The Art and Design Department at California State University, Dominguez Hills welcomes Stefan G. Bucher, a prominent Los Angeles-based graphic designer, motion graphics artist, illustrator and author for a guest lecture at 5:45 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 30, in the University Art Gallery. Bucher has created designs for David Hockney, Sting, time-lapse drawings for PBS's “The Electric Company” and typography for such television shows as “The Fall,” “Immortals” and “Mirror Mirror.” He is also the creator of the popular online animation series, Daily Monster. During the free and public lecture, Bucher will discuss his creative process in designing his motion graphics and will create a demo ... Read More
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Symposium Paves Way For First-Of-Its-Kind Japanese American Incarceration Archives Project
A two-day CSU planning grant symposium kicked off an ambitious and first-of-its-kind project to digitize and create a one-stop website for collections relating to the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. The event–hosted by the CSU Dominguez Hills Archives and Special Collections Department in collaboration with archives divisions at CSU Fresno, CSU Northridge, CSU Fullerton, CSU Sacramento and San Jose State–brought together numerous archivists, scholars and technical consultants to share their knowledge of Japanese American history and expectations on how a collaborative digital repository can serve students and scholars alike. Currently, the CSU archival ... Read More
University to Lead NEH-Funded Archives Project to Digitize Japanese American Internment Documents
The California State University, Dominguez Hills Archives and Special Collections Department, in collaboration with archives divisions at CSU Fresno, San Jose State, CSU Northridge, CSU Fullerton and CSU Sacramento, has been awarded a $40,000 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant to plan the digitization and creation of a website for collections relating to Japanese Americans' incarceration during World War II. “We are thrilled that NEH has recognized this project, especially since the topic is still of great interest to scholars and the Japanese American community in California and elsewhere,” said Greg Williams, principal investigator for the grant and director of Archives ... Read More
Archives Department Receives Upton Sinclair Collection
Reposted from the Archives and Special Collections blog. The Archives and Special Collections Department in the Library at CSU Dominguez Hills has received a generous donation of a collection relating to author Upton Sinclair (1878-1968). One of the most prolific authors of the 20th century, Sinclair saw “The Jungle,” his muckraking novel exposing the meat packing industry, lead directly to food and drug reforms following its sensational reception in 1906. “The Jungle" is still taught in classes all over the world. John Ahouse, a Sinclair bibliographer, scholar, collector and enthusiast has donated at least 320 books (consisting of multiple editions of nearly every Sinclair title), ... Read More
English Lecturer Eric Brach Teams Up with Basketball Legend to Author Memoir
Billy McGill may well be “the greatest NBA (National Basketball Association) player you've never heard of.” But with the help of Eric Brach, a lecturer of English at California State University, Dominguez Hills, his story is being brought to light. The two have paired to co-author “Billy 'the Hill' and the Jump Hook: The Autobiography of a Forgotten Basketball Legend” (University of Nebraska Press, November 2013), which recounts the against-the-odds rise and precipitous fall of McGill, who is the only No. 1 NBA draft pick ever to come out of Los Angeles and the inventor of one of basketball's staple moves–the jump hook shot. The University Library will present a book signing and ... Read More
