Finding aid for the Rafael Osuna realia and ephemera 5187

Marissa Chavez for History Associates Incorporated

USC Libraries Special Collections

2022 April

Doheny Memorial Library 206

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Los Angeles, California 90089-0189

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Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Special Collections

Title: Rafael Osuna realia and ephemera

Creator: Osuna, Rafael, 1938-1969

Identifier/Call Number: 5187

Physical Description: 2.083 Linear Feet 1 box

Date (bulk): 1950s-1960s

Abstract: This collection consists of realia and ephemera related to Rafael Osuna, the Mexican tennis player and Olympian.

Language of Material: English.

Container: 1

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of realia and ephemera related to Rafael Osuna (1938-1969), the Mexican tennis player. It includes posters, correspondence enlarged as posters, and a book container. Osuna attended the University of Southern California and competed in the 1968 Olympic Games for the Mexico team.

Biographical / Historical

Rafael Osuna (1938-1969) was a Mexican tennis player and Olympian. He also attended the University of Southern California on a full scholarship. Osuna's wins include a singles victory at the U.S. Open Championships in 1963, winning the 1960 and 1963 Wimbledon Doubles championships, the 1962 U.S. Open Championships doubles, and for leading Mexico to its only Davis Cup Final round appearance in 1962. He is the only Mexican to be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame, in 1979.

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Rights Statement for Archival Description

Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Preferred Citation

[Box/folder no. or item name], Rafael Osuna realia and ephemera, Collection no. 5187, University Archives, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Processing Information

This collection is unprocessed.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Realia

Printed ephemera

Correspondence

Tennis players -- Archival resources

Posters

Osuna, Rafael, 1938-1969 -- Archives