University of Southern California ephemera and realia, 1877-2023

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Summary

Title:
University of Southern California ephemera and realia
Dates:
1877-2023
Creators:
University of Southern California
Extent:
19.38 Linear Feet 24 boxes
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Box/folder no. or item name], University of Southern California ephemera and realia, Collection no. 5153, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of various pieces of realia and ephemera documenting the history of the University of Southern California.

Acquisition information:
Received from various sources. Freshman beanie, gift of Carol Simpson, 2010. The condiment bottle, gift of Tom Sims, May 26, 1993. Lee Barnes' Pole Vault crossbar fragment, gift of Gerald Papazian, General Alumni Association president, 2003. The ephemera housed in Box no. 25 was a gift of Melody Nishida, June 21, 2023.
Processing information:

The collection is minimally processed and described with incomplete box-level summaries. In 2022, Claude Zachary removed a 1990 Library Faculty banner from this collection and transferred the item to the University of Southern California Libraries Administration records, Collection no. 0289.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Sarah Jardini for History Associates Incorporated
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-06-25 15:10:28 -0700 .

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

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], University of Southern California ephemera and realia, Collection no. 5153, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Location of this collection:
Doheny Memorial Library, Room 209
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189, US
Contact:
(213) 740-2587
specol@usc.edu
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