Finding aid for the Ersey O'Brien scrapbooks 7008

Finding aid prepared by Sue Luftschein

USC Libraries Special Collections

Doheny Memorial Library 206

3550 Trousdale Parkway

Los Angeles, California, 90089-0189

213-740-5900

specol@usc.edu

2014 March

Title: Ersey O'Brien scrapbooks

Collection number: 7008

Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Special Collections

Language of Material: English

Container: 1

Physical Description: 2.0 Linear feet 1 box

Date: 1950s-1980s

Abstract: The Ersey O'Brien scrapbooks consists of two ledger format spiral binders containing green bar computer paper that has been repurposed as scrapbook pages. The scrapbooks, one entitled "My friends" and the other "High School Memories," contain clippings and printed ephemera that document the activities of Jefferson High School alumni in Los Angeles from the 1950s through the 1980s.

creator: O'Brien, Ersey

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Conditions Governing Use

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.

Preferred Citation

[Box/folder# or item name], Ersey O'Brien scrapbooks, Collection no. 7008, Regional History Collection, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Scope and Content

The Ersey O'Brien scrapbooks consists of two ledger format spiral binders containing green bar computer paper that has been repurposed as scrapbook pages. The scrapbooks, one entitled "My friends" and the other "High School Memories," contain clippings and printed ephemera that document the activities of Jefferson High School alumni in Los Angeles from the 1950s through the 1980s.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Jefferson High School (Los Angeles, Calif.). -- Alumni and alumnae

O'Brien, Ersey -- Archives

African Americans--California--Los Angeles--History--20th century--Archival resources

Los Angeles (Calif.)--History--20th century--Archival resources

Los Angeles (Calif.)--Social life and customs--20th century--Archival resources

Scrapbooks