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University of Southern California Student Thesis papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 5047

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of theses written by USC students from 1910 through the 1930s within the Economics department and the newly founded Sociology Department. All the papers in this collection pertain to California--chiefly the Los Angeles area. Topics covered include labor unions, agriculture such as cotton and oranges, juvenile delinquency, wages in various industries such as laundries and garment factories, etc.

Dates

  • Creation: 1910-1930s

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 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

This collection of student papers and theses appear to have been the provenance of prominent USC sociology professor, Dr. Emory S. Bogardus, who helped establish one of the first sociology departments at an American university (USC) in 1915. Before 1915, sociology topics were taught as part of the Economics department, as evidenced by the papers in this collection. Many of the papers written before 1915 were submitted as part of an Economics Seminar (various years) taught by Dr. Bogardus and/or Dr. Rockwell Hunt. Later papers were submitted for Sociology or Psychology classes.

Extent

1.125 Linear Feet (1 box)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

This collection consists of theses written by USC students from 1910 through the 1930s within the Economics department and the newly founded Sociology Department.

Processing Information

This collection is unprocessed.

Title
Finding aid of the University of Southern California Student Thesis papers
Status
Minimally Processed
Author
Sarah Jardini for History Associates Incorporated
Date
2022 March
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

Contact:
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-0189 United States