KUSC records, bulk 1946-2017

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Summary

Creators:
KUSC (Radio station : Los Angeles, Calif.)
Abstract:
This collection includes the administrative records and audio recordings related to the listener supported classical music radio station, KUSC.
Extent:
134.979 Linear Feet 125 boxes
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Box/folder no. or item name], KUSC records, Collection no. 5133, University Archives, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection includes the business records, legal records, press releases, news clippings, program guides, realia, and ½'' and ¼'' magnetic audio tapes related to the listener supported classical music radio station, KUSC.

Biographical / historical:

KUSC is a listener supported classical music radio station that began in 1946 through the patronage of USC alumnus George Allan Hancock, an oil magnate and cello player for the Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra. KUSC operates as both a student run and professional broadcasting station, and in the early 1990s the station incorporated talk, jazz, folk, and world music.

Acquisition information:
Accrual of papers and recordings transferred to Special Collections from KUSC President, Brenda Barnes, upon her retirement in 2017.
Processing information:

This collection is partially processed.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Advance notice required for access.

Terms of access:

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

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], KUSC records, Collection no. 5133, University Archives, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Location of this collection:
Doheny Memorial Library, Room 209
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189, US
Contact:
(213) 740-2587
specol@usc.edu
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