Harry E. Babbitt instructional resources on Spain and Latin America, 1996-2012

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Summary

Creators:
Babbitt Instructional Resources (Firm) and Babbitt, Harry E.
Abstract:
This collection consists of English and Spanish instructional materials from Harry E. Babbitt's company Babbitt Instructional Resources, along with issues of the publications La Aventura de la Historia purchased from B.I.R.
Extent:
13.438 Linear Feet 39 boxes
Language:
English , Spanish; Castilian .
Preferred citation:

[Box/folder no. or item name], Harry E. Babbitt instructional resources on Spain and Latin America, Collection no. 0554, Boeckmann Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of English and Spanish instructional materials from Harry E. Babbitt's company Babbitt Instructional Resources, along with issues of the publications La Aventura de la Historia purchased from B.I.R. The instructional materials are in both English and Spanish and include one pamphlet of transcripts and possible questions for instruction and one cassette tape of recorded lectures per box. There lectures focus on the art, history, and culture of Spain and Latin America, with a majority of materials focusing on Diego Rivera. The publication La Aventura de la Historia include issues 3 to 164. There is also one box of DVD lectures and one box of posters and cards.

Biographical / historical:

Babbitt Instructional Resources was a Texas based company that specialized in the printing, recording, and distribution of teaching materials related to the histories and cultures of Spain, Latin America, and South America for a high school audience. Materials were available in both English and Spanish.

Acquisition information:
Publications purchased for the Boeckmann Center by Barbara Robinson in 2011.
Processing information:

This collection is unprocessed.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Advance notice required for access.

Terms of access:

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.

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Preferred citation:

[Box/folder no. or item name], Harry E. Babbitt instructional resources on Spain and Latin America, Collection no. 0554, Boeckmann Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Location of this collection:
Special Collections
Doheny Memorial Library, Room 209
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189, US
Contact:
(213) 740-5900
specol@usc.edu
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