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Partial Logo from Alternative Education Exchange information sheet, December 1975

n 1970, the notion of alternative or open schools under the public school system was proposed at the White House Conference on Children, and in 1972 Congress appropriated millions of dollars for cooperative education research. This concept of alternative schools was picked up by the education- and innovation-minded in California under the Los Angeles Unified School District’s wing and arose as a resolution to many educational problems in the state. This proposal coincided with....

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Ritual Cannibalism, image detail from the Codex Hall, F1219 .D5

A wide array of materials—papyrus, clay, and bronze, among others—have been used to preserve information. The codex, a Eurasian method of storing data dating back to at least the first century CE, was made of animal skins or plant matter; the sheets were bound along one edge, much like a modern book. Indigenous cultures of Mexico also had methods....

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Spine of two books reading "Administrative Records Vol. I" and "Vol. II", from the Los Angeles Weather Station Logbooks Archival Collection

The United States Weather Bureau was established within the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 1890. Prior to that it operated within the War Department. In 1970 the Weather Bureau became the National Weather Service (as it is known today) within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce....

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Photograph of actress, singer, dancer, and author, Janet Leigh from the Musicians, Singers, and Actors Photograph Collection

The Musicians, Singers, and Actors Photograph Collection is one of over 500 archival collections housed in Special Collections & Archives. In total, the collection has 83 images with most of them being printed photographs. A small portion of images are cut out of magazines....

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