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Textiles

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Carpe Diem Press records

 Collection
Identifier: 6150
Abstract The collection consists of the archives of the Carpe Diem Press, consisting of maquettes for books, ephemeral items, notes, art works, test prints and proofs, textile samples, and cover samples. Also included are posters and information about James HD Brown's work, and materials on the Linotipografica Quintas, the printing company with which Carpe Diem Press works regularly. Carpe Diem Press is owned and operated by artist James HD Brown and Alexandra Brown. Based in Oaxaca, Mexico, the...
Dates: 2000 - 2018

Foley and Sepulveda family papers

 Collection
Identifier: 7042
Abstract The Foley and Sepulveda family papers consists of letters, diaries, photographs, photograph albums, books, legal documents and ephemera, 1850-1953 and undated, created and collected by various members of the Sepulveda and Foley families. The bulk of the collection consists of materials created and collected by William I. (W.I.) Foley and his daughter Viola Lillian Foley Morrow. Also included are some items from Foley's wife Sara Dolores Sepulveda, their children Zoraya, Rupert, and Elsa...
Dates: 1850-1953, undated

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)

Keith Royer collection on Southern California scootering and youth subculture

 Collection
Identifier: 7139
Abstract The Keith Royer collection on Southern California scootering and youth subculture documents several decades of vintage scooter culture and the diverse aspects of the subculture as it relates to music, fashion, politics, and youth communities. Keith Royer has been a scooter rider, collector, and bike mechanic since the mid-1980s and a patched club member of the Pharaohs Scooter Club of San Diego since 1995. The Pharaohs Scooter Cult was formed on December 23, 1993 at Hill Street Coffee House...
Dates: 1985 - 2022

USC embroidered graduation banner

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31275049030944]
Identifier: 5345
Abstract

A wearable banner with embroidered text and an image of a young woman in academic regalia. The embroidered figure is waving a USC flag with surrounding cardinal red text: "Here's to the college whose colors we wear." The banner has two straps attached made from braided red fabric, presumably for the graduate to wear the banner on their back. The banner's creator and exact creation date is unknown, but the donor supplied an approximate date of 1910s.

Dates: circa 1910s

USC-Sea Grant Harbor Project photographs and realia

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 5269
Abstract

This small collections consists of color snapshots of students taking samples on the beach at Fisherman's Cove, Santa Catalina Island, near the USC Marine Biological Laboratory Facility. Also included is a commemorative t shirt, and a scroll identifying the members of the group, who called themselves the "Beach Diggers".

Dates: circa 1960s

Gladys Waddingham collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0593
Abstract

Gladys Waddingham (1900-1997) was an author and Spanish teacher at Inglewood High School. The Gladys Waddingham collection contains materials collected during Waddingham's travels to Spain, Mexico, Guatemala, and other countries -- mostly during the 1950s. Included in the collection are artifacts, clothing and textiles, antique pottery, visual grammar cards, sheet music, postcards, dolls, and other material.

Dates: 1925 - 1996; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1970

Women of the Ku Klux Klan ephemera

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31275058596470]
Identifier: 6259
Abstract The Women of the Ku Klux Klan ephemera comprise sixteen pieces of ephemera relating to membership in the Women of the Ku Klux Klan (WKKK) in Little Rock, Arkansas and St. Louis, Missouri. Most of the material in the collection is undated, though at least one item is dated in 1927. Following are brief descriptions of each item in the collection: "Constitution and Laws of the Women of the Ku Klux Klan" (46 pp.); "The Code of the Flag" booklet (16 pp.); "Installation Ceremonies" ritual...
Dates: 1920s