Scope and Contents
Conditions Governing Access
Conditions Governing Use
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Preferred Citation
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Related Materials
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: David Boulé interview with Wally G. Shidler
Creator:
Boulé, David
Identifier/Call Number: 7120
Physical Description:
0.21 Linear Feet
1 box
Physical Description:
1.95 Gigabytes
19 computer folders and 530 computer files
Date (inclusive): 2016-2019
Abstract: A collection of material relating to a series of interviews with Wally Shidler, conducted by David Boulé. Wally G. Shidler
is a former motion picture engineer and collector of Southern California ephemera. David Boulé is an author, researcher, and
collector of items and information relating to the California citrus industry. The interview sessions combined last approximately
six hours and focus on Shidler's life and activities as a collector of materials on Los Angeles history, particularly materials
relating to transportation and entertainment in Southern California. The collection consists of a USB flash drive containing
the audio recordings of the interview sessions, which spanned 2016 to 2017. The collection also includes two folders of printed
materials, including transcriptions of the interview sessions, a folder of Wally Shidler's business cards, a short biography
of Shidler, outlines and planned questions for the interviews, and a synopsis about the interview project (titled
Wally's World: Los Angeles through Time & Space). The USB flash drive also contains text and image files relating to the project. All digital file and folder names from
the flash drive are listed in this finding aid under the record titled "Interview audio recordings and other digital files
on USB flash drive."
Language of Material:
English
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Scope and Contents
A collection of material relating to a series of interviews with Wally Shidler, conducted by David Boulé. Wally G. Shidler
is a former motion picture engineer and collector of Southern California ephemera. David Boulé is an author, researcher, and
collector of items and information relating to the California citrus industry. The interview sessions combined last approximately
six hours and focus on Shidler's life and activities as a collector of materials on Los Angeles history, particularly materials
relating to transportation and entertainment in Southern California. The collection consists of a USB flash drive containing
the audio recordings of the interview sessions, which spanned 2016 to 2017. The collection also includes two folders of printed
materials, including transcriptions of the interview sessions, a folder of Wally Shidler's business cards, a short biography
of Shidler, outlines and planned questions for the interviews, and a synopsis about the interview project (titled
Wally's World: Los Angeles through Time & Space). The USB flash drive also contains text and image files relating to the project. All digital file and folder names from
the flash drive are listed in this finding aid under the record titled "Interview audio recordings and other digital files
on USB flash drive."
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access. The materials described under the record titled "Interview audio recordings and other
digital files on USB flash drive" consist of digital computer files preserved in the USC Digital Repository. The files are
not publicly accessible online. Researchers wishing to request access should email specol@usc.edu.
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.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder no. or item name], David Boulé interview with Wally G. Shidler, Collection no. 7120, Regional History Collection,
Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of David Boulé, June 1, 2021.
Related Materials
Collection no. 7089: Wally G. Shidler collection of Southern California ephemera: https://archives.usc.edu/repositories/3/resources/2934
Subjects and Indexing Terms
California, Southern -- History -- Archival resources
California, Southern -- History, Local -- Archival resources
California, Southern -- Transportation -- Archival resources
Local history materials -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Born digital
Digital images
Interviews
Interviews (Sound recordings)
Transcripts
Boulé, David -- Archives
Shidler, Wally G. -- Interviews