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American Guild of Organists records

 Collection
Identifier: 0019
Abstract

Established in 1908, the Southern California Chapter of the American Guild of Organists is a local chapter of the national professional association serving the organ and choral music fields. This collection contains the records of the Los Angeles and Pasadena chapters of the American Guild of Organists, including administrative files, publications, and annual scrapbooks.

Dates: 1908 - 2004; Majority of material found within 1950 - 2000

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

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

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

Saida Gerrard papers

 Collection
Identifier: 0341
Abstract

The collection consists of costumes, manuscripts, programs, photographs, and clippings pertaining to choreographer/dancer Saida Gerrard from the 1930s through the 1970s.

Dates: 1930 - 1980

Grell/Colefax Russian Ballet Archive

 Collection
Identifier: 0315
Abstract The collection consists of films, books, photographs, sound recordings, posters, costumes, and artwork related to Russian ballet, chiefly the Bolshoi Ballet Company. Collected by Los Angeles resident Dwight Grell from the early 1950s through the 2000s. Many of the materials are in Russian. This collection represents a broad range of subjects: Russian and Soviet Dance; choreography and costume design; and Russian and Soviet culture, including popular culture, as reflected in programs, print...
Dates: circa 1950s-2000s

Efrain Guigui papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1016
Abstract

Collection consists of the papers and concert recordings of Efrain Guigui, Panamanian-born clarinetist and conductor.

Dates: 1960 - 2008

Charles James Miller papers

 Collection
Identifier: 0333
Abstract

Correspondence, ephemera, and photographs related to Russell Meriwether Hughes ("La Meri")-- ethnic dance icon, instructor, friend (and one-time lover) of Charles Miller who saved the materials which comprise this collection. The collection also includes Miller's own research material and dissertation on Edward Gordon Craig, published in 1957.

Dates: 1945 - 1989

Fredric Myrow papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1006
Abstract

This collection consists of the papers of American composer Fredric Myrow (1939-1999), along with some papers of his father, composer Josef Myrow (1910-1987). Materials includes manuscript scores, manuscript sheet music, recordings, and correspondence, as well as books, scores, sheet music, and recordings by others.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1950s-1990s

Robert Sully papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1011
Abstract

Robert Sully was an actor and a designer. In addition to working for such well known firms as Raymond Loewy Associates, he also founded his own design firm, the Argonaut Company. He earned a Masters and Ph.D from Claremont Graduate School, and taught at UC Santa Barbara on advertising and culture. The papers include photographs, typescripts, interview transcripts, and letters for a planned photographic essay on concert artists.

Dates: 1970s-1997

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Los Angeles Civic Light Opera Association 1
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Stern, Isaac 1
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USC Thornton School of Music 1
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