Finding aid for the KUSC records 5133

Sarah Jardini for History Associates Incorporated

USC Libraries Special Collections

2022 November

Doheny Memorial Library 206

3550 Trousdale Parkway

Los Angeles, California 90089-0189

specol@usc.edu

URL: http://libraries.usc.edu/locations/special-collections

Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Special Collections

Title: KUSC records

Creator: KUSC (Radio station : Los Angeles, Calif.)

Identifier/Call Number: 5133

Identifier/Call Number: /repositories/3/resources/714

Physical Description: 134.979 Linear Feet 125 boxes

Date (bulk): 1946-2017

Abstract: This collection includes the administrative records and audio recordings related to the listener supported classical music radio station, KUSC.

Language of Material: English.

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.

Scope and Contents

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.

Conditions Governing Access

Advance notice required for access.

Rights Statement for Archival Description

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

Conditions Governing Use

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.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

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

Preferred Citation

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

Processing Information

This collection is partially processed.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Business records

Classical music radio programs

College radio stations

Radio -- Archival resources

Radio stations -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources

KUSC (Radio station : Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Archives

University of Southern California -- Archives

Program guides /repositories/3/archival_objects/627145

Box 88

Program guides /repositories/3/archival_objects/627146 1949-1977

Box 89

Program guides /repositories/3/archival_objects/627147 1978-1980

Box 90

Program guides /repositories/3/archival_objects/627148 1981-1983

Box 91

Program guides /repositories/3/archival_objects/627149 1984-1986

Box 92

Program guides /repositories/3/archival_objects/627150 1987-1989

Box 93

Program guides /repositories/3/archival_objects/627151 1990-2005

Box 94

Program guides /repositories/3/archival_objects/627152 2006-2020

Box 1, Box 2, Box 3, Box 4, Box 5, Box 6, Box 7, Box 8, Box 9, Box 10, Box 11, Box 12, Box 13, Box 14, Box 15, Box 16, Box 17, Box 18, Box 19, Box 20, Box 21, Box 22, Box 23, Box 24, Box 25, Box 26, Box 27, Box 28, Box 29, Box 30, Box 31, Box 32, Box 33, Box 34, Box 35, Box 36, Box 37, Box 38, Box 39, Box 40, Box 41, Box 42, Box 43, Box 44, Box 45, Box 46, Box 47, Box 48, Box 49, Box 50, Box 51, Box 52, Box 53, Box 54, Box 55, Box 56, Box 57, Box 58, Box 59, Box 60, Box 61, Box 62, Box 63, Box 64, Box 65, Box 66, Box 67, Box 67A, Box 68, Box 69, Box 70, Box 71, Box 72, Box 73, Box 74, Box 75, Box 76, Box 77, Box 78A, Box 79, Box 80, Box 81, Box 81A, Box 82, Box 83, Box 84, Box 85, Box 86, Box 87, Box 95, Box 98, Box 99, Box 100, Box 101, Box 102, Box 103, Box 104, Box 105, Box 106, Box 107, Box 108, Box 109, Box 110, Box 111, Box 112, Box 113, Box 114, Box 115, Box 116, Box 117, Box 118, Box 119, Box 120, Box 121, Box 122, Box 78B

Business records and Audio recordings /repositories/3/archival_objects/627144

Box 96, Box 97

Unprocessed Materials /repositories/3/archival_objects/627159