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Harry E. Babbitt instructional resources on Spain and Latin America

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Identifier: 0554

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Scope and Contents

This collection consists of English and Spanish instructional materials from Harry E. Babbitt’s company Babbitt Instructional Resources, along with issues of the publications La Aventura de la Historia purchased from B.I.R. The instructional materials are in both English and Spanish and include one pamphlet of transcripts and possible questions for instruction and one cassette tape of recorded lectures per box. There lectures focus on the art, history, and culture of Spain and Latin America, with a majority of materials focusing on Diego Rivera. The publication La Aventura de la Historia include issues 3 to 164. There is also one box of DVD lectures and one box of posters and cards.

Dates

  • Creation: 1996 - 2012

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

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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.

Biographical / Historical

Babbitt Instructional Resources was a Texas based company that specialized in the printing, recording, and distribution of teaching materials related to the histories and cultures of Spain, Latin America, and South America for a high school audience. Materials were available in both English and Spanish.

Extent

13.438 Linear Feet (39 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Spanish; Castilian

Abstract

This collection consists of English and Spanish instructional materials from Harry E. Babbitt’s company Babbitt Instructional Resources, along with issues of the publications La Aventura de la Historia purchased from B.I.R.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Publications purchased for the Boeckmann Center by Barbara Robinson in 2011.

Processing Information

This collection is unprocessed.

Title
Finding aid for the Harry E. Babbitt instructional resources on Spain and Latin America
Status
Unprocessed
Author
Marissa Chavez and Sarah Jardini 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

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