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Selected Images
A.F.L. Screen Cartoon Guild strike at Walt Disney Productions, 1941
From the Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection, UCLA Library Special Collections
חתולים בצמרת / Poster for The Aristocats
From the Time Travel Collection (Israel), UCLA Library International Digital Ephemera Project
Walt Disney with "Fantasia" figurine, 1941
Photo from January 25, 1941, captioned, "The man behind Fantasia, Walt Disney, puts an approving eye on one of the models used to set a classic sequence for the animated musical production having its western premiere at the Carthay Circle Wednesday Night."
From the Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection, Los Angeles Public Library
Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves
From the Friedlander (Jonathan) Collection of Middle Eastern Americana, 1875-2006, UCLA Library Special Collections
Walt Disney with unfinished plastic heads of pirates for the "Pirates of the Caribbean" ride, Anaheim, 1966
From the Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection, UCLA Library Special Collections
Milton Quon at the Chinese American Museum, 2005
Disney animator Milton Quon is seen holding a book open, which shows a drawing of Disneyland's Matterhorn Mountain, at the Chinese American Museum in Los Angeles, in 2005.
From the Gary Leonard Collection photographs, Los Angeles Public Library
Disney's Donald Duck setting his footprints in cement of courtyard at Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles, Calif., 1984
From the Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection, UCLA Library Special Collections
Disney imagineers examining a model of Disney World's Space Mountain, 1973
Disney engineers, from left, Marty Sklar, Tony Baxter, George McGinnis and John Hench examine a model of Disney World's new Space Mountain ride. The display was part of the first press tour ever offered of production center of Walter Elias Disney Enterprises.
From the Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection, UCLA Library Special Collections
Rudy Cervantes inspecting Mickey Mouse ties in Los Angeles, Calif., 1976
From the Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection, UCLA Library Special Collections
Disney MGM Studios. Grand opening, May 1989.
From Elisa Leonelli, Photojournalist Collection at Claremont Colleges Library, Special Collections
Image of animator Retta Scott, date unknown
Retta Scott was the first woman to receive screen credit as an animator for Walt Disney Animation Studios for Bambi. She also worked on Dumbo and Fantasia, but was uncredited at the time. She went on to illustrate Walt Disney’s Cinderella: A Big Golden Book (1950), a copy of which resides UCLA Library Special Collections.
Photo from Walt Disney Archives' Disney Legends webpage.
Walt Disney and granddaughter, Tammy Miller, riding burro at Disneyland, Anaheim, 1960
From the Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection, UCLA Library Special Collections
"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1938
From the Los Angeles Daily News Negatives collection, UCLA Library Special Collections
Walt Disney and Louis B. Lundborg opening Disneyland's "It's a Small World" ride, Anaheim, 1966
From the Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection, UCLA Library Special Collections
Introduction and Scope
This guide was originally created in 2022 by Arts Library Student Research Assistant Marie Fucile. It includes introductory resources on Walt Disney film, television, culture, and theme parks at UCLA Library, including selected archival materials. While some materials cover specific currently-owned Disney properties such as Marvel, Lucasfilm, and Pixar, the focus of the guide is on Walt Disney Studios history and general Disney study.
Introductory Sources
- Disney History (Walt Disney Archives) Basic company history overview and timeline.
- The Disney Dilemma (Land of the Giants Podcast) Podcast season of Land of the Giants from Vulture and the Vox Media Podcast Network, focused on issues and history of Disney animation and culture.
- "Disney, Walt" - The American National Biography
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- "Disney, Walt" - Oxford Bibliographies Online
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- The Disneyland Encyclopedia: The Unofficial, Unauthorized, and Unprecedented History of Every Land, Attraction, Restaurant, Shop, and Major Event in the Original Magic Kingdom Each of the main encyclopedia entries illuminates the history of a Disneyland landmark, revealing the initial planning strategies for the park's iconic attractions and detailing how they evolved over the decades.
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- The Disney Song Encyclopedia (2009) A brief history of Disney music -- Songs -- Appendix A: Alternate song titles -- Appendix B: Songwriters directory -- Appendix C: Sources and songs -- Appendix D: Guide to recordings, videos, and DVDs -- Appendix E: Academy Awards for Disney songs and scores -- Glossary of song terms -- Bibliography -- Index.
- Encyclopedia of Walt Disney's Animated Characters (1993) Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-373) and indexes Includes filmographies
- Routledge Handbooks Online This link opens in a new window Handbooks covering a wide range of humanities, social sciences, psychology and some science topics, published by Routledge, Ashgate and other imprints. Some CRC Press handbooks can also be accessed via this particular site.
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- "Walt Disney Company" - Schirmer Encyclopedia of Film
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Connecting from Off-Campus: VPN and Proxy Tutorials
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If you still need help, you can contact the UCLA IT Support Center at (310) 267-4357 or help@it.ucla.edu. They provide 24/7 phone support.
- Virtual Private Networking (VPN)A program you can download and install, or use the built-in version on many computers or mobile devices. VPN software must be logged on manually before you access a restricted site, but works for all programs on your computer. It stays connected until you log off.
- UCLA Online Proxy ServerA simple browser setting which will automatically divert you to a UCLA logon page when you first access a restricted site.
VPN on Mac with Natalie
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VPN on Windows with Michael
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VPN on Chromebook with Nadia
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Proxy on Mac with Kate
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