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Julius Berstl papers

 Collection
Identifier: 0031
Abstract Literary archive of the German emigre author and playwright Julius Berstl (1883-1975). The collection includes typescripts, manuscripts, personal and professional correspondence, personal and biographical documents, theater memorabilia, and a small number of literary journals, both in English and in German. Julius Berstl was born on August 6, 1883 in Bernburg, Germany to a theatrical family. Upon graduation from university, he became the dramaturg, or literary advisor, of the renowned...
Dates: 1858 - 2010; Majority of material found within 1901 - 1975
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

B. Kwaku Duren papers

 Collection
Identifier: 7022
Abstract B. Kwaku Duren is a lawyer and long-time political, social and community activist in the Los Angeles area. He has served various institutions, among them the South-Central Office of the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles (LAFLA), the Union of Legal Services Workers of Los Angeles. He served as head of the Southern California Chapter of the Black Panther Party and chairman of the New Panther Vanguard Movement. He was co-editor-in-chief of The Black Panther International News Service. As a...
Dates: 1964 - 2012
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Elaine Levin collection on American ceramics

 Collection
Identifier: 4007
Abstract

This collection consists of artist files and exhibition catalogs collected by Elaine Levin, art historian, writer, lecturer, and curator in ceramics.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1950s-2000s
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Lawrence Lipton papers

 Collection
Identifier: 0159
Abstract The Lawrence Lipton papers, 1883-2009 (bulk 1950-1975), consist of correspondence, interviews, manuscripts, typescripts, audio recordings, clippings, periodicals, photographs, motion pictures, and ephemera, created and collected by Beat Generation chronicler, novelist, and poet, Lawrence Lipton. The collection documents Lipton's prolific work as a novelist, poet, and columnist through typescripts and manuscripts of his works; correspondence between Lipton and members of the Beats, including...
Dates: 1883 - 2009; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1975
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Los Angeles Olympics realia and ephemera

 Collection
Identifier: 5162
Abstract

This collection consists of realia and ephemera from the 1932 and 1984 Olympic Games, both having taken place in Los Angeles, California.

Dates: 1932; 1984
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Frances Marion papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2198
Abstract

This collection contains the papers of American screenwriter and author Frances Marion (1888-1973). Materials include books, scrapbooks, treatments and short stories, photographs, stills, clippings, and programs, newspaper and magazine articles, and plaques and awards.

Dates: circa 1914-1973
Found in: USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library

Virginia Mayo papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2444
Abstract

This collection contains the papers of American actress Virginia Mayo (1920-2005). Materials include personal and business correspondence, telegrams, fan letters, theater and motion picture programs, scrapbooks, and clippings, stills, photographs, fan magazines, publicity, pressbooks, and awards and trophies.

Dates: 1930s-1976
Found in: USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library

Richard M. Mosk Warren Commission papers

 Collection
Identifier: 6120
Abstract Richard M. Mosk was a California Court of Appeal Justice who over more than three decades of public service investigated the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, chaired the Motion Picture Classification and Rating Administration that provides the parental ratings for motion pictures, and sat on the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal at The Hague, where he served as a judge from 1981 to 1984 and 1997 to 2001. The Warren Commission was established by President Lyndon B. Johnson on November 29,...
Dates: 1963-2015
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Edward Paik papers

 Collection
Identifier: 3315
Abstract

Edward Paik was a Korean American food service equipment sales supervisor, Kitchen Specialist, and U.S. Air Force Surplus Property Disposal Specialist. This collection comprises primarily photographs and printed materials created and collected by Edward Paik. It also contains ephemera in the form of service medals, a wool cap, and Army patches, as well as personal papers in the form of correspondence, letters, and yearbooks.

Dates: 1931 - 2000; Majority of material found within 1939 - 1994
Found in: USC Libraries East Asian Library

Ralph Rodgers and Percy Turner Circus collection

 Collection
Identifier: 0388
Abstract The Ralph Rodgers and Percy Turner Circus Collection documents the collective interests of a circus model builder/ miniature circus owner and a real circus owner who became friends and whose circus memorabilia ended up with a mutual friend who donated them to USC. The collection contains ephemera, correspondence, photographs, books, records, costumes, and a large amount of circus model plans and drawings kept by Ralph Rodgers. A portion of the collection represents the history of the...
Dates: 1930s-1980s
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

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Ahn, Philip, 1905-1978 1
Ambassador Hotel 1
Berstl, Julius 1
Big Apple Circus 1
Black Panther Party 1
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Black Panther Party. Southern California Chapter 1
Bradley, Tom 1
British Broadcasting Corporation 1
Busoni, Ferruccio 1
Circus Model Builders International 1
Circus World Museum (Baraboo, Wis.) 1
Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus 1
Cole Bros. Circus 1
Duren, B. Kwaku 1
Evans, Merle 1
Ewers, Hanns Heinz 1
Farjeon, Eleanor 1
Felix Bloch Erben (Firm) 1
Georg Marton Verlag (Firm) 1
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997 1
Goudge, Elizabeth 1
Griffin, Burt W. 1
Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus 1
Hayden, Robert, Dr. 1
Hoffman, John, 1904-1980 1
Holland, Max 1
Houghton, Robert A. 1
Jacobs , Lou 1
Johst, Hanns 1
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 1
Kennedy, Robert F. 1
Kreischer, Lou 1
Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles 1
Levin, Elaine 1
Lipton, Lawrence, 1898-1975 1
Litton Industries 1
Los Angeles (Calif.). Police Department 1
Lowenstein, Allard K. 1
MacDougall, Robert 1
Marion, Frances, 1888-1973 1
Mayo, Virginia, 1920-2005 1
Melanson, Philip H. 1
Mierendorff, Marta 1
Moldea, Dan E. 1
Mosk, Richard M. 1
National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America 1
New Panther Vanguard Movement 1
Niese, Hansi 1
Olympic Games (10th : 1932 : Los Angeles, Calif.) 1
Olympic Games. (23rd : 1984 : Los Angeles, Calif.) 1
Oswald, Lee Harvey 1
Paik, Edward, 1917- 1
Paik, Irvin, 1940- 1
Paik, Katherine 1
Parker, Jim 1
Posey, Jake 1
Rice, Craig, 1908-1957 1
Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows 1
Rodgers, Ralph 1
Sells-Floto Circus 1
Sirhan, Sirhan Bishara 1
Slawson, W. David, 1931- 1
Stone, Gregory 1
Strong, John 1
Sunoo, Sonia Shinn 1
Tillich, Paul 1
Turner, Percy 1
United States. Air Force 1
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation 1
United States. Warren Commission 1
Von Wolowski, Kurt 1
Vorkapich, Slavko 1
Wallenda, Karl 1
Walter, Fried 1
Warren, Earl, 1891-1974 1
Webster, William H. 1
Wellborn, Mildred 1
Wenatchee Youth Circus 1
Wicclair, Walter 1
Wied, Gustav 1
Willens, Howard P., 1931- 1
Winsett, Eva L. 1
Wolfer, DeWayne 1
Younger, Evelle J. 1
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