KUSC records
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Scope and Contents
This collection includes the business records, legal records, press releases, news clippings, program guides, realia, and ½’’ and ¼’’ magnetic audio tapes related to the listener supported classical music radio station, KUSC.
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1946 - 2017
Creator
- KUSC (Radio station : Los Angeles, Calif.) (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
KUSC is a listener supported classical music radio station that began in 1946 through the patronage of USC alumnus George Allan Hancock, an oil magnate and cello player for the Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra. KUSC operates as both a student run and professional broadcasting station, and in the early 1990s the station incorporated talk, jazz, folk, and world music.
Extent
134.979 Linear Feet (125 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection includes the administrative records and audio recordings related to the listener supported classical music radio station, KUSC.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accrual of papers and recordings transferred to Special Collections from KUSC President, Brenda Barnes, upon her retirement in 2017.
Processing Information
This collection is partially processed.
Subject
- KUSC (Radio station : Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Archives (Organization)
- University of Southern California -- Archives (Organization)
- Title
- Finding aid for the KUSC records
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Author
- Sarah Jardini for History Associates Incorporated
- Date
- 2022 November
- 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