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Imperial Valley photograph album

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 7012
Abstract

"Photographs of the Imperial Valley, San Diego County, California" consists of 105 photographs depicting the Imperial Valley and its farmlands and towns, circa 1904. The album was a gift from the Emerson Realty Company of Los Angeles to G.A. Parkyns, Freight and Pass Agent of the Southern Pacific Railroad.

Dates: circa 1904
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

John F. Merritt Southern California memorabilia and ephemera collection

 Collection
Identifier: 7103
Abstract

A collection of Southern California memorabilia and ephemera collected by John F. Merritt, founder of Californians for Preservation Action and its successor organization, California Preservation Foundation (CPF). The collection contains postcards, pamphlets, magazines, produce crate labels, prints, comic books, illustrations, and countercultural political materials created between 1899 and 2005, with the bulk of the collection spanning from 1910 to 1970.

Dates: 1899 - 2005; Majority of material found within 1910 - 1970
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

National Training Institute for Farmers' Organizations (NTIFO) certificates

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 3382
Abstract

Collection consists of certificates issued by Taiwan’s National Training Institute for Farmers’ Organizations.

Dates: 1951 - 1970
Found in: USC Libraries East Asian Library

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

John G. and Corrine Tomlinson collection of Southern California photographs, postcards, and memorabilia

 Collection
Identifier: 7115
Abstract The collection consists of photographs depicting landscapes, portraits, and businesses in Southern California between 1875 and 1950; Los Angeles and Southern California maps and promotional booklets dating from 1880 to 1940; and approximately 5,250 postcards relating to Southern California dating from 1880 to 1940. John G. Tomlinson, Jr. and Corrine Tomlinson began collecting the material circa the early 1990s. The collection also includes a large format photograph by H. T. Payne of Benjamin...
Dates: 1875 - 1950
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

University of Southern California Student Thesis papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 5047
Abstract

This collection consists of theses written by USC students from 1910 through the 1930s within the Economics department and the newly founded Sociology Department.

Dates: 1910-1930s
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

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Agriculture -- California, Southern -- Archival resources 4
Photographic postcards 2
Postcards 2
Postcards -- California, Southern -- 20th century -- Archival resources 2
Agriculture 1
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Agriculture -- Imperial Valley (Calif. and Mexico) -- Photographs 1
Alternative comics 1
California, Southern -- History -- Archival resources 1
California, Southern -- History -- Maps 1
California, Southern -- Photographs 1
Certificates 1
Cities and towns -- Imperial Valley (Calif. and Mexico) -- Photographs 1
Citrus crate labels -- California, Southern -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
Comic books 1
Correspondence 1
Crate labels 1
Economic development -- Imperial Valley (Calif. and Mexico) -- Photographs 1
Economics -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
Ephemera 1
Financial records 1
Fruit crate labels -- California, Southern -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
Graphic arts -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 1
Imperial Valley (Calif. and Mexico) -- Photographs 1
Imperial Valley (Calif. and Mexico) -- Social life and customs -- Photographs 1
Irrigation -- Imperial Valley (Calif. and Mexico) -- Photographs 1
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Archival resources 1
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Social life and customs -- Photographs 1
Magazines (periodicals) 1
Maps 1
Memorabilia 1
Pamphlets 1
Photograph albums 1
Photographs 1
Popular culture -- California, Southern -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
Postcards -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 1
Postcards -- California -- Pasadena -- Archival resources 1
Printed ephemera 1
Prints 1
Promotional materials 1
Railroads -- Buildings and structures -- Imperial Valley (Calif. and Mexico) -- Photographs 1
Railroads -- Imperial Valley (Calif. and Mexico) -- Photographs 1
Ranches -- Imperial Valley (Calif. and Mexico) -- Photographs 1
Real estate development -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
Reports 1
Sociology -- Research -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 1
Sociology -- Study and teaching -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 1
Taipei (Taiwan) 1
Thesis and dissertation 1
Universities and colleges -- Students -- Archival resources 1
Water-supply -- Imperial Valley (Calif. and Mexico) -- Photographs 1
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Language
English 5
Chinese 1
 
Names
Bogardus, Emory Stephen 1
Hunt, Rockwell Dennis 1
Merritt, John F., 1942-2016 1
National Training Institute for Farmers' Organizations (Taiwan) 1
R.A. Rowan & Co. 1
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Rowan, Louis R. 1
Rowan, Robert A., 1875-1918 1
Rowan, Robert A., 1910-1995 1
Tomlinson, Corrine 1
Tomlinson, John G., Jr. 1
University of Southern California 1
William Wilson Co. (Firm) 1
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