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All Nations Foundation Child Welfare Clinic photograph album
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 7156
Abstract
A photograph album from 1935 showing the work of the Child Welfare Clinic, a project of the Los Angeles-based All Nations Foundation, then one of the largest non-governmental social welfare organizations in Los Angeles. The All Nations Foundation, founded in 1918, purchased land and buildings and equipped gymnasiums, playgrounds, libraries, and medical clinics in East Los Angeles for a community where three-fourths of the families were on public assistance. The album also documents a...
Dates:
1935
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Thelma Becker papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 7162
Scope and Contents
The Thelma Becker papers consist of photographs, correspondence, press releases, newspaper articles, personal cards, and other material belonging to the Los Angeles businesswoman and resident of the Biltmore Hotel, Thelma Jane Becker (1913-2004). Becker moved to Los Angeles from New York in 1940 to establish retail partners in western states for Barbizon, a company that manufactured fabrics and sold dress slips. As soon as she arrived, Becker took up residence in the landmark Biltmore Hotel...
Dates:
1970 - 1995
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Harry L. Ettinger papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 3333
Abstract
The Harry L. Ettinger papers contain correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, collected publications, and other material belonging to American philanthropist Harry L. Ettinger. In 1966, Ettinger--then serving as the director of the American-Korean Foundation--established a leprosy rehabilitation center in southeastern Seoul known as Ettinger Village. Ettinger was also a close associate of Syngman Rhee, who served as the first president of South Korea from 1948 to 1960. The Harry L....
Dates:
1950 - 1970
Found in:
USC Libraries East Asian Library
Filipino American Library collection
Collection
Identifier: 6235
Abstract
The Filipino American Library collection consists of materials owned by the Filipino American Library in Historic Filipinotown that were transferred to the University of Southern California Special Collections in 2017. The collection is currently divided into two categories: (i) digitized material and (ii) minimally processed material. The digitized material consists of lantern slides, bound volumes, photographic prints, maps, and other materials that the USC Digital Library digitized and...
Dates:
1910 - 2015
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Foley and Sepulveda family papers
Collection
Identifier: 7042
Abstract
The Foley and Sepulveda family papers consists of letters, diaries, photographs, photograph albums, books, legal documents and ephemera, 1850-1953 and undated, created and collected by various members of the Sepulveda and Foley families. The bulk of the collection consists of materials created and collected by William I. (W.I.) Foley and his daughter Viola Lillian Foley Morrow. Also included are some items from Foley's wife Sara Dolores Sepulveda, their children Zoraya, Rupert, and Elsa...
Dates:
1850-1953, undated
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Arlien Johnson papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 5113
Abstract
This collection consists of the papers, photographs, and personal materials of American social work educator and researcher Arlien Johnson (1894-1988).
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1920s-1970s
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Ken Klein collection of Korean American history
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 3384
Abstract
This collection consists of Korean American history through photographs, printed ephemera, interviews, correspondences, slides, and audio from the 1940s to the 2010s.
Dates:
1945 - 2018
Found in:
USC Libraries East Asian Library
Pearl McCroskey papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 5362
Abstract
This collection consists of the papers and photographs of Pearl McCroskey, Phi Beta sorority member, alumna and secretary of the College of Music at the University of Southern California.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1890s-1950s
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
McElmurry and Larrinaga family papers
Collection
Identifier: 7122
Abstract
A collection of family papers documenting two generations of the McElmurry and Larrinaga family. Mario Larrinaga immigrated from Mexico to Los Angeles and--in collaboration with his brother Juan Larrinaga--worked as a designer, art director, and painter of set backgrounds in Hollywood, working at RKO Pictures, Universal, and other major film studios. Larrinaga is most recognized for painting the set backgrounds for the original King Kong (1933) film. After...
Dates:
1920 - 2005
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Osborne-Montague family papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0190
Abstract
The Osborne-Montague family papers contains the papers of multiple generations of the Osborne and Montague families, as well as of the families they married into (primarily the Tingstads and the Caleffs). Rodney Montague moved to Los Angeles in 1853, while Henry Zenas Osborne moved to the area in 1878. Montague was a farmer; Osborne owned the Los Angeles Evening Express and was a Congressman for California's 10th Congressional District from 1917 until his death in 1923. His son, Henry...
Dates:
1847 - 1992; Majority of material found within 1890 - 1945
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections