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Charles Higham collection
Collection
Identifier: 2165
Abstract
This collection consists of Charles Higham's (1931-2012) research and papers for his biographies and investigative journalism. Higham was an English journalist and biographer who moved to the United States in 1969. He wrote biographies of celebrities as well as books about Nazis in the United States. This collection includes research he did for his books, including: "Trading with the Enemy: The Nazi American Money Plot 1933-1949" (1983), "Errol Flynn: The Untold Story" (1980), "Orson Welles:...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1920s-1990s
Found in:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Homefront records
Collection
Identifier: 0247
Abstract
The collection contains research materials, administrative files, audiotape interviews, and film reels from a project by the USC Department of History for a book and PBS television special entitled The Homefront : America during World War II, compiled by Mark Jonathan Harris, Franklin D. Mitchell, and Steven J. Schechter. The book was published in 1984, and the show was broadcast in 1985. The project was a collection of first-person accounts of ordinary citizens describing their experiences...
Dates:
1980s
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Ann Sperber papers
Collection
Identifier: 2346
Abstract
This collection consists of the papers of writer Ann Sperber (1935-1994), including her research for the biographies she wrote, including "Bogart," as well as legal research.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1960s-1980s
Found in:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library