University of Southern California Alfred Mann Institute records
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the founding documents associated with The Alfred E. Mann Institute for Biomedical Engineering at the University of Southern California (AMI-USC). Materials include correspondence, publications, and drafts of the Affiliation Agreement that formed the non-profit research institute under USC President Sample’s leadership in 1998.
Dates
- Creation: 1997 - 1998
Creator
- University of Southern California (Organization)
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
Alfred E. Mann was an American inventor and entrepreneur who specialized in medical devices. Through his supporting organization, The Alfred Mann Foundation, he started research institutes at USC, Purdue University, and the Israel Institute of Technology. Mann was also a Life Trustee at USC.
According to the Affiliation Agreement, The Alfred E. Mann Institute for Biomedical Engineering at the University of Southern California was formed as a non-profit research institute to engage in biomedical research to foster the development of medical devices with the ultimate goal of improving human health and wellbeing.
Extent
1.125 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection consists of the founding documents associated with The Alfred E. Mann Institute for Biomedical Engineering at the University of Southern California (AMI-USC).
Processing Information
This collection is unprocessed.
Subject
- University of Southern California -- Archives (Organization)
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- Finding aid for the University of Southern California Alfred Mann Institute records
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Author
- Sarah Jardini for History Associates Incorporated
- Date
- 2022 August
- 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