Finding aid for the Verle and Elizabeth Annis papers 5266

Bo Doub and Barbara Robinson
USC Libraries Special Collections
2021 November
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0189
specol@usc.edu


Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Verle and Elizabeth Annis papers
Creator: Annis, Verle Lincoln
Creator: Annis, Elizabeth (1905-2000)
Identifier/Call Number: 5266
Physical Description: 23.46 Linear Feet 45 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1910-1978
Abstract: The Verle and Elizabeth Annis papers contain photographs, pamphlets, postcards, correspondence, architectural designs, and other material created by Verle and Elizabeth Annis. Verle Lincoln Annis (1897-1983) was a scholar and professor of architecture at the University of Southern California until 1962. Verle Annis wrote The Architecture of Antigua Guatemala 1543-1773, published in 1968. Elizabeth Naomi Annis (née Reed) (1905-2000) was a writer, traveler, and supporter of libraries, having served as a founding member of the Friends of the Library organization at the University of California, Irvine. The collection consists of photographs, pamphlets, and postcards from the Annis' travels in Latin America, Spain, and Portugal; a photo index of Latin American architecture on file cards; a few architectural designs; correspondence; travel journals; Verle Annis' course materials; an unpublished manuscript by Elizabeth Annis; and other material dating from approximately 1910 to 1978.
Language of Material: English , Spanish; Castilian , French .

Scope and Contents

The Verle and Elizabeth Annis papers contain photographs, pamphlets, postcards, correspondence, architectural designs, and other material created by Verle and Elizabeth Annis. Verle Lincoln Annis (1897-1983) was a scholar and professor of architecture at the University of Southern California until 1962. Verle Annis wrote The Architecture of Antigua Guatemala 1543-1773, published in 1968. Elizabeth Naomi Annis (née Reed) (1905-2000) was a writer, traveler, and supporter of libraries, having served as a founding member of the Friends of the Library organization at the University of California, Irvine. The collection consists of photographs, pamphlets, and postcards from the Annis' travels in Latin America, Spain, and Portugal; a photo index of Latin American architecture on file cards; a few architectural designs; correspondence; travel journals; Verle Annis' course materials; an unpublished manuscript by Elizabeth Annis; and other material dating from approximately 1910 to 1978.

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.

Preferred Citation

[Box/folder no. or item name], Verle and Elizabeth Annis papers, Collection no. 5266, University Archives, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Elizabeth Annis, 2000. The collection of glass plate photographs added to the collection as accrual no. 2023-007 was transferred from the USC Architecture and Fine Arts Library on March 10, 2023.

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.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Architects -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Architectural photography -- Archival resources
Architecture -- Guatemala -- Archival resources
Architecture -- Study and teaching -- Archival resources
Latin America -- History -- Archival resources
Latin America -- Study and teaching
Guatemala -- Description and travel -- Archival resources
Spain -- Description and travel -- Archival resources
Architectural drawings (visual works)
Architectural documents
Correspondence
Glass plate negatives
Negatives (photographic)
Photographic plates
Photographs
Postcards
Annis, Verle Lincoln -- Archives
Annis, Elizabeth (1905-2000) -- Archives

 

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 8

Negatives

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."