Title: Watts Writers
Collection no: 177
Description: Clippings and documents concerning the Watts Writers Workshop (South Central Writers Workshop: Douglass House), founded in 1965 by novelist Budd Schulberg following the Watts riots. Contributed by Workshop member Jimmie Sherman (b. 1941) in 1993, the collection contains his "Reflections of a Nobody" (short story), "Ballad from the Sixties" (play with music), and "The Workin' Machine" (ballad), as well as Sherman's self-published language instruction materials.
Extent: 177-1
Library: Special Collections
Formats: Ephemera
Topics: Afro-American Studies, Los Angeles, Music, Theater and Drama
Access: Open for research
Use of this collection is by appointment only. Please contact:
- Name: Claude Zachary
- Title: University Archivist, Manuscripts Librarian
- Email: czachary@usc.edu
- Phone: 213-740-2587
- Fax: 213-740-2343
