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Laura Burmeister USC student scrapbooks

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 5169

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of two scrapbooks belonging to Laura Burmeister, a student at the USC Preparatory School and the University of Southern California. These scrapbooks include ephemera, photographs, journal entries, the school moto and class song for USC Prep, programs, invitations, clippings, cut pieces of cloth from gowns, and a directory.

Dates

  • Creation: Majority of material found within 1900s-1910s

Creator

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

Laura Burmeister was a student at the University of Southern California Preparatory School, graduating in 1908. She went on to get a Bachelor's degree from the University of Southern California, graduating in 1912. Burmeister became a cataloger at the Los Angeles Public Library before joining the USC library staff in 1922.

Extent

2 Linear Feet (2 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

This collection consists of two scrapbooks belonging to Laura Burmeister, a student at the USC Preparatory School and the University of Southern California.

Processing Information

This collection is unprocessed.

Title
Finding aid for the Laura Burmeister USC student scrapbooks
Status
Unprocessed
Author
Marissa Chavez for History Associates Incorporated
Date
2022 April
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