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Katherine Sui Fun Cheung scrapbook and videos
Collection
Identifier: 6241
Abstract
A collection of videos and a scrapbook relating to Katherine Sui Fun Cheung (1904-2003), the first Chinese woman to obtain an international flying license. The scrapbook was created by Cheung and her daughter Dorothy Leschenko and consists of photographs, newspaper clippings, copies of certificates and articles, and programs from air shows and other events documenting the life of Katherine Sui Fun Cheung. Cheung immigrated to the United States from China in 1921. After studying music at...
Dates:
1932 - 2016
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Bill Einreinhofer China Archive
Collection
Identifier: 3380
Abstract
The Bill Einreinhofer China Archive comprises approximately 1,000 digital video, image, audio, and text files that Einreinhofer used to produce a series of public television documentaries covering modern China and Japan from 1910 to 2023. The collection includes the finished television programs, as well as unedited interviews and historic and scenic footage that were used in the documentaries. The collection also holds transcripts, footage logs, research material, and documentary overviews....
Dates:
1910 - 2023
Found in:
USC Libraries East Asian Library
Esther Feldman and Community Conservation Solutions records
Collection
Identifier: 7136
Abstract
The Esther Feldman and Community Conservation Solutions records document the work conducted by Esther Feldman and/or Community Conservation Solutions (CCS) from the 1980s through 2020. The collection focuses on two major subject areas: (i) ballot measures and campaigns creating public financing for park and conservation projects and (ii) land-based projects involving land acquisition, native habitat restoration, park creation, 'green' stormwater and urban runoff capture, planning projects,...
Dates:
1984 - 2022
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Los Angeles Institute for the Humanities recordings
Collection
Identifier: 5365
Abstract
The Los Angeles Institute for the Humanities (LAIH) was founded in 1998 to stimulate a cross-disciplinary exchange of ideas through events both on the USC campus and off-campus for Institute Fellows and their guests. LAIH hosts bimonthly lunches for fellows accompanied by lectures from guests representing a variety of disciplines. Steve Wasserman and Steve Ross served as the initial co-directors of the Institute. Ross initiated the practice of recording the talks given at the luncheons on an...
Dates:
1998 - 2021
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Los Angeles Master Chorale records
Collection
Identifier: 1022
Scope and Contents
The Los Angeles Master Chorale records range from 1951-2021, and contain the organizational files of the Los Angeles Master Chorale Association, formerly known as the Southern California Choral Music Association. The collection also contains audio recordings, video recordings, photographic materials, educational materials, press clippings, memorabilia, and ephemera related to the performances and organizational activities of the organization.
Dates:
1951 - 2021
Found in:
USC Libraries Music Library
Keith Royer collection on Southern California scootering and youth subculture
Collection
Identifier: 7139
Abstract
The Keith Royer collection on Southern California scootering and youth subculture documents several decades of vintage scooter culture and the diverse aspects of the subculture as it relates to music, fashion, politics, and youth communities. Keith Royer has been a scooter rider, collector, and bike mechanic since the mid-1980s and a patched club member of the Pharaohs Scooter Club of San Diego since 1995. The Pharaohs Scooter Cult was formed on December 23, 1993 at Hill Street Coffee House...
Dates:
1985 - 2022
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
USC Thornton School of Music records
Collection
Identifier: 0283
Abstract
The University of Southern California's music school was officially established in 1884, and conferred its first degrees in 1885. The records document many of the activities of the School from the late 19th to the early 21st centuries. Included are the papers (generally incomplete) of some of the School's notable personnel, including Max Swarthout, Raymond Kendall, Ellis Kohs, Pauline Alderman, and Walter F. Skeele; records of academic activities; records of student and alumni...
Dates:
1897 - 2017; Modified: 2017-2019, 2021
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections