Finding Aid for the University of Southern California School of Library Science records
0280
Finding aid prepared by Sibyl Roud
USC Libraries Special Collections
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California, 90089-0189
213-740-5900
specol@usc.edu
2005
Title: University of Southern California School of Library Science records
Collection number: 0280
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
29.1 Linear feet
49 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1892-1986
Abstract: Records of the University of Southern California School of Library Science (1936-1986), including those of Martha Boaz, Dean
of the School from 1955-1978. Consists of correspondence, notes, minutes, manuscripts, scrapbooks, publications, and ephemera
related to the School's educational and administrative activites.
Physical location: University of Southern California. University Archives.
creator:
Beta Phi Mu. Beta Chapter.
creator:
University of Southern California. School of Library and Information Management.
creator:
University of Southern California. School of Library Science. -- Archives
Access
Collection is open for research, except where restriction is noted. Collection is stored off-site and advance notice is required
for access.
Publication Rights
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the University Archivist.
Permission for publication is given on behalf of University Archives as the owner of the physical material, and is not intended
to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder #], University of Southern California School of Library Science records, Collection no. 0280, University Archives,
Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
Processing Information
Processed by: Sibyl Roud, 2005. Beta Phi Mu records added by Sue Luftschein, 2012.
Administrative history
The USC School of Library Science originated from an organized instructional program provided by the Los Angeles Public Library.
This program, started in 1891 for the Library's employees, remained a training class until 1914 when the Library instituted
a formal one-year library school program. Classes at LAPL terminated in 1932 due to fiscal problems. Summer sessions held
at the University of Southern California from 1933-1936 met the need for library training in the region. After four years
of pressure from the Alumni Association of the Public Library for a graduate library school, USC finally acquiesced and officially
inaugurated a School of Library Service in September 1936. The school's name was changed in June of the following year to
the School of Library Science. In 1980, the School altered its name once again, this time to reflect the changing occupational
climate. Accompanied by an entirely redesigned program, the newly dubbed School of Library and Information Management veered
away from providing solely traditional library school courses and offered students three areas of specialization: library
science, information science, and information management.
The School, accredited by the Board of Education for Librarianship of the American Library Association in 1938, initially
offered a two year program in which a Bachelor of Science in Library Science was granted at the end of the first year, the
program culminating after the second year with the bestowal of a Master of Science in Library Science degree. The B.S. in
Library Science was not offered after June, 1952. The curriculum was later expanded to include two degrees at the Doctor level:
the Doctor of Philosophy with a major in Library Science (Ph.D.) added in 1961, and the Doctor of Library Science (D.L.S.)
in 1975.
Deans of the School:
(titled Director until 1957)
Osborn, Andrew D. (temporary, 1936-1937)
Carter, Mary Duncan (1937-1946)
Dean, Hazel (acting, 1945-1946)
Pulling, Hazel (acting, 1946- 1947)
Stieg, Lewis F. (1947-1955)
Howe, Harriet (acting, 1943-1955)
Boaz, Martha (1955-1978)
Greer, Roger (1979-1986)
Organization
The collection is organized into eight main series arranged alphabetically: Advisory Board files (1937-1981), Alumni Association
files (1924-1986, bulk 1930-1978), Beta Phi Mu files (1957-1985, bulk 1980-1984), Curriculum and Educational Materials (1950-1981),
Deans' Papers (1917-1986), Publications (1936-1978), and Student Materials (1930-1984).
Scope and Content
Collection contains correspondence, notes, minutes, scrapbooks, publications, course outlines, correspondence, class lists,
and ephemera related to the educational and administrative activities of the University of Southern California School of Library
Science (1936-1986). Includes the administrative files of Martha Boaz, dean of the School from 1955-1978, including her correspondence,
publications, and manuscripts; and the records of Beta Phi Mu, national library science honor society.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Beta Phi Mu. Beta Chapter. -- Archives
Beta Phi Mu. -- Archives
Boaz, Martha, 1911-1995 -- Archives
Carter, Mary Duncan, 1896- -- Archives
Los Angeles Public Library. -- Archives
University of Southern California. School of Library and Information Management. -- Archives
University of Southern California. School of Library and Information Management. -- History
Agendas (administrative records)
Annual reports
Brochures
Correspondence
Financial records
Library education--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources
Library schools--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources
Library schools--California--Los Angeles--Faculty--Archival resources
Library schools--Curricula--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources
Library science--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources
Manuscripts
Minutes
Newsletters
Publications
Reports
Scrapbooks
Transcripts
Box 1, Folder 1-5
Advisory Board files
1937-1981
Physical Description:
0.5 Linear feet
1 box
Scope and Contents note
The USC SLS Advisory Board, consisting of outstanding librarians and interested citizens, provided an outside opinion on school
matters. In 1974 the Advisory Board's name was changed to Board of Councilors. This series consists of agendas, member lists,
minutes, curriculum proposals, correspondence, and reports. Files are arranged chronologically.
