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Finding aid for the Rockwell D. Hunt papers 5127

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Box 1, Folder 1

California and World War I 1917-1932

Scope and Content

The folder contains miscellaneous items related to activities in California in support of Workd War I.

Box 1, Folder 2

Hunt's Publications 1945-1959

Scope and Content

The folder contains:

Ten Commandments: A greeting from Rockwell D. Hunt gleaned from his various writings over the years, Stockton, California, 1958-1959.

Advertisement for "Mr. California": Autobiography of Rockwell D. Hunt [1956]

"S.C at a Milestone," Los Angeles Times, January 21, 1945

"Angel's Camp: In the Heart of the Mother Lode -- The Makin's of Mark Twain," The Grizzly Bear,

Box 1, Folder 3

Clippings on Hunt 1938-1966

Scope and Content

The folder contains newpaper clippings on Rockwell D. Hunt's activities during his tenure at USC. The clippings include a brief obituary of Hunt that appeared in the Los Angeles Times, January 25, 1966.

Box 1, Folder 4

Other Tributes to Hunt 1939-1966

Scope and Content

The folder contains several items related to USC, including a copy of a "Senate Resolution Relative to the Passing of Rockwell Dennis Hunt," dated February 8, 1966, and solicitation for funding a portrait of Hunt that was presented to USC on October 31, 1939.

Box 1, Folder 5

"Ninety-Five Theses for These Times," Rockwell D. Hunt 1942

Box 1, Folder 6

Hunt's Correspondence and Addresses 1920-1954

Box 1, Folder 7

Hoose Hall, J.H. Hoose 1914-1921

Newspapers

The following issues of The Daily Southern Californian , the early USC student newspaper, contained in this folder were removed and transferred to the Daily Trojan collection in the University Archives:

"Hoose Hall of Philosophy to House Many Departments," December 11, 1914, vol. V, no. 45, p. 1 "Hoose Hall Fund," January 22, 1915, vol. V, no. 53, p. 2 "Wheels of University Stopped as Faculties and Students Pay Homage to Grand Old Philosopher," January 26, 1915, vol. V, no. 54, p.1

These issues are also available on-line in the USC Digital Library.

Scope and Content

Included in the folder is an exchange of correspondence between Hunt and Helen Hoose, widow of James Harmon Hooser, pertaining to the dedication of Hoose Hall, located in the newly built Bovard Administration Building.

Box 1, Folder 8

Publications by Others 1898-1958

Newspapers

The following issues of Daily Trojan, the USC student newspaper, were removed and placed in the Daily Trojan collection in the University Archives:

"Dean R.D. Hunt to Retire: Dr. Bogardus chosen to fill Graduate post" and "Hunt reviews growth of SC to present day," July 19, 1945, vol. XXXVI, no. 160, p. 1, 4

"Tea to honor retiring dean," August 14, 1945, vol. XXXVI, no. 178, p. 1

"Tea, reception fete Dean Hunt on retirement," August 16, 1945, vol. XXXVI, no. 179, p. 1

To see these issues are available on-line in the USC Digital Library or contact the University Archivist.

Box 1, Folder 9

1945 Letters 1945

Scope and Content

The letters relate to Hunt's retirement from USC in 1945.

Box 1, Folder 10

USC 1908-1960

Scope and Content

The folder contains correspondence related primarily to Hunt's tenure at USC, but also after Hunt's retirement in 1945.

Box 1, Folder 11

R. D. H. Retires 1941-1947

Box 2, Folder 1-2

USC Semicentennial 1906-1945

Newspapers

The following issues of the Daily Trojan, the USC student newspaper, were removed from follder #2 in the collection and placed in the Daily Trojan collection in the University Archives:

Semicentennial Edition, May 29, 1930, vol. XXI, no. 149

Graduate School 25th Anniversary Edition, January 26, 1945, vol. XXXVI, no. 55

To see these issues, go to the USC Digital Library or contact the University Archivist.

Box 2, Folder 3

USC and World War II 1930-1953

Box 2, Folder 4

USC Letters 1908 - Bowen, Bovard, et. al. 1907-1962

Newspapers

The following issues of the Daily Trojan, the USC student newspaper, were removed from the collection and placed in the Daily Trojan collection in the University Archives:

"U.S.C Will Honor Founders At Bovard Assembly Today," October 4, 1937, vol. XXIX, no. 12, p. 1, 4

Founders Day Issue, October 5, 1949, vol. XLI, no. 19

To see these issues, go to the USC Digital Library or contact the University Archivist.

Scope and Content

The folder primarily contains correspondence between Rockwell D. Hunt and William M. Bowen, USC Board of Trustees, and Rockwell D. Hunt and George F. Bovard, USC President, regarding employment with USC in 1908. In addition, there are some miscellaneous letters, as well as material pertaining to USC.

Box 2, Folder 5-6

Clippings by Hunt 1909-1956

Scope and Content

The folders contains clippings of articles and columns written by Rockwell D. Hunt and primarily published in the Los Angeles Times.

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