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Watts Writers' Workshop stories, lesson books, and other material
Collection
Identifier: 0177
Abstract
The Watts Writers’ Workshop was founded in 1965 by Budd Schulberg. This collection contains clippings about the workshop and works by Jimmie Sherman, one of the Workshop’s members.
Dates:
1966 - 1993
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
George Harrison Whitney papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 7005
Abstract
This collection cosists primarily of information on the Van Nuys and Lankershim families, pioneers in Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley, and the development of the Valley. George Harrison Whitney was President of the Van Nuys Foundation.
Dates:
1897-1963, undated
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Carol Mass Winn papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 5271
Abstract
This collection consists of one copy of "Los Angeles Cookery" (1881), with clippings enclosed; a copy of an article from the Los Angeles Times (8/24/1980) on the cookbook; issues of "Wampus," magazine (12/1944, 2/1945, 1/1946, and 4-5/1947) published the USC Associated Students.
Dates:
1944 - 1947; 1881; 1980
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
William Yee films of Watts and East Los Angeles
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 7132
Abstract
The William Yee films of Watts and East Los Angeles consist of four 16mm films and one U-matic videotape of neighborhood footage of Watts and East Los Angeles, recorded by Dr. William Yee in the 1960s and 1970s. The videotape of Watts focuses on street scenes circa 1963, just prior to the Watts Riots of 1965, including footage of the Watts Towers. The East Los Angeles footage, which Yee titled "East LA Estrada," was filmed circa 1970-1971. The East Los Angeles footage shows Chicano murals in...
Dates:
1963 - 1971
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Zobelein family collection
Collection
Identifier: 7009
Abstract
The Zobelein family collection consists of photographs, maps, clippings, ephemera, and realia that documents the history of the Zobelein family and the brewing industry in Los Angeles in the late 19th and 20th centuries. The collection includes images of the Zobelein family house and descriptions of the real estate tracts owned by the Zobeleins; publications, photographs and ephemera documenting the Zobelein family business, the Los Angeles Brewing Company; and recollections and reports...
Dates:
1856-2006
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections