Simon Rodia's Towers (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Archival resources
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Marta Feuchtwanger papers
Collection
Identifier: 0206
Abstract
This archive contains the correspondence of Marta Feuchtwanger, wife of German-Jewish writer Lion Feuchtwanger, who survived her husband by almost thirty years. Marta Feuchtwanger remained an important figure in the exile community and devoted the remainder of her life to promoting the work of her husband. The collection contains Marta Feuchtwanger's personal correspondence, texts and manuscripts by her and others, royalty statements received for the works of her husband, correspondence with...
Dates:
1536 - 1987; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1987
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
William Yee films of Watts and East Los Angeles
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31275058596504]
Identifier: 7132
Abstract
The William Yee films of Watts and East Los Angeles consist of four 16mm films and one U-matic videotape of neighborhood footage of Watts and East Los Angeles, recorded by Dr. William Yee in the 1960s and 1970s. The videotape of Watts focuses on street scenes circa 1963, just prior to the Watts Riots of 1965, including footage of the Watts Towers. The East Los Angeles footage, which Yee titled "East LA Estrada," was filmed circa 1970-1971. The East Los Angeles footage shows Chicano murals in...
Dates:
1963 - 1971
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections