Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Dorothy Lillis Walker papers
- Dates:
- 1920s-1930s
- Creators:
- Walker, Dorothy Lillis
- Abstract:
- Collection consists of photographs, correspondence, student materials, and books of poetry created and collected by Dorothy Lillis Walker. Dorothy Lillis Walker was a graduate of the University of Southern California, and taught English at Boyle Heights Junior High School.
- Containers:
- Box: 1
- Extent:
- 1 linear foot. 1 bankers box
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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[Box/folder# or item name], Dorothy Lillis Walker papers, Collection no. 379, University Archives, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists of photographs of Dorothy Lillis Walker and her sister Helen Walker; negatives of young Clifford Truesdell; correspondence between Dorothy Walker and "Lois" throughout the 1920s; correspondence between Helen Walker Truesdell and "Lois" early 1930s; typed inventory of objects donated to USC by Clifford Ambrose Truesdell III of Johns Hopkins University; Dorothy Walker's illustrated notebook for a botany class; hardback book "The Poets of the Future" (1918) (which includes one of Walker's poems and several from other USC students); another hardback book "University of Southern California Poems" (1930) (which includes several poems by both Dorothy Walker and Helen Walker Truesdell; and a negative album plus several envelopes of negatives.
- Biographical / historical:
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Dorothy Lillis Walker was a graduate of the University of Southern California, and taught English at Boyle Heights Junior High School.
- Acquisition information:
- The Dorothy Lillis Walker Papers were donated to USC by her nephew, Clifford Truesdell in 1992.
- Processing information:
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The collection is unprocessed.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2018-05-17 13:35:06 -0700 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for access.
- Terms of access:
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All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian. 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.
- Preferred citation:
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[Box/folder# or item name], Dorothy Lillis Walker papers, Collection no. 379, University Archives, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
- Location of this collection:
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Doheny Memorial Library, Room 209University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, CA 90089-0189, US
- Contact:
- (213) 740-2587