Salazar (Ruben) papers (0547) The Ruben Salazar papers include personal and professional materials that document the late journalist’s life from his birth in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, in 1928, to his 1970 death in Los Angeles during the National Chicano Moratorium march in East Los Angeles. The collection contains photographs and correspondence, clippings and draft manuscripts of stories, and cards and letters from his supporters, awards and realia.
Samuelian (Janet) papers (0325) Papers of the Armenian-American journalist, covering the years 1986-2005 when Ms. Samuelian wrote interviews and reportage for The Armenian Observer and The Armenian Reporter International weekly newspapers and for Armenian International Magazine. Her research files for her book "Kero Antoyan: His Life and Art" (1988) are also included.
Sanborn (John A.) papers (0027) 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.
Sandburg (Carl) Collection (0165) Articles, clippings, and photographs on the life of the poet and biographer; miscellaneous books by Sandburg (1878-1967).
Saunders (Russell M.) film collection (0323) The Russell M. Saunders film collection consists of slides, 16mm and 8mm films of performers at Muscle Beach in Santa Monica and other acrobatic, gymnastic and/or athletic acts in a variety of locations. Most of the films show men, women and children involved in acts such as adagio, acrobalance, acrobatics, teeterboard, ballet, trapeze, gymnastics, trampoline, uneven bars, rings, tightrope, ice skating, water skiing, tandem surfing, cannon jumping, Olympic diving and various other variety and circus performances, including some with animals. Russell M. Saunders was one of the star performers at Muscle Beach in Santa Monica, where he also taught acrobatics and gymnastics for free.
Schenk (Lynn) papers (0240) Lynn Schenk was a representative from California. She served as Deputy Attorney General in the California State Attorney General's Office, Criminal Division for about a year before taking a position with San Diego Gas and Electric as an in-house lawyer. In 1976, she left San Diego Gas and Electric when she was offered a position to be special assistant to Vice Presidents Nelson A. Rockefeller and Walter F. Mondale. From 1977 to 1980, she served as Secretary of California's State Department of Business, Transportation and Housing. In 1992, Schenk ran for Congress from California's 49th congressional district, which covers most of San Diego. Schenk won becoming the first woman elected to the United States House of Representatives to represent the San Diego area and the first Democrat to represent the area in 40 years. After serving in Congress, Schenk held various positions in the California state government during the tenure of California Governor Gray Davis. One of those positions included serving as Chief of Staff from 1998 until Davis was recalled in 2003. The materials in this collection date from 1975-1985. Included in the collection are speeches given by Schenk, press releases, pamphlets, meeting minutes, notes, schedules, briefings, correspondence, reports, financial records, budgets, conference handouts, memos, and copies of assembly bills. Topics covered in the documents pertain primarily to business, transportation, foreign relations, the economy, and housing issues in California.
Schneiderman (William) Trial records (0036) Judge's records of the in the denaturalization proceedings against William Schneiderman in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California trial, under the Smith Act in 1952; defendant had been State Chairman of the Communist Party (CPUSA) 1936-51.
Scribes (The) records (0022) This collection contains records pertaining to the operations of the The Scribes club, which was founded in 1897 and met every other Tuesday evening in Los Angeles. Club records include correspondence, membership rosters, bylaws, minutes of meetings, and clippings files on club members.
Sea of Korea Map Collection (3259) The Sea of Korea Maps Digital Archive consists of 172 original old maps (1606-1895) which include the "Sea of Korea". They help to illustrate how the West's image of East Asia evolved over the course of the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. Additional information and inventory can be accessed at:
http://www.usc.edu/libraries/archives/arc/libraries/eastasian/maps.html; digital images can be accessed at:
http://library.usc.edu/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/5?srchfield1=GENERAL^SUBJECT^GENERAL^^words%20or%20phrase&searchdata1=sea%20of%20korea%20maps&searchoper1=AND&sort_by=PBYR&match_on=KEYWORD
Searles (Anna Hawley) collection of Edwin Diller Starbuck and Herbert L. Searles papers (0284) The collections consist of publications; publications proofs; research notes; correspondence files; lecture notes and course assignments; receipts and cancelled checks; photograph, half-tone blocks, and transparencies; a scrapbook; and personal artifacts representing the personal papers and research of Edwin Diller Starbuck (1900 to 1955), Herbert L. Searles (ca. 1924 to 1959), Anna Hawley Searles (1948 to 1951). Edwin Diller Starbuck (1866-1947) was a prominent teacher of philosophy, psychology, and education. Dr. Starbuck became associated with USC as professor of philosophy and later professor of psychology until his retirement in 1943. Herbert Leon Searles (1891-1980) was a professor of philosophy at USC from 1930-1957 and was associate director of the Institute of Character Education and Research. His wife, Anna Hawley Searles, served at USC as an administrator.
