Finding aid for the University of Southern California Office of Student Affairs Songfest records 5022

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

URL: http://libraries.usc.edu/locations/special-collections

Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Special Collections

Title: University of Southern California Office of Student Affairs Songfest records

Creator: University of Southern California

Identifier/Call Number: 5022

Physical Description: 5.56 Boxes 8 boxes

Date (inclusive): 1954-2002

Abstract: Collection consists of records related to the annual USC Songfest talent show fundraiser.

Language of Material: English.

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Scope and Contents

Collection consists of records related to the annual USC Songfest talent show fundraiser. Records include programs, photographs, video recordings, and ephemera .

Biographical / Historical

Songfest was one of the oldest and largest university talent shows in the nation. USC campus organizations, primarily Greek Life, competed in musical and dance numbers to raise funds for the student-run Troy Camp, a charity dedicated to providing long-term mentorship for students in South Los Angeles. Songfest occurred from 1954 to 2015, then with the occasional programs in the following years.

Conditions Governing Access

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Rights Statement for Archival Description

Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

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], University of Southern California Office of Student Affairs Songfest records, Collection no. 5022, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Gerald S. Papazian, September 16, 1994.

Processing Information

Collection is partially processed.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Fund raising -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources

Student affairs administrators

Talent shows

University of Southern California -- Archives