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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
Jessie E. Dean papers
Collection
Identifier: 0410
Abstract
Jessie E. Dean was employed by the Los County Department of Charities from 1919 to 1943, and served as Supervisor in the successive Divisions of Outdoor Relief, County Welfare and Indigent Relief. A citation of appreciation from her fellow workers, found in this collection, noted that she was the first, or "near first" trained social worker to practice in Los Angeles. Certainly she was a founding member of the Los Angeles Chapter of the American Association of Social Workers, begun in 1923,...
Dates:
1916 - 1960
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Collection on Democracy Wall
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 3375
Abstract
The collection on Democracy Wall consists of eight pamphlets, three pages of handwritten notes, and newspaper clippings relating to Democracy Wall in Beijing and the final years of the Cultural Revolution. All of the material in this collection was found in a folder labeled "Pamphlets from Democracy Wall 1978-9" and "Democracy Wall Stuff." Brett Sheehan was the immediate source of this acquisition, but the person who originally compiled the material in this collection is unknown. The...
Dates:
1978 - 1980
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
Maynard McFie collection of photographs and ephemera
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 7024
Abstract
This collection consists of photographs, pamphlets and clippings documenting Los Angeles in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The majority of the photographs are of the downtown area and feature intersections of major Los Angeles streetsn. Current and former landmarks also appear in the collection's photographs. There are also photographs of San Pedro Harbor, an old city hall building, and the remnants of the LA Times building after the bombing of 1910. The pamphlets and clippings...
Dates:
circa 1890-1920
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Rexall Drugs Merchandising records
Collection — Box: 8
Identifier: 0115
Abstract
This collection consists of the files kept by Joseph A. Hailer over the course of his 60-year career with Rexall Drugs. Most of the files are from his later years with the company, when he was in charge of marketing their pharmaceuticals. In addition, a number of Rexall publications are present in the collection.
Dates:
1919 - 1980; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1966
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Joseph Roos papers
Collection
Identifier: 0313
Abstract
This collection contains papers documenting the activities of Joseph Roos (1905-1999) from his retirement from the Community Relations Committee of the Jewish Federation Council in 1969 until his death in 1999. These papers include correspondence, research files, memoranda and publications. Some documentation of Roos's earlier activities investigating the activities of the German Bund in Los Angeles in the 1930s is also present.
Dates:
1921 - 1999
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Lynn Schenk papers
Collection
Identifier: 0240
Abstract
Lynn Schenk was a representative from California. She served as Deputy Attorney General in the California State Attorney General's Office, Criminal Division for about a year before taking a position with San Diego Gas and Electric as an in-house lawyer. In 1976, she left San Diego Gas and Electric when she was offered a position to be special assistant to Vice Presidents Nelson A. Rockefeller and Walter F. Mondale. From 1977 to 1980, she served as Secretary of California's State...
Dates:
1975-1985
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Anna Hawley Searles collection of Edwin Diller Starbuck and Herbert L. Searles papers
Collection
Identifier: 0284
Abstract
The collections consist of publications; publications proofs; research notes; correspondence files; lecture notes and course assignments; receipts and cancelled checks; photograph, half-tone blocks, and transparencies; a scrapbook; and personal artifacts representing the personal papers and research of Edwin Diller Starbuck (1900 to 1955), Herbert L. Searles (ca. 1924 to 1959), Anna Hawley Searles (1948 to 1951). Edwin Diller Starbuck (1866-1947) was a prominent teacher of philosophy,...
Dates:
1900-1993
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Shirley Adelson Siegel papers
Collection
Identifier: 0303
Abstract
Between 1947 and 1950, attorney and housing rights advocate Shirley Adelson Siegel lived in Los Angeles and became deeply involved with pro bono committee work related to the promotion of civil rights and affordable housing. Although she lived in Los Angeles for less than four years, her work helped shape legislation that was later developed at both the local and state levels. The collection consists of publications, press releases, correspondence, meeting agendas and minutes, and...
Dates:
1947-1950
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
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