University of Southern California
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Mary Martin scrapbook
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 5317
Abstract
Scrapbook created by USC alumna Mary Martin that documents her years at USC, her marriage to fellow USC alumnus Bernard Gipson, and their life after marriage. The scrapbook documents Mary's life as a student at USC. Mary's twin sister Myra also attended USC and she also features in the scrapbook. Mary Martin and her twin sister Myra were pharmaceutical majors at USC in the mid-1920s. Mary was the President of the Lambda Kappa Sigma sorority. Her future husband, Bernard Gipson, was an...
Dates:
1924-1941
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Helen Walker Truesdell papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 5038
Abstract
Helen Walker Truesdell was a poet and literary scholar, as well as an alumnus of USC. Born in 1897, she attended Los Angeles Polytechnic High where she was the Editor-in-Chief of the school's quarterly literary magazine. After graduation in 1914, she began her studies at USC from which she obtained her B.A. (magna cum laude) in 1918. She then obtained her high school teaching credential and a master's degree (also from USC), later also earning an additional teaching diploma in 1929 for...
Dates:
1900-1938; Majority of material found in 1920-1930
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
USC Center for Black Cultural and Student Affairs records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 5319
Scope and Contents
The USC Center for Black Cultural and Student Affairs records consists of photographic collages created for display on the walls of the Center in Student Union room 415. They include photographs Photos of USC faculty, students and events hosted by the Center.
Dates:
2000s
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections