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Content LORI DINKIN: REFLECTIONS OVER 100 YEARS
By Sarah Brown
________________________________________________________________________
A Thesis Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC ANNENBERG SCHOOL
FOR COMMUNICATION AND JOURNALISM
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for Degree
MASTER OF ARTS
SPECIALIZED JOURNALISM
December 2020
Copyright 2020 Sarah Brown
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Acknowledgements

I would like to express my deepest gratitude to my thesis committee chair, Professor Dan
Birman, who continuously pushed me to realize my potential as a storyteller in the video
medium. His encouragement and guidance were crucial to my growth as a critical thinker and
documentarian. I would also like to thank Professor Diane Winston and Professor Philip Seib,
my committee members, both of whom have inspired and fostered my interest and pursuit of
long-form journalism, international reporting, and reporting on Jewish issues. I would not be the
journalist I am without the generous help and support of these professors. I would also like to
thank my fellow Specialized Journalism classmates, Evan Jacoby and Paige Engelhardt Smith,
for their constant support and belief in my ability to tell this story.
I would like to thank Jamie Freedman, Lori’s granddaughter, for providing me with
family photographs. Lastly, I would like to thank Lori Dinkin. Despite the long hours of
interviews and filming, Lori was consistently helpful, kind, warm, and welcoming. The
friendship I formed with her throughout the filming process is something I will cherish forever.

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Table of Contents
Acknowledgements..……………………………………………………………………………. ii
Abstract…………………………………………………………………………………………. iv
Documentary Link……………………………………………………………………………….1
Narrative……………………………………………………………………………………….... 2
Part I: Background
Part II: Process
Part III: Reflections/Conclusion
Documentary Script……………………………………………………………………………. 9
Bibliography…………………………………………………………………………………… 15
Annotated Discography

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Abstract
Lori Henrietta Dinkin is a 100-year-old German-Jewish refugee who was born in the Free
City of Danzig (Now Gdańsk, Poland) in 1919. As a young woman growing up in Danzig, she
faced anti-Semitism from friends, schoolteachers, strangers, and Nazi officers alike. Dinkin fled
Danzig in April, 1939 due to the growing Nazi threat, and eventually immigrated to the United
States. Now, at age 100, Dinkin recalls stories from her teenage years and reflects on how her
life experiences have shaped who she is today. Told from her home in Los Angeles, California,
this is Dinkin’s story.
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Documentary Link

https://youtu.be/xeoWCGt2-fM

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Narrative
Part I: Background
Throughout my time in USC Annenberg’s Specialized Journalism program, I realized my
passion for reporting not only on international affairs and human rights issues, but also on the
Jewish community at large, and subsequently on anti-Semitism and neo-Nazism. These interests
stem from my concern about the rise of anti-Semitism and xenophobia on government and
citizen levels, which has seen around the world in recent years, specifically in the United States
and Europe (Anti-Defamation League 2019; European Agency for Fundamental Human Rights
2018). My Jewish ancestry and family history also guided me toward this subject.
During my time at Annenberg, I spent time at the USC Shoah Foundation at USC’s
Levey Library watching oral history videos from Holocaust witnesses and survivors, did
historical research on Kindertransport, spoke with experts on Holocaust history and anti-
Semitism, and attended events and lectures related to reporting on survivors of genocide and
human rights violations (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, n.d.). When it came time
to choose a subject for my thesis, I knew I wanted to follow my interest and dig deep into
modern anti-Semitism, but I wasn’t sure through which lens I would tell the story.
I knew of Lori Dinkin through a family friend, but had never met her; however, when I
spoke to her for the first time in October, 2019, I knew I had found something special. Dinkin
told me about her life in great detail, including her teenage years when everything changed
because of the growing Nazi presence in the Free City of Danzig, where she grew up. Danzig
was a majority-German semi-independent city-state located near the Baltic Sea that existed
between 1919 and 1939; It became part of Poland after World War II and is now recognized as
the Polish city of Gdańsk (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, n.d.). Dinkin told me
stories about how she experienced discrimination and anti-Semitism from friends, strangers, and
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Nazi officers alike; She told me about lost friendships, run-ins with the Gestapo, and where she
was the evening of Kristallnacht (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, n.d.). Dinkin also
talked about what came after she escaped Danzig in April of 1939: her immigration to England,
and then to the United States; her reunion with her family in Los Angeles; meeting her husband;
getting married and having children; her lifelong commitment to her Jewish faith and identity;
and, of course, what life is like at age 100.
When I met Dinkin in person, we discussed politics and current affairs over tea and
madeleine cookies. I was immediately impressed by how active she was both physically and
intellectually. She expressed her disdain for the current administration, often referring to
President Donald Trump as “the Fuhrer” and describing the parallels she saw between Trump
and Adolf Hitler (Encyclopedia Britannica, n.d.). She acknowledged their differences, but
nevertheless expressed deep concern about what the Trump presidency and growing anti-
Semitism and xenophobia meant for Jews and other minorities in the United States (Anti-
Defamation League 2019). The recent increase in anti-Semitic incidents, including the shooting
at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, made Dinkin sick, and she was adamant about the
necessity of a change in power in the upcoming presidential election (Mele, Robertson,
Tavernise 2018). She often remarked that if she could live long enough to see her favorite
candidate, Joe Biden, win the election, that would be enough for her.
In addition to news and current affairs, Dinkin also discussed her engagement in the Los
Angeles Jewish community: she worked as a religious school teacher for 10 years at Temple
Ahavat Shalom, and is currently the oldest volunteer at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los
Angeles where she works at the information desk every other week.
Beyond Dinkin’s remarkable history and engagement in modern politics and her
community, she had a bigger story to tell— One of resilience, strength, and mortality. It was the
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perfect meeting of elements: a first-person account of the rise of anti-Semitism in the years
leading up to the Holocaust, a reflection on modern anti-Semitism and politics, and an inspiring
story of a 100-year-old Jewish woman who still lives her life to the fullest, despite the hardships
she’s encountered. Dinkin’s memories, life, and lessons are important. Preservation and
reflection are important. I knew I wanted to tell Dinkin’s story.

Part II: Process
Video documentary was the ideal medium through which to tell Dinkin’s story. I tried
writing a portion of her story, but soon realized it would have a stronger impact if my audience
could see her face, hear her voice, and enter her life in an intimate way. So, with the
encouragement of Professor Dan Birman, I decided to pursue a video documentary to tell the
story of Lori Dinkin’s life.
Video allowed me to get incredibly personal with Dinkin, and tell her story in the most
compelling way possible. With the visual medium, I was able to capture the fine wrinkles in her
face, the rasp and strength in her voice, and the delicate nature of her hands when they moved; I
was able to capture her animated facial expressions, thick German accent, and distinct sense of
humor. Additionally, video allowed me to capture one of the most remarkable things about
Dinkin— her mobility. Reading about a 100-year-old woman who goes to a beauty salon once a
week is different than watching that process play out: How does she get ready? How does she get
there? Can she walk herself? Video helped me convey Dinkin’s extraordinary life of
independence at age 100.
Most importantly, video helped me capture Dinkin’s positive spirit and playful
personality. In the first sequence of the documentary, we watch Dinkin interacting with her
caregiver, who is trying to help Dinkin out of the kitchen. “Remember, you’re supposed to push
the chair back so you don’t slide,” says the caregiver. “Yeah, yeah, I know,” Dinkin responds in
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a dismissive tone— she often scoffed at being told what to do. In my favorite sequence in the
documentary, Dinkin pulls a large knife from a knife holder, and proceeds to use it to make a
bagel and lox for lunch. When she retrieves the knife, she flashes a mischievous smile at the
camera: It was clear she knew the image of her holding a large knife was amusing. It is in these
subtle (and comedic) moments that the audience gets to know Dinkin not just for her stories
about her past and experiences with anti-Semitism, but for her personality and who she is today.
My goal when filming and editing the story was to let my audience experience Dinkin’s warmth,
strength, and humor, despite her past filled with fear and uncertainty. It was important to me to
fully capture her as a person of the present and not as a victim of the past.
Creating the documentary and using the visual medium did come with its own set of
challenges. One of my greatest concerns about making a documentary about a 100-year-old
woman was her possible physical or mental limitations. I had to constantly check in with Dinkin
to see if she needed a break, and be especially mindful of how much time I took to set up and
adjust my equipment. Additionally, I was unable to request that Dinkin pause in her movement
or go back to redo something for a shot. This put a lot of pressure on shooting days when I knew
I had to capture the shots I needed perfectly on the first try. I could not ask a 100-year-old
woman to walk down steps again so that I could get a better shot— either I got the shot in the
moment, or I didn’t. I also understood the stress a large camera and microphone could cause
Dinkin at any point, and had to be extremely sensitive and cautious about how I was taking up
space. On top of these restrictions, Dinkin expressed some of her own. She requested that she not
be filmed doing certain things like putting on make-up, sitting in certain locations in her house,
or while she was volunteering at the Skirball Cultural Center. I felt it was essential to record her
volunteering at the Skirball, actively contributing to the Jewish community she loves so deeply,
to emphasize her commitment to Jewish culture and education. However, she was uncomfortable
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with my being at the Skirball with a camera, so I decided on a different visual
approach. Although I was assertive with what I needed for the documentary and maintained
professionalism throughout the process, I had to be particularly sensitive to Dinkin’s requests
and honor them even if they conflicted with my vision.
I could say these were unwelcome roadblocks, but I am grateful and humbled to have
been challenged in these ways. I had to be more creative and resourceful when filming, adapt and
adjust on the spot, and change my plans when things weren’t working. I had to do my job as a
journalist and documentarian, but also acknowledge the unique set of circumstances specific to
Dinkin. All of these experiences helped me gain more confidence in the craft of visual
storytelling.
Lastly, I had to be especially sensitive during my interviews with Dinkin. The stories she
shared and the topics she covered were naturally associated with past trauma, and held
undeniable weight and pain for her. Going into the process of telling her story, I knew my job
would be to employ the highest set of ethical standards when it came to asking difficult questions
that might trigger an emotional memory or response. I was acutely aware of my responsibility to
be compassionate and empathetic as I moved through the interview process, and to slow things
down or stop completely if my questions were overwhelming her. Dinkin would sometimes get
tired if we spoke about her past for too long, or worked up if we discussed current affairs or
American politics. When she communicated that she’d had enough for the day, we would stop,
and I would save my questions for another day. The most important thing for me was to be
sensitive to her physical and emotional needs.
A big challenge was the introduction of the COVID-19 pandemic during the course of
filming the documentary. It became an unfortunate roadblock in my ability to complete
interviews and record other footage. I had a few more days of filming scheduled with Dinkin,
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but for health and safety reasons, these were cancelled. I was looking forward to recording more
interviews with Dinkin so that I could apply what I’d learned from previous days of shooting and
gain better footage to work with for the final cut. Nevertheless, I was able to make do with what
was already shot.

Part III: Reflection/Conclusion
I believe I accomplished more with the documentary than is demonstrated in the footage
and final cut itself. The final cut includes bits and pieces of what I initially set out to do, but the
result was something I never expected. What started as mission to discuss and address modern-
anti-Semitism turned into a human-interest story of strength, resilience, and lessons learned. The
story took shape and molded itself into a profile piece that documented the long and
extraordinary life of a German-Jewish refugee, who, at 100 years old, can recall detailed
memories from her past and apply them to how she walks through life today. I was able to
capture Dinkin’s personality, views, and values in a short amount of time. However, if I’d had
more time and resources, I could have made a much longer and more in-depth documentary. She
had so many stories to tell— and not just stories of pain, but ones of joy and relief. She had
stories about the Jewish youth group she was a part of in Danzig, which she called her “savior,”
during Nazi times; about the host family she lived with in England, the boat to America, and the
contributions she made to the Greater Los Angeles community throughout her life. I would have
liked to include it all, but I will save those stories for another project.
Overall, I would have liked to include more about Dinkin’s life and experiences, her
investment in modern politics, and her concern about modern anti-Semitism. I did conduct
interviews with an expert from the Anti- Defamation League, as well as a historian and specialist
in Holocaust and German-Jewish studies, but chose not to include them in this story. These
interviews did, however, inform and give me insight into the current issue of rising anti-
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Semitism, as well as the period of history Dinkin lived through. These interviews provided
context and enriched my overall understanding of how I wanted to tell the story and proceed in
my creative process.
To conclude, I am grateful to have had the opportunity and encouragement to tell this
story. Beyond learning the technical and creative skills of making a documentary, I gained
experience that will help me progress as a communicator, storyteller, and journalist.
Additionally, I am grateful to have been able to explore a subject and topic I care so deeply
about. There were many times throughout the process, often during Dinkin’s interviews, where I
stopped and thought to myself, “This is why I do this.” A single story is incredibly powerful, and
I am honored I was able to capture and share Dinkin’s story with the world.

Lori Dinkin: Reflections Over 100 Years
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Script

LORI DINKIN: REFLECTIONS
OVER 100 YEARS
BY SARAH BROWN
YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/xeoWCGt2-fM

Text card

Lori Henrietta Dinkin is a German-Jewish refugee born
in the Free City of Danzig in 1919 (Now Gdańsk,
Poland).

She fled in April 1939, facing a growing Nazi threat in the
city, just four months prior to the start of World War II
(Shoah Resource Center n.d.)

She was booked passage on a Canadian ship that
departed from England, and she arrived in America via
Montréal in October of 1939.

Shot of Lori Dinkin’s home
Text

Valley Village
Los Angeles, California
VO LORI DINKIN
Title: Lori Dinkin, German-
Jewish refugee

Shots of items inside Lori
Dinkin’s home
A Jewish teacher, who was a very good teacher, was
replaced by a Nazi teacher. And her name was Dr. Niklas.
She was teaching German. And by the time she was
teaching in our class, we Jewish girls had to be shunted to
the back of the class. And the teacher, Dr. Niklas came
into the class with a “Heil Hitler!” And then she went like
this “1,2,3,4,5, Jewish girls… I want you to stand up.”
And she said, “I want to tell you Jewish girls right now,
you will never get a good grade in German because
you’re not German, you’re Jews.”

NATURAL SOUND

Title Card
Lori kitchen

Lori Dinkin: Reflections Over 100 Years
VO LORI DINKIN

Lori drinking tea, eating breakfast
in kitchen
My name is Lori Dinkin, and my maiden name was Boss,
B-O-S-S. I was born in the former Free City State of
Danzig, which is located near the Baltic Sea. And I’m a
hundred years old. Yeah, June 2
nd
, 1919, that’s my
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birthdate. And I’m getting old and zerkochen. I am old
and zerkochen, not getting.

VO LORI DINKIN

Family photo montage (J.
Freedman, unpublished data,
April 15, 2020).

Storyblocks Music:
“Bach Cello Suite #1”
bach-cello-suite-1_fkq2nSB.mp3

I had three brothers. They were younger than I am. And
my parents, of course. And we lived with my father’s
father… my grandfather. We called him Opapa. My father
was Vati, my mother, Mutti… you know, typical German.
And my brothers, whom I ignored most of the time… But
we all got along pretty well, we really did.

VO LORI DINKIN

Lori sitting at kitchen table,
talking to caregiver
We had a very strict German upbringing, and we had a
very comfortable, very, very affluent life until the Nazis
came to Danzig. You know, like many, many refugees,
this is our story.
VO LORI

Storyblocks Loop:
“City Center Walking Crowd
Looping”
city-center-walking-crowd-
looping-zymUvSEu.mp3

Archival footage of Danzig in
1937 during Nazi times
(Credit: United States Holocaust
Memorial Museum, gift of and
Julien Bryan Archive).

Danzig was a very cultural city. We used to go to the
opera, we used to go to the music performances. All these
things started stopping little by little by little. The Nazis
were everywhere in the city all around us. I mean you
couldn’t miss the uniforms, they were everywhere! We
were not even allowed to go to the beaches because we
were contaminating them! You wouldn’t go, you just
wouldn’t go.
NATS

Lori kitchen, caregiver helps Lori
stand up and leave kitchen

VO LORI

Lori walks to a closet and puts on
coat, gets ready to leave
One of my school friends, her name was Annemarie, and
we were together a lot. Her father was a veterinarian and
lived outside of the city limits, so she was in our house
quite often. And for a while she was put in a different
class, and I hadn’t seen her for a while. So, one day I saw
her walking, and I went up to her. I said, “Annemarie,
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how come I haven’t seen you for a while?” She
turned…spat right in my face.

VO LORI

Lori gets into the caregiver’s car
And I realized that she had on the brown shirt, brown
skirt, the swastika, and she was with two other girls who
were laughing at me.
VO LORI

Lori in car, and leaving house
And I ran to call her mother, and her mother said to me,
“Lori don’t ever, ever call here again. If I were to say
something to her about this encounter, she would report
me to her superior. And I realized that things were never
gonna be the same. You know, you wonder which one of
the events are the wake-up call, you wonder. But, you
know, putting all of this together, you realize things were
bad.

NATURAL SOUND

Daisy, Lori’s caregiver and Lori
enter parking lot of salon

NATURAL SOUND

Lori in salon, sitting down to get
nails done

VO LORI DINKIN

Sequence of Lori getting her nails
done
Every week I have my hair done. Every other week I have
my nails done. I keep myself going that way. What can I
say? But I… I go religiously.
NATURAL SOUND

Lori and manicurist banter

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VO LORI DINKIN

Lori getting nails done in salon

When I was living in Danzig, I had terrible, terrible pain
on the one side of my face. And I thought, “Well.” I went
to the dentist, and there was nothing wrong with my teeth.
And I thought “How am I going to emigrate? How am I
going to be in England with this pain?” The minute I got
to England my pain was gone. Yeah. And so, it was
probably some kind of nerve situation. You know you’re
in the middle of things, you’re not really aware. You have
to step away from it. And I remember going to England,
and when a bunch of young people came toward me, I
used to walk on the other side of the street. And that I had
to overcome…the fear. And there was a lot of fear I didn’t
realize I had.

NATURAL SOUND

Lori and hairdresser banter

VO LORI DINKIN

Lori sits in chair and gets her hair
done by hairdresser
This is my home. Yeah, I like it here. I’ve made lots and
lots and lots of good friends. And I’ve made a life, you
know. You have to make a life. You can’t constantly look
back. You have to make your life. And I have made my
life. And I’m blessed with wonderful children, and
grandchildren, and my little great-grandchildren. So,
that’s a real blessing.

NATURAL SOUND

Lori finishes getting her hair
done, thanks hairdresser, and
leaves salon

NATURAL SOUND

Shot of Lori house in afternoon

VO LORI DINKIN

Lori in kitchen, grabbing knife
and moving around kitchen
making a bagel for lunch.
I belong to Temple Beth Hillel. My husband and I, we
joined when we moved to The Valley, and that was the
best thing we could have done. I took every lecture I
could think of at the temple, and I wanted my children to
have a Jewish education. That was very important to me. I
feel education is very important. I was a religious school
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teacher at Temple Ahavat Shalom in Northridge for 10
years.

