California State University, Dominguez Hill's (CSUDH) Library Archives and Special Collections has received a $39,200 archival grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation to continue preserving the history of Japanese Americans in Los Angeles and throughout the state. Specifically, the grant will be used to create the Ninomiya Photography Studio Collection Access Project at CSUDH and preserve, catalog, and archive approximately 10,000 packets of photographic negatives taken by the former Ninomiya Studio, which was owned and operated by Japanese American photographer Ichiro Ninomiya in the Little Tokyo area of Los Angeles. Dating between 1949 and 1970, the negatives ... Read More
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Thomas Philo Honored with ‘2016 Excellence in Service Award’
For Thomas Philo, an archivist in California State University, Dominguez Hills' (CSUDH) University Library, an “exceptional sense of service” requires one to persistently look for ways to serve on campus and for “opportunities to serve that were not there before.” For his eagerness and skill in applying his vision of service for the entire CSUDH campus community, Philo was honored with the 2016 “Excellence in Service Award.” Philo will carry the University Mace, an honor reserved for highly distinguished faculty members, at the College of Business Administration and Public Policy Commencement Ceremony at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, May 20. The Excellence in Service Award recognizes “contributions ... Read More
Syndicated Political Commentator Earl Ofari Hutchinson Gives Library Talk April 15
Earl Ofari Hutchinson, noted author, political and social commentator and alumnus of California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH), will give a talk and book signing on his latest book “From King to Obama, Witness to a Turbulent History” at the University Library on Wednesday, April 15, at 6 p.m. The talk is in conjunction with the CSUDH Archives' and Special Collections exhibition “The Font of Black Culture in Los Angeles, the Alfred and Bernice Ligon Aquarian Collection,” which features items from the recent acquisition of books, photographs and documents related to the Aquarian Book Shop, the longest-running black-owned bookstore in Los Angeles and its owners. Hutchinson ... Read More
Archives Department Receives Collection from Longest-Running Black-Owned Bookstore
In honor of Black History Month, the Department of Africana Studies and University Archives and Special Collections at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) present “The Font of Black Culture in Los Angeles: The Alfred and Bernice Ligon Aquarian Collection” beginning Feb. 10 Featuring historical items from the famed Aquarian Book Shop in Los Angeles that were recently donated to the university's archives department, the exhibit will run through Sept. 1 in the archives' gallery. To commemorate the donation and the opening of the exhibit, a special reception will take place from 4 to 6 p.m. on Feb. 10. “I am proud and honored to have facilitated the acquisition of this ... Read More
Library Hosts Talk on Upton Sinclair’s 1934 EPIC Race for Governor
In conjunction with the November 2014 elections and an ongoing exhibition on campus, “Citizen Sinclair: Upton Sinclair--American Provocateur,” the University Library at California State University, Dominguez Hills presents author and journalist Greg Mitchell discussing muckraker Upton Sinclair's 1934 run for Governor of California and the evolution of the modern political campaign. WHAT: Guest lecture with author Greg Mitchell: “Upton Sinclair's 1934 run for Governor and the birth of the modern political campaign” WHEN: 6 p.m., Thursday, October 30 WHERE: University Library, fifth floor, South Wing, CSUDH, 1000 E. Victoria St., Carson Viewed as a radical by conservatives and a ... Read More
