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Yvonne Brathwaite Burke papers: California State Assembly, U.S. Congress, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, and California Attorney General campaign
Collection
Identifier: 0218-1
Abstract
The Yvonne Brathwaite Burke papers contain the records of the political activities of Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, University of Southern California Gould Law School alumna, state and federal legislator, and county official. Included are records from Burke's tenure in the California Assembly (1966-1972), U.S. Congress (1973-1978), and the Los Angeles Angeles County Board of Supervisor (1979-1980). Records also include her campaign for California State Attorney General (1978).
Dates:
1959 - 1980; Majority of material found within 1966 - 1980
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
California Social Welfare Archives agency and miscellaneous records
Collection
Identifier: 0603
Abstract
This collection consists miscellaneous printed materials and related items from agencies and organizations in California that deal with social welfare and social work. More than 400 organizations are represented, though most are only represented by a few items. Entities include state and local government agencies, schools, non-profit groups, and professional social work organizations. The majority of items date from the 1950s-1990s, though there are some materials dating back as early as the...
Dates:
Majority of material found within approximately 1910s-1990s
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Company Theatre records
Collection
Identifier: 7106
Abstract
The Company Theatre records document the activities and history of the Company Theatre, an experimental, groundbreaking theater company founded in Los Angeles in 1967. Several USC students and graduates were among the Company Theatre's founding members, including Steven Kent and Gar Campbell. The Company Theatre remained active until around 1972, at which time its descendent, the ProVisional Theatre, commenced its decade-long run involving many of the same artists. The collection includes...
Dates:
1967 - 1982
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Friends 4 Expo Transit records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 7145
Scope and Contents
Records of the Friends 4 Expo Transit advocacy group created and collected by Kathy Seal, a longtime community organizer who founded Friends 4 Expo in 2000 to fight for a light rail Expo Line along a right of way in Los Angeles running from Exposition Boulevard into Santa Monica. Friends 4 Expo (also known as Friends4Expo and F4E) emphasized the environmental benefit of clean, speedy, high-capacity light rail, and sought to overcome opposition to a passenger line--principally from...
Dates:
2000 - 2002
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Lynn Schenk papers
Collection
Identifier: 0240
Abstract
Lynn Schenk was a representative from California. She served as Deputy Attorney General in the California State Attorney General's Office, Criminal Division for about a year before taking a position with San Diego Gas and Electric as an in-house lawyer. In 1976, she left San Diego Gas and Electric when she was offered a position to be special assistant to Vice Presidents Nelson A. Rockefeller and Walter F. Mondale. From 1977 to 1980, she served as Secretary of California's State...
Dates:
1975-1985
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Michael Several collection on Los Angeles Public Art
Collection
Identifier: 0316
Abstract
The Michael Several collection on Los Angeles Public Art consists of materials related to public art in Los Angeles. The collection dates from 1903-2000 with the bulk of the materials dating from 1980-2000. The collection includes article clippings, public records, photographs, slides, negatives, memorandums, brochures, art event notices, meeting minutes, project proposals, press releases, and correspondence about public art (murals, paintings, sculptures, etc.) in and around Los Angeles...
Dates:
1903 - 2000; Majority of material found within 1980 - 2000
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Shirley Adelson Siegel papers
Collection
Identifier: 0303
Abstract
Between 1947 and 1950, attorney and housing rights advocate Shirley Adelson Siegel lived in Los Angeles and became deeply involved with pro bono committee work related to the promotion of civil rights and affordable housing. Although she lived in Los Angeles for less than four years, her work helped shape legislation that was later developed at both the local and state levels. The collection consists of publications, press releases, correspondence, meeting agendas and minutes, and...
Dates:
1947-1950
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
USC Pacific Asia Museum history archives
Collection
Identifier: 5377
Abstract
The USC Pacific Asia Museum history archives consist of institutional records of the USC Pacific Asia Museum (PAM), which was founded in 1971 and became part of the University of Southern California in 2013. The collection includes event programs, administrative files, photographs, photograph albums, press releases, program and outreach files, memoranda, building blueprints, renovation designs, PAM newsletters, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, audiovisual material, and records from PAM's...
Dates:
1971 - 2015
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections