Experience literature, history, and culture and the College's history.
Our holdings include rare books, 手稿, 历史地图, 照片, 立体相片, College publications and records, 和艺术品. Our collection strengths include 好印刷, 印刷术的历史, 艺术家的书籍, mystery and detective fiction, 加州和西部, 洛杉矶, and the poet Robinson Jeffers.
特殊的集合 holds materials related to Barack Obama, who attended Oxy from 1979 to 1981. Students in "Obama and the Issues" class, 265年政治, in spring 2010 collected contemporary images of Barack Obama in global popular culture. This initial series launches a digital archive to preserve different perspectives and research related to Barack Obama, President of the United States and Alumnus of 十大正规网赌平台.
Materials preserved from the personal library of 洛杉矶时报 columnist and Olympic historian, William Mellors "Bill" Henry (1890-1970), class of 1914. 包括手稿, 信, 新闻剪报, 照片, ephemera and memorabilia documenting Olympic games from 1932 to the present, 20th century 洛杉矶 history, 总统竞选活动, and the development of aviation in Southern California. To browse a selection of materials from the 比尔·亨利收藏, please visit the 数字集合. To learn about Bill Henry and the development of 洛杉矶 during the 20th century visit the online exhibit. For a full list of Oxy's Bill Henry collection visit our 寻找帮助.
Extensive collection of 10,000个立体视图, 报道内战, 旧金山地震, 洛杉矶周边地区, 加州国家公园, 科罗拉多州风景, 阿拉斯加淘金热, 非洲风景, 欧洲, 南美, 和亚洲. 的 bulk of the 照片 were taken during 1890-1911.
To browse a selection of 立体相片, please visit the 《迷失集合.
的 collection contains 信, 小册子, 报纸, 以及其他出版物, including correspondence by Oxy President Remsen Bird related to the forced internment of people of Japanese ancestry during World War II. Detailed information about this collection can be found in the Japanese American Relocation 寻找帮助.
的 Joe和Henk Friezer Photography Negatives Collection is the collected work of the father-son freelance photographers, Joe和Henk Friezer. 的y lived and built their studio in Northeast 洛杉矶. 的ir photography documents local community and family events; numerous regional and national business and organizations; 十大正规网赌平台; and prominent 洛杉矶 and national figures. 的y also served as the primary news photographers for the Northeast 新闻papers chain and contributed to other regional and international news publications. 跨越50多年, the archive comprising 100,000+ negatives represents over 15,000张照片分配.
约16,000 volumes of 第一个版本, 加上手稿, 电影剧本, periodicals and 照片 pertaining to mystery and detective fiction, 1740年到1975年. 的 collection is very rich in Sherlock Holmes; highlights of Gothic Fiction are also well represented. Oxy校友E. T. 小Guymon., this is one of the world's largest collections in this genre.
的 collection contains several 20th-century operatic scores, 乐谱, and books on music from the personal library of actor and singer Nelson Eddy. 的re are 39 linear feet of indexed 乐谱 that provide a diverse representation of world music.
特殊的集合 holds rare books that represent the advent of printing in the West to present. This includes incunables (books printed from the 1450s to 1501), 第一个版本, significant works of literature, 好印刷, 迷你书, and contemporary 艺术家的书籍. Notable strengths are in 印刷术的历史, 拉丁美洲, 美国西部, Abraham Lincoln and American Political Life. Of particular interest is the Ned Guymon Mystery and Detective Fiction Collection.
Jeffers graduated from Oxy in 1905. 他的妻子尤娜·杰弗斯, 收藏家阿尔伯特·本德, and UCLA University Librarian Lawrence Clark Powell '28 were instrumental in starting the core of this collection in the 1930s. 的 collection contains several editions of his work, 外国翻译, 手稿, and portraits of Jeffers taken by Ansel Adams, Edward Weston and other great photographers. 的 Robinson Jeffers online exhibition page celebrates this great poet. 使用 Robinson Jeffers 寻找帮助 了解更多.
里奇28岁时是个印刷工, a major figure in the local culural scene, and a dedicated alumnus of the College. 的 collection is comprised of over 800 works from his various presses, 他的作品, 传记材料, and boxes of galley proofs, 样品, 和蜉蝣. 作为一个商业印刷商, Ritchie published many works about 洛杉矶, thus providing resources for regional history research. Click here for this collection's 寻找帮助.
书, 家庭的信, 剪报, 录音, and mementos by and about former statesman and Scopes trial prosecutor, William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925). 的 official correspondence of Bryan is housed at the 图书馆 of Congress
玛丽·诺顿·克拉普图书馆
1600 Campus Rd, 洛杉矶, CA 90041