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Correspondence

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 577 Collections and/or Records:

Gladys H. Culp papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 0408
Abstract

This collection consists of material documenting Gladys Culp’s undergraduate and graduate work at USC, and materials related to her career in social work with the Bureau of Public Assistance of the County of Los Angeles, especially in the 1960s.

Dates: 1941 - 1968
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Ingolf Dahl papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1001
Abstract The Ingolf Dahl papers contain the manuscripts, scores, and professional and personal papers of American composer and USC School of Music faculty member Ingolf Dahl (1912-1970). Dahl, one of USC's most distinguished faculty members, had a long and successful career in music both here in his adopted country and abroad. In 1938, Dahl immigrated to the U.S. and settled in Los Angeles where he found work as a composer and conductor for radio and film. In 1943, Dahl joined the faculty of USC. He...
Dates: 1928 - 1988; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1970
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Rubén Darío correspondence

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31275051241074]
Identifier: 0591
Abstract A collection of 14 letters from Rubén Darío to Julio Piquet spanning 1894 to 1914. Rubén Darío was a Nicaraguan poet who initiated the Spanish-American literary movement known as modernismo. Julio Piquet was the director of the Argentine newspaper La Nación beginning in 1886. The collection also contains: a photograph of Darío's son, Rubén Darío Sánchez (1907-1948); a letter written on mourning stationery from Francisca...
Dates: 1894 - 1916
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Mack David papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2037
Abstract This collection contains the papers of American songwriter and lyricist Mack David (1912-1993). Materials include approximately 550 pieces of sheet music dating from 1924; screenplays and miscellaneous material including budgets, correspondence, contracts, and advertising brochures relating to several films. Along the screenplays are Invitation to a Gunfighter (1964), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), and Krakatoa--East of Java (1969). Also included are 14 reels of audio tape containing a...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1920s-1960s
Found in: USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library

Samson DeBrier papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Coll2014-005
Abstract Correspondence, notes, photographs, clippings, biographical material, and other personal papers, 1948-1995, from actor, artist, and raconteur Samson DeBrier. After working as an actor in the 1910s and 1920s, most notably in the film Salome, the eccentric DeBrier remained in Hollywood and literati circles throughout his life and was known for hosting salons with creative locals in his Hollywood home. The bulk of the collection is correspondence sent to...
Dates: 1948 - 1995
Found in: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Albert Dekker papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2143
Abstract

Collection consists of clippings, correspondence, playbills, photographs, film stills, and political materials associated with American actor and legislator Albert Dekker (1905-1968).

Dates: Majority of material found within 1917 - 1961
Found in: USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library

Lou D'Elia collection on George Hurrell

 Collection
Identifier: 6151
Abstract George Hurrell began his career as a photographer working for MGM during the Golden Age of Hollywood, during which time he photographed some of the most famous movie stars of the period, and as a result became one of the most famous studio photographers in Hollywood. He became known for his use of light that included spotlights and shadows, and hand-retouching, which produced romantic portraits that became his signature style. He continued to use this style throughout his long career,...
Dates: 1922-2015
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Lorenzo DeStefano collection on the Hancock Pacific Expeditions

 Collection
Identifier: 6215
Abstract

A collection of screenplay drafts, research notes, subject files, correspondence, photographs, books, audio and video tapes, and one 16mm film compiled by Lorenzo DeStefano for a film about G. Allan Hancock's expeditions to the Galapagos Islands during 1930s. DeStefano never completed his film, but his research for the project--which began in the 1970s--forms a significant collection of documentation on the people and events involved in the Hancock Expeditions.

Dates: 1930s-1980s
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Harry J. Deuel, Jr., papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 5105
Abstract

This collection includes clippings, memorial book, correspondence, and photographs of the USC Dean of the Graduate School and professor of Biochemistry and Nutrition, Harry J. Deuel, Jr. (1897-1956).

Dates: 1940s-1956
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Christian R. Dick collection of bookplates

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0085
Abstract

Ex-Libris in ring binders, boxed, and in envelopes, collected by former USC librarian (Miss) Christian R. Dick (1883-1954); correspondence related to the bookplates; Miss Dick's card index of artists, etc.

Dates: 1930 - 1950
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections
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