Finding aid for the University of Southern California Library of Aeronautical History collection 0050

Marissa Chavez for History Associates Incorporated

USC Libraries Special Collections

2022 December

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 Library of Aeronautical History collection

Creator: University of Southern California. Library

Identifier/Call Number: 0050

Physical Description: 4.792 Linear Feet 5 boxes

Date (inclusive): 1918-1971

Abstract: This collection consists of the University of Southern California Library of Aeronautical History collections including photographs, newspapers, ephemera, scrapbooks, and other information related to aeronautical history.

Language of Material: English.

Container: 1

Container: 2

Container: 3

Container: 4

Container: 5

Scope and Contents

The University of Southern California Library of Aeronautical History collection includes photographs, newspapers, correspondences, newsletters, publications, periodicals, programs, books, timetables, comics, photocopies, pamphlets, ephemera, maps, flyers, and scrapbooks of the history of flight, flight races, the U.S. Air Mail service, commercial flights, flight school, and information about early planes.

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], University of Southern California Library of Aeronautical History collection, Collection no. 0050, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Processing Information

The boxes listed under this finding aid were found during shelf-reading following a 2019-2020 collections move from East Library to Grand Archives. The collection and its container records had not been described in ArchivesSpace prior to this move, but have since been added here to maintain physical control.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Aeronautics

Aeronautics -- History -- Archival resources

Libraries -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources

Science and technology libraries -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources

Photographs

News photographs

Newspapers

Newspaper clippings

Correspondence

Newsletters

Publications

Periodicals

Journals (periodicals)

Programs (documents)

Books

Schedules (time plans)

Comic books, strips, etc.

Photocopies

Ephemera

Printed ephemera

Scrapbooks

Maps

Pamphlets