Center for Primary and Research and Training (CFPRT) 2019 Scholars Exhibit Showcase

The Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT), a program within UCLA Library Special Collections, seeks graduate students from a variety of academic disciplines and pairs them with archives and special collections projects that match their expertise and interests. The CFPRT’s central purpose is to equip emerging scholars with skills that will enable them to effectively utilize primary sources in their future careers.

This exhibit is a showcase of collections that several CFPRT students have been working on this year.

Selections from the following collections are on exhibit:

• The Sephardic Temple Tifereth Israel Records: Selections by Max Daniel (History)
• Jonathan Fielding Papers: Selections by Mario Gallardo (Information Studies) and Alex Nguyen (Public Health and Asian American Studies)
• Buddhist Churches of American Records: Selections by Krystell Jimenez (Information Studies)
• Eiko Ishioka Papers: Selections by Joanna Smith (Information Studies, Digital Archives Program Scholar)
• Inesita Dworkin Papers: Selections by Caroline Meneses (Information Studies)
• Japanese American Research Project Collection about Japanese in the U.S. (Yuji Ichioka Papers): Selections by Rishi Guné (Asian American Studies, Redescription Scholar)
• Theodore Bikel Papers by Cierra Ott (Musicology)