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Legal documents

 Subject
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Found in 54 Collections and/or Records:

William Schneiderman Trial records

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31275038201787]
Identifier: 0036
Abstract

Judge's records of the in the denaturalization proceedings against William Schneiderman in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California trial, under the Smith Act in 1952; defendant had been State Chairman of the Communist Party (CPUSA) 1936-64.

Dates: circa 1952
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Schramm family papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 6061
Abstract

This collection contains the documents of the Schramm family, a family of Bessarabian Germans who were moved to German territory during World War II. The documents include pre-war military papers; resettlement documents; naturalization and employment papers; and some letters, including personal correspondence.

Dates: 1920-circa 1950s
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Hansi Share papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31275053949252]
Identifier: 6160
Abstract Hansi Share, creator of the Monica Doll, was a Jewish emigre to the United States from Germany. In Germany, she was married to Hermann Ploschitzki, co-owner of Karstadt, a German department store chain, who died in 1932. She was subsequently married to Julius Wilhem Fehr, and then Leon Share, who sponsored her emigration to the United States. After her emigration, she designed and created the Monica Doll, which was notable as the first doll to use real human hair implanted in the head. ...
Dates: 1924-1971
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Spanish notarial documents

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 6173
Abstract

A bound collection of documents that together make up a log of entries made by notaries in Granada, Spain.

Dates: circa 1670s-1680s
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Stanislaus County Welfare Commission and Welfare Department records

 Collection
Identifier: 0455
Abstract

The Stansilaus County Welfare Commission and Welfare Department records consists of materials created by these two entities (subsequently renamed the Stanislaus County Department of Social Services, and now the Community Services Agency). The collection's material is all textual and ranges from ledgers to photocopies of legal agreements; chronologically the material spans the period 1919-1986.

Dates: 1919 - 1986
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Gregg Strom papers

 Collection — Box 1: Series Series 1.
Identifier: Coll2012-161
Abstract

The collection consists of business and legal documents pertaining to Greg Strom's gay erotica company Bryx International, as well as legal and tax documents relating to Strom's personal affairs, 1981-1993. Strom was a bodybuilder and model for gay erotica, most notably for his own company Bryx International.

Dates: 1981-1993
Found in: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Union Pacific Railroad Tidelands records

 Collection
Identifier: 0243
Abstract When the Union Pacific Railroad and Southern Pacific Railroad merged in 1997 and the former did a housecleaning of its inventory, many of the Union Pacific's archival materials were saved. The records that were donated to USC were chiefly those that were generated in the 1940s and 50s as part of the Tidelands controversies, concerning the Los Angeles / Long Beach / Wilmington harbor areas, and documenting channels, wetlands, islands, elevations, and shoreline. In addition to many maps,...
Dates: 1940s-1950s
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

USC Library of Aeronautical History Gilbert L. Givven collection on aviation

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31275038202355]
Identifier: 0061
Abstract Gilbert Givvin was the secretary of Harris Hanshue, President of Western Air Express (TWA Inc.). This collection contains material pertaining to the investigation of Air Mail and Ocean Mail Contracts, by a Special Committee of the US Senate (1934). MacCracken (attorney for a number of large airlines, Commerce Dept. Aeronautics Chief under Hoover Admininstration), Brittin, Hanshue and Givvin were held on charges of contempt in the Mail Inquiry, for the destruction of papers, files,...
Dates: circa 1934
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

USC Thornton School of Music records

 Collection
Identifier: 0283
Abstract The University of Southern California's music school was officially established in 1884, and conferred its first degrees in 1885. The records document many of the activities of the School from the late 19th to the early 21st centuries. Included are the papers (generally incomplete) of some of the School's notable personnel, including Max Swarthout, Raymond Kendall, Ellis Kohs, Pauline Alderman, and Walter F. Skeele; records of academic activities; records of student and alumni...
Dates: 1897 - 2017; Modified: 2017-2019, 2021
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Veyga family papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31275058506552]
Identifier: 0542
Abstract This collection chiefly contains official correspondence and legal documents of the Veyga family (also spelled Veiga) and related family members in Cuba and later Argentina, dating from the late-18th to the late-19th centuries. Materials include legal, business, political, and governmental documents of multiple generations, as well as papers of Dr. Francisco de Veyga (1866-1948), primarily reflecting his involvement with the Cuban Independence Movement in the 1890s, including international...
Dates: 1773 - 1898
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections
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