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Barber School of Speech scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: 0270
Abstract

The Barber School of Speech scrapbook contains clippings, announcements, programs, notes, cards, and other types of printed ephemera, 1901-1980 (bulk 1922-1940), collected by Julia Barber, founder and director of the school. The scrapbook documents the activities of Mrs. Barber, a dramatic reader and speech coach, and her colleagues and pupils--their performances, recitals, debates, commencements, and public speaking appearances, both in Los Angeles and elsewhere in the United States.

Dates: 1901 - 1980; Majority of material found within 1922 - 1940
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Zachary Davis collection of West Coast punk ephemera

 Collection
Identifier: 7085
Abstract

The Zachary Davis collection of West Coast punk ephemera consists of concert fliers and tickets, political pamphlets, promotional material for punk music-related merchandise, drawings, and zines documenting the punk subculture on the West Coast (mostly California) of the United States during the 1990s and 2000s. Zachary Davis, a member of the scene in the late 1990s and 2000s, collected the material and also created a small number of items in the collection.

Dates: 1996 - 2012
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

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

Forthmann family photographs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 6087
Abstract This collection consists of photographs of members of the Forthmann family, one of the first prominent families in Los Angeles at the end of the nineteenth century and beginning of the twentieth century. John Albert Forthmann I was a German immigrant who arrived in Los Angeles as a teenager in the 1860s and bought a small soap business that he turned into the Los Angeles Soap Co. The photographs in this collection include various members of the Forthmann family, but generally center around...
Dates: 1912-1949, undated
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Hollywood Bowl and Los Angeles Philharmonic programs

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 6133
Abstract

A small group of programs from the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Hollywood Bowl, dated 1915-195

Dates: 1915-1957
Found in: USC Libraries Music Library

Hollywood Park and Santa Anita Park programs

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 7058
Abstract 5 programs, 1941-1948, from Hollywood Park and Santa Anita Park. Each is an "official program", listing the days' races and entrants. Both Santa Anita Park, located in Arcadia, California, and Hollywood Park, located in Inglewood, California, were notable horse racing tracks. Santa Anita, operated by the Los Angeles Turf Club, opened in December 1934, which made it the first formally established race track in California. Santa Anita Park is still in operation today. Hollywood Park was...
Dates: 1941-1948
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Lawrence Lipton papers

 Collection
Identifier: 0159
Abstract The Lawrence Lipton papers, 1883-2009 (bulk 1950-1975), consist of correspondence, interviews, manuscripts, typescripts, audio recordings, clippings, periodicals, photographs, motion pictures, and ephemera, created and collected by Beat Generation chronicler, novelist, and poet, Lawrence Lipton. The collection documents Lipton's prolific work as a novelist, poet, and columnist through typescripts and manuscripts of his works; correspondence between Lipton and members of the Beats, including...
Dates: 1883 - 2009; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1975
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Los Angeles Corral of Westerners records

 Collection
Identifier: 0117
Abstract

The Los Angeles Corral of the Westerners was founded in 1946 and promotes the study and understanding of Western history through publications and events. This collection contains correspondence, financial and publication records, photographs, artifacts, scrapbooks and drafts of articles documenting the history of the Los Angeles Corral of the Westerners.

Dates: 1946 - 2019
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Barbara G. Myerhoff papers

 Collection
Identifier: 0275
Abstract

Papers of Barbara G. Myerhoff, a University of Southern California professor and noted anthropologist, consist of manuscripts, notes, printed material, publications, audiotapes, correspondence, and photographic material related to her teaching, field research, and publishing activities.

Dates: 1911 - 1985; Majority of material found within 1969 - 1984
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Henry Zenas Osborne Los Angeles billheads collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 7073
Abstract A collection of more than 80 billheads from a variety of turn of the last century Los Angeles businesses, ranging from Newberry's grocery store to the Los Angeles Tent and Awning Company. All the billheads are made out to Henry Zenas Osborne (1848-1923). Henry Zenas Osborne and his wife Helen resided at 740 S. Hope Street in Los Angeles, and most of the billheads are associated with hosehold expenses. Osborne, originally from New York, moved first to California in 1878, and subsequently to...
Dates: 1894-1916; Majority of material found in 1897-1901
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

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Barber School of Speech (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1
Barber, Julia 1
Betfair Hollywood Park (Inglewood, Calif.) 1
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Britzman, Homer E. (Homer Elwood), 1901-1953 1
Cavallo, Joseph 1
Cody, Iron Eyes, 1904-1999 1
Davis, Zachary Paul, 1984- 1
Denzel, Carl 1
Duke, Donald 1
Foley family 1
Foley, Elsa Zelinda 1
Foley, Sara Dolores Sepulveda 1
Foley, Zoraya Filema 1
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997 1
Gnosspelius, Barbara C. 1
Hollywood Bowl (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1
Hollywood Turf Club 1
Hull, Lonnie 1
Kaminsky, Marc 1
Lipton, Lawrence, 1898-1975 1
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra 1
Los Angeles Turf Club 1
Metzger, Deena 1
Morrow, Bernard 1
Morrow, Viola Lillian Foley 1
Morrow, Zelinda 1
Myerhoff, Barbara G. 1
Nelson, Eric A. 1
Newton, Frank Q. 1
Nunis, Doyce B. (Doyce Blackman), 1924-2011 1
Osborne, Henry Zenas, 1848-1923 1
Rice, Craig, 1908-1957 1
Robinson, John W., 1929- 1
Ruskin Art Club 1
Ruskin, John 1
Santa Anita Park (Arcadia, Calif.) 1
Sepulveda family 1
Sepulveda, Jose Dolores de Jesus 1
Stabler family 1
Stabler, Laird 1
Stabler, Maud 1
Sutler-Cohen, Sara 1
Turner, Victor Witter 1
University of Southern California. Dept. of Anthropology 1
Westerners. Los Angeles Corral 1
Winn, Carol Mass 1
Witmer, Helen 1
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