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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
Paul Christopher collection of Carl W. Knight photographs
Collection
Identifier: 0321
Abstract
The Paul Christopher collection of Carl W. Knight's photographs consists mainly of photographs, negatives, and slides of portraits and scenic views of Missouri and Southern California. In addition to the images, there are a few textual items that include financial documents, newspaper clippings, miscellaneous ticket stubs and pamphlets that Knight collected, and correspondence (mostly postcards) to or from Carl Knight's sister, Pansy M. Knight. The date span of the collection ranges from...
Dates:
1920 - 1988; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1970
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
Dancing Cansinos photograph album
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 8000
Abstract
The Dancing Cansinos photograph album consists of photographs and ephemera relating to the Dancing Cansinos, a family of professional dancers who emigrated from Spain and eventually settled in Los Angeles. The troupe consisted of Antonio, Sr. and Carmen Cansino; their children Eduardo, Elisa, Paco, Jose, Antonio, Jr., Rafael, and Angel; Gabriel Cansino, a cousin; and, briefly in the 1930s, Margarita Carmen Cansino, who later became known as the actress Rita Hayworth. Rita Hayworth's parents...
Dates:
1920 - 1939
Found in:
USC Libraries Music Library
Robert F. Jani papers
Collection
Identifier: 0291
Abstract
This collection consists of the personal and business papers of Robert F. Jani (1934-1989). He was a creator, director and executive producer of musical spectaculars, television productions, pageants and extravaganzas, celebrations, international events, parades, arena shows and sports events, world premieres and openings, pyrotechnic shows, expositions, and theme parks. Mr. Jani was a founder of USC Songfest and principal of Robert F. Jani Productions, Inc. He graduated from the University...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1950s-1980s
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Johnny Tolbert letters
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 6089
Abstract
The Johnny Tolbert letters is a collection of 151 letters and four Western Union telgrams sent from United States Army soldier Johnny Tolbert (1924-1989), also known as Johnnie Clifton or J.C., to Ruth Mae Clennell (1925-2000) from San Pedro, California between 1943-1946. Tolbert met Clennell on September 2, 1943, the night before his deployment to the South Pacific. Tolbert's love and affection for Clennell and his feelings of homesickness are the main themes of the letters,...
Dates:
1943-1946
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Thesa Jolly family papers
Collection
Identifier: 3314
Abstract
Thesa Jolly was an American volunteer of the Peace Corps in Korea from July 1972-1974. Her father, Donald Jolly, was a Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps during the Korean War. This small collection comprises primarily correspondence, clippings, brochures, guides, memos, and articles relating both personally and professionally to Thesa and Donald Jolly. The collection also includes various forms of ephemera, photos, slides, and a few books.
Dates:
1951 - 2016; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1974
Found in:
USC Libraries East Asian Library
Herbert G. Klein papers
Collection
Identifier: 0345
Abstract
The Herbert G. Klein papers contain detailed records of the day to day activities of Herbert G. Klein, University of Southern California alumnus and trustee, journalist, editor and first White House Director of Communications. Included are records from all phases of Klein's long career: his early career as a journalist with Copley Newspapers in Alhambra and San Diego; his work with Richard Nixon, beginning with the Vice Presidential campaign of 1956; and his subsequent career as a media...
Dates:
15th-17th centuries, 1932-2009 (bulk 1960-1973)
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Arthur Mansback papers
Collection
Identifier: 0040
Abstract
The Arthur Mansback papers consists of letters, postcards, telegrams, photographs, training materials, and printed ephemera created and collected by Private Arthur Mansback during his tour of duty in the United States Army Expeditionary Forces in France during the second half of 1918. The letters, in conjunction with Mansback's training materials and the postcards he collected, provide a broad overview of the daily life of an American foot soldier during the last months of World War I.
Dates:
1918, 1940s (bulk 1918)
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
John F. Merritt Southern California memorabilia and ephemera collection
Collection
Identifier: 7103
Abstract
A collection of Southern California memorabilia and ephemera collected by John F. Merritt, founder of Californians for Preservation Action and its successor organization, California Preservation Foundation (CPF). The collection contains postcards, pamphlets, magazines, produce crate labels, prints, comic books, illustrations, and countercultural political materials created between 1899 and 2005, with the bulk of the collection spanning from 1910 to 1970.
Dates:
1899 - 2005; Majority of material found within 1910 - 1970
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
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