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Verle and Elizabeth Annis papers
Collection
Identifier: 5266
Abstract
The Verle and Elizabeth Annis papers contain photographs, pamphlets, postcards, correspondence, architectural designs, and other material created by Verle and Elizabeth Annis. Verle Lincoln Annis (1897-1983) was a scholar and professor of architecture at the University of Southern California until 1962. Verle Annis wrote The Architecture of Antigua Guatemala 1543-1773, published in 1968. Elizabeth Naomi Annis (née Reed) (1905-2000) was a writer, traveler,...
Dates:
1910 - 1978
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Harry E. Babbitt instructional resources on Spain and Latin America
Collection
Identifier: 0554
Abstract
This collection consists of English and Spanish instructional materials from Harry E. Babbitt’s company Babbitt Instructional Resources, along with issues of the publications La Aventura de la Historia purchased from B.I.R.
Dates:
1996 - 2012
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Canal Zone railroad crosstie
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 0070
Abstract
Section of railroad crosstie from the first railroad in Panama; "It was necessary to bore holes for the spikes owing to hardness [of the lignum vitae used for the tie]".
Dates:
circa 1855
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Latin American telephone directories
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0582
Abstract
Collection consists of various phonebooks and business directories from Latin American countries.
Dates:
1974 - 1999
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Veyga family papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 0542
Abstract
This collection chiefly contains official correspondence and legal documents of the Veyga family (also spelled Veiga) and related family members in Cuba and later Argentina, dating from the late-18th to the late-19th centuries. Materials include legal, business, political, and governmental documents of multiple generations, as well as papers of Dr. Francisco de Veyga (1866-1948), primarily reflecting his involvement with the Cuban Independence Movement in the 1890s, including international...
Dates:
1773 - 1898
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections