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California clippings collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 7001
Abstract



This collection of primarily California-related materials was the provenance of Mrs. Walter K. Towers, with some materials from Berenice Towers. Over the span of more than forty years, they saved clippings, magazines, small publications, maps, and other ephemera chiefly on California with an emphasis on Southern California.

Dates: 1945s-1980s; Majority of material found in 1950s-1960s

Robert F. Jani papers

 Collection
Identifier: 0291
Abstract This collection consists of the personal and business papers of Robert F. Jani (1934-1989). He was a creator, director and executive producer of musical spectaculars, television productions, pageants and extravaganzas, celebrations, international events, parades, arena shows and sports events, world premieres and openings, pyrotechnic shows, expositions, and theme parks. Mr. Jani was a founder of USC Songfest and principal of Robert F. Jani Productions, Inc. He graduated from the University...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1950s-1980s

John F. Merritt Southern California memorabilia and ephemera collection

 Collection
Identifier: 7103
Abstract

A collection of Southern California memorabilia and ephemera collected by John F. Merritt, founder of Californians for Preservation Action and its successor organization, California Preservation Foundation (CPF). The collection contains postcards, pamphlets, magazines, produce crate labels, prints, comic books, illustrations, and countercultural political materials created between 1899 and 2005, with the bulk of the collection spanning from 1910 to 1970.

Dates: 1899 - 2005; Majority of material found within 1910 - 1970

Edward Paik papers

 Collection
Identifier: 3315
Abstract

Edward Paik was a Korean American food service equipment sales supervisor, Kitchen Specialist, and U.S. Air Force Surplus Property Disposal Specialist. This collection comprises primarily photographs and printed materials created and collected by Edward Paik. It also contains ephemera in the form of service medals, a wool cap, and Army patches, as well as personal papers in the form of correspondence, letters, and yearbooks.

Dates: 1931 - 2000; Majority of material found within 1939 - 1994

Ralph Rodgers and Percy Turner Circus collection

 Collection
Identifier: 0388
Abstract The Ralph Rodgers and Percy Turner Circus Collection documents the collective interests of a circus model builder/ miniature circus owner and a real circus owner who became friends and whose circus memorabilia ended up with a mutual friend who donated them to USC. The collection contains ephemera, correspondence, photographs, books, records, costumes, and a large amount of circus model plans and drawings kept by Ralph Rodgers. A portion of the collection represents the history of the...
Dates: 1930s-1980s

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

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Posters 3
Printed ephemera 3
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Disneyland (Calif.) -- Archival resources 2
Drawings (visual works) 2
Memorabilia 2
Photograph albums 2
Publications (documents) 2
Slides (photographs) 2
Videotapes 2
Academy Awards (Motion pictures) -- Archival resources 1
African American business enterprises -- California -- San Diego -- Archival resources 1
Agriculture -- California, Southern -- Archival resources 1
Alternative comics 1
Amusements -- California -- History -- Archival resources 1
Audiocassettes 1
Audiotapes 1
Books 1
Budgets 1
California -- History -- Periodicals 1
California Institute of the Arts -- Archival resources 1
California, Southern -- History, Local -- Archival resources 1
California, Southern -- Transportation -- Archival resources 1
China -- Description and travel -- 20th century 1
China -- Photographs 1
Circus -- California -- La Jolla -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
Circus -- California -- Lakeside -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
Circus -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
Circus -- Florida -- Sarasota -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
Circus wagons -- Archival resources 1
Citrus crate labels -- California, Southern -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
Clowns -- Archival resources 1
Commemorative medals 1
Costumes (character dress) 1
Crate labels 1
Death Valley National Park (Calif. and Nev.) -- Archival resources 1
Digital images 1
Digital media 1
Disney characters -- Archival resources 1
Events -- California 1
Events -- California -- Los Angeles 1
Events -- United States 1
Events -- Washington (D.C.) 1
Flags 1
Fliers (printed matter) 1
Food service equipment industry -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 1
Fruit crate labels -- California, Southern -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
Graphic arts -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 1
Itineraries 1
Japan -- Photographs 1
John F. Kennedy Library -- Archival resources 1
Korean American families -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 1
Korean American men -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 1
La Jolla (San Diego, Calif.) -- History -- Archival resources 1
Long-playing records 1
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Archival resources 1
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Newspapers -- Archival resources 1
Los Angeles Music Center Opera -- Archival resources 1
Madison Square Garden (New York, N.Y.) -- Archival resources 1
Manuals (instructional materials) 1
Maps 1
Mexico 1
Mission Inn -- Postcards 1
Missions -- California -- Archival resources 1
Missions, Spanish -- California -- History -- Archival resources 1
Motor scootering -- California, Southern -- Archival resources 1
Motor scooters -- California, Southern -- Archival resources 1
Motor vehicles -- California -- Archival resources 1
Moving images 1
Negatives (photographic) 1
Newspaper clippings 1
Orange Bowl (Football game) 1
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Parades -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 1
Parks -- California -- Los Angeles County -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 1
Phonograph records 1
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Popular culture -- California, Southern -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
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Postcards -- California -- Pasadena -- Archival resources 1
Postcards -- California, Southern -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
Prints 1
Programs (documents) 1
Punk culture and art -- California -- Archival resources 1
Radio City Music Hall (New York, N.Y.) -- Archival resources 1
Radio scripts 1
San Fernando Valley (Calif.) -- History -- Archival resources 1
Santa Monica (Calif.) -- Archival resources 1
School yearbooks 1
Set design drawings 1
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Big Apple Circus 1
Circus Model Builders International 1
Circus World Museum (Baraboo, Wis.) 1
Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus 1
Cole Bros. Circus 1