University of Southern California

Living Library tapes

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 5140

Abstract

This collection consists of 36 2’’ quad magnetic tapes of recorded interviews and oral histories with members of the USC community as a part of the Living Library program.

Dates: 1970; 1975

Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Los Angeles Riots collection

Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31275049000616]

Identifier: 5184

Abstract

This collection documents the University of Southern California's responses and cleanup involvement in the Los Angeles Riots.

Dates: 1992

Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Los Angeles Roundtable for Children records

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 0402

Abstract The Los Angeles Roundtable For Children began in the fall of l982 with a series of informal monthly meetings convened by faculty members at the University of Southern California's School of Social Work, when child welfare leaders from the public and private sectors met to address evident deterioration of Los Angeles county's protective services. The collection contains the group's groundbreaking early volunteer research reports, designed to provide crucial missing information and...

Dates: 1982-

Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Samuel E. Lunden papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 0281

Abstract

Construction contracts, architectural drawings, and reports for the Doheny Library (original and extentions), Hancock Foundation, and other facilities.

Dates: circa 1930s

Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Maclay College of Theology records

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 5195

Abstract

This collection consists of the records of the Maclay College of Theology at the University of Southern California.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1880s-1920s

Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Henry Lee Martin Annals of Troy book

Collection — Box 5: [Barcode: 31275056456396]

Identifier: 5356

Abstract

This collection consists of a book presented by student Harry Lee Martin called the "Annals of Troy."

Dates: Majority of material found within 1920s

Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

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

Max Reinhardt in Action portfolio

Collection — Volume 1

Identifier: 0307

Abstract

This portfolio/scrapbook of clippings and photographs was created by Catherine E. Sibley for completion of Drama 590B at the University of Southern California. It also includes her research paper discussing the staging of Max Reinhardt's production of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at the Hollywood Bowl, the San Francisco Opera House, and UC Berkeley's Faculty Glade-Greek Theater during the 1934-1935 season.

Dates: 1954 March

Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Methodist Episcopal Church Southern California Conference records

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 5019

Abstract USC's founding is tied to the Methodist Church; it's first president, Marion M. Bovard, was the Secretary of the United Methodist Church Southern California Conference. The two boxes of records contain the Minutes (later called the Journal) of the annual Southern California Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in published form. Box 1 covers the period from 1879 through 1917; Box 2 covers 1918 through 1938. By 1915, the publications were referred to as journals rather than minutes....

Dates: 1879-1938

Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

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

Found in: USC Libraries Music Library

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