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Robert Ignatius Burns papers
Collection
Identifier: 0595
Abstract
The Robert Ignatius Burns papers contain three boxes of Burns' personal papers, four boxes of his collected manuscripts, and 21 boxes of his collected pamphlets. The manuscripts date between 1212 and 1608. The majority of the manuscripts originate from Spain and are written in Latin or Catalan, but one manuscript is from Rome. Robert Ignatius Burns (1921-2008) was a scholar of medieval history who taught at the University of San Francisco and the University of California Los Angeles.
Dates:
1212 - 2008
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
California Missions collection of inventories, reports, and other material
Collection
Identifier: 0374
Abstract
The twenty-one documents in this collection, primarily inventories, account books, and annual reports from five California missions, show economic and social aspects of life at the missions. The documents, written in Spanish and dated from 1791-1846, provide information about the people living and working at the missions, including numbers of baptisms, marriages, births, and deaths; number and kinds of livestock and crops; descriptions of property and buildings; and accountings of debits and...
Dates:
1791-1846, undated
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Records on the Investigation of the Homicide of Ruben Salazar
Collection
Identifier: 0548
Abstract
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department's Records on the Investigation of the Homicide of Ruben Salazar contain documents maintained by the Sheriff's Department for more than forty years pertaining to preparations for, and responses to, the National Chicano Moratorium march and rally, among the largest anti-Vietnam War protests in Los Angeles, held on August, 29, 1970, in East Los Angeles. Also documented is the tragic aftermath--the ensuing riot, significant damages, complaints about...
Dates:
1970 - 1974; 1998; 2011 - 2012; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1971
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Spanish notarial documents
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 6173
Abstract
A bound collection of documents that together make up a log of entries made by notaries in Granada, Spain.
Dates:
circa 1670s-1680s
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Veyga family papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 0542
Abstract
This collection chiefly contains official correspondence and legal documents of the Veyga family (also spelled Veiga) and related family members in Cuba and later Argentina, dating from the late-18th to the late-19th centuries. Materials include legal, business, political, and governmental documents of multiple generations, as well as papers of Dr. Francisco de Veyga (1866-1948), primarily reflecting his involvement with the Cuban Independence Movement in the 1890s, including international...
Dates:
1773 - 1898
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections