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Fay Wray papers
Collection
Identifier: 2194
Abstract
This collection contains the papers of actress Fay Wray (1907-2004), as well as papers of her two husbands, writer John Monk Saunders (1895-1940) and screenwriter Robert Riskin (1897-1955). Materials include scrapbooks dealing with the careers of Wray and her two husbands; stills, including publicity photographs from films in which Wray appeared; screenplays written by Riskin, 13 short 16mm films produced by Riskin during World War II; and miscellaneous items such as contracts, magazines,...
Dates:
circa 1924-1950s
Found in:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Kenneth L. Wright papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 6068
Abstract
This collection contains the correspondence of Veramay Spencer and her U.S. Army boyfriend Kenneth Wright beginning in the year of 1953 and ending in 1955. It also includes letters from his mother Mrs. Carl C. Wright and friends that he met while serving for the Army. Several letters from his girlfriend Veramay Spencer contain newspaper clippings of happenings back home such as beauty pageants and daily current events. Many of the final letters are Christmas cards from friends to Wright upon...
Dates:
1953 - 1955
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Major Alfred G. Wurmser collection of Nuremberg Trial documents
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 6058
Abstract
This collection of documents on the Nuremberg Trials was collected by Captain (later Major) Alfred G. Wurmser, a staff member of the British War Crimes Executive. The collection contains signatures of defendants and legal staff, letters, photographs, a report, and a pencil sketch.
Dates:
1931 - 1947; Majority of material found within 1946 - 1947
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Annabelle Yerigan Foursquare Church album
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 7154
Abstract
The Annabelle Yerigan Foursquare Church album is a photograph and memory book created by Annabelle Yerigan (1902-1975), an ordained minister of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel. An Evangelical Pentecostal Christian church founded by Aimee Semple McPherson (1890-1944) in Los Angeles, the Foursquare Church is credited by some as the first megachurch. McPherson used radio broadcasts to draw in large audiences and donations to Foursquare Church events and services. In 1938,...
Dates:
1933 - 1943
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Noah Young photographs
Collection
Identifier: 2638
Abstract
This collection consists of production stills and headshots of silent film supporting actor Noah Young (1887-1958). Young performed in more than 50 films for Hal Roach Studios from the late 1910s to the mid 1930s, including with Laurel and Hardy, Snub Pollard, and Harold Lloyd.
Dates:
approximately 1920s-1930s
Found in:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Zeta Phi Eta records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 5054
Abstract
The professional speech fraternity known as Zeta Phi Eta was founded in 1893 at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. The USC chapter was founded by Irene Phillips Kuhl in 1921. (The fraternity was officially named the National Professional Speech Arts and Speech Sciences Fraternity for Women; now it is known as the National Professional Fraternity in Communication Arts and Sciences, the oldest national group of its kind.
The seven boxes in this collection contain the...
Dates:
1894-1993
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Ailing Zhang papers
Collection
Identifier: 3032
Abstract
Zhang Ailing (Chang Ailing, Eileen Chang) was a Chinese author whose well-known literary texts include The Rogue of the North, The Golden Cangue, and The Rice Sprout Song. Her works, considered to be among the best Chinese literature of the 1940s, examined the themes of marriage, family, love, and relationships in the social context of 1930s and 1940s Shanghai. Zhang's writing depicted paradoxical human natures, powerlessness, and sorrowful truths in everyday life without the political...
Dates:
1943 - 2004
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Christa Zinner photographs
Collection
Identifier: 0194
Abstract
Christa Zinner was a well-known fashion and advertising photographer from the 1940s through the 1970s. Her photographs appeared in many popular magazines and newspaper supplements including Ebony, Look, Life, Harpers Bazaar, Sports Illustrated, TV Guide, etc. The collection consists of photographs, negatives, and slides including those not selected for the actual magazines. Many of the magazines themselves are included in the collection as well as single magazine pages.
Dates:
late 1940s-1970s
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Zobelein family collection
Collection
Identifier: 7009
Abstract
The Zobelein family collection consists of photographs, maps, clippings, ephemera, and realia that documents the history of the Zobelein family and the brewing industry in Los Angeles in the late 19th and 20th centuries. The collection includes images of the Zobelein family house and descriptions of the real estate tracts owned by the Zobeleins; publications, photographs and ephemera documenting the Zobelein family business, the Los Angeles Brewing Company; and recollections and reports...
Dates:
1856-2006
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections