Verle Annis
Processing Information
The Verle and Elizabeth Annis papers used to be split into two separately described collections: one collection titled the
Verle Annis papers and the other the Elizabeth Annis papers. In 2021, the USC Libraries merged the two collections into a
single collection and described all of its contents under this finding aid. The collection titled Elizabeth Annis papers (the
smaller of the two) had been given the collection number 5166. After combining the collections, USC Libraries deleted the
collection record numbered 5166, which had never been published.
In 2023, the USC Architecture and Fine Arts (AFA) Library transferred a separate collection of Verle Annis' glass photographic
plates to the USC Libraries Special Collections. The AFA collection had not been documented in a finding aid prior to this
transfer.
The current combined finding aid divides the boxes in the collection into three series: (i) Verle Annis, (ii) Elizabeth Annis,
and (iii) Glass plate photographs transferred from the USC Architecture and Fine Arts Library. This division reflects the
previously separate collections. However, the Verle Annis series still contains material created by and/or belonging to Elizabeth
Annis and--to a lesser extent--the Elizabeth Annis series holds some of Verle's papers.
Box 5, Box 6
Black and white photographs
Box 1, Box 3
Course materials, photographs, correspondence, and other material
Box 7
Family photographs and correspondence
Box 4
Mounted photograph and rolled architectural designs
Box 10, Box 11, Box 12, Box 13
Photo index file cards (removed from drawers) relating to architecture in Latin America
Box 2
Photo index file cards (still in drawers) with photographic prints, negatives, and notes
Elizabeth Annis
Processing Information
The Verle and Elizabeth Annis papers used to be split into two separately described collections: one collection titled the
Verle Annis papers and the other the Elizabeth Annis papers. In 2021, the USC Libraries merged the two collections into a
single collection and described all of its contents under this finding aid. The collection titled Elizabeth Annis papers (the
smaller of the two) had been given the collection number 5166. After combining the collections, USC Libraries deleted the
collection record numbered 5166, which had never been published.
In 2023, the USC Architecture and Fine Arts (AFA) Library transferred a separate collection of Verle Annis's glass photographic
plates to the USC Libraries Special Collections. The AFA collection had not been documented in a finding aid prior to this
transfer.
The current combined finding aid divides the boxes in the collection into three series: (i) Verle Annis, (ii) Elizabeth Annis,
and (iii) Glass plate photographs transferred from the USC Architecture and Fine Arts Library. This division reflects the
previously separate collections. However, the Verle Annis series still contains material created by and/or belonging to Elizabeth
Annis and--to a lesser extent--the Elizabeth Annis series holds some of Verle's papers.
Box 18
1920s children's books from France, puppets, and other material
Box 16, Box 17
Correspondence, manuscripts, yearbook, travel journals, letters to publishers, and other material
Box 9
Pamphlets and ephemera from Latin America, correspondence, and other material
Box 14, Box 15
Postcards from Latin America, Spain, and Portugal
Box 19, Box 20, Box 21, Box 22, Box 23, 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, Box 38, Box 39, Box 40, Box 41, Box 42, Box 43, Box 44, Box 45
Glass plate photographs transferred from the USC Architecture and Fine Arts Library
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred from the USC Architecture and Fine Arts Library, March 10, 2023.
Scope and Contents
27 boxes of glass plate photographs of architecture, art, and other subjects by Verle Annis. Most of the photographs are black
and white glass positives, but there are also some glass negatives and color positives. There are approximately 80 slides
in each box. Most of the boxes are unlabeled and without a meaningful arrangement. A few of the boxes arrived with handwritten
labels: "Antigua / Peru"; "Architecture"; "Antigua / Mexico / Guatemala"; "Prints Italian Paintings"; "Architecture"; "Peru";
"Antigua"; "Guatemala Antigua"; "Guatemala / Antigua"; "Persian Paintings / French Prints."
