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Aviation clippings scrapbook
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 6034
Abstract
The Aviation clippings scrapbook contains clippings, primarily from the the Los Angeles Times and the Los Angeles Examiner, 1924-1929, that document the development of aviation in the United States during that same period, including the aviation industry, aviation and the military, government policies, airplane design, airports, and aviation funding. Clippings from some other newspapers are also included (New York Times, Christian Science Monitor, other California newspapers). The...
Dates:
1924 - 1929
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Katherine Sui Fun Cheung scrapbook and videos
Collection
Identifier: 6241
Abstract
A collection of videos and a scrapbook relating to Katherine Sui Fun Cheung (1904-2003), the first Chinese woman to obtain an international flying license. The scrapbook was created by Cheung and her daughter Dorothy Leschenko and consists of photographs, newspaper clippings, copies of certificates and articles, and programs from air shows and other events documenting the life of Katherine Sui Fun Cheung. Cheung immigrated to the United States from China in 1921. After studying music at...
Dates:
1932 - 2016
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Robert J. Clark collection on aeronautical history
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 7027
Abstract
This collection consists of a scrapbooks containing photographs, articles, and clippings about aircraft and flying machines from around the world. These materials were collected by aircraft designer Robert J. Clark (1919-2009).
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1940s-1990s
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
James P. Henry papers
Collection — Box: 1-22
Identifier: 0276
Abstract
James P. Henry long enjoyed an international reputation in aviation medical research. His work included high-altitude research in the late 1940s and the 1950s. He taught at the USC School of Medicine.
Dates:
circa 1940s-1950s
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Mary Isabel Hill and John Lawler Costello collection on the USC College of Aeronautics
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 5372
Abstract
A collection of yearbooks, photographs, student rosters, and other material collected and/or created by Mary Isabel Hill and John Lawler Costello during their time as students at the University of Southern California College of Aeronautics at Hancock Field in Santa Maria, California. Prior to their time at the College of Aeronautics, both Mary and John served in the United States military during World War II -- Mary in the United States Naval Reserve (Women's Reserve), better known as the...
Dates:
1947 - 1950
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
John R. Hubbard papers
Collection
Identifier: 5009
Abstract
John R. Hubbard served as the eighth president of the University of Southern California from 1970 to 1980, during which time the university rose from 33rd to 19th in National Science Foundation rankings for federally sponsored research. During that decade, applications for admission to USC rose from 4,100 in 1970 to more than 11,000 in 1979, and the mean grade point average for admitted freshmen vaulted to 3.4 on a 4.0 scale. Prior to joining USC, Hubbard served as President of Newcomb...
Dates:
1935 - 1988
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Arthur Ronnie collection of Los Angeles aviation photographs
Collection
Identifier: 7088
Abstract
A collection of 264 early Los Angeles aviation photographs, including several of Amelia Earhart, Charles Lindbergh, and other pioneering pilots at the first National Air Races held in Los Angeles in September of 1928 at Mines Field (now the location of the Los Angeles International Airport). Arthur Ronnie--former Los Angeles Herald Examiner reporter and studio publicist--initially collected and identified the material in this collection. Also included are...
Dates:
1920 - 1972; Majority of material found within 1928 September 8 - 1928 September 16
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Theodore F. Schreier photograph album
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 7049
Abstract
Photograph album created by Capt. Theodore F. Schreier. Photographs depict aviation training at the Hancock College of Aeronautics in Santa Maria, CA, day to day activities of the soldiers, and views of the training grounds.
Dates:
circa 1940s
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Space Race tabletop game
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 6187
Abstract
The Space Race tabletop game is a midcentury educational game based on the Space Race of the 1950s and 1960s between the Soviet Union and the United States, housed inside of a hinged wooden box illustrated with planets and Soviet and U.S. rockets. Players are intended to use the game's revolving spring-loaded wooden launcher to launch small plastic rockets into target cups representing various planets and rockets. The Space Race officially began on August 2, 1955, when the Soviet Union...
Dates:
circa 1960s
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