Alumni Association files
1924-1986
Physical Description:
1.25 Linear feet
2.5 boxes
Scope and Contents note
Series includes papers from the Alumni Association of the Los Angeles Public Library (1934-1937) and of the Alumni Association
of the USC School of Library Science and it's Predecessors (1938-1980). Note: the word "Service" was used in place of "Science"
from 1938-1939. The wording "and its Predecessors" was omitted from use starting in 1967.
Administrative materials
1930-1986
Physical Description:
0.5 Linear feet
1 box
Scope and Contents note
Contains inter-filed correspondence and minutes created or received by Alumni Association Board members, minutes, financial
reports, and materials regarding the Helen E. Haines Scholarship Fund.
Box 1, Folder 6
LAPL Alumni Association Correspondence and Minutes
1930-1939
Scope and Contents note
Contains correspondence to and from the Alumni Association of the LAPL. Includes information regarding the establishment of
a Library School at USC and the inclusion of LAPL alumni in the USC School Alumni Association.
Box 1, Folder 7
Alumni Association Correspondence
1940-1945
Box 1, Folder 8
Alumni Association Correspondence
1946-1949
Scope and Contents note
Also includes minutes, Constitution and Bylaws, list of active members, and reports of secretary-treasurer.
Box 1, Folder 9
Alumni Association Correspondence
1950-1955
Scope and Contents note
Includes minutes, agenda, and draft of
The State of the School.
Box 1, Folder 10
Alumni Association Correspondence
1956-1959
Box 1, Folder 11
Alumni Association Correspondence
1960-1965
Scope and Contents note
Includes two manuscripts prepared by Armine Mackenzie for presentation Library School functions: "The Wave of the Future,"
and "The Second Drama Quartet," or "The Library Inquiry Goes to Blazes." Also includes minutes, financial reports, and the
treasurer's manual.
Box 2, Folder 1
Alumni Association Correspondence
1966-1969
Scope and Contents note
Includes minutes, bylaws, financial reports, and memos.
Box 2, Folder 2
Correspondence regarding LAPL alumni
1939-1954
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence to the USC School of Library Science administration from LAPL alumni. Includes reference requests from employers.
Box 2, Folder 3
Board Meeting Minutes
1984-1986
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence and Treasurer's reports.
Box 2, Folder 4
Financial Ledger
1930-1940
Scope and Contents note
Annual reports 1944- 1950.
Box 2, Folder 5-6
Helen E. Haines Scholarship
1949-1952
Scope and Contents note
Contains correspondence, publicity releases, news clippings, and alumni fund contribution reports relating to the Helen E.
Haines Scholarship Fund.
Libraria Sodalitas
1963-1978
Physical Description:
0.25 Linear feet
.5 boxes
Scope and Contents note
Libraria Sodalitas was founded in 1962 for the advancement Library Science education at the USC School of Library Science.
Qualified members included USC Library Science program degree holders, faculty members of the School, any person who had demonstrated
a "sincere interest" in the USC Library School program, or acceptable individuals representing firms or businesses.
Box 3, Folder 1
Black Tie
1970-1977
Scope and Contents note
Contains invitations and correspondence regarding Black Tie dinners held by Libraria Sodalitas.
Box 3, Folder 2
Membership
1963-1975
Scope and Contents note
Membership lists of Libraria Sodalitas, including lists of delinquent members.
Box 3, Folder 3
Newsletters
1965-1978
Scope and Contents note
Newsletters arranged chronologically. Libraria Sodalitas Board Minutes from 1975 are also included.
Box 3, Folder 4
Organization
1963-1972
Scope and Contents note
Contains various versions of Constitution and Bylaws, and correspondence to members.
Box 3, Folder 5
Summer Events
1969-1977
Scope and Contents note
Contains invitations and notices of various Libraria Sodalitas functions.
Publications
1924-1980
Physical Description:
0.5 Linear feet
1 box
Scope and Contents note
Contains Directories and Newsletters published by the Alumni Association.
Box 3, Folder 6
Alumni Directories
1934-1950
Scope and Contents note
Contains Directory of Graduates 1891-1932, Directory of Graduates 1937-1940, Directory of Graduates 1892-1950, list of Life
Members of the Alumni Association, mailing list of graduates (1947), and a working draft of Directory of Graduates 1892- 1950.
Box 3, Folder 7
LAPL News Letters
1924-1937
Beta Phi Mu Beta Chapter files
Bulk, 1980-1984
1957-1985
Scope and Content
Series includes correspondence, newsletters, agendas, minutes, and financial records of the library science honor society,
1957-1984 (bulk 1980-1984).
Box 48, Folder 1
President's records
1979-1980
Box 48, Folder 2
Association of College Honor Societies information booklet
1979-1980
Box 48, Folder 3
President's records
1980-1981
Box 48, Folder 4
President's records
1982-1983
Box 48, Folder 5
President's records
1983-1984
Box 48, Folder 6
BPM newsletter
1983 December
Box 48, Folder 7
Ballot letters
1978 January
Box 48, Folder 8
Constitution and by-laws of Beta Chapter
1972-1975
Box 48, Folder 9
Boaz nomination
1972-1973
Box 48, Folder 10
Beta Chapter news
1980-1983
Box 48, Folder 11
Correspondence with President on miscellaneous, unique events
1972-1975
Box 48, Folder 12
Correspondence with prospective members
1972, 1973, 1977
Box 48, Folder 13
Misc. correspondence
1972-1978
Box 48, Folder 14
Dues request letters
1976-1983
Box 48, Folder 15
Correspondence with National
1970-1984
Box 48, Folder 16
Executive Council Meetings - Agendas and related correspondence
1970-1984
Box 48, Folder 17
Initiation/Dinner Announcements to Members
1972-1982
Box 48, Folder 18
How to Put on the Initiation Ceremony
undated
Box 48, Folder 19
Invitations to Prospective Members
1977-1983
Box 48, Folder 21
Jewelry and chapbooks
circa 1979
Box 48, Folder 23
Lists of initiates
1966-1977
Box 48, Folder 24
Lists of officers (annual)
1966-1984
Box 48, Folder 27
Scholarship Award Announcements
1957, 1981
Box 48, Folder 28
Correspondence re Scholarship Committee
1983
Box 48, Folder 29
Membership lists
1965-1983
Box 48, Folder 30
Membership lists
1981-1982
Box 48, Folder 31
Nominations Committee and Elections
1976-1980
Box 48, Folder 32
USC Library School Alumni Newsletters
1971-1984
Box 48, Folder 33
Treasurer's Reports
1966-1984
Box 48, Folder 34
Treasurer's Reports
1983-1985
Box 48, Folder 35
Treasurer's Reports
1981-1983
Box 48, Folder 36
Minutes of Meetings, including Treasurer's Reports
1979-1980
Box 48, Folder 37
Minutes of Meetings, including Treasurer's Reports
1980-1981
Box 48, Folder 39
Meeting announcement
1984 June
Box 48, Folder 40-41
[Peggy Miller files]
1981-1983
Box 48, Folder 42-43
[Peggy Miller files]
1981-1984
Box 48, Folder 44
Secretary-Treasurer's Misc. Correspondence
1981-1983
Box 48, Folder 47
Invitation/Dinner/Ballot mailings
1977-1982
Box 48, Folder 51
Officers and Associates Addresses, Phone Nos.
1981-1982
Box 48, Folder 53
Chapter Officer's Duties, Responsibilities
1981-1982, undated
Box 48, Folder 54
Board of Directors Meeting Announcements
1982
Box 48, Folder 55
Board Meeting agenda
1978, 1984
Box 48, Folder 56
Deleted Members Lists from National
1981-1982
Box 48, Folder 57
Constitution - Beta Chapter
undated
Box 48, Folder 58
Copies for National
circa 1981
Box 48, Folder 59
Beta Chapter Newsletters
1980-1982
Box 48, Folder 61
Social Events for Students
1982-1983
Box 48, Folder 62
Historian's Communications
1976-1982
Box 48, Folder 63
National Form: Officers of BPM Chapters
undated
Box 48, Folder 64
[Miscellaneous minutes and records]
1983-1985
Box 49, Folder 1
Completed "Request for Payment from Chapter Funds" to Dean's Office
1980
Box 49, Folder 2
Chapter Form: "Deposit Record" to Gift Account
1981
Box 49, Folder 3
Bank Statements and Checks
1981-1982
Box 49, Folder 4
Bank Statements and Checks
1983-1986
Box 49, Folder 5
Financial Records
1981-1982
Box 49, Folder 6
Financial Records
1982-1983
Box 49, Folder 7
Financial Records
1983-1986
Box 49
[Ledgers of members recording dues payments]
1957-1985
Curriculum and educational programming
1933-1981
Physical Description:
11.75 Linear feet
14 boxes
Box 39-47
Course Outlines
1954-1978
Physical Description:
9.0 Linear feet
9 record boxes
Scope and Contents note
This subseries contains course outlines, syllabi, assignments, and examinations of courses offered by the School. Folders
are arranged by semester and date, and are titled by course numbers.
Curriculum development files
1933-1960
Physical Description:
0.25 Linear feet
.5 boxes
Scope and Contents note
Includes documents concerning curriculum development including correspondence, proposals, memos, recommendations, proposals
for curriculum changes and accepted changes, degree conversion information, supporting publications, and curriculum information
from other U.S. library schools.
Workshops, Institutes, Colloquia and other additional educational programs
1950-1981
Physical Description:
2.5 Linear feet
4.5 boxes
Scope and Contents note
This series contains materials relating to additional educational programs offered through the USC Library School, including
workshops, institutes, colloquia, conferences, forums, etc. The materials are divided into three sub-subseries: Institutes,
Workshops, and Other. Each sub-subseries is arranged chronologically. Materials may include: correspondence, schedules, program
brochures, budget and funding information, applications, course syllabi, narrative reports, manuscripts, speaker transcripts,
enrollment lists, course handouts, course bibliographies, program proposals, grant proposals.
Box 4, Folder 8
Institutes: Library Personnel Administration
1956
Box 4, Folder 9-11
Institutes: Institute on Public Library Architecture
1956-1960
General Physical Description note: 4 folders (also includes 5:1)
Scope and Contents note
Includes a transcript of the Institute's keynote address, The Living Library, given by the famous architect Richard J. Neutra.
Box 5, Folder 2
Institutes: Institute for School Administrators
1957
Box 5, Folder 3
Institutes: Library Services for Young Adults
1959
Box 5, Folder 4
Institutes: Institute Announcements and Schedule
1960-1961
Box 5, Folder 5
Institute: Inservice Training and Intramural Communication
1960-1961
Box 5, Folder 6-8
Institutes: Library Education at USC
1960-1961
Box 5, Folder 9
Institutes: Cooperative Planning for Public Libraries
1960-1961
Box 5, Folder 10
Institutes: A Master Plan, College and University Libraries
1960-1962
Box 5, Folder 11
Institutes: Building Book Collections
1961
Box 5, Folder 12
Institutes: Library Administration Institute
1960-1962
Box 6, Folder 1-2
Institutes: Institute on Library Management and Supervision
1967-1968
Box 6, Folder 3-4
Institutes: Institute for the Education and Training of Information Science Faculty
1968-1970
General note
See also Applications (6:5-6), Aurbach Proposal (6:7), and Evaluations (6:8) relating to this Institute.
Box 6, Folder 5-6
Institutes: Institute for the Education and Training of Information Science Faculty- Applications
1968-1970
General note
Includes restricted material. See University Archivist for details.
