University of Southern California Library of Aeronautical History collection
Scope and Contents
The University of Southern California Library of Aeronautical History collection includes photographs, newspapers, correspondences, newsletters, publications, periodicals, programs, books, timetables, comics, photocopies, pamphlets, ephemera, maps, flyers, and scrapbooks of the history of flight, flight races, the U.S. Air Mail service, commercial flights, flight school, and information about early planes.
Dates
- Creation: 1918 - 1971
Creator
- University of Southern California. Library (Organization)
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 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.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Extent
4.792 Linear Feet (5 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection consists of the University of Southern California Library of Aeronautical History collections including photographs, newspapers, ephemera, scrapbooks, and other information related to aeronautical history.
Processing Information
The boxes listed under this finding aid were found during shelf-reading following a 2019-2020 collections move from East Library to Grand Archives. The collection and its container records had not been described in ArchivesSpace prior to this move, but have since been added here to maintain physical control.
- Title
- Finding aid for the University of Southern California Library of Aeronautical History collection
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Author
- Marissa Chavez for History Associates Incorporated
- Date
- 2022 December
- 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