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Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 7005
Abstract
This collection cosists primarily of information on the Van Nuys and Lankershim families, pioneers in Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley, and the development of the Valley. George Harrison Whitney was President of the Van Nuys Foundation.
Dates:
1897-1963, undated
Collection
Identifier: 0172
Abstract
This collection contains the papers of the author Leonard Wibberley (1915-1983). Wibberley wrote over 100 books over the course of his career. His papers include manuscripts, galleys, and typescripts for books written by him.
Dates:
1953 - 1983
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 5291
Abstract
"Cob shoe" type horseshoe found near Widney Alumni House on the University Park campus, 2012.
Dates:
undated
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 5194
Abstract
This collection includes the cape/cloak, Stetson hat, a hymn book, and a book of unpublished poems belonging to J.P. Widney (1841-1938).
Dates:
Majority of material found within c. 1910s
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 5005
Abstract
This collection consists of two letters written by American lawyer, judge, and founding member of the University of Southern California Robert Maclay Widney to Rev. John Dickenson in 1886.
Dates:
1886
Collection — Map-case: 6, drawer: 2
Identifier: 6027
Abstract
This small collection contains "Two Riddles from Aldhelm," 1975, broadside edition, numbered 41 of 100, signed; "Teresa", 1976, press proof, signed; a photograph of Wilbur at the Grolier Club, 1970, photograph by Elsa Dorfman for her book, "Elsa's Housebook". The collection also includes a photocopy of a postcards sent by WIlbur to Jack W.C. Hagstrom regarding his poem, "Teresa".
Dates:
1970 - 1987
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 6082
Abstract
This collection consists of correspondence between Elfrida “Elfy” Stoeger-Joseph, her former husband Rudolph “Rudy” Joseph, and Thornton Wilder, 1945-2011. The correspondence of this collection ranges from about 1945 to 1974, which also corresponds to the years of Elfy and Rudy's marriage. Topics discussed in the letters include opera, writing, film, and every day matters. The letters provide a small glimpse of the lives of Elfrida, Rudolph, and Wilder. Thornton Wilder was an American writer...
Dates:
1946 - 1962
Collection
Identifier: 0326
Abstract
The William L. Pereira & Associates records consist of architectural plans, materials for presentations to clients, site studies, project workbooks, and interim reports documenting the majority of the firm's projects from 1960 to 1989. William Leonard Pereira, who had already been working as an architect in Chicago and Los Angeles since the early 1930s, founded the company in 1958. William L. Pereira & Associates designed over 300 buildings, including the Transamerica Pyramid in San...
Dates:
1939 - 2022; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1980
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 7047
Abstract
Three blueprints for the A.C. Arnoll residence, Glendale, CA, designed by architect Paul R. Williams.
Dates:
undated
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 7045
Content Description
Photograph album with 24 photographs depicting Wilson Aero Corp.'s motion picture work. Photographs include on the set images of Dawn Patrol (1930), the comedy short Plane Crazy (1930), and Paul Sloane's War Correspondent (1932) starring Jack Holt. The album documents much of the activity of the Wilson Aero Corp. and may have functioned as a sales tool--glamourous images of film shoots, various planes, and photographs of the turret camera mount that allowed for 360 degree in-air tracking...
Dates:
circa 1932