Box 6, Folder 7
Institutes: Institute for the Education and Training of Information Science Faculty- Auerbach Proposal
1967
Box 6, Folder 8
Institutes: Institute for the Education and Training of Information Science Faculty- Evaluations
1968-1970
Box 6, Folder 9
Institutes: Training for Library Work with the Culturally Disadvantaged
1969
Box 6, Folder 10
Institutes: Institute on Library Automation and Information Retrieval
1970
Box 7, Folder 1
Institutes: Institute on Middle Management in Public Libraries
1971
Box 7, Folder 2
Workshops: School Library Workshop
1950
Box 7, Folder 3
Workshops: Library Budgeting Workshop
1955
Box 7, Folder 4
Workshops: Correspondence (relating to workshop development)
1959-1960
Box 7, Folder 5
Workshops: Getting Along With Patrons
1958
Box 7, Folder 6
Workshops: Storytelling and Book Talks
1958-1959
Box 7, Folder 8
Workshops: Library Service for Young Adults
1958-1959
Box 7, Folder 9
Workshops: School and Public Library Problems
1959
Box 7, Folder 10
Workshops: Administrators' Problems
1959
Box 7, Folder 11
Workshops: Reference and Interlibrary Loans
1959
Box 7, Folder 12
Workshops: Improving the Book Collection
1959-1960
Box 7, Folder 13
Workshops: Circulation Problems and Procedures
1959
Box 7, Folder 14
Workshops: Order Records and Methods
1959
Box 7, Folder 15
Workshops: Cataloging Processes and Shortcuts
1959
Box 7, Folder 16
Workshops: Book Selection and Censorship
1960-1964
Box 7, Folder 17
Workshops: Workshop Announcements and Schedule
1959-1960
Box 7, Folder 18
Workshops: Implementing the School Library Standards
1960-1961
Box 7, Folder 19
Workshops: Staff Development in Libraries and Information Centers
1978
Box 7, Folder 20-21
Symposium and Documentation or a Study of Information Retrieval Systems
1958-1960
Box 8, Folder 1
Symposium in Storytelling
1962
Box 8, Folder 2
Colloquia
Scope and Contents note
Includes transcript of Upton Sinclair's lecture entitled "The Individual in a Troubled World."
Box 8, Folder 6
Continuing Education
1967-1976
Box 8, Folder 7
Conference on the 18th Edition of the Dewey Decimal Classification
1972
Box 8, Folder 8
Information Science Clinics
1973-1974
Box 8, Folder 9
Seminar on Management By Objectives
1976
Box 8, Folder 10
In-Residence Programs
1977-1978
Box 8, Folder 11
Joint Program with UCLA
1977-1979
Box 9, Folder 1
International Summer School for the Southern Hemisphere
1980
Box 9, Folder 2
Understanding Children's Films
1981
Box 9, Folder 3-4
Extension Courses
1963-1978
Dean's papers
1917-1986
Physical Description:
11.0 Linear feet
22 boxes
Scope and Contents note
Includes papers originating from the offices of the Deans Mary Duncan Carter (subseries 1) and Martha Boaz (subseries 2).
Carter, Mary Duncan
1936-1954
Physical Description:
0.5 Linear feet
1 box
Scope and Contents note
Mary Duncan Carter, Director (i.e. Dean) of the USC Library School from 1937-1946, was the school's first official (non- temporary)
director.
Box 9, Folder 6
Accreditation (BEL)
1937-1949
Box 9, Folder 7
SC GSLS Radio Broadcast
1937-1938
Box 9, Folder 8
National Youth Administration
1938-1943
Box 9, Folder 9
Film Book Club of the Year
1939-1942
Box 9, Folder 10
CLA Institute on Public Relations, Long Beach
1940
Box 9, Folder 11
Civilian Defense
1940-1943
Box 9, Folder 12
Institute for School Libraries
1950
Boaz, Martha Terosse
1917-1986
Physical Description:
10.5 Linear feet
21 boxes
Scope and Contents note
Martha Boaz, dean from 1955-1978, was the School's longest-serving and perhaps most influential dean. Declared "one of the
most dynamic librarians in California," Boaz was dedicated to library education, professionalism, and quality library services.
She was active in the American Library Association (ALA), serving as President of the Association from 1962-1963, Chair of
the Research Committee from 1958-1960, Chair of the Intellectual Freedom Committee from 1964-1966, President of the Library
Education Division from 1968-1969, Board of Directors in 1972, and Chair of the Council of Deans from 1977-1978. Subseries
includes 4 sub-subseries: Correspondence, Publications and Manuscripts, Administrative Files, and the Files of Robert Sommers.
Correspondence
1956-1978
Physical Description:
3.0 Linear feet
6 boxes
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence arranged by year, as well as correspondence related to guest lecturers and legislative activities.
Box 16, Folder 5
Letters to Martha Boaz
1957-1977
General note
Correspondence separated from the yearly correspondence files (boxes 10-16:4) for reasons unknown.
