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Ussher (Bruno) collection of Charles Chaplin papers
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Description
Collection is composed of a group photograph, an article, and autographed illustrations from Charlie Chaplin.
Background
Bruno David Ussher (1889-1963) was a German-Born musicologist and music critic. He received a D.Mus. from the University of Southern California in 1934 and taught at USC from 1931-1944. Ussher was a Los Angeles music critic for many years for different Los Angeles newspapers (Evening Express, Examiner), magazines, and scholarly journals into the 1950s. During the years 1938-1941, his column appeared in the Los Angeles Daily News (not connected with the current Los Angeles Daily News) and regularly covered film music. He was also production manager of the Hollywood Bowl concerts from 1935 to 1936 and he was project chief for eleven western states of the Federal Music Project from 1936-39.
Extent
0.08 Linear Feet 1 folder
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Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
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