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Los Angeles Webster Commission records

 Collection
Identifier: 0244
Abstract On April 29, 1992, the city of Los Angeles erupted into riots after four LAPD officers accused of beating motorist Rodney King were acquitted of all criminal charges. The effects were catastrophic; in total, the chaos persisted for six days and resulted in 58 deaths, 2,383 injuries, and nearly a billion dollars in property damage. The extent of the human and material losses incurred from the riots, coupled with intense public scrutiny of the LAPD, led the Los Angeles Board of Police...
Dates: 1931 - 1992; Majority of material found within
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Harry F. Maidenberg scrapbooks

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 0069
Abstract

This collection contains six scrapbooks containing clippings, photographs, and ephemera documenting the early history of California. The scrapbooks were compiled by Harry F. Maidenberg, who was an insurance salesman in Los Angeles.

Dates: 1950 - 1960
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Osborne-Montague family papers

 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
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Poets Garden records

 Collection
Identifier: 0110
Abstract

The Poets Garden records contains publications, letters, diaries, and memorabilia of the literary group created by Los Angeles poet Ruth Le Prade. The collection also contains materials relating to the poet Edwin Markham (1852-1940) and the labor and socialist activist Eugene Debs.

Dates: 1876-1971
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Robert B. Richardson collection on Southern California Theater

 Collection
Identifier: 0242
Abstract

This collection consists of the research files on Los Angeles and Southern California theaters compiled by Robert Richardson. The focus of the files, which contain clippings, statistics, and ephemera, is the physical venues themselves (the theaters).

Dates: 1896 - 1991; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1990
Found in: USC Libraries Music Library

Lionel Menuhin Rolfe papers

 Collection
Identifier: 0164
Abstract

Articles (some photocopied), ca. 1964 - present, on Southern California literature, politics, entertainment, and Jewish subjects, by journalist Lionel Rolfe (b.1942); includes preliminary studies for Rolfe's Literary L.A., research materials, and related materials by writer Nigey Lennon (b. 1954).

Dates: c.1960s-c.2000s
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Joseph Roos papers

 Collection
Identifier: 0313
Abstract

This collection contains papers documenting the activities of Joseph Roos (1905-1999) from his retirement from the Community Relations Committee of the Jewish Federation Council in 1969 until his death in 1999. These papers include correspondence, research files, memoranda and publications. Some documentation of Roos's earlier activities investigating the activities of the German Bund in Los Angeles in the 1930s is also present.

Dates: 1921 - 1999
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Ruskin Art Club records

 Collection
Identifier: 6083
Abstract The Ruskin Art Club was founded October 12, 1888, and is the oldest women's club in Los Angeles. Its original purpose was to study the technique and history of engraving and etching, inspired by founding member Mary E. Boyce's own collection of prints and extensive library of books on art. The Club's main activity were the annual courses of study in the history of art, architecture, or archaeology. These consisted of lectures delivered by the members to the membership at the monthly...
Dates: 1879 - 2003
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

The Scribes records

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 0022
Abstract

This collection contains records pertaining to the operations of the The Scribes club, which was founded in 1897 and met every other Tuesday evening in Los Angeles. Club records include correspondence, membership rosters, bylaws, minutes of meetings, and clippings files on club members.

Dates: 1900 - 1969; Majority of material found within 1935 - 1960
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Michael Several collection on Los Angeles Public Art

 Collection
Identifier: 0316
Abstract The Michael Several collection on Los Angeles Public Art consists of materials related to public art in Los Angeles. The collection dates from 1903-2000 with the bulk of the materials dating from 1980-2000. The collection includes article clippings, public records, photographs, slides, negatives, memorandums, brochures, art event notices, meeting minutes, project proposals, press releases, and correspondence about public art (murals, paintings, sculptures, etc.) in and around Los Angeles...
Dates: 1903 - 2000; Majority of material found within 1980 - 2000
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

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American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. 1
American Society of Civil Engineers 1
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Brown, Jerry, 1938- 1
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Burke, Yvonne Brathwaite 1
Bush, Grace E. 1
California Congress of Parents, Teachers, and Students, Inc. 1
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo 1
Chandler, Otis 1
Chase, Ralph A. 1
Chevaillier, Alzire A. (Alzire Adrienne) 1
Cheyney, Ralph 1
Christopher, Warren 1
Church of All Nations (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1
City of Los Angeles Human Relations Commission 1
Collin, Helene Montague 1
Community Relations Conference of Southern California 1
Congress of Mexican American Unity 1
Coulter Dry Goods Company (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1
Coulter, B. F. (Benjamin F.) 1
Crittenton Center for Young Women & Infants (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1
Davis, Alonzo 1
Davy, Woods 1
Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor) 1
Diaz, Angel G. 1
Douglass House Foundation 1
Drooyan, Richard E. 1
Estrada, Leobardo 1
Federation of Community Coordinating Councils of Los Angeles County 1
Feess, Gary Allen 1
Ferenz, F.K. 1
First Century Families of California (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1
First Interstate Bancorp 1
Fisher, Raymond Corley 1
Florence Crittenton Services (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1
Foley family 1
Foley, Elsa Zelinda 1
Foley, Sara Dolores Sepulveda 1
Foley, Zoraya Filema 1
Freeman & Mills 1
Garcia, Margaret 1
Gaw, Ethelean Tyson 1
German American Bund 1
Getto, Ernest J. 1
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher 1
Gnosspelius, Barbara C. 1
Gotlieb, Lawrence B. 1
Graham & James 1
Hamilton, Florence 1
Haynes, John Randolph 1
Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe 1
Holliday, Thomas E. 1
Hufstedler, Kaus & Ettinger 1
Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Dept. (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1
Irell & Manella LLP 1
Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue 1
KCET (Television station : Los Angeles, Calif.). Community Advisory Board 1
Kantor, Michael 1
Kelley, Barbara J. 1
Kilgore family 1
Kilgore, Thomas, 1913-1998 1
King, Martin Luther, Jr. 1
Kirkland & Ellis (Firm) 1
Kress, George H. 1
Kwan, Moon 1
LaMothe, Louise A. 1
Lankershim family 1
Latham & Watkins 1
Lennon, Nigey, 1954- 1
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Los Angeles (Calif.). Police Commission 1
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce 1
Los Angeles County (Calif.). Board of Supervisors 1
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Los Angeles County (Calif.). Office of Independent Review 1
Los Angeles County (Calif.). Regional Planning Commission 1
Los Angeles County (Calif.). Sheriff's Department 1
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority 1
Los Angeles Florence Crittenton Home (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1
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