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Ronald J. Allen map collection
Collection — Oversize-folder: 1
Identifier: 7124
Abstract
A collection of 28 topographic maps of different regions of California issued by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and printed between 1900 and 1947. All of the maps in this collection have been digitized by the USC Digital Library as part of the larger Historical California Topographical Maps collection (see the link under "Digital Material").
Dates:
1900 - 1947; Majority of material found within 1900 - 1905
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Robert S. Benner collection of nautical charts
Collection
Identifier: 6248
Abstract
The Robert S. Benner collection of nautical charts consists of 22 nautical charts created in the late 17th century and mid-18th century. The majority of the nautical charts in the collection come from Francesco Maria Levanto's (1650-1718) Prima Parte dello Specchio del Mare, nel quale si Descrivono Tutti li Porti, Spiaggie, Baye, Isole, Scogli, e Seccagni del Mediterraneo, originally issued in 1663, with a later edition published in 1695. All of Francesco...
Dates:
1663 - 1750
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Boeckmann Center Iberian and Latin American map collection
Collection
Identifier: 0526
Abstract
This collection contains 203 printed maps and small atlases, from the sixteenth to the twenty-first centuries, relating to the geographic areas of Latin America, including the Caribbean, and Spain and Portugal. Most are not widely held by other libraries, and some are unique to USC.
Dates:
1559 - 2013; Majority of material found in 1800s-1990s
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Yvonne Brathwaite Burke papers: California State Assembly, U.S. Congress, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, and California Attorney General campaign
Collection
Identifier: 0218-1
Abstract
The Yvonne Brathwaite Burke papers contain the records of the political activities of Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, University of Southern California Gould Law School alumna, state and federal legislator, and county official. Included are records from Burke's tenure in the California Assembly (1966-1972), U.S. Congress (1973-1978), and the Los Angeles Angeles County Board of Supervisor (1979-1980). Records also include her campaign for California State Attorney General (1978).
Dates:
1959 - 1980; Majority of material found within 1966 - 1980
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
California clippings collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 7001
Abstract
This collection of primarily California-related materials was the provenance of Mrs. Walter K. Towers, with some materials from Berenice Towers. Over the span of more than forty years, they saved clippings, magazines, small publications, maps, and other ephemera chiefly on California with an emphasis on Southern California.
Dates:
1945s-1980s; Majority of material found in 1950s-1960s
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
California Historical Society collection of the California Department of Natural Resources' Los Angeles County Master Shoreline Plan records
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 0245-3
Abstract
In 1947 a property appraisal was conducted along Santa Monica Bay for the purpose of estimating the fair market value of various shoreline parcels selected by the Regional Planning Commission of Los Angeles County for purchase by the State of California. The report, accompanied by tract maps and photographs, recommended the purchase of the selected parcels of land to the California State Park Commission. The records in this collection consist of a detailed appraisal report, a set of parcel...
Dates:
1946-1947
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Citizens Committee to Save Elysian Park records
Collection
Identifier: 0320
Abstract
The Citizens Committee to Save Elysian Park was founded in 1965 to organize public and official awareness and to raise support to preserve the park land as public open space, and to develop it for recreational activities. The mission and efforts of this vibrant "grass roots" organization are ongoing, and the Committee will continue to add materials which document its activities. The collection consists of fifteen boxes of records dating back to the Committee's early history in the 1960s. ...
Dates:
1965 - 2019
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Charles William Crowl collection of German travel ephemera
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 6146
Abstract
Printed ephemera collected by the donor's aunt on a trip to Germany in 1936. Includes a guidebook for Hamburg, 2 postcards and a brochure for the Berlin Central-Hotel, events calendar for the week of July 7-13, 1936 for Berlin, a menu for Das Haus der deutschen Heimat restaurant, a magazine of the Berlin Tourist Association for the week of July 7-13, 1936, and two radio news bulletins from aboard the M.S. Batory dated July 4th and July 6th, 1936.
Dates:
1936
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Vahakn Dadrian papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 6213
Abstract
Vahakn Dadrian (1926-2019) was an Armenian-American sociologist and historian and one of the early scholars of the academic study of genocide. Dadrian was especially recognized as a leading expert on the Armenian Genocide. The Vahakn Dadrian papers contain Dadrian's research files on the Armenian Genocide. The collection includes copies of published legal papers with Dadrian's notes, maps of Turkey and Armenia, newspaper clippings, literature relating to Armenian Studies, copies of records...
Dates:
1843 - 2000; Majority of material found within 1915 - 1990
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Arnold Eddy papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 5165
Abstract
This collection contains the papers of University of Southern California alumnus, General Alumni Association executive director, and hockey coach Arnold Eddy.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1920s-1980s
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
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