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Collection
Identifier: 0257
Abstract
The Allan Hancock Foundation Archive contains records of the Foundation set up at the University of Southern California by G. Allan Hancock for the purpose of furthering oceanographic studies. These records also include those materials from the library and museum that were associated with the Foundation, as well some personal mementos of Captain Hancock's and the Hancock family. Also included are extensive records of the research ship Velero IV, as well as sound recordings, photographs and...
Dates:
1823 - 2005
Collection
Identifier: 5325
Abstract
The Alpha Epsilon Delta California Alpha Chapter records, 1936-1993, consist of legal documents (constitution and by-laws), membership lists, correspondence, report, and conference proceedings created and collected by the fraternity. The records document the the history of Kappa Zeta, founding of the chapter at USC, the reestablishment of the chapter in the early 1950s, the planning of activities undertaken by the chapter, and the finances of the chapter. The USC Alpha Chapter of Alpha...
Dates:
1936-1993
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 5044
Abstract
Alpha Kappa Delta is the International Sociology Honor Society founded in 1920 at the University of Southern California by sociology professor Dr. Emory S. Bogardus. He gathered a group of fourteen faculty and graduate students for the purpose of discussing research methods and findings, and to discuss research projects pertaining to sociology. The following year, Bogardus contacted a group of universities around the country, inviting them to form similar organizations. By 1924, three...
Dates:
1925-1927
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 5265
Abstract
This collection contains the papers of American engineering professor C. J. Ancker. These papers include research, drafts, manuscripts, photograph negatives, correspondences, speeches, and journals related to his publications.
Dates:
1963 - 2002
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 6273
Abstract
Collection consists of correspondence in German of German-Austrian philosopher Günther Anders with Erna Budzislawski, an emigre living in Southern California.
Dates:
1956 - 1982
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 5139
Abstract
This collection consists of the papers and music scores of film and classical composer, Michael Andersen. Includes scores, photographs, news articles, letters, and music programs.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1950s-1980s
Collection
Identifier: 5266
Abstract
The Verle and Elizabeth Annis papers contain photographs, pamphlets, postcards, correspondence, architectural designs, and other material created by Verle and Elizabeth Annis. Verle Lincoln Annis (1897-1983) was a scholar and professor of architecture at the University of Southern California until 1962. Verle Annis wrote The Architecture of Antigua Guatemala 1543-1773, published in 1968. Elizabeth Naomi Annis (née Reed) (1905-2000) was a writer, traveler,...
Dates:
1910 - 1978
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 5274
Abstract
Ephemera and memorabilia collected by USC alumnus Nick Apple. Included are photographs of Apple and the USC track and field team, copies of student newspapers and newsletters, USC ephemera, a commencement program, programs for USC track and field meets, a Pi Kappa Alpha songbook, and a program for a 1992 USC Olympian salute.
Dates:
1951 - 1992; Majority of material found within 1951 - 1953
Collection
Identifier: 5315
Abstract
Papers of Michael A. Arbib, Fletcher Jones Professor of Computer Science; University Professor; Professor of Biological Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Neuroscience and Psychology; Director, USC Human Brain Project. Prof. Arbib has based his career on the argument that we can learn much about machines from studying brains, and much about brains from studying machines. He has thus always worked for an interdisciplinary environment in which computer scientists and...
Dates:
1970-2016
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 0195
Abstract
A collection of nineteen letters written by Orion Ashenfelter to his family while on his tour of duty in the U.S. Navy, which began on January 29, 1900. Included in these letters is an eyewitness account of events during the Boxer Rebellion in China.
Dates:
1901-1903