Finding aid for the Frank and Blanche Seaver memorabilia 5171

Sarah Jardini for History Associates Incorporated

USC Libraries Special Collections

2022 September

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: Frank and Blanche Seaver memorabilia

Creator: Seaver, Blanche Ebert, 1891-1994

Creator: Seaver, Frank, 1883-1964

Identifier/Call Number: 5171

Physical Description: 4.25 Linear Feet 3 boxes

Date (inclusive): 1962-1973

Abstract: This collection includes photographs, realia, and memorabilia related to USC building construction funded by philanthropists Frank and Blanche Seaver.

Language of Material: English.

Container: 1

Container: 2

Container: 3

Scope and Contents

Present are photographs and scrapbooks of construction and dedication of the Blanche and Frank R. Seaver Student Residence on the Health Sciences Campus in 1963, and the Frank R. Seaver Science Center on USC campus in 1969. Also included in the collection are various awards given to the Seavers from USC and a commemorative brick from the Science Center construction.

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Rights Statement for Archival Description

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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.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Bonnie Bates, September 26, 1995.

Preferred Citation

[Box/folder no. or item name], Frank and Blanche Seaver memorabilia, Collection no. 5171, University Archives, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Processing Information

This collection is unprocessed.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Architecture, Modern -- 20th century -- Photographs

Bricks

Memorabilia

Scrapbooks

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

Seaver, Blanche Ebert, 1891-1994 -- Archives

Seaver, Frank, 1883-1964 -- Archives