James Zumberge papers

Collection

Identifier: 0252

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Scope and Contents

This collection consists of papers, speeches, and memorabilia of James Zumberge, former president of the University of Southern California (1980-1991).

Dates

Creation: 1980 - 1991

Creator

Zumberge, James Herbert (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

James Zumberge (1923-1992) was a professor of geology and ninth president of the University of Southern California from 1980 to 1991. Zumberge instituted a revenue-center management system while president of USC, where individual schools and units were responsible for their own revenue and expenses.

Extent

27.583 Linear Feet (40 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

This collection consists of papers, speeches, and memorabilia of James Zumberge, former president of the University of Southern California (1980-1991).