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UCLA University History in Library Special Collections

University Archives houses materials relating to the history and administration of UCLA dating from its founding in 1919 to the present.

Toward Ethical and Inclusive Descriptive Practices in UCLA Library Special Collections

LSC is committed to remediating harmful description by creating and implementing an anti-oppressive approach to discovery and access. We aim to:

  • Be clear about what we know, how we know it, and what we don't know
  • Embrace baseline description as a tool to improve the discoverability of all our materials
  • Demonstrate an understanding that description is a continuous and necessarily iterative endeavor

Read more about our past and current approaches to description in Toward Ethical and Inclusive Descriptive Practices in UCLA Library Special Collections.

UCLA History Gallery

Campus at sunset, c.1930

UCLA History

Campus at sunset, c.1930

Distant view of campus with Gayley Avenue in foreground, 1937

UCLA History

Distant view of campus with Gayley Avenue in foreground, 1937

Football game, 1931

UCLA History

Football game, 1931

George Gershwin and students singing at the piano, 1937

UCLA History

George Gershwin and students singing at the piano, 1937

Registration - Students walking through Royce Hall colonnade, 1930

UCLA HIstory

Registration - Students walking through Royce Hall colonnade, 1930

Basketball NCAA Championship UCLA v. Duke, 1964

UCLA History

Basketball NCAA Championship UCLA v. Duke, 1964

Powell Library domes under construction, 1928

UCLA History

Powell Library domes under construction, 1928

UCLA University History

University Archives houses materials relating to the history and administration of UCLA dating from its founding in 1919 to the present. University Archives also houses records for the Los Angeles State Normal School, the precursor to UCLA, dating from its founding in 1882.

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