The Leonis-Malburg City of Vernon records document John B. Leonis'--along with Leonis' grandson, Leonis Malburg's--businesses and stewardship of Vernon from its founding in 1905 until the turn of the 21st century.

This collection contains six scrapbooks containing clippings, photographs, and ephemera documenting the early history of California. The scrapbooks were compiled by Harry F. Maidenberg, who was an insurance salesman in Los Angeles.

This collection consists of a scrapbook for enrollment cards, exam schedules, pamphlets, clippings, and other ephemera belonging to USC alumna Lilliam McIlvaine.

The collection contains travel and home movies; cartoons and children's films; family recipes; monthly and annual reports; meeting minutes; financial records; family photographs; and a few miscellaneous items from the Milner Family.

This collection consists of the original diary of USC Alumna Bernice Ogden.

This collection consists of a scrapbook from USC student athlete Grant Richardson.

This collection consists of the research files on Los Angeles and Southern California theaters compiled by Robert Richardson. The focus of the files, which contain clippings, statistics, and ephemera, is the physical venues themselves (the theaters).

Five letters, plus two envelopes postmarked El Cajon and Los Angeles, written by Cornelia Ryan (later Yates) to her friend Annie Upham in Boston, 1885-1894. The letters document Cornelia's transcontinental train trip and experiences after settling in Southern California. The letters were written from Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, and Anaheim, and describe Cornelia's day to day experiences both on the journey west and her life in Southern California after she settles.

This collection contains the diaries kept by John A. Sanborn (1850-1942) between 1909 and 1942. Sanborn was a farmer who lived in Covina and Compton, California.

This collection contains the files kept by Dr. Norman Topping for part of the time he served on the Board of Directors of the Southern California Rapid Transit District. Topping was the president of USC from 1958-1970. His files on the SCRTD include correspondence, publications, minutes, and maps documenting the agency's operations in the second half of the 1960s.