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Collection
Identifier: 7082
Abstract
The William Mason photographs of Little Tokyo, Los Angeles comprise approximately 500 negatives and 162 photographic prints showing the streets and people of Little Tokyo between 1963 and 1968. William M. Mason (1931-2000) was a long-time curator of Southern California history at the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History. Mason was an expert on the multi-ethnic history of Los Angeles who did much to highlight the role of different ethnic groups in shaping the city's development in the...
Dates:
1963 - 1968
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 2543
Abstract
Collection consists of groups of 35mm negatives of child actress Baby Muriel McCormac.
Dates:
c. 1920s
Collection
Identifier: 3013
Abstract
Shannon Boyd-Bailey McCune was an American geographer born in Korea to Presbyterian missionaries. This collection comprises primarily photographs, negatives, and slides as well as research, essays, and various publications relating to the geography and cartography of Japan and Korea. It also contains some maps and realia.
Dates:
1868 - 1990; Majority of material found within 1937 - 1990
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
Collection
Identifier: 7125
Abstract
Richard C. Miller (1912-2010) is known for his photographs of Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, and other Hollywood celebrities. Miller also documented the construction of the Los Angeles freeways from the 1930s through the 1950s. The Richard C. Miller photographs at USC document a variety of topics, including the construction of Los Angeles freeways, buildings in various parts of Los Angeles, portraits of both well-known and unidentified people, street scenes, self portraits and Miller family...
Dates:
1930 - 1953; 2009
Collection
Identifier: 0275
Abstract
Papers of Barbara G. Myerhoff, a University of Southern California professor and noted anthropologist, consist of manuscripts, notes, printed material, publications, audiotapes, correspondence, and photographic material related to her teaching, field research, and publishing activities.
Dates:
1911 - 1985; Majority of material found within 1969 - 1984
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0190
Abstract
The Osborne-Montague family papers contains the papers of multiple generations of the Osborne and Montague families, as well as of the families they married into (primarily the Tingstads and the Caleffs). Rodney Montague moved to Los Angeles in 1853, while Henry Zenas Osborne moved to the area in 1878. Montague was a farmer; Osborne owned the Los Angeles Evening Express and was a Congressman for California's 10th Congressional District from 1917 until his death in 1923. His son, Henry...
Dates:
1847 - 1992; Majority of material found within 1890 - 1945
Collection
Identifier: 3315
Abstract
Edward Paik was a Korean American food service equipment sales supervisor, Kitchen Specialist, and U.S. Air Force Surplus Property Disposal Specialist. This collection comprises primarily photographs and printed materials created and collected by Edward Paik. It also contains ephemera in the form of service medals, a wool cap, and Army patches, as well as personal papers in the form of correspondence, letters, and yearbooks.
Dates:
1931 - 2000; Majority of material found within 1939 - 1994
Collection
Identifier: 5158
Abstract
This collection consists of administrative papers for the University of Southern California in the 1970s.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1970s
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 7133
Abstract
The Redondo Beach studio photographs consist of seven glass plate negatives and 36 prints from an unidentified photography studio, presumably in Redondo Beach, California, given the "Redondo" banner appearing in many of the images. All of the portraits show women posed within photo studio sets, with most of the sets portraying oceanside scenes. The women in front of the oceanside sets are usually wearing bathing suits and beachwear. The donor of the collection, Jerry Gildemeister, estimated...
Dates:
1910 - 1930