The Digital Library Program is pleased to announce the launch of the Werner von Boltenstern Shanghai Photograph and Negative Collection. This remarkable array of images captures 1930s-1940s Shanghai, a time … Read more
Photo Description (above): “If I Were King”: film still of William Farnum riding on horseback, 1920 Check out film stills from the silent film era in the library’s digital collection, … Read more
My name is Alvaro Gonzalez (here I am, pictured above), and I’ve been working at the Archives and Special Collections for three years now. In my stay here I’ve had … Read more
If you missed Through a Lens Darkly : Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People on PBS’ Independent Lens, you can check it out here! The new documentary probes the recesses of … Read more
The following post was originally a multi-part post over Spring 2015, featuring parts of Lt. Bartlett’s diary and highlighting the Spring 2015 exhibit in Archives and Special Collections. For information about the current Archives and Special Collections exhibit, please visit the Archives and Special Collections department.
Photo Description (above): Frederick J. Bartlett’s Diary, courtesy of doyle.com/Full/643/844643.jpg [inactive]
On September 24, 2014 in the Von der Ahe Suite of the William H. Hannon Library, it was standing room only for a panel discussion entitled “Letters Home: Mexican Exiles, … Read more
2014 marks the 50th anniversary of KCET-TV, the largest independent television station in the United States. KCET first went on air on September 28, 1964. Since then the station has played a vital role in … Read more
Records of the Del Rey Players, a dramatic society at Loyola Marymount University, are located in the University Archives at the William H. Hannon Library. The Library decided to digitize … Read more
The Digital Library is pleased to announce another digital collection highlighting the historic manuscripts held in the Department of Archives & Special Collections. This digital collection currently features two Otto … Read more
We’re pleased to announce LMU’s partnership with the California Audiovisual Preservation Project (CAVPP). The CAVPP provides funds for digitization and establishes low-cost and practical standards to help California libraries, archives, … Read more
Last November, the Digital Library Program published three new digital collections to commemorate the construction of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. Check out the Los Angeles Aqueduct 100 blogpost and the … Read more