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Collection on conscientious objectors
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 6270
Abstract
A collection of brochures, newsletters, political questionnaires, pamphlets, position papers, and other material published by a variety of American organizations from throughout the country supporting citizens who claim the right to refuse to perform military service on the grounds of freedom of thought, conscience, or religion. A portion of the collection includes newspapers published by conscientious objectors (COs) held at internment camps set up by the U.S. government during World War...
Dates:
1939 - 1946
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Heppenstall Company anti-Nazi poster
Item — Oversize-folder: 1
Identifier: 6268
Abstract
A poster titled "A Nazi is smart... he invents new ways to save time and raw materials. It's you against him." The poster was issued by the Heppenstall Company, Steel Forgings, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The poster measures 62 by 47 centimeters and depicts a Nazi officer looking over plans from a draftsman with a Nazi flag in the background. The poster is undated, but other institutions that hold the poster--including the Hoover Institution Library & Archives and the...
Dates:
1943
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Johnny Tolbert letters
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 6089
Abstract
The Johnny Tolbert letters is a collection of 151 letters and four Western Union telgrams sent from United States Army soldier Johnny Tolbert (1924-1989), also known as Johnnie Clifton or J.C., to Ruth Mae Clennell (1925-2000) from San Pedro, California between 1943-1946. Tolbert met Clennell on September 2, 1943, the night before his deployment to the South Pacific. Tolbert's love and affection for Clennell and his feelings of homesickness are the main themes of the letters,...
Dates:
1943-1946
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Rusty Morris collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2375
Abstract
This collection consists of the autobiography, music recordings on audiotape, vinyl records, and books of American actor, Roland "Rusty" Morris (1922-1986). There are seven special edition "Time" magazines from 1944 and 1945 about World War II. Books include those about playwright and performer Noel Coward (1889-1973).
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1940s-1960s
Found in:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
L.A. Murillo papers
Collection
Identifier: 0501
Abstract
The L.A. Murillo papers document the life of Louis Andrew Murillo (1922- ), including his service in the Air Force during World War II, his tenure as a professor of Spanish literature and Cervantes scholar at the University of California, Berkeley, and his service as a bilingual volunteer for the California Highway Patrol and the Los Angeles Police Department. Also included in this collection are the Spanish, English and bilingual pamphlets and flyers which document Spanish language usage...
Dates:
1932 - 2012
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Ying Ong papers and tapes
Collection
Identifier: 3344
Abstract
This collection consists of Ying Ong Sr.'s correspondences, biography, photographs, audio tapes, and book of poetry.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1940s-1970s
Found in:
USC Libraries East Asian Library
Pacifica Views newsletters and records
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 7143
Abstract
A collection of 100 issues of Pacifica Views, a four-page newsletter published at Conscientious Objector (CO) Camp Number 76 in Glendora, California. A group of men, referring to themselves as "Pacifica Associates of Glendora" started the "independent weekly pacifist publication" during World War II. This collection begins with Volume 1, Number 8, issued on July 30, 1943, and ends with Volume 3, Number 43, issued on March 29, 1946. Also...
Dates:
1943 - 1947
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Poets Garden records
Collection
Identifier: 0110
Abstract
The Poets Garden records contains publications, letters, diaries, and memorabilia of the literary group created by Los Angeles poet Ruth Le Prade. The collection also contains materials relating to the poet Edwin Markham (1852-1940) and the labor and socialist activist Eugene Debs.
Dates:
1876-1971
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
World War II collection of posters
Collection
Identifier: 0078
Abstract
Collection consists of posters promoting American values and the war effort, 1941-45; pamphlets and ephemera.
Dates:
1941 - 1945
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections