Personal Papers , circa 1915-1994
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Scope and Content
Primarily comprised of correspondence, financial records, music and theater programs, the series is arranged into 5 subseries: (1) Biographical Documents, (2) Correspondence, (3) Financial Records, (4) Pefroming Arts Programs, and (5) Clippings. The biographical documents include various personal records. The Correspondence files document his life through continued correspondence with a number of friends and relatives. The files also contain correspondence related to the other series of the collection including the Church of Christ, Scientist series and the Landscape Designer and Architect series. His federal and state income tax returns primarily comprise the Financial Records subseries. The Performing Arts Programs subseries contains ballet, motion picture, music, opera, and theater programs. The final subseries, Clippings, consists of loose clipping found among the Legg papers with the exception of his Music clippings folder.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1915-1994
Creator
- From the Collection: Legg, W. Dorr (William Dorr Legg) (Creator, Person)
- From the Collection: Nojima, John (Nagatoshi) (Donor, Person)
- From the Collection: Mulroy, Brad (Interviewer, Person)
- From the Collection: Kelly, James J. (Author, Person)
Access
The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.
Extent
From the Collection: 24 Linear Feet (6 record boxes, 6 archive cartons, 8 clamshell photograph binders, 2 flat boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Container Summary
[67 folders]
Repository Details
Part of the ONE Archives at the USC Libraries, University of Southern California Repository
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Los Angeles California 90007 United States
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