College presidents -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
University of Southern California Office of the Provost records
Collection
Identifier: 0384
Abstract
The records, audiotapes and video tapes, photographs, ephemera, and artifacts of the University of Southern California Office of the Provost. As the second ranking official and the chief academic officer, the Office of the Provost provides academic leadership to the University of Southern California (USC). In addition, materials document the administration of the international Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, which is considered the premier award for environmental science,...
Dates:
1923 - 2022; Majority of material found within 1973 - 2007
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
USC Presidential Inauguration ephemera
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 5008
Abstract
The University of Southern California began as a mustard field in what was then "West" Los Angeles with a class of 53 students and 12 teachers. Its first president was Marion Bovard who served the university from 1880 to 1891. As of 2017, there have been ten more Presidents after Bovard, with Rufus B. von KleinSmid (1921-1947) serving the longest.
This small collection consists of invitations, programs, lists of attendees, and other ephemera pertaining to the...
Dates:
1922 - 1981
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections