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Detail from the front page of ‘Cosmos’ score, RSB, Box 12 Folder 8

A Septennial Review: Criticism and Praise in the Reginald Smith Brindle Collection

December 9, 2025

A National Guard member with a rifle and bayonet stands in the street in front of a crowd in Watts. A burned-out building is behind him and smoke fills the sky, 1965, League of Women Voters of Los Angeles Collection.

The National Guard in Los Angeles

October 7, 2025

Joseph Roos' CRC letterhead

Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles, Community Relations Committee Collection, Part 4

September 16, 2025

cartoon of woman sewing

International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union (ILGWU)

September 2, 2025

Detail of a father's signature from the Richard Embleton Correspondence Collection

Fathers in the Archives

June 10, 2025

Anatomy of a flowering plant, from high school herbarium

“Study nature, not books:” Maybelle Shaffner’s Southern California Herbaria

April 8, 2025

Chinese Government Railways Chief Engineers Office Envelope, Collins Family Collection

The Role of the Rail: Traveling to and Through China in the late 19th and early 20th century

March 28, 2025

Maxie Floyd and Sheri Kawaduchi at Happy Time Liquor, 1973, Box 63, Folder 4

Maxie Floyd: A Life with a Camera

March 11, 2025

Still from Bess Hawe's short documentary, “Pizza Pizza Daddy-O,” filmed in 1967

Black LA Sings: the Bess Lomax Hawes Student Folklore Collection

March 4, 2025

Detail from “La Noche Del Mariachi” invitation, 1995, Comisión Femenil San Fernando Valley Collection

Mariachi

February 11, 2025

Detail of technical studies written by educator Sam Saxe, Mimi Melnick Collection.

Jazz in the Archives

December 10, 2024

Detail from the cover of War Heroes Comic, Chase Craig Collection

Heroes

November 26, 2024

detail of an illustration from the article "Heroes of Health," October 19, 1933, LAHH

Public Health in the Early 20th Century

November 19, 2024

Cartoon illustration from Chase Craig’s retirement scrapbook, 1975, Chase Craig Collection, Box 37.

Retirement Traditions in the Archives

October 29, 2024

Michael Emery sitting for a photo in Costa Rica during one of his Central American trips. ca. 1985-1986. Box 3, Folder 1

The Journalist’s Log: The Mike Emery Collection

October 8, 2024

Source of Information Chart, The Eighth Annual Report to the Governor of the State of California, Board of Prison Terms and Paroles, July 1, 1938 to June 30 1939

Loudon and Latham: Records of the California Institution for Women at Tehachapi in the 1930s

September 24, 2024

Bulletin of the History of Medicine. Vern L. Bullough papers, Box 276 Folder 7

Menstruation: Misinformation, Fear, and Folklore

September 17, 2024

Margarita Piel McCoy's Notebook from People-to-People Urban Planning Delegation to Europe and the USSR

Margarita Piel McCoy

August 27, 2024

Governor Goodwin Knight and "Miss New Horizons" of the 1959 Union Products and Services Show

Los Angeles County Federation of Labor's Union Label Council

August 6, 2024

Psychological Warfare Branch graphic, ca. 1941-1945, Psychological Warfare Branch Scrapbook

The Library Innovation Grant Program & Metadata Remediation

July 23, 2024

Artist Richard Wyatt, Jr with his mural Hollywood Jazz: 1945-1972 at the Capitol Records building, 1990, Roland Charles Collection

Murals in Los Angeles

May 7, 2024

Detail of the title page from the Manuscript Cookbook, MCB, 1935.

Home Remedies: The Old Age Medicine

April 30, 2024

Flier urging resistance to toxic incineration with Vernon city limits. Mary Santoli Pardo Collection

Power and Politics in Print

April 16, 2024

Detail from Molina for Supervisor 1990-1991 campaign mailer, Frank del Olmo Collection, Box 148 Folder 18

Gloria Molina

March 12, 2024

Student Perspectives: San Fernando Valley High School Newspapers

February 20, 2024

Detail from “AIDS: The Facts” pamphlet distributed in New York, 1987. Vern L. Bullough Papers

HIV & AIDS, the early years in the United States

February 6, 2024

Strike against pay cuts sign, Paul J. Goldener United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, Local 645 Collection

Historic Strikes Across Los Angeles

January 23, 2024

Bobtown street sign

Bobtown: Robert Celestin and a Louisiana Township

November 28, 2023

Annual reports of the CSUN Counseling Center for 1972 to 1973 and 1973 to 1974

Suicide Prevention Week

October 3, 2023

Illustration from The Story of War Time Rationing, Los Angeles County Federation of Labor Collection

