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Collection
Identifier: 7029
Abstract
Arthur L Alarcón was a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, to which he was appointed in 1979 by President Jimmy Carter. He assumed senior status in 1992 and served until his death in 2015. Earlier in his career, he had served as Deputy District Attorney for Los Angeles County, legal advisor/ Clemency and Extradition Secretary to Governor Edmund G. "Pat" Brown (followed by his role as Executive Assistant), Superior Court...
Dates:
1940-2014
Collection
Identifier: 0257
Abstract
The Allan Hancock Foundation Archive contains records of the Foundation set up at the University of Southern California by G. Allan Hancock for the purpose of furthering oceanographic studies. These records also include those materials from the library and museum that were associated with the Foundation, as well some personal mementos of Captain Hancock's and the Hancock family. Also included are extensive records of the research ship Velero IV, as well as sound recordings, photographs and...
Dates:
1823 - 2005
Collection
Identifier: 0216
Abstract
This collection contains photograph scrapbooks kept by Eugene Biscailuz during his tenure as Los Angeles County Sheriff, as well as scrapbooks of newspaper clippings kept by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Biscailuz joined the Sheriff’s Department in 1907 and became Sheriff of Los Angeles County in 1932. He retired from the force in 1958.
Dates:
1870 - 1958; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1958
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 5004
Abstract
This collection consists of the papers, scrapbooks, sermons, bibles, and diaries of members of the Bovard Family. Family members’ materials present belong to brothers and former USC presidents George Finley Bovard (1856-1932) and Marion McKinley Bovard (1847-1891), and their mother, Sarah Young Bovard (1828-1888).
Dates:
1859 - 1871; 1904; 1915 - 1931; 1950; 1996
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 5277
Abstract
Bound volumes of articles on public administration by USC School of Public Administration faculty member Gerald E. Caiden. Professor Caiden is a faculty member in the USC Price School of Public Policy, where he specializes in comparative and development administration, administrative theory, and the study of maladministration and bureaupathology.
Dates:
1961 - 1999
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 0466
Abstract
This small collection of reports and articles provides some information about the state of public welfare in California at the end of the 1930s. The material primarily discusses unemployment and services for the unemployed; it also includes a report evaluating the State Relief Administration with recommendations for reallocating functions and activities.
Dates:
1938 - 1939
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31275049002240]
Identifier: 5196
Abstract
This collection consists of a ledger containing the University of Southern California's Chaffey College of Agriculture Board of Trustees minutes from 1891-1904.
Dates:
1891 - 1904
Collection
Identifier: 0409
Abstract
The El Nido Services and Lodges records cover the practical details of El Nido's operations, 1930-1980, documenting its real estate management, zoning battles, tax questions, insurance and "disaster preparedness" provisions, and occasional personnel problems of this social service agency. Originally a project of the Los Angeles Section of the National Council of Jewish Women, the Section established a Children's Bureau in Los Angeles in 1925, and three years later built a camp for...
Dates:
1932-1986 (bulk 1970s-1980s)
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31275049037154]
Identifier: 7117
Abstract
Robert Lee Heath (1881-1974) joined the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) in 1904 and rose through the ranks to serve as Chief of Police from 1924-1926. The R. Lee Heath scrapbook contains a total of more than 200 newspaper clippings and items of ephemera. Heath began this scrapbook in 1913, at about the time he was placed in command of the Boyle Heights division. He clipped newspaper articles written about or by police (e.g., "Officer Leo W. Marden Commanding the Juvenile Bureau...
Dates:
1913 - 1924
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 5136
Abstract
This collection consists of the papers of John Hoagland, including administrative papers related to the University of Southern California.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1960s-1970s