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Avatar Club Los Angeles records
Collection
Identifier: Coll2021-004
Abstract
Avatar Club Los Angeles is a members-only club for gay men dedicated to "providing information and education about safe, sane, and consensual bondage, discipline, kinky and sadomasochistic (BDSM) sex between adults." Founded in 1983, Avatar is the oldest gay leather club in Los Angeles and holds regular meetings, educational demonstrations, and public programming. The collection contains documents, educational materials, correspondence, membership records, photographs, videos, computer...
Dates:
1972-2013
Aviation clippings scrapbook
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 6034
Abstract
The Aviation clippings scrapbook contains clippings, primarily from the the Los Angeles Times and the Los Angeles Examiner, 1924-1929, that document the development of aviation in the United States during that same period, including the aviation industry, aviation and the military, government policies, airplane design, airports, and aviation funding. Clippings from some other newspapers are also included (New York Times, Christian Science Monitor, other California newspapers). The...
Dates:
1924 - 1929
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Dr. A. Jean Ayres Archive
Collection
Identifier: 0317
Abstract
Papers, tests, and artifacts of A. Jean Ayres, groundbreaking occupational therapist. All items donated by friends, family, and coworkers.
Dates:
1943 - 2006
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Steve B. collection of personal advertisement responses
Collection
Identifier: 6276
Scope and Contents
A collection of approximately 130 letters from around 90 different women, all written to one southern California man, Steve B., in response to personal ads he placed in the Los Angeles Times, Orange County Register, and international pen-pal services in the early 1990s. Most of the letters are written in English, but a dozen or so are in Spanish. The majority of correspondents were from California, but women also wrote...
Dates:
1990 - 1994
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Harry E. Babbitt instructional resources on Spain and Latin America
Collection
Identifier: 0554
Abstract
This collection consists of English and Spanish instructional materials from Harry E. Babbitt’s company Babbitt Instructional Resources, along with issues of the publications La Aventura de la Historia purchased from B.I.R.
Dates:
1996 - 2012
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Edward J. Bachus periodical indexing collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Coll2014-101
Abstract
The collection contains the Radical Research Center (RRC) and the Alternative Press Centre (APC) Indexing Guides, updated lists of indexing terms, and correspondence from the centers, 1968-1972. The RRC, later the APC, sought to provide greater access to independent and alternative periodicals through its publication the Alternative Press Index. Edward J. Bachus indexed the Lotus Nexus and...
Dates:
1968-1972
Jim and Henny Backus collection
Collection
Identifier: 2026
Abstract
This collection contains the papers of American entertainers Jim Backus (1913-1989) and Henny Backus (1911-2004). Materials include scripts of nineteen movies, scripts of fourteen segments of The Jim Backus Show ("Hot Off the Line") radio program; script of the 1967 television version of Damn Yankees; approximately 15 phonograph records of the early 1940s War Department "Jubilee" radio programs; three phonograph records of the Allan young radio show (1947); and phonograph records of...
Dates:
1940 - 1967
Found in:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Charles Leland Bagley papers
Collection
Identifier: 0016
Abstract
This collection contains the personal papers of Charles Leland Bagley, along with records pertaining to the American Federation of Musicians. Bagley was a musician and lawyer who lived in Los Angeles and who was active in the AFM Local 47 until his retirement in 1959. The collection includes correspondence, photographs, union publications, and ephemera.
Dates:
1865 - 1965; Majority of material found within 1890 - 1962
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Fay Bainter papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2077
Abstract
Collection consists of stills and photographs, from 15 films and 20 stage plays; scripts of 15 stage plays and 6 television shows in which the actress Fay Bainter (1892-1968) appeared. Also includes personal documents, clippings and correspondence.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1930s-1950s
Found in:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Sunny Bak photography collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Coll2013-037
Abstract
The collection includes Bak's medium format color transparenices/unmounted slides of Ashley Herrin and Catherine Angiel and alternative layouts for the June 21, 1993, Newsweek cover story, "Lesbians Come Out Strong." The collection also contains Bak's images of lesbian women and couples on 10% Productions and G Gallery greeting cards, postcards and posters. Bak photographed hundreds of entertainers including members of 10,000 Maniacs, Madonna, and...
Dates:
1993-2002