Finding aid for the University of Southern California College of Oratory records 5248

Marissa Chavez for History Associates Incorporated
USC Libraries Special Collections
2022 January
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0189
specol@usc.edu


Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: University of Southern California College of Oratory records
Creator: University of Southern California. College of Oratory
Identifier/Call Number: 5248
Physical Description: 0.437 Linear Feet 1 box
Date (inclusive): 1903-1918
Abstract: This collection contains student records kept by the University of Southern California's College of Oratory from 1903 to 1918. Content consists of ten volumes with handwritten listings of students' courses taken, work done, and tuition.
Language of Material: English.
Container: 1

Biographical / Historical

The College of Oratory at the University of Southern California began in 1895 as the School of Elocution and Oratory and, later, became the School of Speech in 1925.

Scope and Contents

This collection contains student records kept by the University of Southern California's College of Oratory from 1903 to 1918. Content consists of ten volumes with handwritten listings of students' courses taken, work done, and tuition. Books are alphabetical by student name and occasionally contain multiple years.

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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], University of Southern California College of Oratory records, Collection no. 5248, University Archives, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Processing Information

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Subjects and Indexing Terms

Universities and colleges -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Universities and colleges -- Students -- Archival resources
School records
University of Southern California. College of Oratory -- Archives