Finding aid for the University of Southern California Alfred Mann Institute records 5021

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Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: University of Southern California Alfred Mann Institute records
Creator: University of Southern California
Identifier/Call Number: 5021
Physical Description: 1.125 Linear Feet 1 box
Date (inclusive): 1997-1998
Abstract: This collection consists of the founding documents associated with The Alfred E. Mann Institute for Biomedical Engineering at the University of Southern California (AMI-USC).
Language of Material: English.
Container: 1

Biographical / Historical

Alfred E. Mann was an American inventor and entrepreneur who specialized in medical devices. Through his supporting organization, The Alfred Mann Foundation, he started research institutes at USC, Purdue University, and the Israel Institute of Technology. Mann was also a Life Trustee at USC.
According to the Affiliation Agreement, The Alfred E. Mann Institute for Biomedical Engineering at the University of Southern California was formed as a non-profit research institute to engage in biomedical research to foster the development of medical devices with the ultimate goal of improving human health and wellbeing.

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of the founding documents associated with The Alfred E. Mann Institute for Biomedical Engineering at the University of Southern California (AMI-USC). Materials include correspondence, publications, and drafts of the Affiliation Agreement that formed the non-profit research institute under USC President Sample's leadership in 1998.

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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 Alfred Mann Institute records, Collection no. 5021, University Archives, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Processing Information

This collection is unprocessed.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Business records
Research institutes -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
University of Southern California -- Archives