Established in 1908, the Southern California Chapter of the American Guild of Organists is a local chapter of the national professional association serving the organ and choral music fields. This collection contains the records of the Los Angeles and Pasadena chapters of the American Guild of Organists, including administrative files, publications, and annual scrapbooks.
Dates:
1908 - 2004; Majority of material found within 1950 - 2000
This collection consists of two scrapbooks belonging to C.E.D. Ballou, a student at the University of Southern California's College of Liberal Arts in the 1890s.
Collection consists of clippings, correspondence, playbills, photographs, film stills, and political materials associated with American actor and legislator Albert Dekker (1905-1968).
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1917 - 1961
Abstract
The collection consists of clippings, photographs and photograph albums, legal documents and correspondence, created by and about various members of the Doheny family, including Lucy Estelle Doheny and her husband, Van Cott Niven; and legal documents, including copies of Lucy Estelle Doheny's birth certificate (box 1). Also included are color photographs of the Doheny chapel in Camarillo; photographs of various members of the Doheny family, including Ned Doheny; a copy of the New York Herald...
This collection consists of story treatments, production materials, clippings, correspondence, scrapbooks, and photographs from American motion picture director, producer, and writer Clyde E. Elliott (1885-1959).
Abstract
This collection of scrapbooks originated with Family Service of Los Angeles Area and the Welfare Planning Council. The albums contain clippings regarding adoption; materials on the activities and functions of the Southeast Advisory Council of Family Service; the Welfare Planning Council; and the Neighborhood Youth Association of the Episcopalian Church. Also included is an album celebrating Evelyn Davis' nomination and reception of the Koshland Award. The dates of the scrapbooks' material...
This collection contains the papers and scrapbooks of actor, William Farnum (1876-1953). Materials include playscripts, personal photographs, theater programs, handbills, correspondence, clippings, and publicity materials.
Abstract
This archive contains the correspondence of Marta Feuchtwanger, wife of German-Jewish writer Lion Feuchtwanger, who survived her husband by almost thirty years. Marta Feuchtwanger remained an important figure in the exile community and devoted the remainder of her life to promoting the work of her husband. The collection contains Marta Feuchtwanger's personal correspondence, texts and manuscripts by her and others, royalty statements received for the works of her husband, correspondence with...
Dates:
1536 - 1987; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1987
The collection contains records of the activities of the First Century Families, especially centered on the planning and implementation of the group's annual luncheon. Considerable genealogical and biographical material is also contained herein. The collection also includes 22.4 gigabytes of audio and video files.