Box 16, Folder 6-8
Legislative Correspondence
1970-1975
Box 16, Folder 9-11
Lectures - Correspondence
1956-1964
Scope and Contents note
Contains correspondence from the School's guest lecturers and those invited to lecture (but did not). Includes correspondence
from Aldous Huxley, Ray Bradbury, Christopher Isherwood, Arnold Toynbee, Ogden Nash, Stephen Spender, Justice William O'Douglas,
and others.
Publications and Manuscripts
1917-1986
Physical Description:
1.25 Linear feet
2.5 boxes
Scope and Contents note
Contains publications and manuscripts by Martha Boaz, including those written after her tenure as dean. Early LAPL Library
School materials are also enclosed.
Box 17, Folder 4
[Publication List + Curriculum Vitae]
circa 1986
Box 17, Folder 5-6
Fervent and Full of Gifts- The Life of Althea Warren
1961
Scope and Contents note
Manuscript
Box 17, Folder 7
[Project for Excellence in Library Science]
1965
Box 18, Folder 1
Quest for Truth: The Continuing Questing
undated
Scope and Contents note
Manuscript
Box 18, Folder 2
The Quest for Truth
1957-1967
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence and partial manuscipt.
Box 18, Folder 3
The Continuing Quest
1967
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence and manuscript.
Box 18, Folder 4-5
Toward the Improvement of Library Education
1972-1973
Scope and Contents note
Manuscript
Box 18, Folder 6
LAPL Materials
1917-1941
Scope and Contents note
LAPL Library School Circulars, Directories of Graduates, and History.
Box 18, Folder 7
History of the School
1932-1935, 1976
Scope and Contents note
Includes the publication "School of Library Science: History of the School of Library Science University of Southern California,"
correspondence relating to this publication, and historical materials regarding the origination of the School.
Box 19, Folder 2-3
Agenda Conference- Strategies for Meeting the Information Needs of Society in the Year 2000 (organized and chaired by Martha
Boaz)
1979
Scope and Contents note
Consists of a transcript of the Conference.
Box 19, Folder 4
Essay Manuscripts
circa 1979-1986
Box 19, Folder 5-6
Issues in Higher Education and the Professions in the 1980's
1980
Box 20, Folder 1-2
Strategies for Meeting the Information Needs of Society in the Year 2000
1980
Administrative Files
Bulk, 1957-1978
1932-1978
Physical Description:
4.5 Linear feet
9 boxes
Scope and Contents note
Contains administrative files, including those relating to ALA accreditation, fund-raising, and the Montgomery Ross Fisher
Building.
Box 20, Folder 3-4
Accreditation Report Feb. 1956 Visit of Common Accreditation to USC
1951-1957
Box 20, Folder 5
ALA Evaluation Visit 1965
1932-1965
Scope and Contents note
Includes accreditation materials prior to 1965.
Box 20, Folder 7
ALA Committee Appointments Work Book
1967-1968
Box 21, Folder 1-2
Althea Warren Memorial Scholarship Fund
1959
Box 21, Folder 3
Biographical Sketches of Lecturers
1957-1958
Box 21, Folder 4
Distinguished Professorship
1978
Box 21, Folder 5-6
DLS
1973-1974
Scope and Contents note
Includes materials concerning the proposal of the Doctor of Library Science Degree (DLS).
Box 21, Folder 7
Fellowship Opportunities
1969-1970
Box 21, Folder 8
Frank Baxter's Gift to the Library School
1969
Box 21, Folder 9
[Graduate School of Library Science - Plan of Development]
1959-1968
Box 22, Folder 1
LS 522: The Librarian's Reading (Course Outline)
1963-1973
Box 22, Folder 2
Library Education Division [of ALA]
1967-1968
Box 22, Folder 4
News Bureau Releases
1961-1969
Box 22, Folder 5
News Bureau Releases
1970-1977
Box 23, Folder 1
Odyssey: The Living Library
1974-1977
Box 23, Folder 3
[Recognition Dinner]
1978
Box 23, Folder 4
Spot Announcements
1971-1975
Box 23, Folder 5
USC - Friends of the Library
1976
Box 23, Folder 6
USC Professional Preparation Program for Service as a Librarian
1974
Box 24, Folder 3
Fund-Raising - Correspondence
1965-1969
Box 24, Folder 4
Fund-Raising - Correspondence
1969-1970
Box 24, Folder 5
Fund-Raising - Letters to Prospects
1967-1969
Box 24, Folder 6
Fund Raising - Meetings
1968-1969
Box 24, Folder 7-8
Fund Raising - Plans
1969-1970
Box 24, Folder 9
Fund-Raising - Project for Excellence in Library Science
1970-1971
Box 24, Folder 10
Fundraising Suggestions and Ideas
Box 24, Folder 11
Library Movie Benefit
1969
Box 25, Folder 1-2
Proposals to Fundraising
1957-1967
Box 25, Folder 5-6
[Proposal - Education and Training of Information Science Faculty]
1967
Box 25, Folder 7
Proposals - Scholarship Fund Drive
1957-1959
Box 26, Folder 1
Proposal - Graduate Academic Facilities Grant
circa 1969
Box 26, Folder 2
Babcock Foundation Proposal
1971-1972
Box 26, Folder 3
Crandall, Ella (Project)
1970
Box 26, Folder 4-5
Proposals to Foundations
1963-1964
Box 26, Folder 6-7
Fundraising - Proposal to Foundations, Etc.