Sellars (Crighton) Papers (0082) Typescript of Sellars's (b.1881) historical novel Contrary Winds (Doubleday, 1948); author's full name: Irma Peixotto Sellars.
Sender (Ramon J.) typescripts (0108) Corrected typescripts of Sender's (1901-1983) Poesias y memorias bisientas (Destino, 1981) and En la vida de Ignacio Morell (Planeta, 1969). Sender lectured at USC during the 1960s.
Several (Michael) collection on Los Angeles Public Art (0316) The Michael Several collection on Los Angeles Public Art consists of materials related to public art in Los Angeles. The collection dates from 1903-2000 with the bulk of the materials dating from 1980-2000. The collection includes article clippings, public records, photographs, slides, negatives, memorandums, brochures, art event notices, meeting minutes, project proposals, press releases, and correspondence about public art (murals, paintings, sculptures, etc.) in and around Los Angeles County.
Shneidre (Peter) papers (0163) This collection contains the papers of Peter Shneidre, who ran the small poetry press Illuminati Press and who published a number of small poetry periodicals. Shneidre was also a nationally published poet and he corresponded with a number of poets about both business and personal matters between 1980 and his death in 2007. This collection also includes the financial records of Illuminati Press and the Press's publication files.
Shroyer (Frederick) papers (0145) This collection contains the papers of Frederick Shroyer, who was a professor of English and American Literature at California State University--Los Angeles. His papers include typescripts of some of his novels and two unpublished manuscripts.
Shulman (Irving) papers (0021) This collection contains the papers of the novelist, screenwriter, and biographer Irving Shulman, who is best known for writing the screenplay for
Rebels Without a Cause. His papers include manuscripts and typescripts of screenplays, short stories, novels, and biographies.
Siegel (Shirley Adelson) papers (0303) Between 1947 and 1950, attorney and housing rights advocate Shirley Adelson Siegel lived in Los Angeles and became deeply involved with
pro bono committee work related to the promotion of civil rights and affordable housing. Although she lived in Los Angeles for less than four years, her work helped shape legislation that was later developed at both the local and state levels. The collection consists of publications, press releases, correspondence, meeting agendas and minutes, and supplemental materials related to her work in the areas of affordable housing and urban redevelopment policy.
Sigma Xi Records (0266) Sigma Xi Records contain correspondece, petitions, and a flyer, 1917-1971, regarding the founding of a chapter of the scientific research society at the University of Southern California.
Silver Lake Neighborhood Council History Collective/Bob Herzog Memorial Archives (0393) The Silver Lake Neighborhood Council History Collective was founded in 2005 by community activist Bea Gold. Its mission is to preserve the oral histories of long-term residents, business owners, artists and other interesting residents of Silver Lake and nearby communities to create an archive of the unique history of the neighborhood for future generations. By the beginning of 2012, the committee had done over fifty video interviews involving more than seventy people. The breadth of the interviews is extraordinary. They include memories from the great-grandchild of a slave, a Japanese-American doctor who was interned at the Santa Anita racetrack during World War II as well as many people who have lived all their lives in Silver Lake.
