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CCNMA: Latino Journalists of California records
Collection
Identifier: 0577
Scope and Contents
The CCNMA: Latino Journalists of California records comprise the organizational records of the non-profit, professional organization currently known as CCNMA: Latino Journalists of California. CCNMA, formerly known as the California Chicano News Media Association, promotes diversity in news media by providing encouragement, scholarships, and educational programs for Latinos pursuing careers in journalism. CCNMA was founded in 1972 in Los Angeles, California. The CCNMA records consist of...
Dates:
1972 - 2017
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Center for Feminist Research records
Collection
Identifier: 5330
Abstract
The Center for Feminist Research works with the Gender Studies Program at USC to create research opportunities for the study of women, gender, and feminism. The USC Center for Feminist Research records consists of office files, ephemera, reports, grant applications, and corresponence, 1987-2010, documenting the activities of the Center and its predecessor, the Institute for the Study of Women and Men. Included is information about specific fellowship programs and prizes, newsletters,...
Dates:
1987-2016
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Central Christian Church of Los Angeles records
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 7158
Abstract
The Central Christian Church of Los Angeles records consists of founding doccuments, correspondence, financial records, membership lists, photographs, and meeting minutes documenting the history of the church from its founding in 1886 to 1956. The Central Christian Church of Los Angeles was founded in 1886 as the First Christian Mission. It met at various locations near downtown Los Angeles, eventually finding a permanent home at 410 East 31st Street where it remained until it closed in...
Dates:
1886 - 1956
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Century Freeway records
Collection
Identifier: 0228
Abstract
Century Freeway, officially named the I-105 Glenn M. Anderson (Century) Freeway Transitway, extends for 17.3 miles in a west-east direction, from Sepulveda Blvd near the Los Angeles International Airport to the I-605 Freeway. The freeway traverses nine cities in the County of Los Angles and interchanges with four freeways: Interstate Routes 405, 110, 710, and 605. Planning for the Century Freeway began in 1958 and it took 35 years to build. The freeway opened to the public in 1993. The...
Dates:
1966 - 1993
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Helen Paik Chen papers
Collection
Identifier: 3350
Abstract
This collection consists of the papers and photographs of Helen Paik Chen.
Dates:
Majority of material found within c. 20th century
Found in:
USC Libraries East Asian Library
China Society of Southern California records
Collection
Identifier: 3311
Abstract
The China Society of Southern California was founded in 1935 as a non-profit cultural organization and is the oldest Sino-American organization of its kind in the United States. The records of the China Society consist primarily of correspondence, board meeting minutes, the Bulletin of the China Society, and financial records. There are also materials surrounding events held by both the China Society and neighboring organizations, foundation documents, articles and clippings, as well as...
Dates:
1935 - 2015
Found in:
USC Libraries East Asian Library
Arden H. Christensen papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 5115
Abstract
This collection consists of the papers and photographs of University of Southern California alumnus Arden H. Christensen.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1920s-1960s
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Carl Quimby Christol papers
Collection
Identifier: 5323
Abstract
Carl Quimby Christol, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Political Science in USC's Dornsife College (on faculty from 1949-1987) was a pioneer in the field of international space law. The papers consist of materials documenting his time at the University of Chicago, personal activities, and items collected by Christolduring his time in the Army during World War II. The bulk of the collection documents Christol's tenure on the faculty at USC, and covers topics related to his area of...
Dates:
1931-2004, undated
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Church of Scientology publications, correspondence, and other material
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 6275
Scope and Contents
A collection of printed and manuscript materials gathered and written by an unidentified New York woman in her early twenties while she was exploring the Church of Scientology during the 1960s. The collection includes 18 printed publications, 13 mimeographed policy letters and other memoranda from the Hubbard Communications Office, three completed "Personality Analysis" self evaluations, a two-page typed manuscript describing the woman's "gains from first auditing...
Dates:
1963 - 1967
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Citizens Committee to Save Elysian Park records
Collection
Identifier: 0320
Abstract
The Citizens Committee to Save Elysian Park was founded in 1965 to organize public and official awareness and to raise support to preserve the park land as public open space, and to develop it for recreational activities. The mission and efforts of this vibrant "grass roots" organization are ongoing, and the Committee will continue to add materials which document its activities. The collection consists of fifteen boxes of records dating back to the Committee's early history in the 1960s. ...
Dates:
1965 - 2019
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections