In August 2014, the Department of Archives and Special Collections received a large postcard donation, consisting of 4,344 advertisement cards from the 1990s and early 2000s. With contemporary topics of … Read more
This post was part of a series for National Library Week 2015 and some information may be outdated. Questions? Please reach out to us online or at the Information Desk. … Read more
This post was part of a series for National Library Week 2015 and some information may be outdated. Questions? Please reach out to us online or at the Information Desk. … Read more
Check it out now: An Inconvenient Tax Albert Einstein once wrote, “The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.” The product of 95 years’ worth of … Read more
This post was part of a series for National Library Week 2015 and some information may be outdated. Questions? Please reach out to us online or at the Information Desk. … Read more
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
How do libraries help students with real-world challenges? Reference Librarian Alexander Justice recently caught up with Taylor Walker ’13 (current MBA student), on the day of an exciting Kickstarter launch … Read more
The Association of Colleges and Research Libraries (ACRL) has added LMU to its Exemplary Programs page. These programs are recognized as embodying the best practices in the document “Characteristics of … 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