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Howard Rieder papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0147
Abstract
The collection consists of audiotape recordings and CD transfers of original KUSC-FM broadcasts, 1948-1952, and scripts of several broadcasts; and research materials for Rieder's 1961 master's thesis, "The Development of the Satire of Mr. Magoo." These latter include CDs of audio interviews of UPA (United Productions of America) producer Stephen Bosustow, director Pete Burness, and actor Jerry Hauser, as well as transcripsts of the interviews and notes from a meeting with director Bobo...
Dates:
1948 - 1961
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Edana Romney papers
Collection
Identifier: 0256
Abstract
The Edana Romney papers consists almost exclusively of Ms. Romney's research materials for her unproduced screenplay on the life of Sir Richard Burton. Included are journals, notebooks, photocopies of the script at various stages of completion, audiotapes, and correspondence, as well as realia and ephemera, and some personal materials. Edana Romney was born Edna Rubinstein in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Dates:
1925 - 1990; Majority of material found within 1978 - 1985
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Joseph Roos papers
Collection
Identifier: 0313
Abstract
This collection contains papers documenting the activities of Joseph Roos (1905-1999) from his retirement from the Community Relations Committee of the Jewish Federation Council in 1969 until his death in 1999. These papers include correspondence, research files, memoranda and publications. Some documentation of Roos's earlier activities investigating the activities of the German Bund in Los Angeles in the 1930s is also present.
Dates:
1921 - 1999
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Miklos Rozsa collection of music letters, photographs, and other material
Collection
Identifier: 0329
Abstract
The 123-piece collection of rare letters, documents, photographs and manuscripts spanning three centuries of musical history was collected by Miklos Rozsa. Most of the correspondence relates to the composition, performance and business of music. Other writings deal with the mundane realities of daily life, such as the payment of debts, the climate, and social amenities. Most of the letters in the collection are handwritten, though some of the more recent ones are typed. In a 1949 letter,...
Dates:
1670 - 1955
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Lynn Schenk papers
Collection
Identifier: 0240
Abstract
Lynn Schenk was a representative from California. She served as Deputy Attorney General in the California State Attorney General's Office, Criminal Division for about a year before taking a position with San Diego Gas and Electric as an in-house lawyer. In 1976, she left San Diego Gas and Electric when she was offered a position to be special assistant to Vice Presidents Nelson A. Rockefeller and Walter F. Mondale. From 1977 to 1980, she served as Secretary of California's State...
Dates:
1975-1985
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Anna Hawley Searles collection of Edwin Diller Starbuck and Herbert L. Searles papers
Collection
Identifier: 0284
Abstract
The collections consist of publications; publications proofs; research notes; correspondence files; lecture notes and course assignments; receipts and cancelled checks; photograph, half-tone blocks, and transparencies; a scrapbook; and personal artifacts representing the personal papers and research of Edwin Diller Starbuck (1900 to 1955), Herbert L. Searles (ca. 1924 to 1959), Anna Hawley Searles (1948 to 1951). Edwin Diller Starbuck (1866-1947) was a prominent teacher of philosophy,...
Dates:
1900 - 1993
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Shirley Adelson Siegel papers
Collection
Identifier: 0303
Abstract
Between 1947 and 1950, attorney and housing rights advocate Shirley Adelson Siegel lived in Los Angeles and became deeply involved with pro bono committee work related to the promotion of civil rights and affordable housing. Although she lived in Los Angeles for less than four years, her work helped shape legislation that was later developed at both the local and state levels. The collection consists of publications, press releases, correspondence, meeting agendas and minutes, and...
Dates:
1947-1950
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Southern California and Its University research materials
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 5145
Abstract
This collection consists of the research material for the writing of the book Southern California and its university: A history of USC, 1880-1964.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1960s
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Gregory Freeman Stone collection on the Robert F. Kennedy assassination
Collection
Identifier: 0241
Abstract
The collection includes files accumulated by Gregory Freemen Stone during his investigation into the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy.
Dates:
1944 - 1992
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Madeleine R. Stoner papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 5391
Abstract
The Madeleine Stoner papers consist of notes, course materials, publications and various reports and related documents concerning Stoner's work with homeless and homelessness initiatives, as well as her career at USC. Stoner was a social worker who specialized in homelessness. She published two books on homelessness, worked as a consultant to government and community groups, and was a member of various Los Angeles area task forces and commissions on homelessness. She taught in the USC...
Dates:
circa 1960s-2000s
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections