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Gladys A. papers

 Collection
Identifier: 7062
Abstract

The Gladys A. papers contain diaries of Gladys A., a young woman who participated in sex work in and around Downtown Los Angeles. The diaries span from the day she arrived in LA in January of 1949 through 1953, detailing the daily experiences of her first five years in the city. The collection also includes photographs of Gladys with unidentified individuals, correspondence from her family in Michigan, memorabilia from her Catholic high school, and other miscellaneous personal items.

Dates: 1944-06-09 - 1979

George and Elenora Adams diaries, letters, and other material

 Collection
Identifier: 7086
Abstract The George and Elenora Adams diaries, letters, and other material contain 39 diaries, four letters, and various personal documents and ephemera kept by George E. Adams and his wife Elenora Martin Learned Adams. Throughout the course of their lives--as documented in their journals--George and Elenora worked as farmers, teachers, and store owners in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Maine before moving to Duarte near East Los Angeles in 1887. In California, George and Elenora tried their luck...
Dates: 1856 - 1909

Allan Hancock Foundation archive

 Collection
Identifier: 0257
Abstract The Allan Hancock Foundation Archive contains records of the Foundation set up at the University of Southern California by G. Allan Hancock for the purpose of furthering oceanographic studies. These records also include those materials from the library and museum that were associated with the Foundation, as well some personal mementos of Captain Hancock's and the Hancock family. Also included are extensive records of the research ship Velero IV, as well as sound recordings, photographs and...
Dates: 1823 - 2005

Nicholas Beck collection on Budd Schulberg

 Collection
Identifier: 6136
Abstract The Nicholas Beck collection on Budd Schulberg consists of material relating to Budd Schulberg (1914-2009)--the American screenwriter, television producer, and novelist--collected by Nicholas Beck (1932-2017). The collection includes material on Budd Schulberg's life, family, and works; the Watts Writers Workshop -- a creative writing group initiated by Budd Schulberg following the 1965 Watts Riots; correspondence between Beck and Schulberg's extended family; archival documents by and about...
Dates: 1913 - 2017

Julius Berstl papers

 Collection
Identifier: 0031
Abstract Literary archive of the German emigre author and playwright Julius Berstl (1883-1975). The collection includes typescripts, manuscripts, personal and professional correspondence, personal and biographical documents, theater memorabilia, and a small number of literary journals, both in English and in German. Julius Berstl was born on August 6, 1883 in Bernburg, Germany to a theatrical family. Upon graduation from university, he became the dramaturg, or literary advisor, of the renowned...
Dates: 1858 - 2010; Majority of material found within 1901 - 1975

Dr. Benjamin Bennett Briggs family papers

 Collection
Identifier: 0394
Abstract Dr. Benjamin Bennett Briggs was a horticulturist and medical doctor who originally came to California from Ohio during the Gold Rush but returned to Ohio where he married and established a medical practice. He later returned to California to continue with horticultural pursuits and was one of the founders of La Crescenta, where he hoped to establish a health resort. Though he died before he could accomplish all his dreams, today's Crescenta-Canada valley was home to many sanitariums and...
Dates: 1836 - 2020; Majority of material found within 1850 - 1920

G. Edward Cassady, M.D. and Margaret Elizabeth Cassady, R.N. Lewis Carroll collection

 Collection
Identifier: 0392
Abstract The G. Edward Cassady, M.D. and Margaret Elizabeth Cassady, R.N. Lewis Carroll collection consists of photographs, correspondence, ephemera, realia, graphic materials, games, reference works, material from stage and film adaptations, and other archival material relating to children's literature author, mathematician, and writer Charles Dodgson (1832-1898), better known by his pen name, Lewis Carroll. Most well known for his first children's novels, Alice's...
Dates: 1865 - 2021

Antonio Heras papers

 Collection
Identifier: 0015
Abstract

This collection contains the papers of Antonio Heras, who was a professor of Spanish and Spanish Literature at USC from 1925-1950. Heras’s papers include manuscripts and typescripts of his articles and stories, research notes, clippings, correspondence and diaries.

Dates: 1923 - 1965; Majority of material found within 1932 - 1965

Donald F. Lomas papers

 Collection
Identifier: 0612
Abstract

The Donald F. Lomas papers, 1985-2017, were created and collected by Lomas as part of his work with various social service agencies in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, and the San Gabriel Valley.

Dates: 1985 - 2017

Ed Menerth papers

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Identifier: Coll2014-050
Abstract

Photographs, coded notes on erotic films, correspondence, and diaries, 1942-1998 of acting and vocal coach, Ed Menerth. Menerth attended Pennsylvania State University and was an acting coach at the University of Miami. He continued his acting and vocal coaching in West Hollywood, California, where he was a literary agent for Dale Garrick International.

Dates: 1942-1998

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Detective and mystery stories, American -- Archival resources 1
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Duarte (Calif.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Archival resources 1
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Ecuador -- Photographs 1
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Briggs, Benjamin 1
Briggs, Caroline Crane 1
Briggs, Irene Crane 1
Bright, Verne 1
British Broadcasting Corporation 1
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Busoni, Ferruccio 1
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898 1
Cassady, G. Edward, Dr. 1
Cassady, George, Dr. 1
Cassady, Linda 1
Cassady, Margaret Elizabeth, R.N. 1
Chevaillier, Alzire A. (Alzire Adrienne) 1
Cheyney, Ralph 1
Children's Bureau of Southern California 1
Cosmic Publishing Company 1
Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor) 1
Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge, 1832-1898 1
Eltanin (Ship) 1
Ewers, Hanns Heinz 1
Farjeon, Eleanor 1
Felix Bloch Erben (Firm) 1
Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940 1
Garth, John S. (John Shrader) 1
Gaw, Ethelean Tyson 1
Georg Marton Verlag (Firm) 1
Goudge, Elizabeth 1
Halmos, Dorothy M. 1
Hamilton, Florence 1
Hancock family 1
Hancock, Allan, 1875- 1
Heras, Antonio 1
Heras, Evelyn 1
Holderness, Rose 1
Johst, Hanns 1
KUSC (Radio station : Los Angeles, Calif.) 1
Kwan, Moon 1
Lamb Knitting Machine Company 1
Lomas, Donald F. 1
MacManus, Seumas 1
Markham, Edwin, 1852-1940 1
Massachusetts. State Reform School (Westborough, Mass.) 1
Mayne, Eric 1
McCulloch, Irene Agnes 1
Menerth, Ed (Edward Franklin) 1
Mierendorff, Marta 1
Miles, Lee O. 1
Miller, Bill, 1920-1961 1
Miller, Juanita Joaquina 1
Miller, Wade 1
Morgan, Angela 1
National Letter Return Association 1
Niese, Hansi 1
Norris, Gordon W. 1
O'Donnol, Dion 1
Pacific Clinics 1
Pasadena Unified School District 1
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. 1
Price, Ruth Clay 1
R/V Velero IV (Cruiser) 1
Ranck, Anna M. (1874-1956) 1
Reynolds, Adeline de Walt, 1862-1961 1
Schmitt, Waldo L. (Waldo Lasalle) 1
Schulberg, B. P., 1892-1957 1
Schulberg, Budd (1914-03-27-2009-08-05) 1
Scott, John Milton 1
Sherry, Ruth Forbes 1
Standing Bear, Luther 1
Swett, W. Charles 1
Taylor, William Randolph 1
Tenniel, John, 1820-1914 1
Tillich, Paul 1
Trent, Lucia 1
Ulrey, A.B. (Albert Brennus) 1
University of Southern California 1
University of Southern California. Marine Biological Station 1
Velero III (Ship) 1
Von Wolowski, Kurt 1
Wade, Bob, 1920-2012 1
Walter, Fried 1
Ward, Samuel Lawrence 1
Wells, Wesley Robert 1
Western Society for Psychical Research 1
Whitaker, Robert 1
Wicclair, Walter 1
Wied, Gustav 1
Woman's Christian Temperance Union 1
Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Southern California 1
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