Are you looking for a topic for summer research, comps, or an independent study?

 The Library’s Special Collections Department can help. Come visit!
Special Collections Reading Room, 3^rd Floor, Library

Oxy Special Collections holds over 100,000 rare books and archives of primary resources such as manuscripts, letters and original documents pertaining to many disciplines—Art History, ECLS, History, UEPI, Music, Classics, Languages, Anthropology, Politics, Sociology, Religious Studies, Theater, Economics.   Visit this week to learn more…

• Talk with staff and fellow students about what’s available for your area of interest.
• Use rare, original resources for research — right here at Oxy!
• Explore topics for getting funding for summer research, credit for an independent study or a great original resource for your comps.

A few examples:

Anthropology, Psychology or Sociology

• Native American anthropology
• Mexican political, economic, and social reports and studies from a 1917 research expedition
• Machu Picchu expedition papers from 1912
• WWII-era eugenics research
• Japanese-American relocation materials

Art History

• Fine printing and artists’ books
• Illuminated manuscripts
• Stereoscopic photographs from the mid to late 19^th century

California Studies

• Settlement narratives of California
• Early magazines publicizing the state
• Photographs and travel brochures

Classics

• Rare texts in Greek and Latin

DWA or Politics

• William Jennings Bryan books, articles, newspaper clippings
• Abraham Lincoln books, papers, and more
• Nuremberg trials report
• Original WWII propaganda

ECLS

• Poetry and literature first editions
• Mystery and detective fiction- 16,000 volumes
• Upton Sinclair original correspondence and papers
• Robinson Jeffers original correspondence and papers

Foreign Language

• Russian, French and  Spanish language literary, political and historical works
• Japanese American internment camp newspapers in English and Japanese from WWII

History or American Studies

• Nuremberg trials report
• Original WWII propaganda
• Japanese American relocation posters, letters, publications and newspapers
• California and American West documents and books
• Abraham Lincoln materials and items relating to other American presidents
• American railroads history

Latin America

• Mexican political, economic, and social reports and studies from a 1917 research expedition
• Latin American history
• Mexican travel books
• Machu Picchu expedition papers from 1912

Music

• Rare sheet music and monographs on music from the early 20^th century
• Operatic scores
• J.C. Bach and A. H. Clark manuscripts

Philosophy

• WWII-era eugenics researcher’s papers
• Philosophical works in older and unique editions

Religious Studies

• Illuminated manuscripts such as the Book of Hours and the Book of Kells
• 15^th and 16 century books including a leaf of the Gutenberg Bible

Social Activism

• Upton Sinclair original correspondence, papers, and books
• William Jennings Bryan books, articles, newspaper clippings
• Papers of the Pacific Labor School movement

UEP

• Los Angeles City Planning Board records from the 1940s
• Los Angeles city directories
• Early commercial development of Los Angeles documents and pamphlets
• Vintage travel guides to cities throughout the U.S. and the world

Open 11am to 4pm weekdays and until 8pm on Thursdays
 Contact us for a research consultation:

Dale Stieber, Special Collections Librarian: Dstieber@oxy.edu, x2852
Jean Paule, College Archivist: Jpaule@oxy.edu x1413  

Need to know more about using primary sources?
Guide to Research in History