Rafael Osuna realia and ephemera
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of realia and ephemera related to Rafael Osuna (1938-1969), the Mexican tennis player. It includes posters, correspondence enlarged as posters, and a book container. Osuna attended the University of Southern California and competed in the 1968 Olympic Games for the Mexico team.
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1950s-1960s
Creator
- Osuna, Rafael, 1938-1969 (Person)
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
Rafael Osuna (1938-1969) was a Mexican tennis player and Olympian. He also attended the University of Southern California on a full scholarship. Osuna's wins include a singles victory at the U.S. Open Championships in 1963, winning the 1960 and 1963 Wimbledon Doubles championships, the 1962 U.S. Open Championships doubles, and for leading Mexico to its only Davis Cup Final round appearance in 1962. He is the only Mexican to be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame, in 1979.
Extent
2.083 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection consists of realia and ephemera related to Rafael Osuna, the Mexican tennis player and Olympian.
Processing Information
This collection is unprocessed.
Subject
- Osuna, Rafael, 1938-1969 -- Archives (Person)
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- Finding aid for the Rafael Osuna realia and ephemera
- 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
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-0189 United States
specol@usc.edu