UCLA Library News

blog post by Melissa Haley The newly-processed Genevieve Haugen Papers (Collection 1967) combines two prominent elements of local history... more

Q & A with Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT) scholars, Kim Calder, Caitlin Denny, and Melanie Jones --- creators of this... more

Blog post author: Doug Johnson In 1960, Catholic priest Ellwood “Bud” Kieser founded Paulist Productions in Westwood, with the idea of... more

blog post by Melissa Haley Calling all fans of classic spooky television music: UCLA Library Special Collections’ Harry Lubin television... more

Blog post by Jen O'Leary and Courtney Dean In anticipation of the 88th Academy Awards ceremony, we have compiled photographs of past... more

Blog post by Russell Johnson, Curator/Librarian - History & Special Collections for the Sciences Fifty years ago, UCLA Professor of... more

Recently, the Center for Oral History Research Program’s own Alex Cline interviewed The Fung Brothers, an American duo of Chinese descent... more

Blog post by Douglas Johnson In 1927, the Hollywood Bowl was enjoying its sixth season as a formal concert venue. The year before, it had... more

Blog post by Douglas Johnson From its inception in 1953, Playboy positioned itself as radical, a champion of liberty challenging the... more

Access to hundreds of pieces of sheet music about women in war is now available.   Library Special Collections’s Sheet Music... more

The Tag-a-thon for Yellowback novels from Library Special Collections was a rousing success! There were approximately 65 attendees, mostly... more

Henry Hebard West (known as H. H. West) was an amateur photographer who documented his life in Los Angeles and his travels around... more

On page 27 of the vol. 31, no. 13, March 25, 1983 issue of TV Guide, choreographer, Twyla Tharp talks about a tool that she feels is... more

Since 1986 the Friends of the Los Angeles River has helped protect and restore the river's historic heritage and riparian habitat. And now... more