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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

Portrait, Calvin Hicks, undated, Calvin Hicks Photograph Collection, Box 2 Folder 10

Venice Beach and Black L.A. According to Calvin Hicks

October 22, 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

Duke Ellington, Nat Cole, Marie Ellington, Jimmie Hamilton, and Harry Carney

Bob Douglas: A Twentieth Century Jazz Photographer

October 1, 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

Exterior view of the former Crenshaw Center, with a sign for customer parking and the Broadway department store building still intact, circa 1980-1988. Roland Charles Collection..

Crenshaw Boulevard: the Heart of Black LA

June 18, 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

Louis Armstrong and Clara Yaeju

The First Wrigley Field: More Than Baseball

April 23, 2024

William Burwell, Jr. Portrait, University Archives Photograph Collection, UAC-099, Box 93 Folder 2

A Pardon for Bill Burwell, CSUN Student Activist and Faculty Member

April 9, 2024

California Christian Leadership Conference members greeting student sit-in leaders, Los Angeles, 1960, 09.CW.N45.B15.1888C

Civil Rights in Los Angeles, California

April 2, 2024

Plate 21 Cypress Grove, 1938" photographic print by Edward Weston, F868.M7 W4 1950

Two Photographers and a Poet in Point Lobos

March 26, 2024

Homer Halverson, his wife Mill, and his daughter Gail, 1935

The Homer Halverson Collection – Documenting Los Angeles in Photographs

February 13, 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

Unidentified individuals hold handmade posters at a demonstration organized by Black Lives Matter, Pasadena, 2020, KRT.D.B1.19.3462

Black Lives Matter Protest Collection

May 2, 2023

Sri Lankan beauty pageant sponsored by Gala of London, 1982

The Hassina and Deeptha Leelarathna Photographic Collection

April 18, 2023

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

A Servicemember’s Best Friend

February 14, 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

Cassius Clay, (soon to be Muhammad Ali) points to a chalk board that reads "Moore in 4, Next Champ Cassius Clay" at an event leading up to his boxing match against Archie Moore at the Sports Arena, November 15, 1962, Harry Adams Collection. ID: 93.01.HA.B4.N120.605.1

The Greatest

November 22, 2022

American Planning Association California Chapter Collection

November 15, 2022

Close-up view of sculpture's face belonging to a crouching woman at the Alto de las Piedras site of San Agustín Archaeological Park. Photo taken in 1975. Digital ID: 99.01.RCr.sl.B17.04.25.13

San Agustín Archaeological Park Archaeological photographs from Richard Cross

October 4, 2022

Portrait of Harriet Ware from scrapbook, Harriet Ware Collection

Music Scrapbooks

September 27, 2022

(Left to right) L.A. County Supervisor Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, Museum Director Aurelia Brooks, an unidentified man, Senator Bill Green, and Assemblywoman Teresa P. Hughes pose for a group portrait while holding a pair of giant scissors during the ribbon cutting ceremony for the California African American Museum (CAAM). 1984. Digital ID: 11.06.GC.N35.B2.17.29.07.1

Black Female Politicians

September 20, 2022

Bandleader and musician Louis Jordan (left), unidentified woman, and photographer Harry Adams (right) at the Cavalcade of Jazz. Harry Adams Collection. 93.01.HA.N45.B34.133

20th Century Images of the Central Avenue District

September 6, 2022

Photo of the Avocado Street Sign Taken for the Historical-Cultural Monument Application

Historic Avocado Trees in Los Feliz

August 30, 2022

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

Celebrity Photograph Collection

May 10, 2022

Johnson family standing on the road next to their cars, 1922, Johnson Family Echo Lake Photograph Collection

California Travel Memories

April 19, 2022

Elijah Muhammad and Malcolm X, Jack Davis Photograph Collection

The Death of Ronald Stokes and the Birth of Black Power in Los Angeles

April 5, 2022

Johan Waldemar Haug Jensen

Old China Hands Archives Newsletter, Volume 2, Number 2

March 9, 2022

Photograph of a man from the "Submariner's Album in the Far East" (SC.SAFE)

Her Majesty's Ship L4 Photo Album

March 8, 2022

Chinese Eastern Railway ticket

Old China Hands Archives Newsletter, Volume 2, Number 1

November 5, 2021

Two story Spanish influenced red brick elementary school in Los Angeles area, ca. 1930s

Photographs of Los Angeles Schools and Homes

October 12, 2021

Matador Football

September 14, 2021

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

Campo de Cahuenga

May 11, 2021

Berry Gordy

For the Love of Music: Berry Gordy Jr. and Motown Records

April 20, 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

Map of Tientsin

Old China Hands Archives Newsletter, Volume 1, Number 2

March 5, 2021

A woman reading a program while sitting in the balcony

Teatro de Cristóbal Colón in the Richard Cross Collection

March 2, 2021

Panoramic view of pond in the Sepulveda Wildlife Reserve, February 4, 1980

Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve

February 16, 2021

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

Coralie Hewitt Tillack Collection

February 2, 2021

Rose Parade Queen, Brenda English, 1963

Beauties in the Archives

December 8, 2020

Pacoima Farmers' Market banner, 1978-1981

Pacoima Revitalization, Inc. Collection

December 1, 2020

President James Cleary and Chinese Delegation Sign Educational Exchange Agreement, 1981. Photograph by Rick Childs

CSUN’s China Connection

November 24, 2020

Passport stamp

Old China Hands Archives Newsletter, Volume 1, Number 1

November 13, 2020

Champion Guernsey dairy cow Linetta, ca. 1937

Adohr Farms Collection

November 2, 2020

CSUN Matadors Alumni Pin

The CSUN Matador

October 27, 2020

Students at the Robert Kennedy information booth during the California Political Forum—1968, May 1968

Political Engagement at CSUN

October 5, 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

Fernandeno Tataviam Tribe members at San Fernando Mission, 1974

San Fernando Rey de España at Achoicominga

September 8, 2020

Mother Rosa L. Broadous receiving PTA of San Fernando Lifetime Membership pin

Northeast Valley Oral History Project Collection

August 25, 2020

John Broesamle in 1981. (Sundial)

John Broesamle Suddenly A Giant: A History of CSUN Collection

August 11, 2020

Political slogans on the walls of destroyed buildings, Berlín, 1983

Richard Cross Photographic Collection

July 14, 2020

Portrait of Antonio Regalado Calvo, ca. 1920s

Antonio and Luz Mendez Calvo Family Collection

May 12, 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

Ida Nudel with Jane Fonda

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

February 25, 2020

Revs. Garner, Dawkins, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Crispus Wright, Dr. Odom, and Rev. Martin

The Charles Williams Photographic Collection

December 3, 2019

Registering for evacuation at San Francisco

Japanese-American Internment and Civil Rights

November 26, 2019

President's medallion

CSUN Leaders Collection

August 8, 2019

San Fernando Valley State College Groundbreaking Ceremony

CSUN's Founding Story

June 18, 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

Julián Cardona, Juárez, 2009

Julián Cardona Collection

March 12, 2019

Hollywood Studio Club girls rehearsing on club patio

Hollywood Studio Club

March 5, 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

Sundial, November 5, 1968

S.F.V.S.C., November 4, 1968

November 13, 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

Vern and Bonnie Bullough

The Vern L. Bullough Papers

August 28, 2018

Santa Monica Mountains' and Seashore fundraising postcard

The Susan B. Nelson Collection

June 26, 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

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

The Oldest Profession

March 13, 2018

Bumper stickers by Californians Against Forced Busing, 1979

A Look Back at School Desegregation and Busing in Los Angeles

February 27, 2018

Invitation to participate in a fundraiser for Canoga Park High School's War memorial, 1934

The Canoga Park High School Collection

December 12, 2017

Arm band identifying Gloria Watson Curtis Kliene as a British national

Civilian Internment in China, 1941-1945

December 5, 2017

Cover photo, American Guitar Society, in Soundboard, Winter 1984/1985. Vahdah Olcott Bickford Collection

The Guitar Foundation of America's International Concert Artist Competition

November 28, 2017

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

Cover and first page of The Jazz Review, featuring Mimi Clar's article, "The Negro Church: Its Influence on Modern Jazz," November 1958

The Mimi Melnick Collection

October 31, 2017

Owensmouth Women's Club's entry in Armistice Day Parade, 1929

Canoga Park Women's Club Collection

September 12, 2017

Occidental College football players in action

Occidental College Athletics in the Ted Ellsworth Collection

May 9, 2017

Photograph of Richard Fish

Richard Fish Collection

April 4, 2017

Chicana/o Studies Now! tshirt

Notable Mexican American Figures

March 28, 2017

Immigrant workers on fruit farm. Report from the Center of Philosophy & Public Policy, 1981

Frank del Olmo on Immigration

March 14, 2017

Image from Picus campaign door hanger

Joy Picus Collection

February 7, 2017

Booklet, They Got the Blame: The Story of Scapegoats in History

Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles, Community Relations Committee Collections

January 31, 2017

Drink Cultura, image from cover of Chicanismo by José Antonio Burciaga

Celebrating Culture Clash

November 1, 2016

A Lake Tahoe Record Trout

The Art of Fishing

September 27, 2016

Los Angeles County Federation of Labor Collection

September 20, 2016

Cover, Angel City Chapter of Links Handbook, 1967-1968

Linked in Friendship, Connected in Service

May 17, 2016

Postcard mementos from Shanghai and The Great Wall

Summer Vacation

May 10, 2016

Strike against pay cuts sign

On Strike!

April 12, 2016

Cropped image, front cover of the Association of Far Eastern Jews’ Silver Jubilee booklet, 1979

Old China Hands Archives Update

March 29, 2016

Los Angeles River

A River Runs Through It

March 8, 2016

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

Brad Pye, Jr., Los Angeles Sports Journalist and Community Advocate

February 9, 2016

Image of BSU member, Sundial, November 5, 1968

S.F.V.S.C., November 4, 1968

February 2, 2016

Tintype with hand coloring on the girls cheeks

Early Forms of 19th Century Photography

January 25, 2016

Portrait, Isaac Newton Van Nuys

Van Nuys, Then and Now

December 15, 2015

Exterior view of Valley Music Theatre just prior to demolition, 2006

The Short, Happy Life of the Valley Music Theatre

December 8, 2015

Photograph from promotional brochure featuring CWED's solidarity lending services

Coalition for Women's Economic Development Collection

October 27, 2015

Album cover, "Golden Jubilee" by Andres Segovia

Segovia in the Sundial

September 28, 2015

War is a Crime, anti-war campaign photo

Voices and Vices: The Reverend Wendell L. Miller Collection

April 28, 2015

Child receiving an inoculation, California Historic Photographs Collection

Public Health in the Early 20th Century

March 3, 2015

Dr. John Money

The Jan Dailey and John Money Correspondence Collection

February 13, 2015

Starbound, 1938

YWCA Hollywood Studio Club

December 9, 2014

Image of an American Pilgrim

Thanksgiving Traditions

November 24, 2014

Illustration from My Story Of The War: A Woman’s Narrative of Four Years Personal Experience as a Nurse in the Union Army by Mary Livermore

The Stiles E. Forsha Collection

September 30, 2014

Cover, Edwin Booth: Recollections by his Daughter and Letters to Her and to His Friends

The Edwin Booth Family Collection

September 16, 2014

Protesters hold large sign that reads, unfair

The Motion Picture Screen Cartoonists Guild Collection

September 2, 2014

Jennie Endsley singing at the Cotton Club in Culver City

Northeast Valley Oral History Project

August 26, 2014

ILWU march, ca. 1934

The Longshore Strike of 1934

July 15, 2014

Vice President Hubert Humphrey addressing student protesters

The Campus Unrest Collections

April 29, 2014

The game of Shanghai Millionaire, free parking spot

The Bell Family Collection

March 25, 2014

Cover, Comisión Femenil San Fernando Valley: Viva la Mujer--Women Activists

Comisión Femenil San Fernando Valley Collection

March 14, 2014

Four young children looking into the camera from behind a salvaged fence

Slum Neighborhoods in Los Angeles

March 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

Pamphlet produced by the Burbank Chamber of Commerce, circa 1932

Beautiful Downtown Burbank

December 3, 2013

Sailor Identification Booklet, 1947. Olaf Torgersen Collection

Early 20th Century Shipping in the Far East

November 26, 2013

Los Angeles River flood aftermath in North Hollywood, 1938, Robert and Betty Holtby. San Fernando Valley History Digital Library.

Natural Disasters

November 19, 2013

Censor approval stamp

The Great War

November 12, 2013

Mulholland Orchard Company

Happy 100th Birthday, Los Angeles Aqueduct!

November 5, 2013

Angel's Flight, 1905

From Myth to Metropolis: Los Angeles at the Turn of the Century

October 22, 2013

First verse and chorus of Rye Whiskey

The Bess Lomax Hawes Student Folklore Collection

October 15, 2013

Maj. James C. Magee (front row center) poses with his battalion staff at British Embassy compound billet, Peking 1945

China Marines

September 24, 2013

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

Seamanship and Settlement

April 4, 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

Los Angeles aqueduct opening day, 1913

California Water Collections

February 5, 2013

Union soldier with tattered US flag

John M. Sell Civil War Collection

December 3, 2012

Last Updated: 12/21/2024