University of Southern California Student Thesis papers, 1910-1930s

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Summary

Creators:
University of Southern California
Abstract:
This collection consists of theses written by USC students from 1910 through the 1930s within the Economics department and the newly founded Sociology Department.
Extent:
1.125 Linear Feet 1 box
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Box/folder# or item name], USC Student Thesis papers collection, Collection no. 5047, University Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of theses written by USC students from 1910 through the 1930s within the Economics department and the newly founded Sociology Department. All the papers in this collection pertain to California--chiefly the Los Angeles area. Topics covered include labor unions, agriculture such as cotton and oranges, juvenile delinquency, wages in various industries such as laundries and garment factories, etc.

Biographical / historical:

This collection of student papers and theses appear to have been the provenance of prominent USC sociology professor, Dr. Emory S. Bogardus, who helped establish one of the first sociology departments at an American university (USC) in 1915. Before 1915, sociology topics were taught as part of the Economics department, as evidenced by the papers in this collection. Many of the papers written before 1915 were submitted as part of an Economics Seminar (various years) taught by Dr. Bogardus and/or Dr. Rockwell Hunt. Later papers were submitted for Sociology or Psychology classes.

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.

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

Preferred citation:

[Box/folder# or item name], USC Student Thesis papers collection, Collection no. 5047, University Archives, 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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