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Allan Hancock Foundation archive
Collection
Identifier: 0257
Abstract
The Allan Hancock Foundation Archive contains records of the Foundation set up at the University of Southern California by G. Allan Hancock for the purpose of furthering oceanographic studies. These records also include those materials from the library and museum that were associated with the Foundation, as well some personal mementos of Captain Hancock's and the Hancock family. Also included are extensive records of the research ship Velero IV, as well as sound recordings, photographs and...
Dates:
1823 - 2005
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Chinese collection files
Collection
Identifier: 3342
Abstract
This collection consists of the inventories and notes related to the Chinese collections held by the University of Southern California's East Asian Library.
Dates:
Majority of material found within c. 20th century
Found in:
USC Libraries East Asian Library
Doheny family papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 5370
Abstract
The collection consists of clippings, photographs and photograph albums, legal documents and correspondence, created by and about various members of the Doheny family, including Lucy Estelle Doheny and her husband, Van Cott Niven; and legal documents, including copies of Lucy Estelle Doheny's birth certificate (box 1). Also included are color photographs of the Doheny chapel in Camarillo; photographs of various members of the Doheny family, including Ned Doheny; a copy of the New York Herald...
Dates:
1892-2005
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
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
Friends of the USC Libraries digital recordings and news clippings
Collection
Identifier: 5367
Abstract
Formed in 1953, Friends of the USC Libraries is an organization of people who support USC Libraries, whether it be by way of monetary donations or their commitment through work at the libraries. One of the aims of this organization is to enrich the cultural climate of the Southern California community at large.
University Archivist, Claude Zachary, digitized the recordings from June to August 2020 with the exception of the Mae West recordings, done in May 2019, and the Art Buchwald...
Dates:
1965 - 2021; Publication: 1965 - 1984; Modified: 2013; Modified: 2019 - 2021
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Japanese collection files
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 3371
Abstract
This collection consists of notes, correspondences, inventories, and such items helping to keep track of Japanese collections held by the University of Southern California's East Asian Library.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1990s-2000s
Found in:
USC Libraries East Asian Library
University of Southern California Libraries Administration records
Collection
Identifier: 0289
Abstract
This collection consists of the administrative files from the office of the University Librarian from 1968-2000.
Dates:
1968 - 2011
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
University of Southern California Library of Aeronautical History collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0050
Abstract
This collection consists of the University of Southern California Library of Aeronautical History collections including photographs, newspapers, ephemera, scrapbooks, and other information related to aeronautical history.
Dates:
1918 - 1971
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections