Morris (Ray) films of Southern California, 1950-1969
Online content
Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Ray Morris films of Southern California
- Dates:
- 1950-1969
- Creators:
- Morris, Ray
- Extent:
- 1 Gigabytes 9 digital files stored in 2 digital folders
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[Box/folder no. or item name], Ray Morris films of Southern California, Collection no. 7147, Regional History Collection, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Ray Morris films of Southern California consist of seven digital video files digitized from six reels of film depicting Southern California scenes recorded by Ray Morris. Ray Morris was a photographer for the Los Angeles Police Department. The films focus on various scenes and events in Southern California during the 1950s and 1960s, including Los Angeles Mayor Sam Yorty's New Year's message to the city in December 1961, the San Pedro Fisherman's Fiesta in 1957, a trolley car junkyard, and commercial fishing crews pulling into the Los Angeles Harbor. It is likely that most, if not all, of these films were made informally by Morris, rather than in an official capacity as photographer for the Los Angeles Police Department.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Denise and Michael Doyen, August 31, 2023.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Amateur films -- California, Southern -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Fishers -- California, Southern -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Fishing boats -- California, Southern -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Motion pictures -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Trolley cars -- California, Southern -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Digital media
Moving images
Motion pictures (visual works) - Names:
- Port of Los Angeles -- In motion pictures
Morris, Ray -- Archives
Yorty, Sam, 1909-1998 -- In motion pictures - Places:
- California, Southern -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Archival resources
California, Southern -- Transportation -- Archival resources
Los Angeles Harbor (Calif.) -- Archival resources
San Pedro (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- History -- Archival resources
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-09-29 15:29:26 -0700 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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All of the digital files in this collection are publicly accessible via the USC Digital Library. Each folder- and file-level record in this finding aid includes a link to the corresponding USC Digital Library asset. The USC Libraries do not have custody of the original analog films.
- Terms of access:
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The copyright and related rights status of the moving images in this collection have been reviewed by the USC Libraries, but we are unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the films. Please refer to USC Special Collections for more information. USC does not own or control any copyright rights with respect to the items in this collection. However, responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use each item.
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
- Preferred citation:
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[Box/folder no. or item name], Ray Morris films of Southern California, Collection no. 7147, Regional History Collection, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
- Location of this collection:
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Special CollectionsDoheny Memorial Library, Room 209Los Angeles, CA 90089-0182, US
- Contact:
- (213) 740-5900