Freely Available and Open Access Resources

Rare and unique digital materials developed by the UCLA Library to support education, research, service, and creative expression, including the AIDS Poster Collection, the Los Angeles Times Photographic Archive and more. Legacy site with additional content also available.

Includes records for UCLA's academic and administrative units, such as Capital Programs, Planning Office, Campus Architects and Engineers, and more.
Note that access to some records is RESTRICTED and may require prior permission of the UCLA Capital Programs office before access is granted.

Calisphere provides free access to unique and historically important artifacts for research, teaching, and curious exploration. Discover over two million photographs, documents, letters, artwork, diaries, oral histories, films, advertisements, musical recordings, and more. The collections in Calisphere have been digitized and contributed by all ten campuses of the University of California and other important libraries, archives, and museums throughout the state.

The UCLA Center for Oral History Research (COHR) conducts in-depth, multi-session oral history interviews with individuals who have been a part of the history of Los Angeles and its many communities. COHR has particularly strong collections in the history of social movements, communities of color, the arts, Los Angeles politics and government, and the history of UCLA.

Digitized copies of printed election materials and archived websites from elections for local, state, and federal offices affecting the Los Angeles area and ballot measures from California state and local Los Angeles area elections (1908-2019).