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Lillian I. Allard collection of California postcards

 Collection
Identifier: 0318
Abstract

The Lillian I. Allard collection of California postcards consists of 782 vintage postcards. The postcards are arranged geographically and cover such places as Los Angeles County, Orange County, the California Missions, Riverside County, the Mission Inn of Riverside, San Diego County, Imperial County, San Bernardino, mining towns, and other miscellaneous views and shots of people and places in and around California.

Dates: 1890s-1956
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Ronald J. Allen map collection

 Collection — Oversize-folder: 1
Identifier: 7124
Abstract

A collection of 28 topographic maps of different regions of California issued by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and printed between 1900 and 1947. All of the maps in this collection have been digitized by the USC Digital Library as part of the larger Historical California Topographical Maps collection (see the link under "Digital Material").

Dates: 1900 - 1947; Majority of material found within 1900 - 1905
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Allied Control Council broadsides

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 6085
Abstract The Allied Control Council or Allied Control Authority, also referred to as the Four Powers, was a military occupation governing body of the Allied Occupation Zones in Germany after the end of World War II in Europe. Following its establishment on August 30, 1945, the Council began issuing a series of laws, orders, proclamations and directives. The collection contains 13 broadsides and 2 gazettes issued by the Council beginning in 1945. The broadsides include Laws no. 1, 4, 5, 6, 15, 52...
Dates: circa 1945-1948
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Alpha Epsilon Delta California Alpha Chapter records

 Collection
Identifier: 5325
Abstract The Alpha Epsilon Delta California Alpha Chapter records, 1936-1993, consist of legal documents (constitution and by-laws), membership lists, correspondence, report, and conference proceedings created and collected by the fraternity. The records document the the history of Kappa Zeta, founding of the chapter at USC, the reestablishment of the chapter in the early 1950s, the planning of activities undertaken by the chapter, and the finances of the chapter. The USC Alpha Chapter of Alpha...
Dates: 1936-1993
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Alpha Kappa Delta records

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 5044
Abstract Alpha Kappa Delta is the International Sociology Honor Society founded in 1920 at the University of Southern California by sociology professor Dr. Emory S. Bogardus. He gathered a group of fourteen faculty and graduate students for the purpose of discussing research methods and findings, and to discuss research projects pertaining to sociology. The following year, Bogardus contacted a group of universities around the country, inviting them to form similar organizations. By 1924, three...
Dates: 1925-1927
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Alpha Tau Omega records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0273
Abstract

Records of the USC chapter of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, 1947-1988.

Dates: 1947 - 1988
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Walter B. Alsky papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 7043
Abstract Walter B. Alsky was born on June 30, 1917 in Foxboro, Massachusetts. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1941, and was assigned to the IV Fighter Command, Signal Headquarters, in Oakland, California. After his discharge in 1945, he returned to Monterey Park and marrked Victoria H. Sladik, from whom he was divorced by 1947. Alsky never remarried, but his obituary notes that he was survived by his domestic partner of 47 years, Cliff Bagwell, a hairstylist who operated a salon in Alhambra. Alsky...
Dates: 1930s-1950s
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

American advertising ephemera collection

 Collection
Identifier: 6067
Abstract

A collection of advertising fliers, brochures, booklets and catalogs for household appliances and products, all aimed specifically at women, dating from the 1860s to the 1930s. The collection includes trade catalogs for heating sources, stoves, porcelain sinks, vacuums, "wear-ever" cookware, carpet sweepers, irons, wringers, and "ready to eat" food products; fliers for labor-saving laundry soap, and a dryer that dries without a wringer; a commercial laundry price list; and brochures.

Dates: 1870s-1930s
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

American Literature audio collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 6236
Abstract

Spoken word recordings by Archibald MacLeish, T.S. Eliot, Carl Sandburg, Kenneth Rexroth, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and Allen Ginsberg.

Dates: circa 1930s-1970s
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

American literature broadsides collection

 Collection
Identifier: 6134
Abstract

This collection includes some of the broadsides and examples of fine press and letterpress printing collected by USC Libraries Special Collections for its American Literature Collection.

