Finding aid for the Mary Isabel Hill and John Lawler Costello collection on the USC College of Aeronautics 5372
USC Libraries Special Collections
2021 October
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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
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.
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[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