Rationing During World War II in the US

August 15, 2023

Portrait of William Shakespeare, from The first collected edition of the dramatic works of William Shakespeare, by William Shakespeare, 1564-1616, 1866, PR2751 .A15 18664

Lend Me Your Ears: Shakespeare in Special Collections

May 9, 2023

Sara Chitjian ID, American University

Zaruhy “Sara” Chitjian Collection

April 11, 2023

Volunteers work the phones representing multiple businesses and non-profit organizations during the Save Autistic Children telethon, circa 1978.

Autism Activists Harvey and Connie Lapin

April 4, 2023

Soochow, “Last Rites for Soochow,” Leatherneck, October 1948, Fred M. Greguras Papers

A Servicemember’s Best Friend

February 14, 2023

Detail of the cover art from “With You Beside Me,” score, 1899, M1622.M67 W47 1899

“Gone is the Sorrow”

February 7, 2023

Detail of a stone fireplace with a cat seated on it, Stone Houses of the San Fernando Valley Collection

Stonehurst Historic District

January 31, 2023

Liberated civilians during World War II

Allied Propaganda in the Lodge Collection

January 24, 2023

Typical Section for Route 64, illustration demonstrating the width of the future highway

CA 64 - The Valley’s Right of Way to the Beach

December 6, 2022

American Planning Association California Chapter Collection

November 15, 2022

Area E Alternative School

August 16, 2022

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

Weather Station Logbooks

June 21, 2022

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

Celebrity Photograph Collection

May 10, 2022

Johan Waldemar Haug Jensen

Old China Hands Archives Newsletter, Volume 2, Number 2

March 9, 2022

Women’s History in the Stacks

March 1, 2022

The Countess of Forlì : a poem for voices by Ann Stanford, PS3537 .T1815 C6 1985

Dr. Ann Stanford

November 30, 2021

Chinese Eastern Railway ticket

Old China Hands Archives Newsletter, Volume 2, Number 1

November 5, 2021

Vultee Aircraft award presentation program cover page, 1942

Southern California Arbitration Case Files Collection

November 2, 2021

Week of the Young Child promotional ephemera, 1971, California Association for the Education of Young Children Collection

Early Childhood Educator Associations

September 21, 2021

Terra cotta tile, Campo de Cahuenga, Studio City, 2003

Campo de Cahuenga

May 11, 2021

Dilapidated homes

A Look Back at a Previous LA Housing Crisis

April 6, 2021

Postcard, residence, Northridge, 1918

Northridge: the Early Years

March 30, 2021

Scrapbook, Girl Scouts Senior Roundup, Button State Park, Vermont, 1962

Hometown Heroes: Girl Scouts of the Crescenta Valley

March 9, 2021

Map of Tientsin

Old China Hands Archives Newsletter, Volume 1, Number 2

March 5, 2021

Freeway Records Exene Cervenka

Poetry at Bebop Records & Fine Art

February 23, 2021

Lockheed Air Terminal, East passenger concourse with TWA and American Airlines DC-3 aircraft, 1945

Coralie Hewitt Tillack Collection

February 2, 2021

Members of the Supreme Council of the Mexican-American Movement, May 1949.

Supreme Council of the Mexican American Movement Collection

January 26, 2021

Pacoima Farmers' Market banner, 1978-1981

Pacoima Revitalization, Inc. Collection

December 1, 2020

Passport stamp

Old China Hands Archives Newsletter, Volume 1, Number 1

November 13, 2020

Sam Yorty and Brad Pye, Jr. at City Hall, 1970

The Legacy of Brad Pye, Jr.

September 29, 2020

Marie in front of forty-eight star American flag, ca. 1912.

American Imperialism in the Philippines

September 22, 2020

Fire fighters from Fire Station 75 work to extinguish flames in Sylmar, June 19, 1980

Forest Fires in the Valley

September 15, 2020

Fernandeno Tataviam Tribe members at San Fernando Mission, 1974

San Fernando Rey de España at Achoicominga

September 8, 2020

Pamphlet, Fast for Life

Millie Moser Smith Papers

June 16, 2020

Portrait of Antonio Regalado Calvo, ca. 1920s

Antonio and Luz Mendez Calvo Family Collection

May 12, 2020

Certificate of Lawful Entry for Antonio R. Calvo

Interpreting a Trove of Forms and Applications

May 5, 2020

Envelope for letter from Alton Flanders to Mrs. Jason Coppernoll

Not so Distant: A Letter from 1919

April 28, 2020

Justice for Mary, May 29, 1987

Richard Bruland Bebop Records Art Posters Collection

April 21, 2020

Julian Nava and Mexican President, José López Portillo, ca. 1980

Julian Nava Collection

April 7, 2020

Fine Arts building at San Fernando Valley State College

Richard Neutra's Fine Arts Building

March 30, 2020

Cover, The Writings of St. Patrick

Saint Patrick in the Archives

March 10, 2020

Ida Nudel with Jane Fonda

Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles, Community Relations Committee Collection, Part 5

February 25, 2020

Free status affidavit for Lilly Scott and sons, 1822

Slavery and the Law

February 18, 2020

Registering for evacuation at San Francisco

Japanese-American Internment and Civil Rights

November 26, 2019

Front page of The AVC Bulletin, volume 4, number 5, May 1949

Celebrating 100 Years of Veterans Day

November 7, 2019

Diagrams showing various positions of the left hand, identical to images in the method of famed European guitarist and composer, Fernando Sor

Method Books and the Classical Guitar in America

November 5, 2019

Community Relations Committee correspondence from Fred Herzberg to William Gordon at Universal Pictures related to obtaining review materials for the short film "The House of Rothschild," January 19, 1948

Community Relations Committee of the Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles

September 17, 2019

From the USDA, a 1958 pamphlet to teach children arithmetic

California Federation of Teachers Collection

September 10, 2019

VICA members review plans

Industrial Association of the San Fernando Valley Collection

September 3, 2019

League of Women Voters of Los Angeles Collection

August 27, 2019

San Fernando Valley State College Groundbreaking Ceremony

CSUN's Founding Story

June 18, 2019

Cover, The Charles Weeks Poultry Colony No 2

Charles Weeks Collection

May 7, 2019

Douglas Cannon in the machine department of Bireley’s plant in North Hollywood

Frank W. Bireley Co.'s Local Orange Industry Innovation

March 26, 2019

Cover, Los Angeles, 1781-1981

The LA River

February 5, 2019

Undated identification form for Setty Sondheimer

Jewish Experiences in China during World War II

December 11, 2018

A.C.L.U. cartoon

Activism in the Archives

November 27, 2018

Classical guitar

The Infinite Forms of Music

November 20, 2018

First two pages of The Photograph

The Violet Atkins Klein Papers

October 26, 2018

Transvestia, volume 3, number 14, cover featuring Nancy, April 1962

Tolerance and Community: Virginia Prince and Transvestia Magazine

October 23, 2018

Artist John Banks works on his sculpture

‘Spaghetti Letters’

October 16, 2018

Portrait of a boy

John M. Sell Civil War Collection

October 9, 2018

My dear Mrs Shrader: I am writing to request that a special meeting of the YWCA Board be called to reconsider the Board actions taken on March 18th, protesting the signing of the loyalty affidavit, and to take action to sign the affidavit. Sincerely, Norma Woode

Deeds, Not Words: Women's Organizations and Loyalty Oaths

October 2, 2018

Invitation to The American West Exhibit

The Carl S. Dentzel Collection

September 25, 2018

Margaret Sanger

Margaret Sanger and the Women's Suffrage Movement

September 18, 2018

Hand colored sketch of Fairgrounds by Fei Pai Yee

Community Fairs

September 4, 2018

Vern and Bonnie Bullough

The Vern L. Bullough Papers

August 28, 2018

Marian elementary school

On the Eve of Suffrage: The Philanthropic and Educational Work of the Reseda Woman's Club, 1918-1920

May 7, 2018

Map of Territory Annexed to the City of Los Angeles

Maps of Greater Los Angeles

April 24, 2018

Segovia’s arrangement and transcription of The Chaconne. Vahdah Olcott-Bickford Collection

Bach, Segovia, and the Rise of Classical Guitar on the Concert Stage

April 17, 2018

Hotel Alexandria main restaurant area

Four Walls, a Roof, and Neighbors in Close Proximity: Shared Living Spaces in Early 20th Century Los Angeles

March 27, 2018

Rosa May, in The Redlight Ladies of Virginia City, Nevada

The Oldest Profession

March 13, 2018

Program, Marion Barnum performance, March 6, 1981

Guest Musical Artists Performing at CSUN

March 6, 2018

Raza Unite protest advising the Chicana/o community to unite about the concerns within their community and their campuses. Rodolfo F. Acuna Collection

The Development of CSUN’s Ethnic Studies Programs

November 17, 2017

Passport photograph of Eva Tharp, August 1938

Passports of the Past: Encoding National Identities

October 3, 2017

Del Rancho Al Barrio: The Mexican Legacy of Tucson

Hispanic Heritage Month

September 26, 2017

Seal of the International Refugee Organization (IRO) in 1950

Documented Refugee Experiences

October 11, 2016

A Lake Tahoe Record Trout

The Art of Fishing

September 27, 2016

Los Angeles County Federation of Labor Collection

September 20, 2016

Strike against pay cuts sign

On Strike!

April 12, 2016

Portrait, Isaac Newton Van Nuys

Van Nuys, Then and Now

December 15, 2015

Photograph from promotional brochure featuring CWED's solidarity lending services

Coalition for Women's Economic Development Collection

October 27, 2015

Congressman Martin Dies

The House Un-American Activities Committee

October 20, 2015

A new door, cut through heavy concrete

August Renovation Update

August 20, 2015

blindfold, stiletto heel, whip

The Study of Bondage

February 10, 2015

Starbound, 1938

YWCA Hollywood Studio Club

December 9, 2014

Image of an American Pilgrim

Thanksgiving Traditions

November 24, 2014

Illustration of a Telescope

Mysterious Universe

November 18, 2014

Photograph, Julian Bream

Concert Programs Tell a Story

October 31, 2014

Brochure, America for Americans by the Ku Klux Klan

The Study of Antisemitism

October 21, 2014

Protesters hold large sign that reads, unfair

The Motion Picture Screen Cartoonists Guild Collection

September 2, 2014

ILWU march, ca. 1934

The Longshore Strike of 1934

July 15, 2014

Letterhead on letter from the Grand Dragon

Ku Klux Klan, Realm of California Collection

June 17, 2014

Cover, Calship Log, November 1, 1941

CalShip and the Liberty Fleet

February 18, 2014

Cover, Memoirs of a Cassanova

Love and Friendship in the Archives

February 11, 2014

Striker applying choke hold to scab crossing the picket line

The Last Los Angeles Herald-Examiner Strike

February 3, 2014

Portrait of Dr. Tatiana Belitsky

Dr. Tatiana Belitsky Collection

January 28, 2014

Northridge earthquake T-shirt

20th Anniversary of the Northridge Earthquake

January 17, 2014

Political cartoon noting a decline in public enthusiasm for easing Marijuana laws

The Merle H. Cunnington Collection

December 10, 2013

Sailor Identification Booklet, 1947. Olaf Torgersen Collection

Early 20th Century Shipping in the Far East

November 26, 2013

First verse and chorus of Rye Whiskey

The Bess Lomax Hawes Student Folklore Collection

October 15, 2013

Songs of Work and Freedom

Songs of Protest

October 1, 2013

Felipe Rodriguez, 1918

Felipe and Blandina (Guerrero) Rodriguez Family Collection

September 17, 2013

Daily report cover

Detective E. B. Mortensen Daily Reports Collection

September 10, 2013

Slave inventory of the Providence Forge & Marston Plantation, 1798

Slavery and the Law

August 20, 2013

senorita verdugo

Early Los Angeles History

June 25, 2013

José Ferrer as Edwin Booth

Milton Geiger Collection

May 14, 2013

Advertisement, "Remember Mother with Christopher’s Chocolates.

Mothers in the Archives

May 7, 2013

crescendo

The Crescendo

April 16, 2013

Seamanship and Settlement: The Portuguese Maritime Tradition and Macau's Architectural Duality

Seamanship and Settlement

April 4, 2013

"Sunday, U. S. at War," diary entry.

The Raymond C. Fleming Diaries

March 19, 2013

two hands with a wedding ring

Bud and Louise

March 4, 2013

A mother holds her son at a BUSTOP campaign rally, circa 1980

School Desegregation and Busing in Los Angeles

February 26, 2013

Vahdah Olcott-Bickford playing the guitar

Lectures in the Vahdah Olcott-Bickford Collection

February 12, 2013

Los Angeles aqueduct opening day, 1913

California Water Collections

February 5, 2013

Mickey Cohen reading Underwood's book

Agness M. Underwood Collection

January 29, 2013

Dragon

William Gaddis Collection

January 22, 2013

Seasons Greetings

Season's Greetings!

December 17, 2012

Union soldier with tattered US flag

John M. Sell Civil War Collection

December 3, 2012