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Commencement ceremonies -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th century -- Archival resources

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Hollywood High School photographs and commencement program

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31275058046732]
Identifier: 7135
Abstract A collection of seven photographs of Hollywood High School in the 1920s and 1930s, along with a commencement program for the Hollywood High School class of 1956 for a ceremony at the Hollywood Bowl. The photographs depict students and faculty in various classroom settings, including the pattern making shop, the pottery room, the auditorium, and the "Roman Room." The collection also contains an aerial photograph of Hollywood High School dated 1923. Photographers and studios attributed on the...
Dates: circa 1920s-1930s; 1956

Los Angeles Riots collection

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31275049000616]
Identifier: 5184
Abstract

This collection documents the University of Southern California's responses and cleanup involvement in the Los Angeles Riots.

Dates: 1992

University of Southern California commencement address collection

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31275049040281]
Identifier: 5229
Abstract

This collection contains various printed and typescript University of Southern California commencement addresses and related articles from 1920-2009, as well as a list of commencement addresses and speakers for 1884-1985.

Dates: 1884 - 2009

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