Obermayer (Maximilian E.) papers (0090) Travel journals (Mexico, South America, Siberia) by a former professor of dermatology at USC; scrolls and citations. Obermayer (b.1896) immigrated to the U.S. from Austria at the beginning of his medical career.
Odell (Joshua) collection on Richard Wilber (0193) Collection of books by and about the American poet and Pulitzer Prize winner (1921 - ). Includes keepsakes and broadsides. The collection was assembled by Joshua Odell. Index.
Osborne-Montague family papers (0190) The Osborne-Montague family papers contains the papers of multiple generations of the Osborne and Montague families, as well as of the families they married into (primarily the Tingstads and the Caleffs). Rodney Montague moved to Los Angeles in 1853, while Henry Zenas Osborne moved to the area in 1878. Montague was a farmer; Osborne owned the Los Angeles Evening Express and was a Congressman for California's 10th Congressional District from 1917 until his death in 1923. His son, Henry Zenas Osborne, Jr., married Montague's grandaughter, Lilian Montague in 1906. The collection contains correspondence, business papers, financial records, artifacts, photographs, newspapers, and ephemera from the various families represented.
Overton (Alice) papers (0432) The Alice Overton papers consists of reports, publications, clippings, correspondence, printed ephemera, 1930-1987, that documents Alice Overton's career as a social worker and as a social activist. The holdings are especially strong for the 1950s and the 1960s.