University of Southern California Poems

• Brian Kim Stefans — Reading-edition note and text-note author; digital editor
• Louis Wann — Original editor and foreword author
• Allison Gaw — Original editor and foreword author
• Roy T. Thompson — Original editor and foreword author
• Overne Abney — Poet
• Charlene Mynette Balcom — Poet
• Morgan B. Cox — Poet
• Pauline Garner Curran — Poet
• Dorothy M. Davis — Poet
• Gladys Gane — Poet
• Homer Gane — Poet
• Ethelean Tyson Gaw — Poet
• Susan Kimball Gilkerson — Poet
• Isabel McReynolds Gray — Poet
• Alma E. Gunning — Poet
• Frances Hall — Poet
• Snow Longley Housh — Poet
• Edith Marie King — Poet
• Josephine Monkman Koke — Poet
• Julia Norton McCorkle — Poet
• Leslyn MacDonald — Poet
• Carlyle F. MacIntyre — Poet
• Mary M. Matheson — Poet
• Norma Miller — Poet
• Betty Frazee Moses — Poet
• Ellinor L. Norcross — Poet
• Floy Bernice Palmer — Poet
• I. D. Perry — Poet
• W. Everett Scotten — Poet
• Lorraine Miller Sherer — Poet
• Homer A. Simmons — Poet
• Frank C. Tillson — Poet
• Eleanor Mary Titus — Poet
• Helen Walker Truesdell — Poet
• William Van Wyck — Poet
• Dorothy Lillis Walker — Poet
• Nellie Whybark — Poet

Broad format

Anthologies

Collection

California Poetry Anthologies

Document type

Poetry Anthology

Original title

University of Southern California Poems

Original publication date

1930

Editor

Louis Wann; Allison Gaw; Roy T. Thompson; Brian Kim Stefans (digital edition)

Compiler

Louis Wann; Allison Gaw; Roy T. Thompson

Original publisher

University of Southern California

Place of publication

Los Angeles, California

Language

English

Pagination

Primary local scan: 102 PDF pages. Comparison HathiTrust scan: 109 PDF pages. Digital reading edition: 98 PDF pages.

Available editions

Complete Digital Reading Edition

Edition type

Complete Digital Reading Edition

Subjects

Keywords

University of Southern California Poems Louis Wann Allison Gaw Roy T. Thompson Los Angeles USC 1930

Continuity notes

Part of the shared Anthologies and Documents collection.

Edition note

The complete anthology was reset from two independent scans. The correction pass repaired demonstrable OCR substitutions, false punctuation, running-header intrusions, scan-edge damage, and typographical line wraps while retaining meaningful indentation, stanza breaks, historical spelling, and supported printing quirks. Original printed poetry page numbers are shown throughout. The cover uses cardinal and gold, five expanding rings for the university’s first five decades, and an abstract colonnade without reproducing the university seal. The source scans remain private editorial evidence and are not part of the public upload.

Source note

All 96 poem titles, credited poets, and first reader-PDF pages were checked against the linked bookmark tree in the 98-page reading edition; front matter, biographical index, and text note are included.

Copyright notice

Copyright in the public-domain source text has expired in the United States. Copyright in the new editorial matter and design © 2026 Brian Kim Stefans.

Rights status

Public Domain

Rights basis

The original anthology was published in 1930 and entered the public domain in the United States in 2026. New editorial design and apparatus were prepared in 2026.

Suggested citation

Wann, Louis, Allison Gaw, and Roy T. Thompson, eds. University of Southern California Poems. Los Angeles: University of Southern California, 1930. Text/Tech Anthologies and Documents, reader's edition, 2026.