University of Southern California
Organization
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Marta Feuchtwanger papers
Collection
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:
1536 - 1987; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1987
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
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
USC Songs and Yells collection
Collection
Identifier: 5339
Abstract
A collection of various songs, including USC's alma mater, created by and for the University of Southern California. Included are fight songs, popular songs, music performed in theatrical productions, as well as some clippings, correspondence and ephemera about the composer and the composition of the alma mater.
Dates:
1902-1986
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
USC Thornton School of Music records
Collection
Identifier: 0283
Abstract
The University of Southern California's music school was officially established in 1884, and conferred its first degrees in 1885. The records document many of the activities of the School from the late 19th to the early 21st centuries. Included are the papers (generally incomplete) of some of the School's notable personnel, including Max Swarthout, Raymond Kendall, Ellis Kohs, Pauline Alderman, and Walter F. Skeele; records of academic activities; records of student and alumni...
Dates:
1897 - 2017; Modified: 2017-2019, 2021
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
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
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
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- Clippings (information artifacts) 4
- Sheet music 3
- Audiocassettes 2
- Brochures 2
- Correspondence 2
- Ephemera 2
- Photographs 2
- Printed ephemera 2
- Programs (documents) 2
- Scrapbooks 2
- Academy Awards (Motion pictures) -- Archival resources 1
- Alma maters (Songs) -- Archival resources 1
- Artists -- California -- Los Angeles -- 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
- Books 1
- Budgets 1
- California Institute of the Arts -- Archival resources 1
- Celebrities -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 1
- Charities -- California -- Archival resources 1
- China -- Description and travel -- 20th century 1
- China -- Photographs 1
- Composers -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
- Conductors (Music) -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
- Digital images 1
- Disney characters -- Archival resources 1
- Disneyland (Calif.) -- Archival resources 1
- Drawings (visual works) 1
- Events -- California 1
- Events -- California -- Los Angeles 1
- Events -- United States 1
- Events -- Washington (D.C.) 1
- Exiles -- Germany -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
- Exiles -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
- Financial records 1
- Flags 1
- Fund raising -- California -- Los Angeles -- 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
- Itineraries 1
- Japan -- Photographs 1
- Jews -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
- John F. Kennedy Library -- Archival resources 1
- Legal documents 1
- Letters 1
- Long-playing records 1
- Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Archival resources 1
- Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Emigration and immigration -- Archival resources 1
- Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
- Los Angeles Music Center Opera -- Archival resources 1
- Madison Square Garden (New York, N.Y.) -- Archival resources 1
- Magazines (periodicals) 1
- Manuscripts 1
- Maps 1
- Memoirs 1
- Memorabilia 1
- Memorandums 1
- Mexico 1
- Moving images 1
- Music -- Competitions -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 1
- Music -- Instruction and study -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 1
- Music -- Performance -- Archival resources 1
- Musicians -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 1
- Newspaper clippings 1
- Nonprofit organizations -- United States -- Archival resources 1
- Notes 1
- Orange Bowl (Football game) 1
- Parades -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 1
- Political campaigns -- California -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
- Postcards 1
- Posters 1
- Publications (documents) 1
- Radio City Music Hall (New York, N.Y.) -- Archival resources 1
- Radio scripts 1
- Reports 1
- Scores (documents for music) 1
- Set design drawings 1
- Simon Rodia's Towers (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Archival resources 1
- Slides (photographs) 1
- Sound recordings 1
- Souvenir programs 1
- Sports 1
- Students' songs -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 1
- Super Bowl -- Archival resources 1
- Television -- Archival resources 1
- Theater 1
- Theater -- Germany -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
- Theater programs 1
- Tokyo Disneyland (Urayasu-shi, Japan) -- Archival resources 1
- United States 1
- Universities and colleges -- California -- Los Angeles -- Administration -- Archival resources 1
- Universities and colleges -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- Archival resources 1
- Universities and colleges -- Faculty -- Archival resources 1
- Walt Disney World (Fla.) -- Archival resources 1 + ∧ less
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