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Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0066
Abstract
The A.F. Miller collection on aviation is one of several such collections acquired for USC Special Collections’ Library of Aeronautical History beginning in the 1960s. At that time, several airline officials and retired pioneers of the airline industry donated historical materials on the subject of air transportation in the West. The collection consists of several scrapbooks of clippings, plus loose clippings, related to airplanes and aviation-- chiefly from the 1940s-- in addition to over...
Dates:
1920 - 1950
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0064
Abstract
This collection consists of scrapbooks and clippings chronicling the early innovations of manned flight compiled by Earl X. Brown.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1911 - 1945; 1966
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 6218
Scope and Contents
Scrapbook from 1911 with clippings about the early years of aviation and early aviators.
Dates:
1911
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 0054
Abstract
Technical manuals; clippings; photographs of commercial air operations. George Antolchick was an airplane and engine mechanic.
Dates:
1920 - 1953
Collection
Identifier: 0055
Abstract
Biographies of early woman aviators, correspondence, photographs, memorabilia, scrapbooks, instructional materials; copies of Aerogram, the WIAA publication; personal archives of Elizabeth L. McQueen (Mrs. Ulysses Grant McQueen, d.1958), founder of WIAA in 1929 and the Women's Aeronautic Association of California, and organizer of the Women's Air Derby ("Powder Puff Derby").
Dates:
1920 - 1958
Collection
Identifier: 5287
Abstract
The University of Southern California's School of Dramatic Arts began as the Department of Drama within the School of Speech in 1945. It was part of several other departments before it became an independent school in 1990. The records in the collection document many of the activities of the School in the second half of the 20th century and the early part of the 21st century. Included are programs and photographs from theatrical productions, photographs and documents from events including...
Dates:
1941-2007, undated
Collection
Identifier: 5339
Abstract
A collection of various songs, including USC's alma mater, created by and for the University of Southern California. Included are fight songs, popular songs, music performed in theatrical productions, as well as some clippings, correspondence and ephemera about the composer and the composition of the alma mater.
Dates:
1902-1986
Collection
Identifier: 0283
Abstract
The University of Southern California's music school was officially established in 1884, and conferred its first degrees in 1885. The records document many of the activities of the School from the late 19th to the early 21st centuries. Included are the papers (generally incomplete) of some of the School's notable personnel, including Max Swarthout, Raymond Kendall, Ellis Kohs, Pauline Alderman, and Walter F. Skeele; records of academic activities; records of student and alumni...
Dates:
1897 - 2017; Modified: 2017-2019, 2021
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 5039
Abstract
USCaleidoscope was an annual all-university open house begun in 1969 and consisted of tours, demonstrations, exhibits, lectures, performances, luncheons, and award ceremonies throught USC's schools and including both the University Park campus as well as the Medical School. An annual event that took place in the Spring, the ambitious program ceased before the 1978 season due to budget constraints. This one-box collection of records is comprised of campus memos, flyers, press announcements,...
Dates:
1971-1978
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 2554
Abstract
Collection is composed of a group photograph, an article, and autographed illustrations from Charlie Chaplin.
Dates:
1940