University of Southern California
Organization
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Harry Engelman papers
Collection
Identifier: 0424
Abstract
The collection consists mostly of correspondence, ephemera, and materials such as newspaper clippings related to Engleman's career in social work and to his personal life.
Dates:
1936 - 2000
Marta Feuchtwanger papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0206
Abstract
This archive contains the correspondence of Marta Feuchtwanger, wife of German-Jewish writer Lion Feuchtwanger, who survived her husband by almost thirty years. Marta Feuchtwanger remained an important figure in the exile community and devoted the remainder of her life to promoting the work of her husband. The collection contains Marta Feuchtwanger's personal correspondence, texts and manuscripts by her and others, royalty statements received for the works of her husband, correspondence with...
Dates:
1940 - 1987
Charles James Miller papers
Collection
Identifier: 0333
Abstract
Correspondence, ephemera, and photographs related to Russell Meriwether Hughes ("La Meri")-- ethnic dance icon, instructor, friend (and one-time lover) of Charles Miller who saved the materials which comprise this collection. The collection also includes Miller's own research material and dissertation on Edward Gordon Craig, published in 1957.
Dates:
1945 - 1989
Carol Muske-Dukes papers
Collection
Identifier: 0349
Abstract
The Carol Muske-Dukes papers consist of the literary works, academic files, and personal papers, photographs, and correspondence of Carol Muske-Dukes, California poet laureate and USC professor of creative writing. The materials cover the period from the early 1957 to 2015.
Dates:
1957 - 2020
Howard Ralston papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 5069
Abstract
Howard Ralston was an alumnus of the University of Southern California (class of 1930) and part of a family acting troupe as a child. Born in Bar Harbor, Maine in 1904, Ralston's family traveled around the country before eventually settling in Hollywood, California, where young Ralston became a featured player for five years. (One of his early film roles (1919) was opposite Mary Pickford in Polyanna.) Ralston graduated from University High School in...
Dates:
1917-1988; Majority of material found in 1920s
Alfred Wesson papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 5035
Abstract
Alfred "Al" Wesson is best known as the composer, while a student at USC, of "All Hail"-- USC's current alma mater song-- for a student fundraiser called "Campus Frolics of 1923". The other song he wrote for the opening of Frolics was "Cardinal and Gold" which also became a perennial favorite, played at Trojan football games and countless other university events. In addition to Wesson's musical ability, he served as the University's first...
Dates:
1924-1974
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
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- Photographs 5
- Correspondence 4
- Ephemera 4
- Scrapbooks 4
- Notes 3
- Printed ephemera 3
- Audiocassettes 2
- Greek letter societies -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 2
- Manuscripts 2
- Programs (documents) 2
- Typescripts 2
- Actors -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 1
- Alma maters (Songs) -- Archival resources 1
- American literature -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
- American poetry -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
- Artists -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 1
- Authors, American -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
- Authors, German -- 20th century -- Biography -- Archival resources 1
- Authors, German -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
- Authors, German -- Germany -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
- Celebrities -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 1
- Charities -- California -- Archival resources 1
- Choreographers -- United States -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
- Choreography -- United States -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
- College students -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 1
- Compact discs 1
- Composers -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
- Conductors (Music) -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
- Creative writing (Higher education) -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 1
- Dance -- United States -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
- Dancers -- United States -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
- Drawings 1
- Exiles -- Germany -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
- Exiles -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
- Financial records 1
- Folk dancing -- United States -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
- German language -- Archival resources 1
- German literature -- Archival resources 1
- Germany -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Archival resources 1
- International relations -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
- Jews -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
- Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Emigration and immigration -- Archival resources 1
- Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
- Memoirs 1
- Modern dance -- United States -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
- Musicians -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 1
- Negatives (photographic) 1
- Newsletters 1
- Nonprofit organizations -- United States -- Archival resources 1
- Poets, American -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
- Political campaigns -- California -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
- Realia 1
- Sheet music 1
- Simon Rodia's Towers (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Archival resources 1
- Social workers -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 1
- Theater -- Germany -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
- Theater programs 1
- Theatrical managers -- United States -- Archival resources 1
- Tickets 1
- Women authors -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1 ∧ less
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