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Lichtig & Englander letters
Collection
Identifier: 6051
Abstract
Letters to the Hollywood agency Lichtig & Englander, many addressed directly to Harry Lichtig, from novelists, screenwriters, editors, actors and actresses. Some of the letters have notes inscribed by the firm regarding action taken. The letters describe the routine business activities of Hollywood agents during the period 1920s-1950s, particularly in regard to the buying and selling of scripts.
Dates:
1923 - 1951
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Doc Merman papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2678
Abstract
Collection consists of photographs and correspondence belonging to production manager and producer Doc Merman (1900-1979).
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1930s-1960s
Found in:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Annette Moore papers
Collection
Identifier: 5284
Abstract
The Annette Moore papers consist of research materials used to write “The University of Southern California: 1880-2005,” the 125th Anniversary history book of USC, which covers the years 1880-2005. The collection consists of emails, clippings, photocopies, bound copies, drafts, notes, and correspondence. Annette Moore served as co-writer of “The University of Southern California: 1880-2005,” and as Director of Web, Special, and Communications Projects at USC University Communications from...
Dates:
circa 2005
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
R.A. Rowan & Co. records
Collection
Identifier: 0373
Abstract
R.A. Rowan & Co. was one of the Los Angeles area's earliest and most long-lived real estate development firms, spanning almost a hundred years of the twentieth century. Robert A. Rowan was responsible for founding the company in 1904; the company remained in family hands for many generations until it finally folded in the late 1990s. By then, the original real estate company had expanded into several other ventures including property management, agriculture, insurance, thoroughbred...
Dates:
1904-1999
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Gregory Freeman Stone collection on the Robert F. Kennedy assassination
Collection
Identifier: 0241
Abstract
The collection includes files accumulated by Gregory Freemen Stone during his investigation into the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy.
Dates:
1944 - 1992
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
George Harrison Whitney collection on Winston Churchill and Los Angeles
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 7026
Abstract
George Harrison Whitney's research and correspondence regarding a visit made by Winston Churchill to Los Angeles in 1929. The collection includes newspaper clippings, mostly from the Los Angeles Times, that range from the 1920s to the 1980s. Winston Churchill spent three weeks in California in September of 1929, his only visit to the American West. He arrived in Los Angeles on September 17th, spending nine nights in the Los Angeles area. The purpose of the trip, which started in Seattle and...
Dates:
1920s-1980s
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections