Finding aid for the Laura Burmeister USC student scrapbooks 5169

Marissa Chavez for History Associates Incorporated

USC Libraries Special Collections

2022 April

Doheny Memorial Library 206

3550 Trousdale Parkway

Los Angeles, California 90089-0189

specol@usc.edu

URL: http://libraries.usc.edu/locations/special-collections

Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Special Collections

Title: Laura Burmeister USC student scrapbooks

Creator: Burmeister, Laura E.

Identifier/Call Number: 5169

Physical Description: 2 Linear Feet 2 boxes

Date (bulk): 1900s-1910s

Abstract: This collection consists of two scrapbooks belonging to Laura Burmeister, a student at the USC Preparatory School and the University of Southern California.

Language of Material: English.

Container: 1

Container: 2

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of two scrapbooks belonging to Laura Burmeister, a student at the USC Preparatory School and the University of Southern California. These scrapbooks include ephemera, photographs, journal entries, the school moto and class song for USC Prep, programs, invitations, clippings, cut pieces of cloth from gowns, and a directory.

Biographical / Historical

Laura Burmeister was a student at the University of Southern California Preparatory School, graduating in 1908. She went on to get a Bachelor's degree from the University of Southern California, graduating in 1912. Burmeister became a cataloger at the Los Angeles Public Library before joining the USC library staff in 1922.

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Rights Statement for Archival Description

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

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.

Preferred Citation

[Box/folder no. or item name], Laura Burmeister USC student scrapbooks, Collection no. 5169, University Archives, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Processing Information

This collection is unprocessed.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Universities and colleges -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- Archival resources

Universities and colleges -- Students -- Archival resources

High school students -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources

Ephemera

Printed ephemera

Journals (accounts)

Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)

Programs (documents)

Directories

Invitations

Photographs

Burmeister, Laura E. -- Archives