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  • Harman (Sidney) papers (5121)
    Framed letters, diplomas, and plaques; miscellaneous papers from Harman's tenure at USC.
  • Harmer (Ruth Mulvey) typescript and galleys (0049)
    Typescript and galleys of The High Cost of Dying (Crowell, 1963); includes copy of the paperback edition. Harmer (b.1919) held a Ph.D. from USC and was an instructor in the English Department at the time this book was written.
  • Harris (William Torrey) correspondence (0184)
    Correspondence. Harris (1835-1910) was an educator, editor (Journal of Speculative Philosophy), lexicographer, and philosopher connected with the "St. Louis Movement" and the "Concord School of Philosophy." Harris as editor published early work by William James, Josiah Royce, and John Dewey, and introduced Hegel to the American intellectual scene. He wrote books on Hegel and Dante. Collection transferred from Hoose Library in 1995. Index.
  • Hawkins (Anne) papers (0122)
    This collection contains notebooks, galleys, drafts, and outlines for Anne Hawkins’ books about the Pony Express, along with some of her correspondence. Hawkins was a stenographer who lived in Southern California and was the author of Too Like the Lightning, Pony Express and To the Swift.
  • Haynes Foundation reports (0470)
    The Haynes Foundation reports consists of 5 reports funded, and published, by the Haynes Foundation that describe and examine social and economic conditions in Los Angeles between 1948 and 1950. The Haynes Foundation was established in 1926 by John Randolph Haynes, a prominent, reform-minded physician, and his suffragist wife, Dora. It is a leading supporter of social science research for Los Angeles, and is also the oldest private foundation in the city. The Foundation's grants are used to encourage study and research into the underlying causes of social problems in Los Angeles and to recommend ways of addressing them. The Foundation has funded hundreds of urban studies in the areas of education, transportation, local government, elections, public safety, demographics, public personal services and natural resources. In doing so, the Foundation has remained true to its founder's philosophy of promoting "the social betterment of mankind." Included in this small collection are: Eshref Shevky and Marilyn Williams, "The Social Areas of Los Angeles: Volume 1: Analysis and Typology" (1948) (typescript); Ruth Riemer, "An Annotated Bibliography of material on Ethnic Problems in Southern California (preliminary draft)" (circa 1948) (published jointly by the Haynes Foundation and the Department of Anthropology-Sociology of the University of California, Los Angeles); Gloria S. Goldberg, "Haynes Foundation Budget for Moderate Income Families. Prices for Los Angeles, September 1948" (1949); Gloria S. Goldberg, "Haynes Foundation Budget for Moderate Income Families. Prices for Los Angeles, September 1949" (1950); and Gloria S. Goldberg, "Haynes Foundation Budget for Moderate Income Families. Prices for Los Angeles, September 1950" (1951). The reports were originally held by the Research Department of the Welfare Council of Metropolitan Los Angeles.
  • Hearst Corporation Los Angeles Examiner photographs, negatives and clippings - oversize portrait and subject files (7000.3)
    This finding aid is for the oversize portrait and subject files of the Los Angeles Examiner photograph morgue.
  • Hearst Corporation Los Angeles Examiner photographs, negatives and clippings - subject files (7000.2)
    This finding aid is for the subject files of the Los Angeles Examiner photograph morgue.
  • Hearst Corporation Los Angeles Examiner photographs, negatives and clippings--portrait files (A-F) (7000.1a)
    This finding aid is for letters A-F of portrait files of the Los Angeles Examiner photograph morgue. The finding aid for letters G-M is available at http://www.usc.edu/libraries/finding_aids/records/finding_aid.php?fa=7000.1b. The finding aid for letters N-Z is available at http://www.usc.edu/libraries/finding_aids/records/finding_aid.php?fa=7000.1c.
  • Hearst Corporation Los Angeles Examiner photographs, negatives and clippings--portrait files (G-M) (7000.1b)
    This finding aid is for letters G-M of portrait files of the Los Angeles Examiner photograph morgue. The finding aid for letters A-F is available at http://www.usc.edu/libraries/finding_aids/records/finding_aid.php?fa=7000.1a. The finding aid for letters N-Z is available at http://www.usc.edu/libraries/finding_aids/records/finding_aid.php?fa=7000.1c.
  • Hearst Corporation Los Angeles Examiner photographs, negatives and clippings--portrait files (N-Z) (7000.1c)
    This finding aid is for letters N-Z of portrait files of the Los Angeles Examiner photograph morgue. The finding aid for letters A-F is available at http://www.usc.edu/libraries/finding_aids/records/finding_aid.php?fa=7000.1a. The finding aid for letters G-M is available at http://www.usc.edu/libraries/finding_aids/records/finding_aid.php?fa=7000.1b.
  • Heller Committee for Research in Social Economics budgets (0445)
    The Heller Committee for Research in Social Economics budgets consists of thirty five budgets, 1933-1950, with accompanying explanatory text, on the cost of living for families of different occupations and for single women in San Francisco. The Heller Committee for Research in Social Economics, of the University of California, Berkeley, produced the budgets (commonly known as the Heller Budgets), which encompass the Great Depression, World War II, and post-War eras. The budgets were for the use of social welfare agencies in the San Francisco Bay Area in determining the needs and support of families who were their clients.
  • Henry (Dr. James P.) papers (0276)
    James P. Henry long enjoyed an international reputation in aviation medical research. His work included high-altitude research in the late 1940s and the 1950s. He taught at the USC School of Medicine.
  • Heras (Antonio) papers (0015)
    This collection contains the papers of Antonio Heras, who was a professor of Spanish and Spanish Literature at USC from 1925-1950. Heras’s papers include manuscripts and typescripts of his articles and stories, research notes, clippings, correspondence and diaries.
  • Hill (Alice L.) papers (0201)
    One folder of photocopies of research by the daughter of Robert E. Hill (d. 1945), owner of property above the Oklahoma City Pool, into the status of his estate.
  • Hill (Gladwin) papers (0178)
    This collection consists of Gladwin Hill's clippings files on the assassinations of the Kennedy brothers and the notes he took while covering their assassinations for The New York Times in 1963 and 1968. Also included in this collection are magazines and newspapers with features about the Kennedy family.
  • Hinman (Mary Wood) collection of English folksongs (0035)
    Printed collections of English folksongs; plays, ca. 1912, for which Hinman directed the dance numbers.
  • Hinsdale (Harriet) Papers (0088)
    Typescript of Hinsdale's (b.1900) biographical play, "Robert Louis Stevenson" (Caxton, 1947).
  • Hirschman (Jack) papers (0158)
    Manuscripts of Hirschman's (b.1933) Requiem and Hunger; typescript translations of Russian writer Alexander Kohan; Bukowski ephemera.
  • History of Hungary collection (0009)
    Extended essays by various authors, in English or Hungarian, on the modern political history of Hungary, especially during World War II. The essays were gathered by Dr. Frank de Balogh, ca. 1965, as part of USC's "Living History" project.
  • Hoffman (Abbie) Papers (0189)
    Books, audio and video tapes, and a 1981 screenplay ("A Major Motion Picture") connected with the life of radical leader Abbie Hoffman.
  • Holifield (Chester E.) papers (0220)
    Chester Earl Holifield (1903-1995) -- also known as Chet Holifield -- of Montebello, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Mayfield, Graves County, KY, December 3, 1903. Moved to Montebello in 1920 and engaged in the manufacture and selling of men's apparel 1920-1943; U.S. Representative from California 19th District, 1943-75. Congressional adviser to international conferences on uses of atomic energy, nuclear weapons testing, water desalinization, and disarmament. Upon his retirement from the House, he resumed the manufacture and selling of men's apparel; died February 6, 1995.
  • Homefront records (0247)
    The collection contains research materials, administrative files, audiotape interviews, and film reels from a project by the USC Department of History for a book and PBS television special entitled The Homefront : America during World War II, compiled by Mark Jonathan Harris, Franklin D. Mitchell, and Steven J. Schechter. The book was published in 1984, and the show was broadcast in 1985. The project was a collection of first-person accounts of ordinary citizens describing their experiences during the War.
  • Homolka (Oscar) papers (0205)
    This collection consists of manuscripts written by Oscar Homolka during his stay in Southern California. The collections also contains some photographs and ephemera relating to Homolka.
  • Household Survey Records (0231)
    In 1939, the Works Progress Administration provided funding for a comprehensive household survey of the Los Angeles area. Over the course of the project, about 400,000 documents, mostly census cards, were generated.
  • Howard (Helen Addison) Papers (0174)
    Typescript and galleys of Howard's American Indian Poetry (Twayne, 1979). Howard received an M.A. from USC in 1933.
  • Howard (James Newton) collection (0075)
    Extensive collection of film music, television music, and related materials by musician/composer James Newton Howard from 1987 to the present.
  • Howe (Harriet) Papers (0154)
    Typescript poetry, scrapbook, story drafts by an active supporter of equal rights for women; Howe (1880? - 1950?) lived in San Francisco.
  • Hoyningen-Huene (George) photographs (0007)
    Black and white photographs, mounted, of archeological sites and fashion models by the magazine photographer and film designer (1900-1968).
  • Hubbard (Elbert) Papers (0162)
    Small broadsides, minor publications by "The Roycrofters"; correspondence between Hubbard (1856-1915) and J. E. Woodhead.
  • Hubert (Mrs. L.M.) 19th century popular culture scrapbooks (6030)
    This seven volume scrapbook collection consists of clippings pasted into official reports issued by the US Post Office (the volume numbered 5 is only half filled with clippings, and as such the remainder of the report, "Report of the Pstmaster-General" can be clearly read). The clipping cover a wide variety of topics--literature, music, sports, theatre, society notes, art, etc. Very few of the sources are identified, although San Francisco, New York, and London are mentioned.
  • Hughes (Rupert) papers (0173)
    Archives of the novelist, biographer, screenwriter, and musicologist (1872-1956), including subject files, typescripts, correspondence, published articles, and personal memorabilia. 897 file folders of manuscripts; 219 books by or concerning Rupert Hughes; 36 periodicals.
  • Hurlbut (Gladys) manuscript (0030)
    Typescript of Hurlbut's (1898-1988) autobiography, Next Week, East Lynne! (Dutton, 1950). Ms. Hurlbut was a playwright and in her later years appeared in films and television.
  • Huxley (Aldous) papers (0171)
    This collection contains financial records of Aldous Huxley dated 1957-1962. Huxley was an English writer who moved to Los Angeles in 1937. He was most famous for his novel Brave New World.
  • Hyun (Reverend Soon) Collected Works (3303)
    Soon Hyun was a Methodist minister who served in both Hawaii and in Seoul Korea. He was a key participant in the March First Movement in 1919 and later served as Minister Plenipotentiary from the Korean Provisional Government in Shanghai to the United States of America. The papers in this collection document Reverend Hyun's life and career up until his death in Los Angeles in 1968. Detailed inventory available at: http://www.usc.edu/libraries/archives/arc/findingaids/soonhyun/index.html