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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Janet Samuelian papers
Creator:
Samuelian, Janet, 1934-2011
Identifier/Call Number: 0325
Physical Description:
31 Linear Feet
27 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1986-2005
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.
Language of Material:
English.
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]
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).
The collection is arranged alphabetically in order to facilitate access. Within each alphabetical grouping, Ms. Samuelian's
original order has been maintained.
Advance notice required for access.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian.
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.
[Box/folder# or item name], Janet Samuelian papers, Collection no. 0325, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of
Southern California
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Armenian American artists -- Archival resources
Armenian Americans -- Archival resources
Arts, Armenian -- United States -- Archival resources
Authors, Armenian -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Audiotapes
Clippings
Correspondence
Ephemera
Video recordings
Samuelian, Janet, 1934-2011 -- Archives