1966-1973
Box 27, Folder 1
Bertha Mahoney Miller Room
1969-1974
Box 27, Folder 2
Bertha Mahoney Miller RM- List of Donors vol. I
1969-1970
Box 27, Folder 3
Bertha Mahoney Miller RM Donors vol. II
1970
Box 27, Folder 4
Bertha Mahoney Miller RM Donors vol. III
1970-1972
Box 27, Folder 7
Building Dedication Budget
1974
Box 28, Folder 1
Building Dedication Ceremony
1974
Box 28, Folder 2
Building Dedication Invitations
1974
Box 28, Folder 3
Building Dedication Dinner
1974
Box 28, Folder 5
Building Dedication Symposium
1974
Box 28, Folder 7
Building Fund - Correspondence
1968-1973
Box 28, Folder 8
Building Fund - General
1970-1973
Box 28, Folder 9
Building Fund Raising Library School Correspondence
1966-1970
Box 28, Folder 10
Building - Misc. Planning Details
1971-1974
Box 28, Folder 12
Building - Plans
1970-1972
General note
Actual floor plans located in flat files.
Box 29, Folder 1
Building - Library School Old Plans (pre-1945)
1937-1966
Box 29, Folder 2
Library Building Plans - From Other Institutions
1964-1966
Box 29, Folder 6
Building Proposal - United States Steel Corp.
1967-1968
Box 29, Folder 7
Building - Site Dedication, Nov. 14, 1972
1972
Box 29, Folder 9
Complete List of Building Fund Donors
1970-1976
Box 29, Folder 11
[Plans for a Building]
1966-1969
Box 29, Folder 12
Printed Material from USC
1970-1971
Box 29, Folder 13
USC - Development
1970-1974
Robert Sommers Files
1965- 1971
Physical Description:
1.0 Linear feet
2 boxes
Scope and Contents note
Files of Robert Sommers, Director of Planning, related to fundraising for the Montgomery Ross Fisher Building.
Box 30, Folder 1
Articles on How to Raise Money
undated
Box 30, Folder 2
Biographies of Individual Donor Prospects
1969
Box 30, Folder 3
[Brewer Medical Foundation]
1970
Box 30, Folder 4
Building - Supplemental Material
undated
Box 30, Folder 5
Business and Industrial Firms
undated
Box 30, Folder 6
Call for Appointment Letters
1969
Box 30, Folder 7
Corporate Foundations
1966-1971
Box 30, Folder 8
Eastern Trips by Dean Boaz
1970
Box 30, Folder 9
Financial Reports Fundraising
1969-1971
Box 30, Folder 10
Follow-up Letters
1969-1970
Box 30, Folder 11
Form Letter Materials
1969-1970
Box 30, Folder 12
Foundations That May be a Source of Funds
1969-1971
Box 30, Folder 13
Friends of Libraries
1968-1970
Box 30, Folder 14
General Correspondence
1970-1971
Box 30, Folder 15
Harold Lloyd Corporation
1969-1970
Box 30, Folder 16
Ideas and Suggestions
1969-1970
Box 30, Folder 17
Individual Donors Prospect List
1968-1971
Box 30, Folder 18
Industrial Libraries
undated
Box 30, Folder 21
Knox Bourne Mailing to 70 Corporations Asking for $500
1970-1971
Box 31, Folder 1
Letter Solicitation To: Associations
1969
Box 31, Folder 2
Letters to Publishers
1969-1971
Box 31, Folder 4
Library Associates
undated
Box 31, Folder 5
Library Suppliers
1965-1969
Box 31, Folder 6
Local Foundations
1970-1971
Box 31, Folder 7
Luncheon Meeting for Industrial Librarians
undated
Box 31, Folder 8
Material for Inclusion in Letters and Factsheets
undated
Box 31, Folder 9
Material From Previous Campaigns
undated
Box 31, Folder 10
Misc. Correspondence
1969-1970
Box 31, Folder 11
Minutes of Fundraising Meetings Staff
1969-1970
Box 31, Folder 12
Memos to Dean Boaz
1969-1971
Box 31, Folder 13
Original Material for Earlier Presentation Folder
Box 31, Folder 15
Replies From Individual Solicitors
1969
Box 31, Folder 16
Reports to Director of Planning
1970-1971
Box 31, Folder 18
Solicited Corporations
1965-1971
Box 31, Folder 19
Sears-Roebuck Foundation
1970-1971
Box 31, Folder 21
Times Mirror Foundation
1969-1971
Publications
1936-1978
Physical Description:
0.5 Linear feet
1 box
Scope and Contents note
Includes two types of regular publications of the School: Annual Reports (Subseries 1) and Bulletins (Subseries 2).
