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Lillian I. Allard collection of California postcards

 Collection
Identifier: 0318
Abstract

The Lillian I. Allard collection of California postcards consists of 782 vintage postcards. The postcards are arranged geographically and cover such places as Los Angeles County, Orange County, the California Missions, Riverside County, the Mission Inn of Riverside, San Diego County, Imperial County, San Bernardino, mining towns, and other miscellaneous views and shots of people and places in and around California.

Dates: 1890s-1956
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Verle and Elizabeth Annis papers

 Collection
Identifier: 5266
Abstract The Verle and Elizabeth Annis papers contain photographs, pamphlets, postcards, correspondence, architectural designs, and other material created by Verle and Elizabeth Annis. Verle Lincoln Annis (1897-1983) was a scholar and professor of architecture at the University of Southern California until 1962. Verle Annis wrote The Architecture of Antigua Guatemala 1543-1773, published in 1968. Elizabeth Naomi Annis (née Reed) (1905-2000) was a writer, traveler,...
Dates: 1910 - 1978
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Pedro Armendáriz photographs and postcards

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 0562
Abstract

This collection consists of a signed headshot of actor Pedro Armendáriz (1912-1963) and a postcard of his character in the movie Juan Charrasqueado (1948).

Dates: 1948
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 historic postcards

 Collection
Identifier: 0399
Abstract

This small collection of postcards came to USC chiefly through the California Historical Society. Many of them appear to have originated with the same few families, based on notes and addresses on them. The images are of geographic subjects especially California, but there are also many European scenes and some non-geographical postcards.

Dates: circa 1900-1979
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Milton Carlson papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 7110
Abstract

A collection of scrapbooks, notebooks, photographs, photograph albums, ledgers, postcards, and court transcripts and testimonies from Milton Carlson. Carlson was a criminologist and handwriting expert.

Dates: 1896 - 1918
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

Robert J. Clark collection on aeronautical history

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 7027
Abstract

This collection consists of a scrapbooks containing photographs, articles, and clippings about aircraft and flying machines from around the world. These materials were collected by aircraft designer Robert J. Clark (1919-2009).

Dates: Majority of material found within 1940s-1990s
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Connie Conaway letters

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 7014
Abstract Letters and postcards from Corporal Art Harm to Connie (Vernacaleen) Conaway (Haught). Although primarily love letters, the letters and postcards also contain details about Corporal Harm's basic training at Fort Murphy, Florida. The letters begin in May 1943 and end in September 1943. Also included is a photograph of Corporal Harm, inscribed to Connie and dated June 22, 1943; a telegram; and a letter from Cyrus Lounsbury. Connie was born in Oklahoma, but was living in Los Angeles by 1943....
Dates: 1943 - 1945
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Consul General de Portugal en Cuba scrapbook

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 0546
Abstract

Collection consists of a bound scrapbook of reports and other materials, titled Alguns Factos da Politica Interna da Republica Cubana, written by the Portuguese consul-general Euclides Goulart da Costa.

Dates: 1931
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

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Beebe, Charles L. 1
Big Apple Circus 1
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Cansino, Elisa, 1894- 1
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Carlson, Milton 1
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Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de 1
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Chaliapin, Fyodor Ivanovich 1
Church of the Brethren 1
Circus Model Builders International 1
Circus World Museum (Baraboo, Wis.) 1
Clark, Robert 1
Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus 1
Cole Bros. Circus 1
Colson, Charles W. 1
Cook, A. T. 1
Copley Press, inc. 1
Copley, James S. (James Strohn) 1
Costa, Euclides Goulart da 1
Darvas, Lilli, 1902-1974 1
Drake, Zachary L. 1
DuBay, William H. 1
Edward H. Mitchell (Publisher) 1
Ehrlichman, John 1
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David) 1
Eltinge, Julian 1
Evans, Merle 1
Finch, Robert H. (Robert Hutchinson) 1
Fisk, Walter W. 1
Frank, Liesl 1
Gessner, George J. (George John) 1
Goldwater, Barry M. (Barry Morris) 1
Gospel Foundation of California 1
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Griffiths, Louise 1
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Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus 1
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Hawkins, J. Allen 1
Hayden, Robert, Dr. 1
Hayworth, Rita, 1918-1987 1
Herbert, Ernest C. 1
Herbert, Ernestine Q. 1
Herbert, John A. 1
Herbert, William C. 1
Hill, Richard A. 1
Hulbert, J. O. 1
Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio) 1
Jacobs , Lou 1
Jaeger, Ernst 1
Jani, Robert F., 1934-1989 1
Jarvis, Roy 1
Johnson, Adolf 1
Johnson, Albert M., 1872-1948 1
Jolly, Donald 1
Jolly, Thesa 1
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 1
Kennedy, Robert F. 1
Kim, Song Wook 1
Kissinger, Henry 1
Klein, Herbert G. (Herbert George) 1
Knight, Carl W. 1
Korean Overseas Information Service. Haeoe Hongbowŏn 1
Krause, Lucjan, 1928- 1
Kreischer, Lou 1
Krueger, June 1
Lew, Mervyn 1
Liddecoat Packing Co. 1
Liddecoat family 1
Liddecoat, Mary 1
Liddecoat, Tom 1
Liniger, Geraldine 1
Liszt, Franz 1
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