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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
Allan A. Hunter papers
Collection
Identifier: 0397
Abstract
Mt. Hollywood Congregational Church, founded in 1905, is located in the Los Feliz area of Los Angeles. Its longest-serving pastor, Allan A. Hunter, led the congregation from 1926 until his retirement in 1963, but stayed actively involved until his death almost twenty years later. This collection reflects the activities of the church throughout the twentieth century, as well as the progressive ideas and religious teachings of Reverend Hunter. His correspondence with other religious thinkers...
Dates:
1905 - 2000
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department records
Collection
Identifier: 0229
Abstract
The city of Los Angeles became the epicenter of a public relations scandal on March 3, 1991, when an amateur cameraman captured on video four uniformed LAPD officers beating motorist Rodney G. King. In addition to generating public outrage, the incident cast a dark shadow over the LAPD and called into question the integrity of the nation's third largest municipal police force. Subsequently, the ten member Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department was formed to conduct a...
Dates:
1991 - 1995; Majority of material found within 1991
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Institute for the Study of Homelessness and Poverty publications
Collection
Identifier: 0299
Abstract
Consists of publications from the Institute for the Study of Homelessness and Poverty at the Weingart Center, Los Angeles.
Dates:
circa 1980s-1990s
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
International Military Tribunal for the Far East records
Collection
Identifier: 0098
Abstract
Background reports, court documents, photographs, maps from the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, May 1946 through February 1947, at the War Ministry Building in Tokyo.
Dates:
1946 - 1947
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles records
Collection
Identifier: 0471
Abstract
The records of the Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles consist of reports, correspondence, board meeting minutes, and Council publications, 1956-1979, that document some of the activities of this organizaiton, including their work with the Jewish aged and their fundraising activities. Also included is some organizational, historical, and programmatic information on the Jewish Centers Association of Los Angeles.
Dates:
1956 - 1979
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Jewish Home for the Aged of Los Angeles records
Collection
Identifier: 0475
Abstract
The Jewish Home for the Aged was originally located in the Boyle Heights section of Los Angeles. In 1976, the Home moved to a new residential facility in the San Fernando Valley (the planning, construction, and dedication of which are referred to in the records), and then merged with the California Home for the Aged, resulting in a new organization called the Jewish Home for the Aging of Greater Los Angeles (and now known as the Los Angeles Jewish Home). Information about the activities of...
Dates:
1957 - 1987
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Arlien Johnson papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 5113
Abstract
This collection consists of the papers, photographs, and personal materials of American social work educator and researcher Arlien Johnson (1894-1988).
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1920s-1970s
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Jim Justice papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 3373
Abstract
This collection consists of photographs, research articles, clipping, and training manuals of Dr. James Justice.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1960s-1970s; 2014 - 2015
Found in:
USC Libraries East Asian Library
Robert Kaplan political campaign, ballot measure, and fundraising papers
Collection
Identifier: 6123
Abstract
Robert Kaplan is an internationally known campaign, communications and fundraising consultant and advisor who has planned, designed, positioned, directed and executed more than 250 fundraising and capital campaigns, grassroots, voter outreach and other communications programs for a variety of interests. His experience includes more than 30 statewide initiative campaigns. Kaplan has worked with public and private sector groups and clients on a wide range of issues including renewable...
Dates:
1981-2015
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections