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Collection
Identifier: 0303
Abstract
Between 1947 and 1950, attorney and housing rights advocate Shirley Adelson Siegel lived in Los Angeles and became deeply involved with pro bono committee work related to the promotion of civil rights and affordable housing. Although she lived in Los Angeles for less than four years, her work helped shape legislation that was later developed at both the local and state levels. The collection consists of publications, press releases, correspondence, meeting agendas and minutes, and...
Dates:
1947-1950
Collection
Identifier: 5334
Abstract
The David St. John papers consist of notes, drafts, and publication materials for all of St. John's collections of poetry, as well as for prose works, individual and unpublished poems, and collaborative works. The collection also contains drafts of introductions that St. John wrote for others' works, interview transcripts and recordings, scripts for and recordings of readings and lectures, notebooks, agendas and appointment calendars, and materials from various committees and professional...
Dates:
1960 - 2018
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: 0301
Abstract
Catherine G. Stern was a social activist for civil and human rights. The papers contain correspondence, administrative papers, reports, and publications from the Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations, the Community Relations Conference of Southern California, the U. S. Commission on Civil Rights, and other civic, educational, and artistic organizations with which Stern was involved.
Dates:
1951 - 2001
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 5391
Abstract
The Madeleine Stoner papers consist of notes, course materials, publications and various reports and related documents concerning Stoner's work with homeless and homelessness initiatives, as well as her career at USC. Stoner was a social worker who specialized in homelessness. She published two books on homelessness, worked as a consultant to government and community groups, and was a member of various Los Angeles area task forces and commissions on homelessness. She taught in the USC...
Dates:
circa 1960s-2000s
Collection
Identifier: 5380
Abstract
A collection of correspondence, administrative and legal documents, publications, policy briefs, research reports, white papers, articles, and working papers created at the Tomás Rivera Policy Institute (TRPI). TRPI is a think tank promoting informed policy making on issues affecting Latino communities. The TRPI was founded in 1985 at Pitzer College in Claremont, California. In 2003, TRPI moved to the University of Southern California, first under the School of Policy, Planning, and...
Dates:
1974 - 2010
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 5293
Abstract
This collection consists of University of Southern California Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences records of previous deans Joseph Aoun, Peter Starr, and Howard Gilman.
Dates:
1996 - 2008
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0050
Abstract
This collection consists of the University of Southern California Library of Aeronautical History collections including photographs, newspapers, ephemera, scrapbooks, and other information related to aeronautical history.
Dates:
1918 - 1971
Collection
Identifier: 0280
Abstract
Records of the University of Southern California School of Library Science (1936-1986), including those of Martha Boaz, Dean of the School from 1955-1978. Consists of correspondence, notes, minutes, manuscripts, scrapbooks, publications, and ephemera related to the School's educational and administrative activites.
Dates:
1892 - 1986
Collection
Identifier: 5095
Abstract
The University of Southern California School of Philosophy was established in 1929 by the USC Board of Trustees, replacing the Department of Philosophy. The first director of the School was Ralph Tyler Flewelling, who previously served as chair of the deparment and was instrumental in getting the School approved. These records primarily contain the administrative files of the early School directors, beginning with Flewelling, followed by Daniel S. Robinson, W.H. Werkmeister, and John...
Dates:
1889-2000s; Majority of material found within 1903 - 1977