E-Resource: South Asia Archive

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The South Asia Archive is an interdisciplinary archive containing a varied range of historical documents relating to the colonial and early post-colonial periods of India and the wider sub-continent. Curated … Read more

New E-Resource: Independent World Cinema

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We’ve just added another film database to our collection of e-resources. Independent World Cinema: Classic and Contemporary Film by Alexander Street Press provides LMU students, faculty, and staff with access to … Read more

Bicentenary of Keats’s Endymion

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In the last week of April 1818, John Keats published a new, long poem on a classical theme. Although Keats had been working on it for a year, he wasn’t … Read more

Library Receives Tony Coelho Papers

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The William H. Hannon Library has received a significant collection of papers from the Honorable Anthony L. Coelho in order to support the recently established Coelho Center for Disability Law, … Read more

E-Resource: Women and Social Movements

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The Women and Social Movements series provide researchers with primary source access to the writings of women activists whose social movements have shaped much of the events and attitudes that define modern … Read more

E-Resource: Border and Migration Studies Online

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Border and Migration Studies Online provides historical background on more than thirty key worldwide border areas. This collection combines videos, primary sources, reports, and photos representing both personal and institutional … Read more

Exploring the GFA System in the Basement

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Update 2022-01-17: The numbers in this post have been updated to reflect data gathered in 2020. The majority of the physical books owned by the William H. Hannon Library are … Read more

Poe’s Tales of Mystery and Imagination

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This post is part of a series written by Alison Hobbs, curator of the 2017 Archives and Special Collections exhibition, “Tales of Mystery and Imagination.” Edgar Allan Poe’s story “The … Read more

Indigenous Peoples Day in Los Angeles County

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On October 9th, Los Angeles recognized its first Indigenous Peoples Day. This date is usually designated as Columbus Day, a holiday dedicated to a man historically credited with the “discovery” … Read more