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Robert J. Clark collection on aeronautical history

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 7027
Abstract

This collection consists of a scrapbooks containing photographs, articles, and clippings about aircraft and flying machines from around the world. These materials were collected by aircraft designer Robert J. Clark (1919-2009).

Dates: Majority of material found within 1940s-1990s
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Mary Isabel Hill and John Lawler Costello collection on the USC College of Aeronautics

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 5372
Abstract A collection of yearbooks, photographs, student rosters, and other material collected and/or created by Mary Isabel Hill and John Lawler Costello during their time as students at the University of Southern California College of Aeronautics at Hancock Field in Santa Maria, California. Prior to their time at the College of Aeronautics, both Mary and John served in the United States military during World War II -- Mary in the United States Naval Reserve (Women's Reserve), better known as the...
Dates: 1947 - 1950
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Tung-Sheng Liu collection

 Collection
Identifier: 3339
Abstract

This collection consists of Chinese opera, music, and historical dramas on various media including DVDs, VHS, CDs, audiocassettes, and vinyl records.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1960s-2000s
Found in: USC Libraries East Asian Library

Arthur Ronnie collection of Los Angeles aviation photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 7088
Abstract A collection of 264 early Los Angeles aviation photographs, including several of Amelia Earhart, Charles Lindbergh, and other pioneering pilots at the first National Air Races held in Los Angeles in September of 1928 at Mines Field (now the location of the Los Angeles International Airport). Arthur Ronnie--former Los Angeles Herald Examiner reporter and studio publicist--initially collected and identified the material in this collection. Also included are...
Dates: 1920 - 1972; Majority of material found within 1928 September 8 - 1928 September 16
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Theodore F. Schreier photograph album

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 7049
Abstract

Photograph album created by Capt. Theodore F. Schreier. Photographs depict aviation training at the Hancock College of Aeronautics in Santa Maria, CA, day to day activities of the soldiers, and views of the training grounds.

Dates: circa 1940s
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

University of Southern California Library of Aeronautical History collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0050
Abstract

This collection consists of the University of Southern California Library of Aeronautical History collections including photographs, newspapers, ephemera, scrapbooks, and other information related to aeronautical history.

Dates: 1918 - 1971
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

University of Southern California Library of Aeronautical History George T. Cussen collection on aviation

 Collection
Identifier: 0053
Abstract The collection consists of Cussen's personal scrapbook pages, books and photographs pertaining to the commercial aeronautic industry from the 1930s to the 1950s, and a collection of World War I and World War II war effort posters and maps. George Cussen worked the Santa Fe Railway for eight years before a brief stint at Maddux Air Lines in 1929. From 1932 to 1940, he worked for Transcontinental and Western Airlines as a traffic manager, alternating between Los Angeles and San Francisco...
Dates: 1918 - 1963
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

USC Library of Aeronautical History Arthur Beggs collection on aviation

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 0051
Abstract

Aviation memorabilia, photographs, newspaper clippings; first day airmail covers (stamped envelopes). Arthur Beggs (USC graduate) was a pioneer of air transportation on West Coast. He was general sales manager for Western Air 1928-1935. In 1935 he became sales manager for American Airlines.

Dates: 1927 - 1970
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

USC Library of Aeronautical History C. S. James collection on aviation

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 0056
Abstract

Photographs, correspondence, ephemera pertaining to the history of Western Air Lines (Western Air Express). Charles N. James (a.k.a. James James, Jimmy James) flew the first Air mail run with Fred Kelly from Salt Lake to LA in seven hours, in 1926. He was a pilot for Western Air Express and later Vice-President in charge of operations at Western Airlines (1938-1950). He then became Security Manager with Bendix West Coast Division.

Dates: 1918 - 1957
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

USC Library of Aeronautical History Earl G. Reed collection on aviation

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 0062
Abstract

Photographs of aviators and airplanes, pre-1935.

Dates: pre-1935
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

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Aeronautics -- History -- Archival resources 9
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Scrapbooks 7
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Clippings (information artifacts) 4
Correspondence 4
United States -- History -- Archival resources 3
Women in aeronautics -- History -- Archival resources 3
Aeronautics, Military -- Archival resources 2
Air pilots -- California -- Photographs 2
Air pilots, Military -- California -- 20th century -- Photographs 2
Aircraft industry -- Photographs 2
Newsletters 2
Posters 2
Aeronautics -- Study and teaching -- California -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
Aeronautics, Commercial -- Freight -- Archival resources 1
Aeronautics, Commercial -- United States -- History -- Archival resources 1
Air charter contracts -- Archival resources 1
Aircraft -- Archival resources 1
Aircraft accidents -- Archival resources 1
Airplanes -- California -- Los Angeles -- Photographs 1
Airships -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th century -- Photographs 1
Audiocassettes 1
CD-ROMs 1
Calendars 1
China 1
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Drawings (visual works) 1
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Industrial management -- Archival resources 1
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Long-playing records 1
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History -- Archival resources 1
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Maps 1
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Pamphlets 1
Periodicals 1
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Postcards 1
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Realia 1
Reports 1
Rosters 1
Schedules (time plans) 1
Science and technology libraries -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 1
Sheet music 1
Soldiers -- California -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
Technical manuals 1
Transcontinental flights -- Archival resources 1
Transportation -- Archival resources 1
United States -- Armed Forces -- Military life -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
VHS 1
Women air pilots -- History -- Archival resources 1
Women air pilots -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Archival resources 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- United States -- Archival resources 1
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Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937 2
Hancock College of Aeronautics 2
Los Angeles International Airport 2
Allan Hancock Foundation 1
Batten, Jean 1
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Beech, Olive Ann 1
Bowen, Pansy 1
Brown, Earl X. 1
Clark, Robert 1
Costello, John Lawler 1
Cussen, George T. 1
Flying Tiger Line 1
Graf Zeppelin (Airship) 1
Hay-Drummond-Hay, Grace Marguerite, Lady 1
Hill, Mary Isabel 1
Jacobs-Bond, Carrie, 1862-1946 1
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 1
Liu, Tung-Sheng 1
McQueen, Elizabeth L. 1
National Championship Air Races 1
Quimby, Harriet 1
Rasche, Thea 1
Rogers, Will, 1879-1935 1
Ronnie, Arthur 1
Schreier, Theodore F. 1
Thaden, Louise McPhetridge 1
Trans World Airlines 1
Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc 1
Trout, Evelyn 1
University of Southern California 1
University of Southern California. College of Aeronautics 1
University of Southern California. Library 1
Women's International Association of Aeronautics 1
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