Claude Zachary is University Archivist and Manuscripts Librarian in the University of Southern California Libraries’ Special Collections, where he has worked since 1998. He holds a BA from UC Santa Cruz and a Master of Library and Information Science, with an archival concentration, from UCLA, where he remains active in the Alumni Association. He has also been active in the Society of California Archivists since 1997, serving as president in 2005-2006, and in the Society of American Archivists since 1996, serving as chair of the College and University Archives Section, 2002-2004. He served on the executive committee of LA as Subject Archives Forum from 2000-2007. Zachary has co-authored several publications related to the architecture and history of USC and Los Angeles.