Finding aid for the Patt Morrison collection of Los Angeles memorabilia 7113

Bo Doub
USC Libraries Special Collections
2021 March
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0189
specol@usc.edu


Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Patt Morrison collection of Los Angeles memorabilia
Creator: Morrison, Patt, 1957-
Identifier/Call Number: 7113
Physical Description: 2 Linear Feet 1 box
Date (inclusive): 1950-1985
Abstract: A collection of four board games, nine cans of "smog," a button and t-shirt relating to the 1984 Summer Olympics, and a dish towel collected by journalist, author, and radio-television personality Patt Morrison. Most of the items in the collection relate to Los Angeles smog and air pollution, but a few of the items relate to Los Angeles generally. The collection's board games include two copies of the board game titled "Smog: The Air Pollution Game" made by Urban Systems, Inc. and the Los Angeles Edition of the Monopoly board game. The "smog in a can" items include cans of "smog" with various colorful labels: "Genuine Los Angeles Smog," "Vintage Quality Certified Smog," and "Pure Northern California Air." The button and t-shirt both feature art by Lazar Lou showing an athlete wearing a gas mask running in the Olympic torch relay trailing a dark cloud of smog.
Language of Material: English .
Container: 1

Scope and Contents

A collection of four board games, nine cans of "smog," a button and t-shirt relating to the 1984 Summer Olympics, and a dish towel collected by journalist, author, and radio-television personality Patt Morrison. Most of the items in the collection relate to Los Angeles smog and air pollution, but a few of the items relate to Los Angeles generally. The collection's board games include two copies of the board game titled "Smog: The Air Pollution Game" made by Urban Systems, Inc. and the Los Angeles Edition of the Monopoly board game. The "smog in a can" items include cans of "smog" with various colorful labels: "Genuine Los Angeles Smog," "Vintage Quality Certified Smog," and "Pure Northern California Air." The button and t-shirt both feature art by Lazar Lou showing an athlete wearing a gas mask running in the Olympic torch relay trailing a dark cloud of smog.

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Conditions Governing Use

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Preferred Citation

[Box/folder no. or item name], Patt Morrison collection of Los Angeles memorabilia, Collection no. 7113, Regional History Collection, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Patt Morrison, November 23, 2020.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Air -- Pollution -- California -- Archival resources
Board games -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Description and travel -- Archival resources
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Board games (game sets)
Buttons (information artifacts)
Dish towels
T-shirts
Morrison, Patt, 1957- -- Archives
Olympic Games. (23rd : 1984 : Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Archives