Finding aid for the USC Faculty papers 5026

Sarah Jardini for History Associates Incorporated
USC Libraries Special Collections
2022 March
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0189
specol@usc.edu


Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: USC Faculty papers
Creator: Brown, Ruth Wentworth, 1881-1972
Creator: Gaw, Alison, 1877-
Identifier/Call Number: 5026
Physical Description: 0.44 Linear Feet 1 box
Date (inclusive): circa 1898-1962
Abstract: This collection contains the papers of USC head of the Department of Classical Languages, Dr. Ruth Brown, and head of the Department of English Language and Literature, Dr. Alison Gaw.
Language of Material: English.
Container: 1

Scope and Contents

This collection contains the papers of USC head of the Department of Classical Languages, Dr. Ruth Brown, and head of the Department of English Language and Literature, Dr. Alison Gaw. Collection includes an inventory in box.
Dr. Brown's papers include early USC Phi Beta Kappa records: applications, invitations for the 1929 installation event, and early meeting minutes, and Daily Trojan clippings. Also included are clippings and pamphlets related to Brown and other USC faculty members.
Dr. Gaw's papers include a report card from her early education, correspondence, English department newsletters, a poem by Gaw, and contemporary plays compiled by Gaw.

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Rights Statement for Archival Description

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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.

Preferred Citation

[Box/folder no. or item name], USC Faculty papers, Collection no. 5026, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Processing Information

Collection is unprocessed.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Administrative records
Clippings
Correspondence
Brown, Ruth Wentworth, 1881-1972 -- Archives
Gaw, Alison, 1877- -- Archives
Phi Beta Kappa -- Archives