Press releases
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 37 Collections and/or Records:
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
Joe Diorio papers
Collection
Identifier: 1020
Scope and Contents
The Joe Diorio papers comprise material created and collected by Joseph Louis Diorio (August 6, 1936 - February 2, 2022), American jazz guitarist and former USC Thornton Studio Guitar program faculty member. The largest part of the collection consists of music composition notebooks with Diorio's handwritten compositions. Some of the compositions in the collection were created by or for Diorio's students as part of Diorio's teaching activities. The Joe Diorio papers also include photographs;...
Dates:
1965 - 2021
Found in:
USC Libraries Music Library
William H. DuBay papers
Collection
Identifier: 0391
Abstract
In 1966, William H. DuBay was suspended from the Los Angeles Archdiocese for opining his criticism of the Roman Catholic church. The collection includes materials related to DuBay's controversial tenure as a Roman Catholic priest and his suspension.
Dates:
1955 - 1974
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
El Nido Services and Lodges records
Collection
Identifier: 0409
Abstract
The El Nido Services and Lodges records cover the practical details of El Nido's operations, 1930-1980, documenting its real estate management, zoning battles, tax questions, insurance and "disaster preparedness" provisions, and occasional personnel problems of this social service agency. Originally a project of the Los Angeles Section of the National Council of Jewish Women, the Section established a Children's Bureau in Los Angeles in 1925, and three years later built a camp for...
Dates:
1932-1986 (bulk 1970s-1980s)
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
Wynne Gibson collection on the Minute Women of Los Angeles
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31275058597429]
Identifier: 7138
Abstract
The Wynne Gibson collection on the Minute Women of Los Angeles consists of material collected by stage and screen actress Wynne Gibson (1898-1987) on the World War II volunteer organization, the Minute Women of Los Angeles. According to a press release included in the collection, "The Minute Women - Los Angeles is an organization formed for the purpose of providing trained women to serve our communities, without pay, in times of emergency and to do everything possible to help the successful...
Dates:
1942; 1944; undated
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
KABC-TV Los Angeles collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2679
Abstract
Collection consists of materials related to the Los Angeles television station KABC-TV.
Dates:
1956 - 1985
Found in:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Herbert G. Klein papers
Collection
Identifier: 0345
Abstract
The Herbert G. Klein papers contain detailed records of the day to day activities of Herbert G. Klein, University of Southern California alumnus and trustee, journalist, editor and first White House Director of Communications. Included are records from all phases of Klein's long career: his early career as a journalist with Copley Newspapers in Alhambra and San Diego; his work with Richard Nixon, beginning with the Vice Presidential campaign of 1956; and his subsequent career as a media...
Dates:
15th-17th centuries, 1932-2009 (bulk 1960-1973)
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
KNXT Channel 2 press releases
Collection
Identifier: 0232
Abstract
The collection includes press releases from 1961 to 1962.
Dates:
1961 - 1962
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
La Escuela Argentina de Los Angeles records
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31275040370703]
Identifier: 0510
Abstract
Collection contains minutes of board meetings, copies of the school's room reservations with USC, newspaper clippings about the school, ephemera, and chronological files of documents from the years 1990-1995. The chronological files include correspondence and memoranda pertaining to the school's business matters, meeting minutes, financial records, and press releases.
Dates:
1983 - 1999
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections