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Thelma Becker papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 7162
Scope and Contents
The Thelma Becker papers consist of photographs, correspondence, press releases, newspaper articles, personal cards, and other material belonging to the Los Angeles businesswoman and resident of the Biltmore Hotel, Thelma Jane Becker (1913-2004). Becker moved to Los Angeles from New York in 1940 to establish retail partners in western states for Barbizon, a company that manufactured fabrics and sold dress slips. As soon as she arrived, Becker took up residence in the landmark Biltmore Hotel...
Dates:
1970 - 1995
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Friends 4 Expo Transit records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 7145
Scope and Contents
Records of the Friends 4 Expo Transit advocacy group created and collected by Kathy Seal, a longtime community organizer who founded Friends 4 Expo in 2000 to fight for a light rail Expo Line along a right of way in Los Angeles running from Exposition Boulevard into Santa Monica. Friends 4 Expo (also known as Friends4Expo and F4E) emphasized the environmental benefit of clean, speedy, high-capacity light rail, and sought to overcome opposition to a passenger line--principally from...
Dates:
2000 - 2002
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Los Angeles Olympics realia and ephemera
Collection
Identifier: 5162
Abstract
This collection consists of realia and ephemera from the 1932 and 1984 Olympic Games, both having taken place in Los Angeles, California.
Dates:
1932; 1984
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
University of Southern California Institute of Government records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 5098
Abstract
This collection consists of correspondence, planning records, and program schedules related to the annual Institute of Government conference.
Dates:
1929 - 1948
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Jack Whitehouse papers
Collection
Identifier: 3017
Abstract
Jack Whitehouse was a public relations executive, consultant, writer, and editor. This collection comprises primarily film reels and video recordings relating largely to the Japanese Steel Industry, one of Whitehouse's clients. It also contains correspondence, speeches, annual reports, press kits, presentations, and articles relating to the clients of Whitehouse's firms (International Public Relations Co., Ltd and Jack Whitehouse Associates), general press and publicity materials, slides and...
Dates:
1957 - 1998
Found in:
USC Libraries East Asian Library