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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Mary Martin scrapbook
creator:
Martin, Mary
Identifier/Call Number: 5317
Physical Description:
1 Linear Feet
1 scrapbook
Date (inclusive): 1924-1941
Abstract: Scrapbook created by USC alumna Mary Martin that documents her years at USC, her marriage to fellow USC alumnus Bernard Gipson,
and their life after marriage. The scrapbook documents Mary's life as a student at USC. Mary's twin sister Myra also attended
USC and she also features in the scrapbook. Mary Martin and her twin sister Myra were pharmaceutical majors at USC in the
mid-1920s. Mary was the President of the Lambda Kappa Sigma sorority. Her future husband, Bernard Gipson, was an electical
engineering major at USC, a member of the Sigma Phi Delta fraternity, and of the USC band. After Mary and Bernard graduated,
they were married on July 1, 1929. Bernard went to work for Southern California Edison. The scrapbook ends on April 22, 1941,
when Bernard died from a sudden illness.
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Mary Martin and her twin sister Myra were pharmaceutical majors at USC in the mid-1920s. Mary was the President of the Lambda
Kappa Sigma sorority. Her future husband, Bernard Gipson, was an electical engineering major at USC, a member of the Sigma
Phi Delta fraternity, and of the USC band. After Mary and Bernard graduated, they were married on July 1, 1929. Bernard went
to work for Southern California Edison. The scrapbook ends on April 22, 1941, when Bernard died from a sudden illness.
Scrapbook created by USC alumna Mary Martin that documents her years at USC, her marriage to fellow USC alumnus Bernard Gipson,
and their life after marriage. The scrapbook documents Mary's life as a student at USC. Mary's twin sister Myra also attended
USC and she also features in the scrapbook. The scrabpook includes numberous clippings, articles, cards, playbills, sports
items and other ephemera asso ciated with undergraduate student life. It also contains Bernard and Mary's marriage certificate,
birth announcements, and ephemera from Bernard's travels.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for access.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian.
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.
[Box/folder no. or item name], Mary Martin scrapbook, Collection no. 5317, University Archives, Special Collections, USC Libraries,
University of Southern California
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Rick K. Pickering, May 16, 2017.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
College students -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Universities and colleges -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Universities and colleges -- Students -- Archival resources
Scrapbooks
Martin, Mary -- Archives
Gipson, Bernard -- Archives
University of Southern California -- Students