Abstract Rodolfo Francisco Acuña is a renowned historian, educator, activist, and scholar.  In 1969, Dr. Acuña became the first professor in the Mexican American Studies Department (now Chicana and Chicano Studies Department) at California State University, Northridge. The Rodolfo F. Acuña Collection documents the academic career of Rodolfo "Rudy" Acuña, whose work was at the forefront of the Chicano Movement and who was instrumental in the creation of the...

Abstract The Affiliated Teacher Organizations of Los Angeles Collection documents the teaching career of Harold Corbin, as well as political and social issues relevant to education in the greater Los Angeles Area, from 1944 through 1972. The organizations represented in this collection include: the Association of Classroom Teachers, Los Angeles, the American Federation of Teachers, the Affiliated Teachers of Los Angeles, the California Teachers Association, the Los...

Abstract The American Planning Association California Chapter Collection documents the administrative activities of the national organization's California Chapter, as well as the history of planning in California in the 20th and early 21st centuries. APA California is a network of practicing planners, citizens, and elected officials committed to urban, suburban, regional and rural planning in the State of California. APACA offers information, services and support to advance planning in California....

Abstract Julian Beck was a teacher, politician, and judge in Los Angeles and was instrumental in the establishment of San Fernando Valley State College, now known as California State University, Northridge. Documented in the collection are Beck's family life, judicial and legislative services, his key role in the founding of CSUN, and his wide-ranging involvement in community activities. Records in the collection include assembly bills, correspondence, identification cards, newspaper clippings,...

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The Leonard Berkowitz Collection documents Berkowitz's musical and academic career during his tenure at California State University, Northridge, from the mid-1960s through the early 1980s. The collection includes musical scores and audio recordings composed and produced by Berkowitz, as well as works by other composers.

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The Black Power Oral History Project Collection consists of oral histories documenting the experiences of Black Power activists in Los Angeles during the twentieth century.

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Block was a visual effects artist, matte artist, painter, illustrator and educator who worked as an artist in the film industry and later taught at California State University, Northridge. The collection consists of visual artwork and personal papers including film production records, three 16mm films, and California State University, Northridge Santa Susana Press records.

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The collection consists of mostly visual documentation created by David Blumenkrantz, an educator, artist, and photojournalist, of several projects and of professional and personal experiences in Africa, China, and Los Angeles. Materials include born-digital images, scanned images, videos, interviews, transcripts, negatives, contact sheets, slides, notes, audiocassettes, and a thesis abstract.

Abstract Edwin Booth was a 19th century American actor from a well-known acting family that also included his thespian brothers Junius Brutus Jr. and John Wilkes Booth. Booth made his stage debut in 1849, and his great granddaughter Edwina Booth Waterbury Cutting continued the family vocational tradition by pursuing an acting career of her own in the 1930s and 1940s. The Edwin Booth Family Collection contains ephemera and photographs related to Edwin Booth's acting...

Abstract Reginald Smith Brindle was an English composer best known for his works for guitar, but he also wrote works for percussion, orchestras, and electronic instruments, as well as numerous articles and books on modern music, including serialism, composition, and percussion. The Reginald Smith Brindle Collection documents Brindle’s professional life as a composer, arranger, professor, and author. The collection includes original scores, recordings of his music,...