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T. Walter Wallbank papers

 Collection
Identifier: 5137

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Scope and Contents

This collection consists of written papers and manuscripts, index card notes, journals, and books from American historian Thomas Walter Wallbank (1901-1992). Wallbank was a history professor at the University of Southern California from 1933 to 1964. He wrote the popular world history textbook with Alastair M. Taylor, "Civilizations Past and Present."

Dates

  • Creation: Majority of material found within 1930s-1970s

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

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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

Thomas Walter Wallbank (1901-1992) was an American historian. Wallbank was a history professor at the University of Southern California from 1933 to 1964. Along with Alastair M. Taylor, he wrote the world history textbook "Civilization Past and Present."

Extent

66.021 Linear Feet (67 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

This collection consists of written papers and manuscripts, index card notes, journals, and books from American historian Thomas Walter Wallbank (1901-1992).

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of T. Walter Wallbank.

Processing Information

This collection is unprocessed.

Title
Finding aid for the T. Walter Wallbank papers
Status
Unprocessed
Author
Marissa Chavez 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

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