Simonton (Richard) Collection of Welte system-recorded piano rolls (0176) Player piano rolls recorded with the Emil Welte system by prominent European and American musicians, 1905-1920; catalogs of the Welte Company in Freiburg, Germany. The collection was brought to the United States in 1945 by Simonton, and some of the performances have since been released on modern recordings. Catalog and index to composers available at:
http://www.usc.edu/libraries/archives/arc/findingaids/welte/
Skull and Dagger Society records (0272) Collection of records of Skull and Dagger, the oldest honor society at USC. The purpose of the Society is the furtherance of the name and the reputation of the University of Southern California.
Smith (Samuel J.) Civil War diary and snuffbox (6002) Private Samuel J. Smith was a 31-year-old farmer when he enlisted in the Confederate army near Moseley, Virginia, on July 18, 1861. He served in Mullins’ Fifth Cavalry Regiment, then joined the Fourteenth Battalion of Virginia Cavalry, which, in turn, consolidated with the Fifteenth Battalion to form the Fifteenth Regiment Virginia Cavalry. The Fifteenth Virginia Cavalry merged into the Fifth Virginia Cavalry Regiment Consolidated on November 8, 1864, but disbanded before the surrender at Appomattox Courthouse in 1865. From August 1863 to July 1864, Smith kept a pocket diary noting daily events and other accounts including camp life, news of his family, and the weather. Notable entries include his wounding and the death of his brother near Brandy Station on September 13, 1863, recovery at Chimborazo Hospital in Richmond, the presence of African-American soldiers near his home while on leave, reunion with his regiment in April 1864, and the Battle of the Wilderness in May 1864.
Social Work Education collection (0454) The Social Work Education collection consists of publications, articles, and professional information on the pedagogy of social work and the correlative topic of social work as a profession. These holdings did not originate as an organic collection created by one organization or person, but were collected from materials in the USC School of Social Work Library or else from materials donated to the CSWA, which were then incorporated into this collection. The geographical scope of the material includes not only southern California, but the United States as a whole. The collection also includes material by a dean of the School of Social Work, University of Southern California.
Southern California Building Funds records (0491) This capital fund was established at the end of World War II by Southern California business leaders who recognized that the rapidly increasing population of the area could not adequately be served by health and welfare institutions operating in facilities that had already been outgrown and outworn during the Depression and war years. In the 38 years of its existence the fund disbursed over $26 million for construction purposes. Corporate mergers and acquisitions eroded its historic funding base in the 1980s, and when contributions dropped sharply during the business recession of the early 1990s fund members voted to discontinue the program, effective November 1, 1992.
Southern California housing reports and photographs collection (0436) The Collection of Southern California housing reports and photographs consists of reports, photographs, studies, housing authority materials, and a speech, 1937-1972, related to the problem of affordable housing in Los Angeles. The reports were authored by the Los Angeles City Housing Authority, the Los Angeles City Planning Commission, and the Claremont Colleges. The photographs provide visual evidence of slum housing in Los Angeles in the 1940s.
Southern California Rapid Transit District records (0026) 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.
Speakers' Club of Los Angeles records (0097) This collection contains the records of the Speakers' Club of Los Angeles for the years 1931-1935. Established in 1931, the club aimed to facilitate cooperation between government officials and agencies and the public.
Spear (R.R.) blueprints and sketches (0319) The collection is comprised of a subdivision map as well as specifications, blueprints, and sketches of several structures constructed in South Los Angeles between 1910 and 1930.
Special Service for Groups records (0457) This small collection of reports, correspondence, and studies, documents the activities of Special Service for Groups, 1948-1983. Included are documents describing the history of the organization, independent evaluations of the work of the agency's social workers, documentation for an agency study, and various reports and research papers.
Stamps and stamp catalogs collection (0129) Stamp collections (generalist and U.S.) in albums formerly belonging to Charles F. Weiss, Elsie E. Behrens, and President von KleinSmid; stamp catalogs 1903-1940.
Standley (Admiral William H.) papers (0005) Official papers of the former Chief of Naval Operations, Acting Secretary of the Navy, and Ambassador to the U.S.S.R. during World War II; family correspondence. Standley (1872-1963) wrote Admiral Ambassador to Russia (Regnery, 1955); additional autobiographical materials are in the collection.