Dates: 1923 - 2018
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

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Notes 63
Memorandums 61
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Universities and colleges -- Students -- Archival resources 60
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History -- Archival resources 54
Photograph albums 51
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Posters 49
Universities and colleges -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- Archival resources 49
Administrative records 46
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Authors, American -- 20th century -- Archival resources 36
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Annual reports 25
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American literature 21
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University of Southern California 248
University of Southern California. School of Social Work 17
Feuchtwanger, Lion 10
Hearst Corporation 10
Los Angeles (Calif.). Police Department 9
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Feuchtwanger, Marta 8
Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955 8
Morse, Willard S. (Willard Samuel), 1856-1935 8
University of Southern California. School of Medicine 8
Mann, Heinrich 7
University of Southern California. Boeckmann Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies 7
Brown, Jerry, 1938- 6
Kleinsmid, Rufus Bernhard von, 1875-1964 6
Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968 6
United States. Army 6
Baum, Vicki, 1888-1960 5
Bogardus, Emory Stephen 5
California Social Welfare Archives 5
Eisler, Hanns 5
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence 5
Keck School of Medicine 5
Los Angeles County (Calif.). Dept. of Children and Family Services 5
Los Angeles Unified School District 5
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous) 5
Olympic Games. (23rd : 1984 : Los Angeles, Calif.) 5
Reagan, Ronald 5
Reinhardt, Max, 1873-1943 5
USC Thornton School of Music 5
United States. Navy 5
University of Southern California. Center for International Studies 5
University of Southern California. College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences 5
University of Southern California. School of Music 5
All Nations Foundation (Los Angeles, Calif.) 4
Brecht, Bertolt 4
Goldwater, Barry M. (Barry Morris) 4
Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920 4
KUSC (Radio station : Los Angeles, Calif.) 4
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 4
Kennedy, Robert F. 4
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 4
Los Angeles County (Calif.). Board of Supervisors 4
Salazar, Ruben, 1928-1970 4
Sample, Steven B., 1940-2016 4
United States. Congress 4
University of California, Los Angeles 4
University of Southern California. Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology 4
University of Southern California. General Alumni Association 4
University of Southern California. Library 4
Walt Disney Productions 4
Welfare Council of Metropolitan Los Angeles 4
Welfare Planning Council, Los Angeles Region 4
Yorty, Sam, 1909-1998 4
Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism (University of Southern California) 3
Berstl, Julius 3
Black Panther Party 3
Boyle, T. Coraghessan 3
Briseno, Theodore J. 3
California. Dept. of Transportation 3
California. Legislature. Assembly 3
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898 3
Chilcote, Ronald H. 3
Dieterle, William, 1893-1972 3
Frank, Liesl 3
Gates, Daryl F. 3
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997 3
Hancock, Allan, 1875- 3
Huxley, Aldous 3
Jewish Club of 1933 3
Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles 3
King, Rodney 3
Koon, Stacey C. 3
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) 3
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce 3
Los Angeles International Airport 3
Los Angeles Times (Firm) 3
McKibben, Robert A. (Robert Anderson) 3
Mierendorff, Marta 3
Mosk, Richard M. 3
Neumann, Alfred, 1895-1952 3
Olympic Games (10th : 1932 : Los Angeles, Calif.) 3
Pacific Electric Railway Company 3
Page, Thomas Nelson, 1853-1922 3
Powell, Laurence 3
Remarque, Erich Maria 3
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) 3
Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich) 3
Second Baptist Church (Los Angeles, Calif.) 3
Topping, Norman, 1908-1997 3
United States. Congress. House 3
University of Southern California. School of Cinematic Arts 3
University of Southern California. School of Dentistry 3
University of Southern California. School of International Relations 3
University of Southern California. School of Public Administration 3
University of Southern California. Trojan Marching Band 3
University of Southern California. Youth Studies Center 3
Van Dyke, Henry, 1852-1933 3
Widney, R. M. (Robert Maclay), 1838-1929 3
Wind, Timothy E. 3
Zumberge, James Herbert 3
Zweig, Arnold 3
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