Samuelian (Janet) papers, 1986-2005

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Summary

Title:
Janet Samuelian papers
Dates:
1986-2005
Creators:
Samuelian, Janet, 1934-2011
Abstract:
Papers of the Armenian-American journalist, covering the years 1986-2005 when Ms. Samuelian wrote interviews and reportage for The Armenian Observer and The Armenian Reporter International weekly newspapers and for Armenian International Magazine. Her research files for her book "Kero Antoyan: His Life and Art" (1988) are also included.
Extent:
31 Linear Feet 27 boxes
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Box/folder# or item name], Janet Samuelian papers, Collection no. 0325, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Background

Scope and content:

Papers of the Armenian-American journalist, covering the years 1986-2005 when Ms. Samuelian wrote interviews and reportage for The Armenian Observer and The Armenian Reporter International weekly newspapers and for Armenian International Magazine. Her research files for her book "Kero Antoyan: His Life and Art" (1988) are also included. The bulk of the collection consists of research files on Armenian artists, actors, directors, and musicians, as well as general subject files on topics such as the Armenian genocide and Armenian arts and culture (including festivals).

Biographical / historical:

Janet Samuelian was born September 22, 1934 in Mt. Vernon, N.Y. to her Armenian parents, Samuel and Zephyr Samuelian, immigrants from northern Persia, and grew in Scarsdale, N.Y., the elder of two children. Janet loved art from an early age and enrolled at The Cooper Union School of Art in New York City at age 18. There Janet met and later married architect Thomas Aidala, with whom she had two children. They moved first to California and, in 1960 to Rome, Italy. After the marriage ended in 1962, she came back to New York to raise her two children, first there and later in Berkeley, Calif. Janet worked as a graphic designer for Giaccio and Associates until 1969, then as a freelancer in Berkeley, and later on in the 1980's, for Merle Norman Cosmetics in Los Angeles. On her return to Manhattan in the 1960's, she befriended other Armenian-Americans and soon developed a lifelong passion for her ancestral culture. Moving back to Los Angeles in 1983, she became a writer for two American-based Armenian newspapers, The Armenian Observer and The Armenian Monitor, reporting on Armenian cultural events and figures, both here and abroad. [Adapted from The Desert Sun obituary, February 5, 2011]

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged alphabetically in order to facilitate access. Within each alphabetical grouping, Ms. Samuelian's original order has been maintained.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Sneha Salvi and Sue Luftschein
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-03-17 09:01:31 -0700 .

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Preferred citation:

[Box/folder# or item name], Janet Samuelian papers, Collection no. 0325, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Location of this collection:
Special Collections
Doheny Memorial Library, Room 209
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189, US
Contact:
(213) 740-5900
specol@usc.edu
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