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Women At Work records
Collection
Identifier: 0417
Abstract
The Women at Work records, 1978-2014, document the founding, and programmatic and fundraising activities of this social service non-profit agency. Women at Work was founded in 1979 as the Women's Public Policy Research Center (WPRCC) to study issues surrounding women in the labor force. In 1980, the name was changed to "Women at Work". The founding members, Barbara Burke, Marge Leighton, and Betty Ann Jansson, served as co-executive directors of the organization, which is headquartered in...
Dates:
1978-2014
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Women of the Ku Klux Klan ephemera
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 6259
Abstract
The Women of the Ku Klux Klan ephemera comprise sixteen pieces of ephemera relating to membership in the Women of the Ku Klux Klan (WKKK) in Little Rock, Arkansas and St. Louis, Missouri. Most of the material in the collection is undated, though at least one item is dated in 1927. Following are brief descriptions of each item in the collection: "Constitution and Laws of the Women of the Ku Klux Klan" (46 pp.); "The Code of the Flag" booklet (16 pp.); "Installation Ceremonies" ritual...
Dates:
1920s
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Zamorano and Roxburghe Clubs publications and printed ephemera
Collection
Identifier: 0134
Abstract
Keepsakes, bibliographies, and printed ephemera produced and collected by members of the Zamorano and Roxburghe Clubs. The two bibliophilic societies have sponsored the printing of announcements, keepsakes, and letterpress items by their members, to be distributed amongst the memberships as souvenirs and gifts at their joint biannual meetings.
Dates:
1833 - 2018; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1988
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Zeta Phi Eta records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 5054
Abstract
The professional speech fraternity known as Zeta Phi Eta was founded in 1893 at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. The USC chapter was founded by Irene Phillips Kuhl in 1921. (The fraternity was officially named the National Professional Speech Arts and Speech Sciences Fraternity for Women; now it is known as the National Professional Fraternity in Communication Arts and Sciences, the oldest national group of its kind.
The seven boxes in this collection contain the...
Dates:
1894-1993
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Zine collection
Collection
Identifier: 6148
Abstract
Zines, flyers, and printed ephemera produced across the United States and internationally from 1981 to 2019. Also included are flyers, stickers, and cards. Topics covered by the zines created in the United States include straight edge vegans, death metal devotees, Washington prisoners, punk rockers, and Catherinettes. Three of the zines in the collection were created as part of the 2019 Hong Kong protests, also known as the Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill (ELAB) Movement, by USC students...
Dates:
1981 - 2019
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections