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Collection
Identifier: 0429
Abstract
This collection consists of the sources that were used by the team writing the history of the mental health services in the Los Angeles city schools, now known as the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). The materials include memorandums, agendas, papers and reports, publications from organizations outside the LAUSD, annual reports, etc. Of special interest are the ledgers recording the referral and treatment of students at school mental health facilities, from the 1940s to the...
Dates:
1931 - 1988
Collection
Identifier: 0413
Abstract
The papers of the Midnight Mission and of Tom and Mary Liddecoat consist of material that documents the personal and business history of the Liddecoat family, the Midnight Mission, and various other charities and individuals associated with the Liddecoat family; specifically, the collection documents two generations of the Liddecoat family and their involvement in charitable organizations such as the Midnight Mission, the Gospel Foundation of America, and charitable organizations on the...
Dates:
1899 - 2005
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0190
Abstract
The Osborne-Montague family papers contains the papers of multiple generations of the Osborne and Montague families, as well as of the families they married into (primarily the Tingstads and the Caleffs). Rodney Montague moved to Los Angeles in 1853, while Henry Zenas Osborne moved to the area in 1878. Montague was a farmer; Osborne owned the Los Angeles Evening Express and was a Congressman for California's 10th Congressional District from 1917 until his death in 1923. His son, Henry...
Dates:
1847 - 1992; Majority of material found within 1890 - 1945
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 6160
Abstract
Hansi Share, creator of the Monica Doll, was a Jewish emigre to the United States from Germany. In Germany, she was married to Hermann Ploschitzki, co-owner of Karstadt, a German department store chain, who died in 1932. She was subsequently married to Julius Wilhem Fehr, and then Leon Share, who sponsored her emigration to the United States. After her emigration, she designed and created the Monica Doll, which was notable as the first doll to use real human hair implanted in the head. ...
Dates:
1924-1971
Collection
Identifier: 0005
Abstract
These papers document both the personal and professional life of Admiral William H. Standley (1872-1963), naval officer, United States government official and diplomat, and California civic leader.
Dates:
1892 - 1992; Majority of material found within 1924 - 1958
Collection
Identifier: 0348
Abstract
The papers of Warren L. Steinberg date from 1944 to 1998 with the bulk of the materials dating from 1966 to 1997. The papers focus on Steinberg's involvement with the City of Los Angeles Human Relations Commission, an organization that Steinberg was involved with until his death in 2004.
Dates:
1944 - 1998; Majority of material found within 1966 - 1997
Collection
Identifier: 5178
Abstract
This collection consists of the records for the Master of Liberal Arts program at the University of Southern California. This program was active from 1969 to 1989.
Dates:
1969 - 1989
Collection
Identifier: 0295
Abstract
The collection contains records of the USC School of Public Administration from its inception as the USC Institute of Government through 1996. Records include correspondence and other administrative documents, records of Institutes and other joint projects, contracts, faculty papers, and similar materials.
Dates:
1929 - 1996
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2639
Abstract
This collection consists of the papers of Serbia-born Hollywood montagist, director, lecturer, painter, and illustrator Slavko Vorkapich (1894-1976), including papers, photographs, lecture notes, drawings, and clippings.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1920s-1940s