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University of Southern California
Doheny Memorial Library, 2nd floor, South wing
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, CA 90089
213-740-5900
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Political Papers in USC Libraries' Special Collections
The Department of Special Collections is home to many archival collections of political materials, with an especial emphasis on the papers of politicians and politics in California. These collections provide a broad and in-depth look at the history of politics in the Los Angeles area, within the state of California, and across the United States.
Politicians:
Yvonne Brathwaite Burke papers: Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
Osborne-Montague Family papers
Admiral William H. Standley papers
Political movements:
Abolish Cross Filing in California records
Amy C. Ransome collection on Women's Suffrage
California Hands Across America records
Political activists:
Political activity:
Citizens Committee to Save Elysian Park records
Crawford et al. v. Board of Education of the City of Los Angeles et al. records
Los Angeles Riots (1965) records
Mineral King Development records
Presidential campaign ephemera
Speakers' Club of Los Angeles records
Gregory Freeman Stone collection on the Robert F. Kennedy assassination
Union Pacific Tidelands records
University of Southern California School of Public Administration records
Government and non-governmental agencies:
Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department record
Los Angeles Bureau of Municipal Research reports, surveys, and other material
Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services records
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