Annual Reports
1936-1978
Physical Description:
0.25 Linear feet
.5 boxes
Scope and Contents note
Arranged chronologically.
Bulletins
Physical Description:
0.25 Linear feet
.5 boxes
Scope and Contents note
Arranged chronologically.
Student Materials
Bulk, 1930-1984
1892-1984
Physical Description:
4.25 Linear feet
6.5 boxes
Scope and Contents note
Includes materials generated by or related to the students of the USC Library School. Divided into three subseries: Class
Lists (Subseries 1), Student Material Files (Subseries 2), and Scrapbooks (Subseries 3).
Class Lists
1930-1978
Physical Description:
0.75 Linear feet
1.5 boxes
Scope and Contents note
Includes class lists, graduate lists, student pictures, class schedules, class activity information, correspondence, enrollment
information, and graduate placements. Arranged chronologically. Some material is restricted.
Box 36, Folder 3
Class of 1939
1938-1939, 1948
Box 36, Folder 12
Class of 1948
1947-1948
General note
Restricted material. See University Archivist for details.
Box 36, Folder 13
Class of 1949
1948-1949
General note
Restricted material. See University Archivist for details.
Box 36, Folder 14
Class of 1949-1950
1949-1950
General note
Restricted material. See University Archivist for details.
Box 36, Folder 23
Summer Session
1950
General note
Restricted. See University Archivist for details.
Box 37, Folder 1
Graduates - Combined Lists
1892-1950
Box 37, Folder 3
Graduates
1961-1968
General note
Restricted. See University Archivist for details.
Box 37, Folder 4
Graduates
1951-1968
General note
Restricted. See University Archivist for details.
Box 37, Folder 5
Graduates
1970-1978
General note
Restricted. See University Archivist for details.
Student Material Files
1973-1987
Physical Description:
0.5 Linear feet
1 box
Scope and Contents note
Includes student recruitment materials, Library School Student Association Newsletters, dissertation titles, final oral examination
for PhD and DLS, and Beta Phi Mu materials. Arranged alphabetically.
Box 38, Folder 1
[Application Form]
undated
Box 38, Folder 3
Dissertation Titles
1977-1978
Box 38, Folder 4
Information Handbook for Students
1976
Box 38, Folder 5
Library School Student Association Newsletter
1973-1984
Box 38, Folder 6
PhD and DLS - Final Oral Examinations
1973-1984
Box 38, Folder 7
"Report on User Approaches to the Card Catalog of the School of Library Science Library"
1977
Scope and Contents note
Student paper.
Box 38, Folder 9
[Student Recruitment Materials]
undated
Scrapbooks
1946-1979
Physical Description:
3.0 Linear feet
3 boxes
Scope and Contents note
Scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, announcements, photographs, and other ephemera. Arranged chronologically.
Box 33
"Thre Flites Up" Club
1946-1947
Box 34
[Class of 1947-1948]
1947-1948
Box 33
Class of 1948-49
1948-1949
Box 35
[Class of 1949-1950]
1949-1950
Box 35
[School of Library Science Scrapbook]
1973-1979