 1930s. DeStefano never completed his film, but his research for the project--which began in the 1970s--forms a significant collection of documentation on the people and events involved in the Hancock Expeditions.
Dates:
1930s-1980s
Collection
Identifier: 1020
Scope and Contents
The Joe Diorio papers comprise material created and collected by Joseph Louis Diorio (August 6, 1936 - February 2, 2022), American jazz guitarist and former USC Thornton Studio Guitar program faculty member. The largest part of the collection consists of music composition notebooks with Diorio's handwritten compositions. Some of the compositions in the collection were created by or for Diorio's students as part of Diorio's teaching activities. The Joe Diorio papers also include photographs;...
Dates:
1965 - 2021
Collection
Identifier: 7022
Abstract
B. Kwaku Duren is a lawyer and long-time political, social and community activist in the Los Angeles area. He has served various institutions, among them the South-Central Office of the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles (LAFLA), the Union of Legal Services Workers of Los Angeles. He served as head of the Southern California Chapter of the Black Panther Party and chairman of the New Panther Vanguard Movement. He was co-editor-in-chief of The Black Panther International News Service. As a...
Dates:
1964 - 2012
Collection
Identifier: 0298
Abstract
The collection contains records of the activities of the First Century Families, especially centered on the planning and implementation of the group's annual luncheon. Considerable genealogical and biographical material is also contained herein. The collection also includes 22.4 gigabytes of audio and video files.
Dates:
1937 - 2009; Modified: 2013; Modified: 2015; Modified: 2017 – 2022
Collection
Identifier: 0341
Abstract
The collection consists of costumes, manuscripts, programs, photographs, and clippings pertaining to choreographer/dancer Saida Gerrard from the 1930s through the 1970s.
Dates:
1930 - 1980