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William M. Hogue scrapbook

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 5332

Content Description

Scrapbook and photo album, created by William M. Hogue, 1924-1929, 1953, documenting the musical, theatrical, academic, and professional careers of Hogue, an engineering student and trombonist, and his friend, Harold Roberts, a band leader, while studying at the University of Southern California during the Roaring 20s, with newspaper clippings, photos, broadsides, business cards, and programs for the USC Dance Band, Golden State Band, and USC Band. Roberts led the Trojan Jazz Band, as well as the USC Marching Band as their director from 1926-1936. A number of the photos show the Trojans marching at USC football games and Hogue playing trombone with the Popular Movieland Orchestra contracted with Warner Bros. Studios. The scrapbook also includes some of Hogue's report cards, photographs and telegrams that document his marriage, and 1 page of photographs from 1953, presumably of Hogue.

Dates

  • Creation: 1924-1929, 1953

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Advance notice required for access.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian. 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.

Extent

1.42 Linear Feet (1 scrapbook)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Scrapbook and photo album, created by William M. Hogue, 1924-1929, 1953, documenting the musical, theatrical, academic, and professional careers of Hogue, an engineering student and trombonist, and his friend, Harold Roberts, a band leader, while studying at the University of Southern California during the Roaring 20s, with newspaper clippings, photos, broadsides, business cards, and programs for the USC Dance Band, Golden State Band, and USC Band.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased from Zephyr Used and Rare Books, October 15, 2018.

Title
Finding aid for the William M. Hogue scrapbook
Status
Completed
Author
Sue Luftschein
Date
2018 October
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

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