Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Description and travel -- Archival resources
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
California manuscripts teaching collection
Collection
Identifier: 7108
Content Description
This collection contains correspondence relating to California history from various sources, assembled under one collection for ease of access and use in USC Libraries Special Collections instruction. Collection items include a 1927 illustrated letter authored by Lee Stephen Remington (1869-1952), a factory manager from St. Paul, Minnesota, to a friend named Mr. Dow during a visit to Los Angeles. The collection also holds an 1850 letter written by T. R. Billings, a California gold seeker, to...
Dates:
1927-12-15
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Patt Morrison collection of Los Angeles memorabilia
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31275049037444]
Identifier: 7113
Abstract
A collection of four board games, nine cans of "smog," a button and t-shirt relating to the 1984 Summer Olympics, a "powdered smog" postcard, and a dish towel collected by journalist, author, and radio and television personality Patt Morrison. Most of the items in the collection relate to Los Angeles smog and air pollution, but a few of the items relate to Los Angeles generally. The collection's board games include two copies of the board game titled "Smog: The Air Pollution Game" made by...
Dates:
1950 - 1985
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Travel and tourism ephemera collection
Collection
Identifier: 7105
Abstract
The Travel and tourism ephemera collection consists of materials both informational and commemorative in nature, dating from the years 1896 to 2013. The contents of the collection are varied in both format and geographic location. The majority of the material focuses on points of interest in California, with a significant number of items dealing with Los Angeles and the surrounding areas including information about tourist sites and souvenir booklets and items such as postcards....
Dates:
1896 - 2013
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections