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Gladys A. papers

 Collection
Identifier: 7062
Abstract

The Gladys A. papers contain diaries of Gladys A., a young woman who participated in sex work in and around Downtown Los Angeles. The diaries span from the day she arrived in LA in January of 1949 through 1953, detailing the daily experiences of her first five years in the city. The collection also includes photographs of Gladys with unidentified individuals, correspondence from her family in Michigan, memorabilia from her Catholic high school, and other miscellaneous personal items.

Dates: 1944-06-09 - 1979
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Allan Hancock Foundation archive

 Collection
Identifier: 0257
Abstract The Allan Hancock Foundation Archive contains records of the Foundation set up at the University of Southern California by G. Allan Hancock for the purpose of furthering oceanographic studies. These records also include those materials from the library and museum that were associated with the Foundation, as well some personal mementos of Captain Hancock's and the Hancock family. Also included are extensive records of the research ship Velero IV, as well as sound recordings, photographs and...
Dates: 1823 - 2005
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Nicholas Beck collection on Budd Schulberg

 Collection
Identifier: 6136
Abstract The Nicholas Beck collection on Budd Schulberg consists of material relating to Budd Schulberg (1914-2009)--the American screenwriter, television producer, and novelist--collected by Nicholas Beck (1932-2017). The collection includes material on Budd Schulberg's life, family, and works; the Watts Writers Workshop -- a creative writing group initiated by Budd Schulberg following the 1965 Watts Riots; correspondence between Beck and Schulberg's extended family; archival documents by and about...
Dates: 1913 - 2017
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Dr. Benjamin Bennett Briggs family papers

 Collection
Identifier: 0394
Abstract Dr. Benjamin Bennett Briggs was a horticulturist and medical doctor who originally came to California from Ohio during the Gold Rush but returned to Ohio where he married and established a medical practice. He later returned to California to continue with horticultural pursuits and was one of the founders of La Crescenta, where he hoped to establish a health resort. Though he died before he could accomplish all his dreams, today's Crescenta-Canada valley was home to many sanitariums and...
Dates: 1836 - 2020; Majority of material found within 1850 - 1920
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

G. Edward Cassady, M.D. and Margaret Elizabeth Cassady, R.N. Lewis Carroll collection

 Collection
Identifier: 0392
Abstract The G. Edward Cassady, M.D. and Margaret Elizabeth Cassady, R.N. Lewis Carroll collection consists of photographs, correspondence, ephemera, realia, graphic materials, games, reference works, material from stage and film adaptations, and other archival material relating to children's literature author, mathematician, and writer Charles Dodgson (1832-1898), better known by his pen name, Lewis Carroll. Most well known for his first children's novels, Alice's...
Dates: 1865 - 2021
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Ed Menerth papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Coll2014-050
Abstract

Photographs, coded notes on erotic films, correspondence, and diaries, 1942-1998 of acting and vocal coach, Ed Menerth. Menerth attended Pennsylvania State University and was an acting coach at the University of Miami. He continued his acting and vocal coaching in West Hollywood, California, where he was a literary agent for Dale Garrick International.

Dates: 1942-1998
Found in: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries, University of Southern California

John A. Sanborn papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 0027
Abstract

This collection contains the diaries kept by John A. Sanborn (1850-1942) between 1909 and 1942. Sanborn was a farmer who lived in Covina and Compton, California.

Dates: 1909 - 1942
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

John F. Scottini diaries, photographs, and ephemera

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 6283
Scope and Contents A collection of two diaries, photographs, a published book, and ephemera relating to John F. Scottini (1894-1972), a Los Angeles man who served as a Private with the 364th Infantry during World War I. The diaries recount Scottini's day to day experiences as a soldier leaving the United States to fight in Europe, marching from place to place, and encountering danger along the way. A section of one of the diaries has several pages devoted to the names of unit comrades with their addresses,...
Dates: 1900 - 1919
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Paul Serchia papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Coll2013-074
Abstract

Editorial copy, organizational records, correspondence, clippings, flyers, photographs, and other material, 1975-2010, from Los Angeles journalist and AIDS activist, Paul Serchia. Materials document his involvement with AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA) and the Los Angeles committee of the 1987 National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights.

Dates: 1975 - 2010; Majority of material found within 1985 - 1995
Found in: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries, University of Southern California

J.E. Woodhead papers

 Collection
Identifier: 0004
Abstract Correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks of Woodhead's business and manufacturing career with the Lamb Knitting Machine Company; records of the Cosmic Publishing Company and the Western Society for Psychical Research; correspondence on the Columbian Exposition of 1893 in Chicago; correspondence, indexes, catalogues, dealers' invoices pertaining to the John Edward Woodhead Library, parts of which were acquired by USC; and personal correspondence, photographs, and memorablia of the Woodhead...
Dates: circa 1856-1920s
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

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Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898 1
Cassady, G. Edward, Dr. 1
Cassady, George, Dr. 1
Cassady, Linda 1
Cassady, Margaret Elizabeth, R.N. 1
Cosmic Publishing Company 1
Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge, 1832-1898 1
Eltanin (Ship) 1
Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940 1
Garth, John S. (John Shrader) 1
Halmos, Dorothy M. 1
Hancock family 1
Hancock, Allan, 1875- 1
Holderness, Rose 1
KUSC (Radio station : Los Angeles, Calif.) 1
Lamb Knitting Machine Company 1
McCulloch, Irene Agnes 1
Menerth, Ed (Edward Franklin) 1
Miles, Lee O. 1
National Letter Return Association 1
National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights. Los Angeles Committee 1
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. 1
R/V Velero IV (Cruiser) 1
Sanborn, John A. 1
Schmitt, Waldo L. (Waldo Lasalle) 1
Schulberg, B. P., 1892-1957 1
Schulberg, Budd (1914-03-27-2009-08-05) 1
Scottini, John Frank, 1894-1972 1
Serchia, Paul 1
Swett, W. Charles 1
Taylor, William Randolph 1
Tenniel, John, 1820-1914 1
Ulrey, A.B. (Albert Brennus) 1
University of Southern California 1
University of Southern California. Marine Biological Station 1
Velero III (Ship) 1
Ward, Samuel Lawrence 1
Western Society for Psychical Research 1
Woodhead, J.E. (John Edward) 1
World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) 1
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