During World War II, Lewis worked as the chief electrician and supervisor for the Marine Electrical Department at California Shipbuilding Company on Terminal Island, Long Beach. Lewis supervised work on ships for the US Army Transport Service and War Shipping Administration Transport vessels. Lewis’s personal collection documents the history of Naval construction of the Liberty Ship fleet during World War II.

The Library of the Institute for the Study of Women in Music was established in the Music Department by Jeannie Poole, Head of the Music Library and Professor Beverly Grigsby in 1985 to collect the music of women composers. The collection is devoted to the musical works of women composers both published and unpublished. While predominately printed and manuscript music scores, it also contains some biographical information and correspondence.

Joel Harold Lieb worked as an engineer at Rocketdyne Division of Rockwell International from 1956 to 1989. The collection documents Lieb's career working at Rocketdyne on both the Apollo program and the Space Shuttle program for NASA.

The Lockheed Labor Relations Collection documents aspects of the Southern California Aircraft Industry's involvement with the National War Labor Board during World War II. The collection provides a historical summary of the West Coast Airframe Committee, as well as wage rates and job classification standards.

Dated 1854, this book was written and signed by the first elected Assessor of Los Angeles, Antonio Franco Coronel. Titled in English on its spine and Spanish on its title page (Duplicado del Libro de Avaluos), it consists of an alphabetical listing of land owners with a description and valuation of their real estate in Los Angeles County, including the San Fernando and San Gabriel valleys.