VO LORI DINKIN

Lori puts kitchenware away, gets
coffee. Then sits down to eat.
And I am the oldest volunteer at the Skirball. And
Skirball is a Jewish museum, and also outreach into the
community at large. I work every other week at the
information desk. I think it is important for Jews to
understand what our religion is all about and to carry on
the tradition. And I’m so happy that my grandchildren
understand it, and teach their children.
Transition

Shots looking outside window,
and inside of Lori’s television
room.

VO LORI DINKIN

Lori sits in armchair in television
room, and reads by lamp light.

CU of her eyes reading
Audioblocks Music:
“Happy Gmaj Piano”
jdi-0314-happy-gmaj-piano.mp3

These are not very good times, as far as I’m concerned.
I’m worried because this is Trump country now. And it
really scares me, it really does. You read the paper and,
you know, you get kind of sick to your stomach, that’s all.
Say “My god, what’s happening?” You know, Pittsburgh
and other places (Robertson, Mele, Tavernise 2018. You
have now, fences around synagogues, that’s scary (Stack
2020; Lipstadt 2019)! It’s just terrible. All I can say, I’m
hoping things will change… I hope they do. And I do
hope that we will change it at the ballot box. If I live long
enough, I’m gonna find out if there’s something I can do
for the election.

SOT LORI DINKIN

Interview footage, sitting in living
room.
I have a lady who does my hair and he said, “It is what it
is.” That’s the truth. I can’t change the world, I can’t! But
you just change your own little corner. That’s all, that’s
all you can do.

Text cards: Ending text cards

Storyblocks Music:
“Bach Cello Suite #1”
bach-cello-suite-1_fkq2nSB.mp3

Card 1: The End.

Card 2: Credits

Card 3: Featuring Lori Dinkin
Who celebrated her 101
st
birthday on June 2
nd
, 2020

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Card 4: In Partnership with the University of Southern
California Annenberg School for Communication and
Journalism

Card 5: Special Thanks To:

End.

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Annotated Discography

Bach Cello Suite No. 1 with Keith Antony Holden (cellist). n.d. “Bach Cello Suite #1.” John
Sebastian Bach. MP3 audio. Storyblocks.

“City Center Walking Crowd Looping.” n.d. MP3 audio. Storyblocks.

Abstract (if available)

Abstract Lori Henrietta Dinkin is a 100-year-old German-Jewish refugee who was born in the Free City of Danzig (Now Gdańsk, Poland) in 1919. As a young woman growing up in Danzig, she faced anti-Semitism from friends, schoolteachers, strangers, and Nazi officers alike. Dinkin fled Danzig in April, 1939 due to the growing Nazi threat, and eventually immigrated to the United States. Now, at age 100, Dinkin recalls stories from her teenage years and reflects on how her life experiences have shaped who she is today. Told from her home in Los Angeles, California, this is Dinkin’s story.

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Core Title Lori Dinkin: reflections over 100 years

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Defense Date 10/02/2020

Publisher University of Southern California (original), University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Tag 100 years old,1919,2020 election,antisemitism,City of Danzig,Gdansk, Poland,German-Jewish,Hitler,holocaust,jew,Jewish,Lori Dinkin,Los Angeles,OAI-PMH Harvest,Poland,reflection,refugee,Trump

Language English

Contributor Electronically uploaded by the author (provenance)

Advisor Birman, Daniel (committee chair), Seib, Philip (committee member), Winston, Diane (committee member)

Creator Email saraharielbrown@gmail.com

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/usctheses-c89-380984

Unique identifier UC11666161

Identifier etd-BrownSarah-9030.pdf (filename),usctheses-c89-380984 (legacy record id)

Legacy Identifier etd-BrownSarah-9030.pdf

Dmrecord 380984

Document Type Thesis

Rights Brown, Sarah

Type texts

Source University of Southern California (contributing entity), University of Southern California Dissertations and Theses (collection)

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Repository Name University of Southern California Digital Library

Repository Location USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 2810, 3434 South Grand Avenue, 2nd Floor, Los Angeles, California 90089-2810, USA