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University of Southern California student handbooks

 Collection
Identifier: 5242

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Scope and Contents

This collection consists of pocket-sized student handbooks for the University of Southern California, issued for academic years from 1892 to 1949. These handbooks include a school events calendar; sport event dates; lists of fraternity, sororities, and campus organizations; directories; school traditions; local advertisements; and school songs. The handbooks are variously produced by the "Young Men's and Young Women's Christian Associations and the University of Southern California" (1892/93-1925/26); by the Associated Student Body (1925/26-1931/32 and 1938/39-1948/49); and by the University Bookstore (1932/33-1937/38). There is also one "Trojane Guide" for 1944/45 published by the YWCA for female students. Some issues are missing, and no student handbooks were published between 1942 and 1945.

Dates

  • Creation: 1892 - 1949

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Advance notice required for access.

Conditions Governing Access

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.

Extent

1.75 Boxes (4 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

This collection consists of pocket-sized student handbooks for the University of Southern California, issued for academic years from 1892 to 1949.

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Title
Finding aid for the University of Southern California student handbooks
Status
Minimally Processed
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

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