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Collection
Identifier: 0218-2
Abstract
The Yvonne Brathwaite Burke papers contain the records of the political activities of Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, University of Southern California Gould Law School alumna, state and federal legislator, and county official. Included in this collection are the records from Burke's second tenure on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors (1992-2008).
Dates:
1968 - 2008; Majority of material found within 1991 - 2008
Collection
Identifier: 0344
Abstract
The Leo F. Buscaglia Archives contains material pertaining to his personal life as well as to his professional career.
Dates:
1904 - 2000
Collection
Identifier: 0227
Abstract
The records of the California office of Hands Across America include correspondence, memoranda, promotional materials, newspaper clippings, and ephemera. Held on May 25, 1986, Hands Across America was a benefit event staged to raise money to fight hunger and homelessness.
Dates:
1986 - 1986
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 2579
Abstract
Collection consists of photographs and clippings of Ethel Barrymore and the Barrymore family in addition to a 1909 Actor’s Fund of America letter.
Dates:
c. 1909-1920s
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 0538
Abstract
Collection consists of materials associated with the life and career of writer and diplomat Rosario Castellanos.
Dates:
1950s - 1974
Collection
Identifier: 0228
Abstract
Century Freeway, officially named the I-105 Glenn M. Anderson (Century) Freeway Transitway, extends for 17.3 miles in a west-east direction, from Sepulveda Blvd near the Los Angeles International Airport to the I-605 Freeway. The freeway traverses nine cities in the County of Los Angles and interchanges with four freeways: Interstate Routes 405, 110, 710, and 605. Planning for the Century Freeway began in 1958 and it took 35 years to build. The freeway opened to the public in 1993. The...
Dates:
1966 - 1993
Collection
Identifier: 3311
Abstract
The China Society of Southern California was founded in 1935 as a non-profit cultural organization and is the oldest Sino-American organization of its kind in the United States. The records of the China Society consist primarily of correspondence, board meeting minutes, the Bulletin of the China Society, and financial records. There are also materials surrounding events held by both the China Society and neighboring organizations, foundation documents, articles and clippings, as well as...
Dates:
1935 - 2015
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 5115
Abstract
This collection consists of the papers and photographs of University of Southern California alumnus Arden H. Christensen.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1920s-1960s
Collection
Identifier: 0320
Abstract
The Citizens Committee to Save Elysian Park was founded in 1965 to organize public and official awareness and to raise support to preserve the park land as public open space, and to develop it for recreational activities. The mission and efforts of this vibrant "grass roots" organization are ongoing, and the Committee will continue to add materials which document its activities. The collection consists of fifteen boxes of records dating back to the Committee's early history in the 1960s. ...
Dates:
1965 - 2019
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 2545
Abstract
This collection is composed of business records and clippings related to the operation of Columbia Amusement Co. Santa Rosa, CA theaters.
Dates:
1908 - 1921; 1957