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El Buen Tono, S.A., collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 0523
Abstract

This small collection contains loose photographs, a photograph album, and lithographed promotional comic book for El Buen Tono cigarette manufacturing company of Mexico City, dating from the early 1900s.

Dates: early 1900s

Abraham Z. Hoffman papers

 Collection
Identifier: 7090
Content Description

Dr. Hoffman's papers include many historical organization journals and books, many including essays by Hoffman; his research materials, much literature related to the society E Clampus Vitus, newsletters and ephemera pertaining to Hollywood's Magic Castle, and a small trove of underground comic books ("comix"). There are also some materials pertaining to the Los Angeles Corral of Westerners, of which Dr. Hoffman is a prominent member.

Dates: 1960 - 2019

Latin American comic books

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 0558
Abstract

Collection consists of various popular character comics published in Spanish.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1960s-1970s; 2007

Memín Pinguín collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0585
Abstract

This collection contains issues of the Spanish-language Mexican comic book Memín Pinguín, chiefly dating from 1965 to 1971. There are also three issues from the 2006 re-edited version and commemorative Mexican postage stamps.

Dates: 1965 - 2006

John F. Merritt Southern California memorabilia and ephemera collection

 Collection
Identifier: 7103
Abstract

A collection of Southern California memorabilia and ephemera collected by John F. Merritt, founder of Californians for Preservation Action and its successor organization, California Preservation Foundation (CPF). The collection contains postcards, pamphlets, magazines, produce crate labels, prints, comic books, illustrations, and countercultural political materials created between 1899 and 2005, with the bulk of the collection spanning from 1910 to 1970.

Dates: 1899 - 2005; Majority of material found within 1910 - 1970

Virgil Mirano 3D photography collection

 Collection
Identifier: 6200
Abstract The Virgil Mirano 3D photography collection comprises the library of Virgil Mirano (1937-2018), the cinematographer and visual effects specialist best known for his work on Die Hard (1988), Blade Runner (1982), and Masters of the Universe (1987). The collection contains books, magazines, and promotional material that incorporate 3D images; 3D photography viewers and glasses; 3D comic books;...
Dates: 1935 - 2018; Majority of material found within 1970 - 2000

Keith Royer collection on Southern California scootering and youth subculture

 Collection
Identifier: 7139
Abstract The Keith Royer collection on Southern California scootering and youth subculture documents several decades of vintage scooter culture and the diverse aspects of the subculture as it relates to music, fashion, politics, and youth communities. Keith Royer has been a scooter rider, collector, and bike mechanic since the mid-1980s and a patched club member of the Pharaohs Scooter Club of San Diego since 1995. The Pharaohs Scooter Cult was formed on December 23, 1993 at Hill Street Coffee House...
Dates: 1985 - 2022

University of Southern California Library of Aeronautical History collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0050
Abstract

This collection consists of the University of Southern California Library of Aeronautical History collections including photographs, newspapers, ephemera, scrapbooks, and other information related to aeronautical history.

Dates: 1918 - 1971

Walt Disney Productions and Walt Disney ephemera collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 0304
Abstract

This small collection of Walt Disney and Disney Company related ephemera consists of newsletters, posters, book jackets, clippings, prints, comic books, small books, drawings, and miscellaneous printed ephemera that feature Walt Disney-created characters. The material dates from the 1930s and 1940s.

Dates: 1930s-1950s

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Comic books 6
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Magazines (periodicals) 3
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Correspondence 2
Disney characters -- Archival resources 2
Newsletters 2
Pamphlets 2
Postcards 2
Posters 2
Programs (documents) 2
3-D films -- Archival resources 1
3-D video (Three-dimensional imaging) -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 1
Aeronautics 1
Aeronautics -- History -- Archival resources 1
Agriculture -- California, Southern -- Archival resources 1
Blacks -- Caricatures and cartoons 1
Blacks -- Mexico -- Comic books, strips, etc. 1
Book jackets 1
California, Southern -- Transportation -- Archival resources 1
Cartoons and comics 1
Certificates 1
Cigarette industry -- Mexico -- Photographs 1
Cinematography -- Special effects -- Archival resources 1
Citrus crate labels -- California, Southern -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
Clippings (information artifacts) 1
Comic books, strips, etc. -- Latin America 1
Crate labels 1
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Digital media 1
Factories -- Mexico -- Photographs 1
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Fruit crate labels -- California, Southern -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
Graphic arts -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 1
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Libraries -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 1
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Memín Pinguín (Fictitious character) -- Comic books, strips, etc. 1
Mexico 1
Mexico -- Photographs 1
Mexico City (Mexico) -- Photographs 1
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Motor scooters -- California, Southern -- Archival resources 1
Motor vehicles -- California -- Archival resources 1
Moving images 1
News photographs 1
Newspaper clippings 1
Newspapers 1
Notes 1
Periodicals 1
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Photograph albums 1
Photographic postcards 1
Photography -- Special effects -- Archival resources 1
Postcards -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 1
Postcards -- California -- Pasadena -- Archival resources 1
Postcards -- California, Southern -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
Prints 1
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Publications (documents) 1
Punk culture and art -- California -- Archival resources 1
Schedules (time plans) 1
Science and technology libraries -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 1
Scrapbooks 1
Slide viewers (hand held devices) 1
T-shirts 1
Textiles 1
Three-dimensional display systems -- Archival resources 1
Three-dimensional imaging -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
Video recordings (physical artifacts) 1
Videotapes 1
West (U.S.) -- History -- Archival resources 1
West (U.S.) -- History -- Periodicals 1
Youth movements -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 1
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Language
English 6
Spanish; Castilian 3
German 1
 
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Walt Disney Productions 2
Buen Tono, S.A. 1
Disney, Walt, 1901-1966 1
Hanna-Barbera Productions 1
Merritt, John F., 1942-2016 1