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Theodore Hsi-en Chen papers
Collection
Identifier: 3266
Abstract
The Theodore Hsi-en Chen papers consist of administrative and faculty papers from Dr. Chen's chairing of the East Asian Studies Center and its predecessors from 1960 to 1971. The collection also includes material from the 1940s and 1950s, a scrapbook of newspaper clippings on Dr. Chen's career, photographic slides showing Theodore Chen and Wen Hui Chen's tour of Hong Kong and Southeast Asia in 1962, research reports and theses, and a photocopied biography of Theodore Chen. Lastly, the...
Dates:
circa 1940s-1971; 1991
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Chicano and Latino film collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0583
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of approximately 34 films relating to the study of the culture, history, and politics of the Chicano community. A scanned inventory listing films in the collection is accessible via the USC Digital Library (see the link on this finding aid). Grover Brooks, Maria Herrera, and Carlos Najera created the inventory in 1974. A circulating copy of the collection's inventory is also available via the USC Libraries catalog: "Peliculas : an annotated list of Chicano films in...
Dates:
1965 - 1973
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