Finding aid for the Harry E. Babbitt instructional resources on Spain and Latin America 0554

Marissa Chavez and Sarah Jardini for History Associates Incorporated
USC Libraries Special Collections
2022 December
Doheny Memorial Library 206
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Los Angeles, California 90089-0189
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Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Harry E. Babbitt instructional resources on Spain and Latin America
Creator: Babbitt Instructional Resources (Firm)
Creator: Babbitt, Harry E.
Identifier/Call Number: 0554
Physical Description: 13.438 Linear Feet 39 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1996-2012
Abstract: This collection consists of English and Spanish instructional materials from Harry E. Babbitt's company Babbitt Instructional Resources, along with issues of the publications La Aventura de la Historia purchased from B.I.R.
Language of Material: English, Spanish; Castilian.

Biographical / Historical

Babbitt Instructional Resources was a Texas based company that specialized in the printing, recording, and distribution of teaching materials related to the histories and cultures of Spain, Latin America, and South America for a high school audience. Materials were available in both English and Spanish.

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of English and Spanish instructional materials from Harry E. Babbitt's company Babbitt Instructional Resources, along with issues of the publications La Aventura de la Historia purchased from B.I.R. The instructional materials are in both English and Spanish and include one pamphlet of transcripts and possible questions for instruction and one cassette tape of recorded lectures per box. There lectures focus on the art, history, and culture of Spain and Latin America, with a majority of materials focusing on Diego Rivera. The publication La Aventura de la Historia include issues 3 to 164. There is also one box of DVD lectures and one box of posters and cards.

Conditions Governing Access

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 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.

Rights Statement for Archival Description

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

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Publications purchased for the Boeckmann Center by Barbara Robinson in 2011.

Preferred Citation

[Box/folder no. or item name], Harry E. Babbitt instructional resources on Spain and Latin America, Collection no. 0554, Boeckmann Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Processing Information

This collection is unprocessed.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Audiocassettes
DVDs
Instructional materials
Latin America -- History
Latin America -- Study and teaching
Transcripts
Video recordings
Babbitt Instructional Resources (Firm) -- Archives
Babbitt, Harry E. -- Archives

Box 1, Box 2, Box 3, Box 4, Box 5, Box 6, Box 7, Box 8, Box 9, Box 10, Box 11, Box 12, Box 13, Box 14, Box 15, Box 16, Box 17, Box 18, Box 19, Box 20, Box 21, Box 22, Box 23

Instructional materials

Box 24, Box 25, Box 26, Box 27, Box 28, Box 29, Box 30, Box 31, Box 32, Box 33, Box 34, Box 35, Box 36, Box 37

La Aventura de la historia publications

Box 38, Box 39

Other materials