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Center for Feminist Research records
Collection
Identifier: 5330
Abstract
The Center for Feminist Research works with the Gender Studies Program at USC to create research opportunities for the study of women, gender, and feminism. The USC Center for Feminist Research records consists of office files, ephemera, reports, grant applications, and corresponence, 1987-2010, documenting the activities of the Center and its predecessor, the Institute for the Study of Women and Men. Included is information about specific fellowship programs and prizes, newsletters,...
Dates:
1987-2016
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Century Freeway records
Collection
Identifier: 0228
Abstract
Century Freeway, officially named the I-105 Glenn M. Anderson (Century) Freeway Transitway, extends for 17.3 miles in a west-east direction, from Sepulveda Blvd near the Los Angeles International Airport to the I-605 Freeway. The freeway traverses nine cities in the County of Los Angles and interchanges with four freeways: Interstate Routes 405, 110, 710, and 605. Planning for the Century Freeway began in 1958 and it took 35 years to build. The freeway opened to the public in 1993. The...
Dates:
1966 - 1993
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Church of Scientology publications, correspondence, and other material
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 6275
Scope and Contents
A collection of printed and manuscript materials gathered and written by an unidentified New York woman in her early twenties while she was exploring the Church of Scientology during the 1960s. The collection includes 18 printed publications, 13 mimeographed policy letters and other memoranda from the Hubbard Communications Office, three completed "Personality Analysis" self evaluations, a two-page typed manuscript describing the woman's "gains from first auditing...
Dates:
1963 - 1967
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Civic Affairs magazine collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 5227
Abstract
This collection contains various issues of "Civic Affairs," a newsletter published by the Civic Affairs Council of the University of Southern California School of Government and Department of Political Science.
Dates:
1934 April-1943 January
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Collection on conscientious objectors
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 6270
Abstract
A collection of brochures, newsletters, political questionnaires, pamphlets, position papers, and other material published by a variety of American organizations from throughout the country supporting citizens who claim the right to refuse to perform military service on the grounds of freedom of thought, conscience, or religion. A portion of the collection includes newspapers published by conscientious objectors (COs) held at internment camps set up by the U.S. government during World War...
Dates:
1939 - 1946
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Margaret Cressaty collection of San Quentin Library materials
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 6286
Abstract
The collection consists of newsletters, printed ephemera, correspondence, programs and miscellaneous other publications created by and for the library and prisoners at San Quentin prison. Margaret Cressaty was a medical librarian based on Southern California. At the time this collection was created, she was the Librarian at the College of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons in Los Angeles. Her correspondent was Herman K. Spector, at that time the Librarian at San Quentin prison. The two...
Dates:
1958-1959
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Gladys H. Culp papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 0408
Abstract
This collection consists of material documenting Gladys Culp’s undergraduate and graduate work at USC, and materials related to her career in social work with the Bureau of Public Assistance of the County of Los Angeles, especially in the 1960s.
Dates:
1941 - 1968
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Das Blatt newsletter collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 6224
Abstract
Three issues of the newsletter, Das Blatt, published in Bogotá, Colombia by the Asociación Israelita Montefiore. The issues are dated: 1966 November 30; 1968 March 1; and 2019 November. The full title on the two issues from the 1960s is: "Das Blatt: Mitteilungen der Asociación Israelita Montefiore (AIM)." The 2019 issue is an 80 year anniversary edition. The Asociación Israelita Montefiore is an association for the Masorti Jewish community in...
Dates:
1966 November 30; 1968 March 1; 2019 November
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Jessie E. Dean papers
Collection
Identifier: 0410
Abstract
Jessie E. Dean was employed by the Los County Department of Charities from 1919 to 1943, and served as Supervisor in the successive Divisions of Outdoor Relief, County Welfare and Indigent Relief. A citation of appreciation from her fellow workers, found in this collection, noted that she was the first, or "near first" trained social worker to practice in Los Angeles. Certainly she was a founding member of the Los Angeles Chapter of the American Association of Social Workers, begun in 1923,...
Dates:
1916 - 1960
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Exceptional Children's Foundation records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0494
Abstract
In 1946, a small group of parents in Los Angeles pooled their resources to create a daycare program for their children with developmental disabilities. The following year, the Exceptional Children's Foundation was incorporated with its mission as providing the highest quality services for children who are challenged with developmental, learning, and emotional disabilities--empowering them to reach their greatest potential. Over the years, the mission and vision of the Foundation...
Dates:
1946-2002
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections