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  • Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Special Collections
    Title: Abraham Z. Hoffman papers
    Creator: Hoffman, Abraham
    Identifier/Call Number: 7090
    Physical Description: 8.35 Linear Feet 14 boxes
    Date (inclusive): 1960-2019
    Language of Material: English .

    Biographical Note

    Historian and author Abraham Hoffman is currently an adjunct professor at Los Angeles Valley College, but has also taught history courses at Los Angeles City College, UCLA Extension, USC, Chapman University, Immaculate Heart College, and the Los Angeles Unified School District. His research interests include minorities in the West, early motion picture history, and Western water resource development among other subjects-- and are evidenced by the many historical organizations to which he belongs and the number of books and articles he authored.
    Hoffman served as "Sheriff" of the Los Angeles Corral of Westerners in 1997; he had earlier served as the organization's editor of The Branding Iron and, in 2016, was named the Corral's Living Legend No. 61.
    Hoffman is the author of numerous books and essays on the West including, Unwanted Mexican-Americans in the Great Depression: Repatriation Pressures, 1929-1939; California's Deadliest Earthquakes: A History; and Mono Lake: From Dead Sea to Environmental Treasure, among many others.

    Content Description

    Dr. Hoffman's papers include many historical organization journals and books, many including essays by Hoffman; his research materials, much literature related to the society E Clampus Vitus, newsletters and ephemera pertaining to Hollywood's Magic Castle, and a small trove of underground comic books ("comix"). There are also some materials pertaining to the Los Angeles Corral of Westerners, of which Dr. Hoffman is a prominent member.

    Conditions Governing Access

    COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. 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 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

    [Box/folder# or item name], Abraham Z. Hoffman papers, Collection no. 7090, Regional History Collection, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

    Immediate Source of Acquisition

    Gift of Abraham Z. Hoffman, March 15, 2019.

    Related Materials

    Los Angeles Corral of Westerners records, Collection no. 0117, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    West (U.S.) -- History -- Archival resources
    West (U.S.) -- History -- Periodicals
    Alternative comics
    Books
    Certificates
    Comic books
    Crumb, R. -- Archives
    E Clampus Vitus (Fraternal order). Platrix Chapter 2 (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Archives
    Hoffman, Abraham -- Archives
    Magic Castle (Club) -- Archives
    Transierra Roisterous Alliance of Senior Humbugs -- Archives
    Westerners. Los Angeles Corral -- Archives