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Tubbesing (Dorothy and Eugene) USC football memorabilia collection
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  • Conditions Governing Access
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  • Preferred Citation
  • Immediate Source of Acquisition
  • Processing Information

  • Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Special Collections
    Title: Dorothy and Eugene Tubbesing USC football memorabilia collection
    Creator: Tubbesing, Dorothy Ann
    Creator: Tubbesing, Eugene J.
    Identifier/Call Number: 5364
    Physical Description: 3 Linear Feet 3 boxes
    Date (inclusive): 1949-1998
    Abstract: A collection of USC football memorabilia and keepsakes, along with two photograph albums, assembled by Dorothy and Eugene Tubbesing. Items in the collection include a football signed by the USC 1989 team at the Rose Bowl, USC/Notre Dame "Fight is on" bourbon glasses, Christmas ornaments, game day pins, and a photograph album documenting a 1998 USC Trojan Marching Band trip to Spain and Portugal. Dorothy Ann Rounsavell graduated from USC in the late 1940s and married Eugene J. Tubbesing in 1953. Dorothy and Eugene were USC football season ticket holders.
    Language of Material: English .
    Container: 1
    Container: 2
    Container: 3

    Scope and Contents

    A collection of USC football memorabilia and keepsakes, along with two photograph albums, collected by Dorothy and Eugene Tubbesing. Following is a transcription of a partial inventory of the collection provided by the donors.
    1. USC/Olympics pins in display case.
    2. USC Football bourbon decanter, four matching glasses and a football shaped bottle top.
    3. Gene Tubbesing's game day bat with pins.
    4. USC Christmas ornaments.
    5. Bag of assorted game day pins, including "Pluck a duck" (University of Oregon) and "Fight on or haul ass (He's Back / USC / Coach John Robinson)."
    6. Two USC Santa Hats.
    7. USC/Notre Dame 1994 paper weight.
    8. Dorothy Rounsavell-Tubbesing 1949 USC Gamma Phi Beta beer stein.
    9. USC Trojan Marching Band booster pin
    10. USC door hanger to replace "sock on door."
    11. USC Football wall hanger.
    12. Signed football by USC 1989 Rose Bowl team.
    13. Four USC/Notre Dame "Fight is on" bourbon glasses.
    14. Photograph album documenting a 1998 USC band trip to Spain and Portugal with pre-trip paperwork ["1998 U.S.C. Band Iberian Peninsula Tour"].
    15. Photograph album labeled "USC / 1982 Main Passage" -- organized through the USC General Alumni Association.

    Conditions Governing Access

    COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for access.

    Conditions Governing Use

    All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian. 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], [Collection name], Collection no. [?], [Repository], Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

    Immediate Source of Acquisition

    Gift of Kathleen Loomis-Tubbesing and John Tubbesing, February 10, 2021

    Processing Information

    The collection is minimally processed.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    College athletes -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th century -- Archival resources
    College sports -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources
    Football -- History -- Archival resources
    Football fans -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th century -- Archival resources
    Marching bands -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th century -- Archival resources
    School sports -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th century -- Archival resources
    Souvenirs (Keepsakes) -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th century -- Archival resources
    Buttons (information artifacts)
    Cultural artifacts
    Ephemera
    Memorabilia
    Photograph albums
    Photographs
    Realia
    Tubbesing, Dorothy Ann -- Archives
    Tubbesing, Eugene J. -- Archives
    University of Southern California. Trojan Marching Band -- Photographs