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California clippings collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 7001
Abstract



This collection of primarily California-related materials was the provenance of Mrs. Walter K. Towers, with some materials from Berenice Towers. Over the span of more than forty years, they saved clippings, magazines, small publications, maps, and other ephemera chiefly on California with an emphasis on Southern California.

Dates: 1945s-1980s; Majority of material found in 1950s-1960s

Los Angeles Corral of Westerners records

 Collection
Identifier: 0117
Abstract

The Los Angeles Corral of the Westerners was founded in 1946 and promotes the study and understanding of Western history through publications and events. This collection contains correspondence, financial and publication records, photographs, artifacts, scrapbooks and drafts of articles documenting the history of the Los Angeles Corral of the Westerners.

Dates: 1946 - 2019

Harry F. Maidenberg scrapbooks

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 0069
Abstract

This collection contains six scrapbooks containing clippings, photographs, and ephemera documenting the early history of California. The scrapbooks were compiled by Harry F. Maidenberg, who was an insurance salesman in Los Angeles.

Dates: 1950 - 1960

Ralph Rodgers and Percy Turner Circus collection

 Collection
Identifier: 0388
Abstract The Ralph Rodgers and Percy Turner Circus Collection documents the collective interests of a circus model builder/ miniature circus owner and a real circus owner who became friends and whose circus memorabilia ended up with a mutual friend who donated them to USC. The collection contains ephemera, correspondence, photographs, books, records, costumes, and a large amount of circus model plans and drawings kept by Ralph Rodgers. A portion of the collection represents the history of the...
Dates: 1930s-1980s

Society of California Pioneers records

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 6095
Abstract

This small collection consists of documents produced by the Society of California Pioneers in support of election activities. The Society of California Pioneers established in 18590 in San Francisco, and was dedicated to the study and enjoyment of the art, history, and culture of California.

Dates: 1888-1915

Zamorano and Roxburghe Clubs publications and printed ephemera

 Collection
Identifier: 0134
Abstract

Keepsakes, bibliographies, and printed ephemera produced and collected by members of the Zamorano and Roxburghe Clubs. The two bibliophilic societies have sponsored the printing of announcements, keepsakes, and letterpress items by their members, to be distributed amongst the memberships as souvenirs and gifts at their joint biannual meetings.

Dates: 1833 - 2018; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1988

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California -- History -- Archival resources 4
Clippings (information artifacts) 3
Ephemera 3
Photographs 3
Printed ephemera 3
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Correspondence 2
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History -- Archival resources 2
Postcards 2
Scrapbooks 2
African American business enterprises -- California -- San Diego -- Archival resources 1
Amusements -- California -- History -- Archival resources 1
Audiocassettes 1
Audiotapes 1
Bibliographies 1
Book collectors -- California -- Archival resources 1
Branding Iron 1
Brochures 1
California -- History -- Periodicals 1
California, Southern -- History -- Archival resources 1
California, Southern -- History -- Maps 1
California, Southern -- History, Local -- Archival resources 1
Circus -- California -- La Jolla -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
Circus -- California -- Lakeside -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
Circus -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
Circus -- Florida -- Sarasota -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
Circus wagons -- Archival resources 1
Clowns -- Archival resources 1
Costumes (character dress) 1
Cowboys -- Poetry -- Archival resources 1
Death Valley National Park (Calif. and Nev.) -- Archival resources 1
Disneyland (Calif.) -- Archival resources 1
Drawings (visual works) 1
Frontier and pioneer life -- United States -- Periodicals 1
Keepsakes (books) 1
La Jolla (San Diego, Calif.) -- History -- Archival resources 1
Leaflets (printed works) 1
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History -- Periodicals 1
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Newspapers -- Archival resources 1
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Social life and customs -- Archival resources 1
Magazines (periodicals) 1
Mission Inn -- Postcards 1
Missions -- California -- Archival resources 1
Missions, Spanish -- California -- History -- Archival resources 1
Page proofs 1
Parks -- California -- Los Angeles County -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 1
Phonograph records 1
Popular culture -- California, Southern -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
Posters 1
Printing -- Specimens -- Archival resources 1
Private clubs -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 1
Publications (documents) 1
San Fernando Valley (Calif.) -- History -- Archival resources 1
Santa Monica (Calif.) -- Archival resources 1
Slides (photographs) 1
Small press books -- California -- Archival resources 1
Social history -- Societies and clubs -- Social aspects -- Archival resources 1
Societies -- California -- History -- Archival resources 1
Tourist maps. 1
United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
Videotapes 1
West (U.S.) -- History -- Archival resources 1
West (U.S.) -- History -- Societies, etc. 1
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Names
Nunis, Doyce B. (Doyce Blackman), 1924-2011 2
Big Apple Circus 1
Blew, Robert 1
Bliss, Carey S. 1
Britzman, Homer E. (Homer Elwood), 1901-1953 1