Scope and Contents
Biographical / Historical
Conditions Governing Access
Conditions Governing Use
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Preferred Citation
Processing Information
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: University of Southern California Student Thesis papers
Creator:
University of Southern California
Identifier/Call Number: 5047
Physical Description:
1.125 Linear Feet
1 box
Date (inclusive): 1910-1930s
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.
Language of Material:
English.
Container: 1
Scope and Contents
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.
Conditions Governing Access
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 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.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
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
Processing Information
This collection is unprocessed.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Agriculture -- California, Southern -- Archival resources
Economics -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Sociology -- Study and teaching -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Sociology -- Research -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Thesis and dissertation
Universities and colleges -- Students -- Archival resources
Bogardus, Emory Stephen -- Archives
Hunt, Rockwell Dennis -- Archives