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United States -- History -- Archival resources

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:

Stamps and stamp catalogs collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0129
Abstract

Stamp collections (generalist and U.S.) in albums formerly belonging to Charles F. Weiss, Elsie E. Behrens, and USC President Rufus B. von KleinSmid; stamp catalogs 1903-1940.

Dates: 1903 - 1940
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Admiral William H. Standley papers

 Collection
Identifier: 0005
Abstract

These papers document both the personal and professional life of Admiral William H. Standley (1872-1963), naval officer, United States government official and diplomat, and California civic leader.

Dates: 1892 - 1992; Majority of material found within 1924 - 1958
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Gregory Freeman Stone collection on the Robert F. Kennedy assassination

 Collection
Identifier: 0241
Abstract

The collection includes files accumulated by Gregory Freemen Stone during his investigation into the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy.

Dates: 1944 - 1992
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

University of Southern California Center for the Humanities records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0277
Abstract

Transcripts of, and brochures and proposals for conferences held at the Center, including Vietnam Reconsidered, 1983, Symposium of the Whole, 1983, and Anti-Semitism Conference, 1982; completed programs and faculty research, 1976-1980.

Dates: 1973-1984
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

University of Southern California Library of Aeronautical History George T. Cussen collection on aviation

 Collection
Identifier: 0053
Abstract The collection consists of Cussen's personal scrapbook pages, books and photographs pertaining to the commercial aeronautic industry from the 1930s to the 1950s, and a collection of World War I and World War II war effort posters and maps. George Cussen worked the Santa Fe Railway for eight years before a brief stint at Maddux Air Lines in 1929. From 1932 to 1940, he worked for Transcontinental and Western Airlines as a traffic manager, alternating between Los Angeles and San Francisco...
Dates: 1918 - 1963
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

USC Library of Aeronautical History C. S. James collection on aviation

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31275038202306]
Identifier: 0056
Abstract

Photographs, correspondence, ephemera pertaining to the history of Western Air Lines (Western Air Express). Charles N. James (a.k.a. James James, Jimmy James) flew the first Air mail run with Fred Kelly from Salt Lake to LA in seven hours, in 1926. He was a pilot for Western Air Express and later Vice-President in charge of operations at Western Airlines (1938-1950). He then became Security Manager with Bendix West Coast Division.

Dates: 1918 - 1957
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

USC Library of Aeronautical History Earl G. Reed collection on aviation

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31275038202363]
Identifier: 0062
Abstract

Photographs of aviators and airplanes, pre-1935.

Dates: pre-1935
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

Work Around the World Educational Club for International Police records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0112
Abstract

Scrapbook, share certificates, and other documents relating to the founding of Work Around the World Educational Club for International Police (WAWEC), by Captain Walter Wanderwell in 1932, to monitor world disarmament and provide educational opportunities overseas.

Dates: 1932
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections
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