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Title: Allen A. Arthur photographs
Collection number: 5012
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
2.5 Linear feet
Nine binders
Date (bulk): Bulk, 1963-1976
Date (inclusive): 1963-1980
Abstract: Color photographic transparencies and black and white negatives with proof prints by Allen A. Arthur (1920-1999) showing San
Francisco and surrounding counties, California wineries, and the University of Southern California, dated 1963 to 1980. Arthur
was a veteran, a graduate of the University of Southern California, and founder of the public relations firm Allen A. Arthur
Plus Associates. He was also an occasional contributor to wine publications and the Los Angeles Times, arranger of California
winery tours, and photographer.
Physical description note: 120 mm color transparencies and black and white negatives with proof prints.
creator:
Arthur, Allen A.
[Box/folder# or item name], Allen A. Arthur Photographs, Collection no. 5012, University Archives, Special Collections, USC
Libraries, University of Southern California
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian.
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.
Advance notice required for access.
The photographic transparencies and negatives (with proof prints) were transferred into Print File pages from their original
boxes with the descriptive titles retained.
Allen A. Arthur was born in Kansas in January 24, 1920, as Allan A. Divilbiss. He attended the University of Southern California,
using the name Allen A. Arthur, where he was a member of Trovets (a student veterans group), president of Alpha Psi Omega,
an editor of the student handbook and of
Wampus humor magazine, and a presidential candidate for the student senate in 1951. He graduated in June 1952 with a Bachelor of
Science in Commerce and went on to found Allen A. Arthur Plus Associates, a public relations firm. He was active in USC General
Alumni Association and later a founder of the Trojan Caravan. He was also an occasional contributor to the
Los Angeles Times on various subjects including wines. He was a resident of the greater Los Angeles area and at the time these photographs
were taken, a resident of San Francisco. He moved to Champaign, Illinois, where he died on December 5, 1999. Arthur is buried
in Tisdale Cemetery in Cowley County, Kansas.
The Allen A. Arthur photographs consists of photographs of the University of Southern California, San Francisco and nearby
counties, and the California wine country, dated 1963 to 1980.
The boxes of transparencies and negatives were arranged into three series by major subject, "University of Southern California",
"San Francisco and California", and "California Wineries". One box with photographs of Hawaii and other locations is missing
at the time of this processing.
In two cases in Binder 7, transparencies for the Butler Winery were filed under "Korbel and Bros." and the Brookside Winery
under "Butler Winery". The original titles were retained despite the obviously misfiled contents. The existing content is
noted in the Scope and Content notes.
Gift of James L. Divilbiss, 1996.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Arthur, Allen A. -- Archives
University of Southern California. -- Photographs
Negatives (photographic)
Photographs
San Francisco (Calif.)--Photographs
Wineries--California--Photographs