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David Boulé interview with Wally G. Shidler
Collection
Identifier: 7120
Abstract
A collection of material relating to a series of interviews with Wally Shidler, conducted by David Boulé. Wally G. Shidler is a former motion picture engineer and collector of Southern California ephemera. David Boulé is an author, researcher, and collector of items and information relating to the California citrus industry. The interview sessions combined last approximately six hours and focus on Shidler's life and activities as a collector of materials on Los Angeles history, particularly...
Dates:
2016 - 2019
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
California manuscripts teaching collection
Collection
Identifier: 7108
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence, a property indenture, and a store ledger relating to California history from various sources, assembled under one collection for ease of access and use in USC Libraries Special Collections instruction. The earliest item in the collection is an 1850 letter written by T. R. Billings, a California gold seeker, to his wife, Elizabeth Billings, back home in New York. Billings' letter describes the hardships and financial troubles experienced by many who...
Dates:
1850 - 1927
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Edward L. Klein photographs
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 7004
Abstract
Collection consists of medium format snapshots and photographs of Los Angeles during the 1960s and early 1970s by photographer Edward L. Klein (1907-1984).
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1960-1970s
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections