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Major Alfred G. Wurmser collection of Nuremberg Trial documents
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 6058
Abstract
This collection of documents on the Nuremberg Trials was collected by Captain (later Major) Alfred G. Wurmser, a staff member of the British War Crimes Executive. The collection contains signatures of defendants and legal staff, letters, photographs, a report, and a pencil sketch.
Dates:
1931 - 1947; Majority of material found within 1946 - 1947
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
William Yee films of Watts and East Los Angeles
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 7132
Abstract
The William Yee films of Watts and East Los Angeles consist of four 16mm films and one U-matic videotape of neighborhood footage of Watts and East Los Angeles, recorded by Dr. William Yee in the 1960s and 1970s. The videotape of Watts focuses on street scenes circa 1963, just prior to the Watts Riots of 1965, including footage of the Watts Towers. The East Los Angeles footage, which Yee titled "East LA Estrada," was filmed circa 1970-1971. The East Los Angeles footage shows Chicano murals in...
Dates:
1963 - 1971
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Yeghiayan Law Firm records on the Marootian v. New York Life Insurance class action lawsuit
Collection
Identifier: 6184
Abstract
The Yeghiayan Law Firm records on the Marootian v. New York Life Insurance class action lawsuit contain claimant files and documents submitted to the court as part of the class action lawsuit, filed in 1999 and settled in 2004, brought against the New York Life Insurance Company for unpaid life insurance benefits. The plaintiffs in this case consist of descendants of New York Life Insurance policyholders who were killed during the Armenian Genocide (1914-1923). The plaintiffs' co-counsel in...
Dates:
1995 - 2004
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Annabelle Yerigan Foursquare Church album
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 7154
Abstract
The Annabelle Yerigan Foursquare Church album is a photograph and memory book created by Annabelle Yerigan (1902-1975), an ordained minister of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel. An Evangelical Pentecostal Christian church founded by Aimee Semple McPherson (1890-1944) in Los Angeles, the Foursquare Church is credited by some as the first megachurch. McPherson used radio broadcasts to draw in large audiences and donations to Foursquare Church events and services. In 1938,...
Dates:
1933 - 1943
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Zamorano and Roxburghe Clubs publications and printed ephemera
Collection
Identifier: 0134
Abstract
Keepsakes, bibliographies, and printed ephemera produced and collected by members of the Zamorano and Roxburghe Clubs. The two bibliophilic societies have sponsored the printing of announcements, keepsakes, and letterpress items by their members, to be distributed amongst the memberships as souvenirs and gifts at their joint biannual meetings.
Dates:
1833 - 2018; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1988
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Zeta Phi Eta records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 5054
Abstract
The professional speech fraternity known as Zeta Phi Eta was founded in 1893 at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. The USC chapter was founded by Irene Phillips Kuhl in 1921. (The fraternity was officially named the National Professional Speech Arts and Speech Sciences Fraternity for Women; now it is known as the National Professional Fraternity in Communication Arts and Sciences, the oldest national group of its kind.
The seven boxes in this collection contain the...
Dates:
1894-1993
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Ailing Zhang papers
Collection
Identifier: 3032
Abstract
Zhang Ailing (Chang Ailing, Eileen Chang) was a Chinese author whose well-known literary texts include The Rogue of the North, The Golden Cangue, and The Rice Sprout Song. Her works, considered to be among the best Chinese literature of the 1940s, examined the themes of marriage, family, love, and relationships in the social context of 1930s and 1940s Shanghai. Zhang's writing depicted paradoxical human natures, powerlessness, and sorrowful truths in everyday life without the political...
Dates:
1943 - 2004
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Zine collection
Collection
Identifier: 6148
Abstract
Zines, flyers, and printed ephemera produced across the United States and internationally from 1981 to 2019. Also included are flyers, stickers, and cards. Topics covered by the zines created in the United States include straight edge vegans, death metal devotees, Washington prisoners, punk rockers, and Catherinettes. Three of the zines in the collection were created as part of the 2019 Hong Kong protests, also known as the Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill (ELAB) Movement, by USC students...
Dates:
1981 - 2019
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Christa Zinner photographs
Collection
Identifier: 0194
Abstract
Christa Zinner was a well-known fashion and advertising photographer from the 1940s through the 1970s. Her photographs appeared in many popular magazines and newspaper supplements including Ebony, Look, Life, Harpers Bazaar, Sports Illustrated, TV Guide, etc. The collection consists of photographs, negatives, and slides including those not selected for the actual magazines. Many of the magazines themselves are included in the collection as well as single magazine pages.
Dates:
late 1940s-1970s
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Zobelein family collection
Collection
Identifier: 7009
Abstract
The Zobelein family collection consists of photographs, maps, clippings, ephemera, and realia that documents the history of the Zobelein family and the brewing industry in Los Angeles in the late 19th and 20th centuries. The collection includes images of the Zobelein family house and descriptions of the real estate tracts owned by the Zobeleins; publications, photographs and ephemera documenting the Zobelein family business, the Los Angeles Brewing Company; and recollections and reports...
Dates:
1856-2006
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections