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Hill (Mary Isabel) and John Lawler Costello collection on the USC College of Aeronautics
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  • Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Special Collections
    Title: Mary Isabel Hill and John Lawler Costello collection on the USC College of Aeronautics
    Creator: Hill, Mary Isabel
    Creator: Costello, John Lawler
    Creator: University of Southern California. College of Aeronautics
    Identifier/Call Number: 5372
    Physical Description: 0.21 Linear Feet 1 box
    Date (inclusive): 1947-1950
    Abstract: A collection of yearbooks, photographs, student rosters, and other material collected and/or created by Mary Isabel Hill and John Lawler Costello during their time as students at the University of Southern California College of Aeronautics at Hancock Field in Santa Maria, California. Prior to their time at the College of Aeronautics, both Mary and John served in the United States military during World War II -- Mary in the United States Naval Reserve (Women's Reserve), better known as the WAVES (for Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service), and John in the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC). John and Mary Isabel met each other during their enrollment at the College of Aeronautics and married in 1947, living in married student housing for the rest of their studies. Aside from the yearbooks, photographs, and student rosters, the collection also contains a USC College of Aeronautics sticker, report cards, course completion certificates, graduation certificates, and John Costello's USC Bachelor of Engineering diploma.
    Language of Material: English .
    Container: 1

    Scope and Contents

    A collection of yearbooks, photographs, student rosters, and other material collected and/or created by Mary Isabel Hill and John Lawler Costello during their time as students at the University of Southern California College of Aeronautics at Hancock Field in Santa Maria, California. Prior to their time at the College of Aeronautics, both Mary and John served in the United States military during World War II -- Mary in the United States Naval Reserve (Women's Reserve), better known as the WAVES (for Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service), and John in the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC). John and Mary Isabel met each other during their enrollment at the College of Aeronautics and married in 1947, living in married student housing for the rest of their studies. Aside from the yearbooks, photographs, and student rosters, the collection also contains a USC College of Aeronautics sticker, report cards, course completion certificates, graduation certificates, and John Costello's USC Bachelor of Engineering diploma.

    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 no. or item name], Mary Isabel Hill and John Lawler Costello collection on the USC College of Aeronautics, Collection no. 5372, University Archives, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

    Immediate Source of Acquisition

    Gift of Kathleen Costello, September 7, 2021.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Aeronautics -- Study and teaching -- California -- 20th century -- Archival resources
    Aeronautics -- History -- Archival resources
    Women in aeronautics -- History -- Archival resources
    Photographs
    Rosters
    Yearbooks
    Costello, John Lawler -- Archives
    Hancock College of Aeronautics -- Archives
    Hill, Mary Isabel -- Archives
    University of Southern California. College of Aeronautics -- Archives