Preferred Citation
Conditions Governing Access
Conditions Governing Use
Scope and Content
Acquisition
Title: University of Southern California oral histories
Collection number: 0180
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.0 Linear feet
1 box
Date (inclusive): 1960-1970
Abstract: Tapes and transcripts of interviews conducted by librarian Dr. Robert Knutson on behalf of the University between 1960-70.
creator:
University of Southern California. Library. Dept. of Special Collections.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder# or item name], University of Southern California oral histories, Collection no. 0180, Special Collections, USC
Libraries, University of Southern California
Conditions Governing Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for access.
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.
Scope and Content
Tapes and transcripts of interviews conducted primarily by librarian Dr. Robert Knutson on behalf of the University between
1960-70. Included are interviews with literary notables such as Christopher Isherwood, William Inge, John Ciardi, Aldous Huxley,
Will and Ariel Durant, and Aldous Huxley, USC president Rufus B. von KleinSmid, USC dental professor Dr. John Somerville,
Los Angeles Olympics organizer Paul Ziffren, aeronautics professionals Harold Crary and Everett Drinkwater, and musician Dr.
Carl Dometsch.
Acquisition
Created for the University of Southern California libraries by Robert Knutson.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Ciardi, John, 1916-1986 -- Archives
Durant, Ariel -- Archives
Durant, Will, 1885-1981 -- Archives
Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963 -- Archives
Inge, William -- Archives
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986 -- Archives
Kleinsmid, Rufus Bernhard von, 1875-1964 -- Archives
Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968 -- Archives
University of Southern California. -- Archives
University of Southern California. -- History
Audiotapes
Authors--Interviews
Historians--Interviews
Los Angeles (Calif.)--History--Archival resources
Oral histories (document genres)
Transcripts