The University Library Digital Collections feature historically significant documents, photographs, oral histories, artistic works and exhibit materials selected from the University Library's Special Collections and Archives
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- Daily Sundial - CSUN campus newspaper since 1957
- Sunburst - Yearbook of CSUN
- CSUN Leaders
- Richard Gross Photographs (Bradley Center)
- CSUN University Archives
- Northridge Earthquake Photo Collection
- San Fernando Valley History
- Tom & Ethel Bradley Center Photographs
- CSU Japanese American Digitization Project (Database)
- CSU Japanese American Digitization Project (Exhibit)
- San Fernando Valley Tourism Literature
- Poor housing conditions in L.A. 1938-1949
- Gilbert & Sullivan Advertising Cards
- Gridiron - California's Fighting Newspaper
- Civil War Narratives
- Slavery & the Law
- World War 1 Narratives
- Water Works - Documenting Water History in Los Angeles
- Latina(o) cultural Heritage Archives
- In Our Own Backyard: Resisting Nazi Propaganda in Southern California
- IGRA Guitar Scores
- C.C. Easley Microfilm Scores (IGRA - International Guitar Research Archives)
- IGRA Linear Notes Database
- International Guitar Research Archives Discography
- Vahdah Olcott Bickford Correspondences IGRA
- Faces of Tientsin, 1946 Photographs by Harold Giedt (Old China Hands)
- Harold Giedt, the child of American missionary parents, was born and raised in Shanghai where he attended the Shanghai American School, found himself back in China in 1945 as a newly-commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the Marine Corps. Having received training from the military in Mandarin Chinese, he was posted to an assignment in Civil Affairs in Tientsin.
Giedt was an enthusiastic amateur photographer, and, before leaving for China, acquired a Kodak Bantam 828 camera for colored slides and a twin lens reflex for black and white photography. In Tientsin he found most of his afternoons free and used the time to roam about, practicing his Mandarin and photographing street scenes and people. A foreign officer in uniform who tried to speak the language proved to be an attraction and helped to break the ice between himself and his subjects.
- Harold Giedt, the child of American missionary parents, was born and raised in Shanghai where he attended the Shanghai American School, found himself back in China in 1945 as a newly-commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the Marine Corps. Having received training from the military in Mandarin Chinese, he was posted to an assignment in Civil Affairs in Tientsin.
- Tseng Family Collection of Chinese Antiquities
- University Art Collection
- John Broesamle
- Del Stelck Early CSUN History Interviews
- 2020 BLM Protests in LA
- Old China Hands Oral History Project
- audio interviews with "Old China Hands," foreigners who lived and worked in China before or shortly after the Communist takeover of China in 1949. Interview topics include daily life in China, impressions of local culture and business, and experiences related to World War II such as the Japanese occupation and internment of Allied country citizens residing in China. Many of the interviews were recorded at Old China Hands reunions, beginning with the 1996 reunion in Las Vegas, Nevada. Check back periodically as new interviews are added.
- Cities of Destiny Oral History Project
- The Cities of Destiny Oral History Project interviewed immigrants and minorities in Los Angeles. These histories document interviewees’ life experiences, including their early years in their native country, their journey to the United States, and their impressions of their new home country. Interviewers for the project were students taking Liberal Arts 196 at Cal State Northridge during the Spring semester of 1982. Check back periodically as new interviews are added.
- Campo De Cahuenga
- Hometown Heroes: Girl Scouts of the Crescenta Valley
- San Gabriel Mission Playhouse
- About Productions Original Theaterworks Collection
- Refuge & Return- Stories of a Resettled Community in El Salvador (Collection)
- Refuge and Return: Stories of a Resettled Community documents the history behind a rural community in northern El Salvador that was repopulated by refugees of El Salvador's civil war (1980-1992).
- Refuge & Return- Stories of a Resettled Community in El Salvador (Exhibit)
- Black Deaf Life in California
- Child Survivors of the Jewish Holocaust
- The Child Survivors of the Jewish Holocaust Collection consists of oral history interviews conducted by Sarah Traister Moskovitz as part of her research on the experience of childhood during the Holocaust. (Warning: Interviews contain graphic descriptions of violence.)
- People of Achievement in Southern California
- People of Achievement in Southern California was a live interview forum to discuss the work and histories of prominent local artists, artisans, authors, and book collectors. The program was produced from 1975 to 1985 by Norman Tanis who served as dean of the library from 1969 to 1990.
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