The Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library is a library located in the center of campus at the University of Southern California (USC).
Doheny Library
Edward Laurence Doheny was an American oil tycoon who, in 1892, drilled the first successful oil well in the Los Angeles City Oil Field. His success set off a petroleum boom in Southern California, and made him a fortune when, in 1902, he sold his properties.
Doheny, 1920s
Edward L. Doheny poses with his lawyer Frank J. Hogan in this 1924 photo
Edward L. Doheny and his granddaughter, Lucy Estelle, c. 1928