Formed in 1953, Friends of the USC Libraries is an organization of people who support USC Libraries, whether it be by way of monetary donations or their commitment through work at the libraries. One of the aims of this organization is to enrich the cultural climate of the Southern California community at large. University Archivist, Claude Zachary, University Archivist, Claude Zachary, digitized the recordings from June to August 2020 with the exception of the Mae West recordings, done in May 2019, and the Art Buchwald recordings, done in August 2013. The news clippings were downloaded from the Digital Library and the ProQuest LA Times Historic Newspaper collection. Friends of the USC Libraries digital recordings and news clippings holds audio recordings of events, one still image of Candy Frances and Chris Bergen at a Friends of the USC Libraries event, and PDF files and Word documents of news clippings from the Los Angeles Times and Daily Trojan. This is an ongoing collection

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