Finch family papers
Content Description
This collection consists of letters, articles, photographs, and memorabilia of the extended Finch family in New York, New Haven, Ohio, Wisconsin, from 1823-1954.
Dates
- Creation: 1823 - 1954
Creator
- Finch family (Family)
- Finch, Caleb, 1939- (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Biographical / Historical
Caleb Finch, PhD, is an American researcher and professor of gerontology at the University of Southern California. His research covers the basic mechanisms in human aging with a focus on inflammation. He has received awards in biomedical gerontology, including the Robert W. Kleemeier Award of the Gerontological Society of America in 1985, the Sandoz Premier Prize by the International Geriatric Association in 1995, and the Irving Wright Award of AFAR and the Research Award of AGE in 1999. He was the founder of the NIA-funded Alzheimer Disease Research Center in 1984. Finch became a University Distinguished Professor in 1989, an honor held by thirty other professors at USC who contribute to multiple fields. In 2018 Finch received an honorary doctorate from The French Academy. Dr. Finch has written six books and 600 articles.
Extent
6.75 Linear Feet (6 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection consists of letters, articles, photographs, and memorabilia of the extended Finch family in New York, New Haven, Ohio, Wisconsin, from 1823-1954.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Caleb E. Finch, October 29, 2015.
Processing Information
This collection is unprocessed.
Subject
- Finch family (Family)
- Finch, Caleb, 1939- -- Archives (Person)
- Title
- Finding aid for the Finch family papers
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Author
- Marissa Chavez for History Associates Incorporated
- Date
- 2022 January
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the USC Libraries Special Collections Repository
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-0189 United States
specol@usc.edu