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Selma Holo papers
Collection
Identifier: 5251
Abstract
The Selma Holo papers consists of publications, reports, photographs, and research notes created and collected by Selma Holo. Included are the original typescript of Dr. Holo's dissertation; typescripts of two of her publications, "Beyond the Prado" and "Managing Memory"; research files produced during trips to Mexico and Spain; research for the exhibition "Keepers of the Flame"; and various personal and ephemeral items. Selma Holo received her doctorate from the University of California,...
Dates:
1937 - 2022; Majority of material found within 1980 - 2015
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Jacobsohn Collection on Germany between the Wars
Collection
Identifier: 0080
Abstract
Collection consists of the print newspapers, pamphlets, and other ephemera gathered by Dr. Leo Jacobsohn (1881-1944) throughout the time he spent living in Berlin from 1909 to 1938, with materials primarily from 1914-1933.Overall, Jacobsohn's collections reflect German officialdom, shortages, inflation, and the rise of National Socialism from the perspective of a well-connected doctor in Germany's cultural, political, and social center.
Dates:
1813-1940; Majority of material found within 1914-1933
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
David E. James collection on the USC Korean Film Festival
Collection
Identifier: 3335
Scope and Contents
A collection of posters, photographs, ephemera, event programs, publications, newspaper clippings, and other material relating to the USC Korean Film Festival. The material in the collection was created between 1995 and 2017. The collection includes a 2002 poster signed by director Im Kwon-taek and a poster and group photograph from the Centennial Celebration of Chinese Cinema at the 2005 Annual Conference of the Asian Cinema Studies Society (ACSS). The material in the collection belonged to...
Dates:
1990 - 2017
Found in:
USC Libraries East Asian Library
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
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Japanese poster collection
Collection
Identifier: 3020
Abstract
The Japanese poster collection contains approximately 45 posters on the following topics: Japanese products and design; railways, ocean liners and tourism; Japanese art and design exhibitions; Japanese imperial modernity (including colonies in Korea, Manchuria, and northeastern China); and Japanese Ministry and Telecommunications campaigns. The posters reflect both Japanese painting techniques (nihonga) and Western painting techniques (...
Dates:
1915 - 1929
Found in:
USC Libraries East Asian Library
Collection of posters on Joseph II and Louis Phélypeaux
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 6243
Abstract
A collection of three posters portraying Joseph II (1741-1791) and Louis Phelypeaux (1705-1777). All of the posters incorporate reproductions of earlier paintings and engravings with French or Latin text describing the subject matter of the images. Two of the posters relate to Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor and use visual works by Pompeo Batoni (1708-1787) and Theodorus Vallery. One poster portrays Louis Phelypeaux, comte de Saint Florentin--who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs in...
Dates:
circa 1764-1970
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Ralph W. Judd collection on Cross-Dressing in the Performing Arts
Collection
Identifier: Coll2007-020
Abstract
Materials collected by Ralph Judd relating to the history of cross-dressing in the performing arts. The collection is focused on popular music and vaudeville from the 1890s through the 1930s, and on film and television: it contains few materials on musical theater, non-musical theater, ballet, opera, or contemporary popular music. The materials consist primarily of sheet music, 1848-1988 (bulk circa 1895-1940), and studio publicity stills of motion pictures, 1900-1996, and of television...
Dates:
1848-circa 2000
Herbert G. Klein papers
Collection
Identifier: 0345
Abstract
The Herbert G. Klein papers contain detailed records of the day to day activities of Herbert G. Klein, University of Southern California alumnus and trustee, journalist, editor and first White House Director of Communications. Included are records from all phases of Klein's long career: his early career as a journalist with Copley Newspapers in Alhambra and San Diego; his work with Richard Nixon, beginning with the Vice Presidential campaign of 1956; and his subsequent career as a media...
Dates:
15th-17th centuries, 1932-2009 (bulk 1960-1973)
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Korean War collection
Collection
Identifier: 3332
Abstract
The Korean War collection contains Chinese propaganda leaflets printed during the Korean War (1950-1953), restricted Chinese military maps, books of photographs, post-war North Korean propaganda, songs, a photograph album, posters, comic books, and illustrated propaganda created during and shortly after the Korean War. The leaflets in the collection include both propaganda printed in English that Chinese military forces dropped over American lines and also leaflets printed in Chinese...
Dates:
1950 - 1964; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1953
Found in:
USC Libraries East Asian Library
La C.C.B. presente Adolf Eichmann poster
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 6084
Abstract
Poster with skulls and a hand with a five pointed star grabbing another skull. "Adolf Eichmann" is printed in white letters.
Dates:
circa 1960
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections