Lula Washington in honor of National Dance Week: April 16-25, 2021
blog post by Library Special Collections Curator and Manuscripts Librarian, Genie Guerard
Throughout National Dance Week, the UCLA Library Special Collections will be featuring Los Angeles and Southern California dance heroes whose works are represented in our collections.
Barbara Morgan (1990-1992) in honor of National Dance Week: April 16-25, 2021
blog post by Library Special Collections Curator and Manuscripts Librarian, Genie Guerard
During this National Dance Week, the UCLA Library Special Collections highlights dance s/heroes who are represented in our collections.
Margaret Graham Hills (b. 1928) in honor of National Dance Week: April 16-25, 2021
blog post by Library Special Collections Curator and Manuscripts Librarian, Genie Guerard
During this National Dance Week, the UCLA Library Special Collections highlights dance s/heroes who are represented in our collections. Today we feature the dance career of Margaret Graham Hills and the tremendous impact she’s had on dancers across three continents: the UK, the U.S., and reaches into the Middle East...
Marta Becket (1924-2017) in honor of National Dance Week: April 16-25, 2021
blog post by Library Special Collections Curator and Manuscripts Librarian, Genie Guerard
Throughout National Dance Week, the UCLA Library Special Collections will be featuring Los Angeles and Southern California dance heroes whose works are represented in our collections.
Zina Bethune (1945-2012) in honor of National Dance Week: April 16-25, 2021
blog post by Library Special Collections Curator and Manuscripts Librarian, Genie Guerard
Throughout National Dance Week, the UCLA Library Special Collections will be featuring Los Angeles and Southern California dance heroes whose works are represented in our collections.
Ralph J. Bunche, Jr. and the Selma-to-Montgomery March
blog post by Library Special Collections Curator and Manuscripts Librarian, Genie Guerard
As the month of March comes to a close, a dip into the papers of Ralph J. Bunche, Jr. reveals one of the many courageous journeys undertaken in his life, dedicated to civil rights, human rights, and international peace....
Santa Claus, M.D. in 1843
Envelope addressed to Anna Burwell, 1843
Reflections of Graduating Senior, Gabe Cortina, about Working with Special Collections
Blog post written by Gabriel Cortina, Library Special Collections Student Assistant
Naming and Honoring the Black Women Hidden in the Archives
blog post by CFPRT Scholar Mary Senyonga
Mary Senyonga, Department of Education
Centennial Wiki Scholar
Processing the Richard and Dion Neutra Papers in the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT)
Blog post written by Yana Demeshko
Yana Demeshko
Processing Scholar
Yana Demeshko is an incoming Ph.D. student in the Department of Slavic, East European and Eurasian Languages and Cultures. Her areas of interest include Russian literature, architecture, politics, history, and culture. She has specific expertise in the architecture of Russia and Europe, having studied different architectural styles and how they were utilized in urban design throughout history, and an interest in Los Angeles architecture, including works by Frank Gehry, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Richard Neutra. Yana will be processing correspondence from the Richard and Dion Neutra papers. This unprocessed chunk of correspondence totals 14 linear feet and relates to various projects of Richard Neutra, some of which will never be built. Description will be integrated into the existing finding aid for the collection.
