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Seaver (Frank and Blanche) memorabilia
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  • Scope and Contents
  • Conditions Governing Access
  • Rights Statement for Archival Description
  • Conditions Governing Use
  • Immediate Source of Acquisition
  • Preferred Citation
  • Processing Information

  • Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Special Collections
    Title: Frank and Blanche Seaver memorabilia
    Creator: Seaver, Blanche Ebert, 1891-1994
    Creator: Seaver, Frank, 1883-1964
    Identifier/Call Number: 5171
    Physical Description: 4.25 Linear Feet 3 boxes
    Date (inclusive): 1962-1973
    Abstract: This collection includes photographs, realia, and memorabilia related to USC building construction funded by philanthropists Frank and Blanche Seaver.
    Language of Material: English.
    Container: 1
    Container: 2
    Container: 3

    Scope and Contents

    Present are photographs and scrapbooks of construction and dedication of the Blanche and Frank R. Seaver Student Residence on the Health Sciences Campus in 1963, and the Frank R. Seaver Science Center on USC campus in 1969. Also included in the collection are various awards given to the Seavers from USC and a commemorative brick from the Science Center construction.

    Conditions Governing Access

    Advance notice required for access.

    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.

    Immediate Source of Acquisition

    Gift of Bonnie Bates, September 26, 1995.

    Preferred Citation

    [Box/folder no. or item name], Frank and Blanche Seaver memorabilia, Collection no. 5171, University Archives, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

    Processing Information

    This collection is unprocessed.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Architecture, Modern -- 20th century -- Photographs
    Bricks
    Memorabilia
    Scrapbooks
    Universities and colleges -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- Archival resources
    Seaver, Blanche Ebert, 1891-1994 -- Archives
    Seaver, Frank, 1883-1964 -- Archives