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Lillian Bronson papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 0126
Abstract

This collection contains ephemera, correspondence, and clippings documenting the career of stage and film actress Lillian Bronson (1902-1955). Bronson appeared in more than eighty films and was Fonzi’s grandmother on the television show Happy Days.

Dates: 1940 - 1950

Rayner Brown papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1002
Abstract

This collection contains the papers of American composer, organist, teacher, and USC alumnus Rayner Brown (1912-1999) include music scores, manuscripts and books.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1940s-1990s

Ross Brown theater photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 0314
Abstract

This collection contains stereoscopic and 35mm slides and black and white photographs taken of Los Angeles theatre and ballet performances. The photographs in the collection were taken by Ross Brown, who photographed performances in Southern California in the 1940s and 1950s.

Dates: circa 1945-1960

California Civic Light Opera Association records

 Collection
Identifier: 0253
Abstract

Papers, letters, reports, board meeting minutes books and records which relate to the formation and management of the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera Association (LACLO) and the subsequent California Civic Light Opera Association formed by the merger of the LACLO and the San Francisco Civic Light Opera Association.

Dates: 1938 - 2009; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1980

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

Joe Diorio papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1020
Scope and Contents The Joe Diorio papers comprise material created and collected by Joseph Louis Diorio (August 6, 1936 - February 2, 2022), American jazz guitarist and former USC Thornton Studio Guitar program faculty member. The largest part of the collection consists of music composition notebooks with Diorio's handwritten compositions. Some of the compositions in the collection were created by or for Diorio's students as part of Diorio's teaching activities. The Joe Diorio papers also include photographs;...
Dates: 1965 - 2021

Henry "Terry" Duffy and Dale Winter papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 6234
Abstract

The Henry "Terry" Duffy and Dale Winter papers consist of clippings, publications, playbills, and photographs documenting the careers of theatrical producer Henry Duffy and his wife Dale Winter. Duffy and Winter, who were married, worked together for a number of years, and opened a theater together. The collection also includes information about performances by Charlotte Greenwood, Edward Everett Horton, and Billie Burke, as well as documenting the careers of Duffy and Winter.

Dates: 1917-2018

EMI Angel Records collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1017
Abstract

Collection consists of production materials for the EMI Angel Records label, primarily research for the album liner notes and artwork for album covers.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1953-1980s

Don Erjavec collection of Dizzy Gillespie solo transcriptions

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1018
Abstract

Collection consists of transcribed Dizzy Gillespie solos which were transcribed by musician and jazz instructor, Don Erjavec.

Dates: Majority of material found within c.1960s-c.1990s

Margaret Fallenius papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 6109
Abstract

Margaret Fallenius (approx. 1892-1962) was a voice, piano and violin teacher in Palo Alto, California, originally from the Portland, Oregon area. From approximately 1911-1924, Margaret performed classical violin on the Orpheum, Keith and Pantages vaudeville circuits. The collectioon contains travel diaries, scrapbooks, programs, photographs, musical scores/sheets documenting Fallenius' career in vaudeville.

Dates: 1892-1959

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American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation 1
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Balasaraswati 1
Beethoven, Ludwig van 1
Bella Union Theatre (San Francisco, Calif.) 1
Bellson Francine 1
Bellson, Louis 1
Bennett, Tony 1
Bettis, Valerie, 1919-1982 1
Blom, Benjamin 1
Blossom, Henry, 1866-1919 1
Bolʹshoĭ teatr SSSR. Balet 1
Bondi, Don 1
Brady, James Buchanan 1
Brahms, Johannes 1
Briscoe, Dolph 1
Bronson, Lillian 1
Brown, Rayner, 1912-1999 1
Brown, Ross 1
Bruckner, Anton 1
Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker) 1
Burke, Billie, 1885-1970 1
California Civic Light Opera Association 1
Cansino, Eduardo, 1893-1968 1
Cansino, Elisa, 1894- 1
Cansino, Gabriel, 1913?-1963 1
Carousel Dance Theatre for Children 1
Carrick, Edward 1
Cecchetti, Enrico 1
Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich 1
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Clayton, Buck 1
Clements, Colin 1
Clooney, Rosemary 1
Code, Grant Hyde 1
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Cunningham, Merce (1919-04-16-2009-07-26) 1
Currie, John (1934-08-02-2020-05-17) 1
Dafora, Asadata, 1890-1965 1
Debussy, Claude 1
Devenport, Frank 1
Diaghilev, Serge, 1872-1929 1
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Duffy, Henry, 1890-1961 1
El Capitan Theatre (Organization : Hollywood, Calif.) 1
Engel, Carl, 1883-1944 1
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Fondren Library. Music Library 1
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Gershwin, George, 1898-1937 1
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Goya, Carola 1
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Greenwood, Charlotte, 1890-1977 1
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Gro, Josephine 1
Handel, George Frideric 1
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center 1
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Haydn, Joseph 1
Hayworth, Rita, 1918-1987 1
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