Save Outdoor Sculpture! collection
Scope and Contents
This collection contains an inventory of outdoor sculptures in the Los Angeles and neighboring counties in Southern California, prepared by "Save Outside Sculpture!" volunteers. Save Outdoor Sculpture! (SOS!) (1990-1995) was a nationwide survey committed to documenting and preserving America’s outdoor sculpture. Established in 1990, SOS! helped educate local communities about America’s endangered sculptural heritage.
The files contain brief descriptions of the sculptures, their location and condition, municipality/owner, and historical information.
Dates
- Creation: 1994 - 2001
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 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.
Extent
6.125 Linear Feet (14 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection contains an inventory of outdoor sculptures in the Los Angeles and neighboring counties in Southern California, prepared by "Save Outside Sculpture!" volunteers. Save Outdoor Sculpture! (SOS!) (1990-1995) was a nationwide survey committed to documenting and preserving America’s outdoor sculpture. Established in 1990, SOS! helped educate local communities about America’s endangered sculptural heritage.
Processing Information
This collection is unprocessed.
Processing Information
The USC Libraries Architecture & Fine Arts Library transferred custody of the Save Outdoor Sculpture! collection to the USC Libraries Special Collections unit on April 22, 2024. The collection's box labels still list the Architecture & Fine Arts Library as the holding repository.
Genre / Form
Geographic
- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
- Echo Park (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Archival resources
- Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Archival resources
- Little Tokyo (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Archival resources
- Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Archival resources
- Los Angeles County (Calif.) -- Archival resources
Topical
- Title
- Finding aid for the Save Outdoor Sculpture! collection
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Author
- Marissa Chavez for History Associates Incorporated
- Date
- 2023 May
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2024 April: Stella Castillo transferred the resource record from the Architecture & Fine Arts Library repository to the Special Collections repository to reflect a transfer of custody between the USC Libraries units.
- Box: 1 (Textual Materials)
- Box: 2 (Textual Materials)
- Box: 3 (Textual Materials)
- Box: 4 (Textual Materials)
- Box: 5 (Textual Materials)
- Box: 6 (Textual Materials)
- Box: 7 (Textual Materials)
- Box: 8 (Textual Materials)
- Box: 9 (Textual Materials)
- Box: 10 (Textual Materials)
- Box: 11 (Textual Materials)
- Box: 12 (Textual Materials)
- Box: 13 (Textual Materials)
- Box: 14 (Textual Materials)
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