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19th century photographs collection
Collection
Identifier: 0127
Abstract
Tintype, ambrotype, daguerreotype, cartes-de-visite, and cabinet card portrait photographs of the Civil War period (soldiers and civilians).
Dates:
circa 1860s-1870s
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
299. Infanterie-Division records
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 6098
Abstract
This collection consists of documents from the 299th Infantry Division of the German Wehrmacht. The 299th Infantry Division was formed in February 1940 as part of the 8th Wave. Its fought primarily in France from 1940 to 1941 and then moved to the Eastern Front, where it was destroyed in July 1944 and was disbanded April 1945. The collections includes birthday congratulations to and from the First Batallion and its members and an invitation to a Christmas party adressed to an officer. It...
Dates:
1940 - 1945
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
1932 Olympics Equestrian scrapbook
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 7011
Abstract
This small scrapbook contains clippings and photographs documenting the equestrian entrants in the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics, and the events held at the Riviera Country Club. Horses and riders from Japan, France, Holland, Mexico, Sweden, and the United States are included.
Dates:
1932
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Gladys A. papers
Collection
Identifier: 7062
Abstract
The Gladys A. papers contain diaries of Gladys A., a young woman who participated in sex work in and around Downtown Los Angeles. The diaries span from the day she arrived in LA in January of 1949 through 1953, detailing the daily experiences of her first five years in the city. The collection also includes photographs of Gladys with unidentified individuals, correspondence from her family in Michigan, memorabilia from her Catholic high school, and other miscellaneous personal items.
Dates:
1944-06-09 - 1979
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
A Midsummer Night's Dream scrapbook
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 7020
Abstract
A limited-run scrapbook produced for individuals such as studio head Jack Warner documenting the production of Max Reinhardt's film adaptation of Shakespeare's play "A Midsummer Night's Dream". The leather-bound scrapbook contains more than 200 original black-and-white glossy photos from the film along with scene descriptions below each picture, a cast of players, and reviews of the film reproduced from newspaper clippings.
Dates:
1935
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Actors and Actresses scrapbook
Collection — Volume: 1
Identifier: 0306
Abstract
This bound scrapbook contains photographic portraits of theater and movie actors and actresses clipped from popular magazines in the years 1917 and 1918. Many are accompanied by brief blurbs about the individual's career. A bookplate on the inside cover indicates provenance as the Research Department Library of Paramount Pictures.
Dates:
1917 - 1918
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Aftermath of a flood in Japan photographs
Collection — Pamphlet-Binder: 1
Identifier: 6244
Abstract
A collection of nine photographs showing the aftermath of a flood in Japan circa the early 20th century. The photographs show destroyed buildings, people standing near debris, and small boats in a river.
Dates:
circa 1890-1930
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Rogelio Agrasanchez Mexican Golden Age Cinema collection
Collection
Identifier: 0520
Abstract
Collection consists of posters, lobby cards, and film stills from the Mexican Golden Age of Cinema.
Dates:
1931 - 1988
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
John Ahouse collection on Exile Studies
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 6274
Abstract
Collection consists of research files related to the lives of European Jewish Émigrés to Los Angeles compiled by USC librarian John Ahouse. Materials include clippings, photographs, illustrations, and correspondence.
Dates:
c. 1990s-2003
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Chauncey Alexander papers
Collection
Identifier: 0419
Abstract
The papers include material collected by Chauncey Alexander over a long and active life in social work and radical politics. Included are personal papers, school papers, and materials relating to Alexander's leadership of such organizations as the National Association of Social Workers, the International Federation of Social Workers, the First Amendment Foundation, and other organizations. Considerable materials are preserved from Alexander's service as an adjunct professor of Social Work...
Dates:
1917 - 2004
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
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