Stanislaus County Welfare Commission and Welfare Department records (0455) The Stansilaus County Welfare Commission and Welfare Department records consists of materials created by these two entities (subsequently renamed the Stanislaus County Department of Social Services, and now the Community Services Agency). The collection's material is all textual and ranges from ledgers to photocopies of legal agreements; chronologically the material spans the period 1919-1986.
Star Photo Company Missouri Theatre photograph album (6001) Album of photographs created by the Star Photo Company, St. Louis, depicting interiors of the Missouri Theatre in St. Louis, orchestras, stage scenes from theatrical presentations, and prologues for moving picture programs presented at the theater. Each photograph is captioned and dated.
Stebel (S.L. "Sid") typescripts (0106) Typescipts of a novel, Spring Thaw (Walker, 1989), by the novelist, screenwriter, playwright, writing teacher, and USC alumnus (b.1924).
Steinberg (Warren L.) papers (0348) The papers of Warren L. Steinberg date from 1944 to 1998 with the bulk of the materials dating from 1966 to 1997. The papers focus on Steinberg's involvement with the City of Los Angeles Human Relations Commission, an organization that Steinberg was involved with until his death in 2004.
Stereographic Library Collection (0038) Encyclopedia of stereographic views, pre-1920s, classified by countries and geographical areas; some miscellaneous views; stereopticon viewers.
Stern (Catherine G.) papers (0301) Catherine G. Stern was a social activist for civil and human rights. The papers contain correspondence, administrative papers, reports, and publications from the Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations, the Community Relations Conference of Southern California, the U. S. Commission on Civil Rights, and other civic, educational, and artistic organizations with which Stern was involved.
Stevenson (Lionel) typescripts (0010) Draft and final typescript of The Ordeal of George Meredith (Scribners 1953). The Canadian author (1902-73) taught at USC from 1937-55.
Stewart (George H.) scrapbooks (0047) Collection consists of three scrapbooks created by George H. Stewart containing personal social mementos like tickets, souvenir menus, and acknowledgments and newspaper clippings on political topics.
Still (William Grant) Collection (0071) Draft biography of the pioneering Black composer-conductor; articles by and about Still (1895-1978); copy of Rostros de Bronce (1964) by Nestor Ortiz Oderigo containing biographical treatment of Still.
Stoddard (Alexander J.) papers (0013) This collection contains the papers of Alexander J. Stoddard (1889-1965). His papers include correspondence, reports, speeches, photographs, and clippings documenting his tenures as Superintendent of Schools in Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and Denver.
Story (Ralph) outtakes and television programs (0249) The collection includes outtake reels from the television show
Ralph Story's Los Angeles and footage (some including sound) from the 1971-1972 season of the show
Story in Hollywood.
Stravinsky (Igor) correspondence on The Rake's Progress (0302) The Igor Stravinsky correspondence on
The Rake's Progress consists of correspondence, dated May 1950 to May 1951, between Stravinsky and his lawyer in New York, L. Arnold Weissberger, concerning the mounting of his opera,
The Rake's Progress. The letters discuss business matters pertaining to the production of the opera, financial support for the work, where to stage the premier, locations for the opera's American debut, problems associated with Italian singers performing in English, and various other financial and administrative matters pertaining to the completion and production of the work.
Surlingham Manor Papers (0042) Family and property records, deeds, handwritten histories pertaining to Surlingham Manor, near Norfolk, England, 17th - 19th century; includes indentured inheritance documents. The materials in the archive consist of: --72 pages of court records, of average size 34" x 13", hand lettered in Latin on parchment, detailing the court proceedings of the Manor of Surlingham from Sept. 29, 1658 to Sept. 29, 1683. --14 large and small volumes of bound books dating from 1637 to the 1930s, mostly hand lettered and written, supplementing the above. --A lot of letters, deeds and conveyances pertaining to the Manor together with old and modern maps of the Manor which is listed in Burke's Landed Gentry, Volume 17. This collection is on permanent loan to the
Norwich Record Office.
Surmelian (Leon) typescript (0044) Typescript of Surmelian's (b.1905) novel, 98.6 (Dutton, 1950); the Armenian-American author was professor of English at CSU, Los Angeles.