USC Southern California Studies Center (SC2) records, 1992-2003

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Summary

Title:
USC Southern California Studies Center (SC2) records
Dates:
1992-2003
Creators:
University of Southern California. Southern California Studies Center and Dear, M. J. (Michael J.)
Abstract:
This collection consists of research documents, publications, newsletters, media coverage, grant information, and project proposals related to the University of Southern California's Southern California Study Center (SC2) for the duration of its existence (1995-2003).
Extent:
34.875 Linear Feet 31 boxes
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Box/folder no. or item name], USC Southern California Studies Center (SC2) records, Collection no. 0371, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of research documents, publications, newsletters, media coverage, grant information, and project proposals related to the University of Southern California's Southern California Study Center (SC2) for the duration of its existence (1995-2003). Materials include information on grants received from the James Irvine Foundation, and various conferences sponsored by SC2.

Biographical / historical:

The University of Southern California's Southern California Study Center (SC2) was an interdisciplinary center dedicated to documenting and studying life in Southern California in relation to its regional, national, and international connections. Much of the work produced by SC2 focused on the urban settings of the greater Los Angeles area and its people, culture, and socio-geography through its three initiatives: information and research, outreach, and curriculum.

SC2 was closely tied to the Department of Geography, and the School of Policy, Planning and Development within the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences at the University of Southern California. SC2's academic director was urban geographer Michael Dear who worked at USC from 1986-2009. Dear described SC2's central purpose was to "describe, explain, monitor and guide the regional transformations in socio-cultural, political and economic life in Southern California as they evolve through time and space".

Acquisition information:
Gift of Professor Michael Dear, the director of the Southern California Studies Center, upon the closing of the center.
Processing information:

This collection is unprocessed.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Sarah Jardini for History Associates Incorporated
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2022-04-07 11:02:59 -0700 .

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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 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], USC Southern California Studies Center (SC2) records, Collection no. 0371, 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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