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Mildred Wellborn collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 5354
Abstract
This collection consists of the scrapbook, realia, and printed emphemera belonging to Mildred Wellborn who graduated from the University of Southern California in 1912.
Dates:
Majority of material found within c. 20th century
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Alfred Wesson papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 5035
Abstract
Alfred "Al" Wesson is best known as the composer, while a student at USC, of "All Hail"-- USC's current alma mater song-- for a student fundraiser called "Campus Frolics of 1923". The other song he wrote for the opening of Frolics was "Cardinal and Gold" which also became a perennial favorite, played at Trojan football games and countless other university events. In addition to Wesson's musical ability, he served as the University's first...
Dates:
1924-1974
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Willa Mae West papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 7112
Abstract
A collection of photographs and ephemera spanning nearly 50 years of the life of Willa Mae West, an active participant and leader in many African American social organizations in the Los Angeles area. West served as a national officer for the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World (IBPOEW), acting as Grand Directress of the Arts and Crafts Department. West also served as a Chaplain Major for her local chapter of IBPOEW, as a member of the Crenshaw Committee on Aging,...
Dates:
1920 - 1980
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
J.P. Widney papers and ephemera
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 5194
Abstract
This collection includes the cape/cloak, Stetson hat, a hymn book, and a book of unpublished poems belonging to J.P. Widney (1841-1938).
Dates:
Majority of material found within c. 1910s
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Eva L. Winsett collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 5192
Abstract
This collection consists of scrapbooks, photographs, and publications from Eva L. Winsett (1896-1991), an alumna of the University of Southern California.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1940s; 1992 - 1996
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Robert Wise papers
Collection
Identifier: 2295
Abstract
Robert Wise was an American movie director and producer, best known for "West Side Story" and "The Sound of Music", as well as his early career at RKO Pictures, wherein he infamously re-edited and directed a scene in Orson Welles' "The Magnificent Ambersons". This collection comprises primarily film files of twenty-six completed as well as proposed projects including "The Sound of Music", "West Side Story", and "The Haunting". It also contains awards and ephemera, correspondence, personal...
Dates:
1904 - 2001
Found in:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Harry K. Wolff Jr. papers
Collection
Identifier: 6128
Abstract
Harry K. Wolff Jr. was a Jewish lawyer from San Francisco who was a member of "C" Battery 120 AAA Gun Batallion, 3rd Army. His unit was initially under the command of General Omar Bradley, and ultimately General George Patton. Wolff was also called upon to represent American soldiers in military tribunal proceedings as a Judge Advocate, bore witness to the aftermath found at both Ohrdruf and Dachau concentration camps, and was one of the officers responsible for over 30,000 Nazi soldiers and...
Dates:
1929-1945; Majority of material found in 1944-1945
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Women At Work records
Collection
Identifier: 0417
Abstract
The Women at Work records, 1978-2014, document the founding, and programmatic and fundraising activities of this social service non-profit agency. Women at Work was founded in 1979 as the Women's Public Policy Research Center (WPRCC) to study issues surrounding women in the labor force. In 1980, the name was changed to "Women at Work". The founding members, Barbara Burke, Marge Leighton, and Betty Ann Jansson, served as co-executive directors of the organization, which is headquartered in...
Dates:
1978-2014
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Women of the Ku Klux Klan ephemera
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 6259
Abstract
The Women of the Ku Klux Klan ephemera comprise sixteen pieces of ephemera relating to membership in the Women of the Ku Klux Klan (WKKK) in Little Rock, Arkansas and St. Louis, Missouri. Most of the material in the collection is undated, though at least one item is dated in 1927. Following are brief descriptions of each item in the collection: "Constitution and Laws of the Women of the Ku Klux Klan" (46 pp.); "The Code of the Flag" booklet (16 pp.); "Installation Ceremonies" ritual...
Dates:
1920s
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
J.E. Woodhead collection of Roycroft Press and Elbert Hubbard materials
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 0162
Abstract
This small collection contains letters, essays, broadsides, clippings, and photographs, created by and for Elbert Hubbard, an American writer, publisher, and philosopher, and founder of the Arts and Crafts community of Roycroft. The materials were collected by J.E. Woodhead in the course of his book collecting activities. In addition to publications produced by Hubbard's Arts and Crafts community, Roycroft, and by the Roycrofters, it also contains letters from the Hubbards to the J.E....
Dates:
1896 - 1915
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections