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Harry L. Ettinger papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 3333
Abstract
The Harry L. Ettinger papers contain correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, collected publications, and other material belonging to American philanthropist Harry L. Ettinger. In 1966, Ettinger--then serving as the director of the American-Korean Foundation--established a leprosy rehabilitation center in southeastern Seoul known as Ettinger Village. Ettinger was also a close associate of Syngman Rhee, who served as the first president of South Korea from 1948 to 1960. The Harry L....
Dates:
1950 - 1970
Found in:
USC Libraries East Asian Library
Filipino American Library collection
Collection
Identifier: 6235
Abstract
The Filipino American Library collection consists of materials owned by the Filipino American Library in Historic Filipinotown that were transferred to the University of Southern California Special Collections in 2017. The collection is currently divided into two categories: (i) digitized material and (ii) minimally processed material. The digitized material consists of lantern slides, bound volumes, photographic prints, maps, and other materials that the USC Digital Library digitized and...
Dates:
1910 - 2015
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Neil Flowers North Korea Journal photograph album
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 3037
Abstract
North Korea Journal: 2002 is a large album (30 cm x 42 cm) of photographs taken by poet, screenwriter, writer, director, actor, editor, and USC alumnus Neil Flowers during a trip to North Korea (DPRK) in June 2002. Flowers, a Canadian who lives and works in Los Angeles, was the only Caucasian amongst 19 Koreans from L.A. who were invited by the government to visit the DPRK. These Korean Angelenos (and Flowers) had been contributing financially to a noodle factory in Pyongyang that fed the...
Dates:
1995 - 2002
Found in:
USC Libraries East Asian Library
Foley and Sepulveda family papers
Collection
Identifier: 7042
Abstract
The Foley and Sepulveda family papers consists of letters, diaries, photographs, photograph albums, books, legal documents and ephemera, 1850-1953 and undated, created and collected by various members of the Sepulveda and Foley families. The bulk of the collection consists of materials created and collected by William I. (W.I.) Foley and his daughter Viola Lillian Foley Morrow. Also included are some items from Foley's wife Sara Dolores Sepulveda, their children Zoraya, Rupert, and Elsa...
Dates:
1850-1953, undated
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Collection of German cigarette cards on famous dancers of the world
Collection
Identifier: 6214
Abstract
Five albums of promotional sets of cigarette cards featuring pictures and text on famous dancers of the world, published by German cigarette companies in the 1930s. The contents of these albums were issued as collector's cards and distributed with cigarette packages from three companies: Orami and Eckstein-Halpaus--both in Dresden--and Garbáty in Berlin. Two of the albums are part of a series: "Berühmte Tänzerinnen und Tänzer" (Famous Dancers), published by Cigarettenfabrik Orami with...
Dates:
1930 - 1935
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Guayule rubber industry photograph album
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 7028
Abstract
Photograph album of planting, harvesting, and manufacturing rubber in Salinas, California. Each photographs is accompanied by a detailed caption. Includes a letter from Fred McCargar, Secretary of the Salinas Chamber of Commerce to Dr. D. Spence presenting the album
Dates:
circa 1942
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Armand Hammer celebration books
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 5237
Abstract
Armand Hammer (1898-1990) was an American petroleum executive, entrepreneur, and art collector. He ran Occidental Petroleum from 1957 until his death, though he was well-known for his art collection, his philanthropy, and for his close ties to the Soviet Union.
This collection consists of six professionally produced photo albums-- four of them honoring Armand Hammer on his 86th, 87th, 88th, and 91st birthdays. (Hammer's 86th birthday was celebrated in conjunction with USC's...
Dates:
1984-1989
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Hunting and Fishing with Women photograph album
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 7075
Abstract
Photograph album containing 95 black and white or sepia toned photographs depicting women and men on a hunting and camping trip. The photos appear to have been taken in Long Beach and near Elsinore. There are a number of photos showing women roughing it, posed with rifles, drinking from a canteen, smoking a pipe, and posing with the results of their hunts. The hunters are often posed with guns and with their horse-drawn wagons. One series of photos shows a well-dressed woman firing her...
Dates:
circa 1900
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Imperial Valley photograph album
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 7012
Abstract
"Photographs of the Imperial Valley, San Diego County, California" consists of 105 photographs depicting the Imperial Valley and its farmlands and towns, circa 1904. The album was a gift from the Emerson Realty Company of Los Angeles to G.A. Parkyns, Freight and Pass Agent of the Southern Pacific Railroad.
Dates:
circa 1904
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Arlien Johnson papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 5113
Abstract
This collection consists of the papers, photographs, and personal materials of American social work educator and researcher Arlien Johnson (1894-1988).
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1920s-1970s
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections