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Pearl McCroskey papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 5362
Abstract
This collection consists of the papers and photographs of Pearl McCroskey, Phi Beta sorority member, alumna and secretary of the College of Music at the University of Southern California.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1890s-1950s
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Midnight Mission and Tom and Mary Liddecoat papers
Collection
Identifier: 0413
Abstract
The papers of the Midnight Mission and of Tom and Mary Liddecoat consist of material that documents the personal and business history of the Liddecoat family, the Midnight Mission, and various other charities and individuals associated with the Liddecoat family; specifically, the collection documents two generations of the Liddecoat family and their involvement in charitable organizations such as the Midnight Mission, the Gospel Foundation of America, and charitable organizations on the...
Dates:
1899 - 2005
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Marta Mierendorff papers
Collection
Identifier: 0214
Abstract
The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, notes, and ephemera regarding the lives and work of many German-speaking emigre artists in Southern California.
One focus of the collection are German Expressionist Theater director Leopold Jessner (1878-1945) and his brother-in-law, the actor and director Fritz Jessner (1889-1946), both of whom left Germany in the 1930s to escape the Nazi persecution of Jews. The collection also includes more extensive materials on Walter...
Dates:
1933 - 1985
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Mineral King Development records
Collection
Identifier: 0037
Abstract
The collection consists of environmental reports, correspondence, scrapbooks, and other ephemera pertaining to the controversial 1960s development of a 16,000 acre tract of the Sequoia National Forest in Tulare County, California. The materials were created and collected by conservation activists Jean and Richard Koch.
Dates:
1963-1978
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Mitteilungsblatt der Hitachduth Olej Germania we Olej Austria
Collection — Pamphlet-Binder: 1
Identifier: 6282
Scope and Contents
Two issues of the weekly newsletter of the German and Austrian Immigrant's Association based in Tel Aviv. Issue No. 7 is titled Mitteilungsblatt der Hitachduth Olej Germania and the issue dated "Mai II" is titled Mitteilungsblatt der Hitachduth Olej Germania we Olej Austria. Both issues were published in 1939 and include both German and Hebrew text. Mitteilungsblatt der Hitachduth Olej...
Dates:
1939
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Suzi Nash papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Coll2013-033
Abstract
Clippings, a sound recording on compact disc, and material from women's liberation groups and gay and lesbian organizations, 1982-2006, collected by lesbian musician, Suzi Nash. Nash was a Philadelphia resident who, in 2005, wrote and recorded an album of children's music for children of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) families, entitled Rainbow Sprinkles.
Dates:
1982 - 2006
National Association of Social Workers, Los Angeles Area and California Chapters records
Collection
Identifier: 0487
Abstract
The National Association of Social Workers, Los Angeles Area and California Chapters records consist of meeting minutes, committee reports, memorandums, and newsletters, produced by and for the social work community in California, 1955-1998. The records document the creation of the Los Angeles Area chapter of the NASW and the California Council in the 1950s; the activities of various committees and sections, including Children and Family Services, Nominating, Program, and Group Work; and...
Dates:
1955 - 1998
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Neighborhood Youth Association records
Collection
Identifier: 0416
Abstract
The Neighborhood Youth Association began as charitable organization under the aegis of the Episcopal Church in 1914. Using a settlement house approach, the Association's oiginal goal was to acculturate immigrants to Los Angeles' West side neighborhoods to American culture and values. Over the years the Association has broadened its mission to include providing social services and counseling for poor families and teenaged children in the areas around Venice, California, and the Los Angeles...
Dates:
1954 - 1991
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
ONE Incorporated records
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Coll2011-001
Abstract
The collection consists of the administrative records, publications, correspondence, divisional records, affiliate office records, and photographs of ONE Inc., 1907-2001, bulk 1952-1994. The records include annual reports, court records of ONE Inc. legal entanglements, complete runs of ONE Magazine and ONE Institute Quarterly: Homophile Studies, reader correspondence, submissions by writers and artists, ONE Institute course...
Dates:
1907-2001; Majority of material found within 1952 - 1994
Maurice Ostomel papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 0496
Abstract
Maurice Ostomel was the assistant director of the Welfare Planning Council of Metropolitan Los Angeles from 1945 to 1957. While there, he helped form a community committee on the aging and wrote a number of reports on public assistance in California that laid the foundation for state laws. In 1957 he accepted a post as executive director of the Jewish Home for the Aged, where he served until retiring in 1977. During his career, he served on the California State Board of Social Work Examiners...
Dates:
1942 - 1975
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections