Big crowds at the 3rd Annual Archives Bazaar!

The LA As Subject Forum's 3rd Annual Archives Bazaar was moved this year from the Huntington Library to the USC Davidson Conference Center. It was still jam-packed all day with hundreds of visiting scholars and writers meeting with archivists, curators and librarians from many prominent Los Angeles collections. Here's more images from the bazaar.

God's view of LMU

Al Tipon from Facilities Management sent the Archives this recent top down view of the campus. The circular structure just to the above left of the graded area is the new Hannon Library.

Hannon gets skinned

Well the Hannon Library has just about been covered with the exterior shell.

While visiting the archives doing research on Loyola and Marymount benefactor Thomas Leavey, archivist Jim Beardsley was kind enough to shoot a few images of our soon to be new library!

LMU & Mount Baldy

In Google Earth I stumbled on LMU Photographer Glenn Cratty's shot of the dorms with Mt. Baldy behind.

A view of the future Hannon library from Marina del Rey

Hannon can be seen rising from the bluffs overlooking the marina.

Ballona Creek

Along the way across Ballona Creek to nearby Marina del Rey, we found a patch of wild watermelon and from the Coffee Bean in the village a view back at the Hannon.

A rare sighting of librarians outdoors!

The Von der Ahe staff in the Alumni Mall and Sunken Garden.

Hannon from the Marina

On the way to the creek to find some off-campus views of the Hannon future library, the archivist wandered through Parents Day and student worker recruitment on the Alumni Mall. After first hearing the Fab Faculty doing oldies we marvelled with a rare sighting of librarians toiling in the sun!

A new path to the library

While the Hannon building is underway, new landscape plantings around the library complexity is going in anew. Here we have a new pathway being carved into the small hill near the parking lot.

The Hannon box

From this view the "stack of discs" look disappears and instead the library appears to just be a square box.

Hannon undercoating

Well the school bus has been replaced with a taco truck, the lichen on the wall has turned darker green and they're almost ready to "skin" the Hannon!

Archives Live! 3rd Annual LA As Subject Forum's Archive Bazaar

Exhibitor registration has closed for the LA As Subject Forum's 3rd annual Archives Bazaar set for October 25 at the Davidson Center at USC. The Huntington Library had generously played host for the initial bazaars but now with over fifty exhibitors we are moving to this much larger venue.

Featuring materials from local historical collections, museums, and archives, attendees will browse collections, schedule research visits, and consult with experts from the:

Acadamy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Archives
Autry Museum
All the Saints of the City
Altadena Historical Society
Beverly Hills Public Library
Bison Archives
Boyle Heights Historical Society
Braun Research Library
California African American Museum
California Council for the Humanities
California State Universities
Center for the Study of Political Graphics
Centinela Valley Historical Society
Chinese Historical Society of Southern California
County of Los Angeles Resource Centers
Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Library
Eighth & Wall Inc.
Fairchild Photos
Filipino American Library
GAZIN Photo Archive
Getty Center
Huntington Library
Historical Society of Long Beach
Los Angeles Public Library History Department
Japanese American National Museum
La Senora Research Institute
LA84 Foundation
Libraries of the Claremont Colleges
Lightcatcher
Los Angeles City Archives
LAUSD Historical Collection & Archives
Los Angeles Philharmonic Hollywood Bowl Museum
Loyola Marymount University
Mayme A. Clayton Library
Occidental College
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives
Orange Empire Railway Museum
Pacific Palisades Historical Society
Pasadena Museum of History
Pico Rivera Heritage Society
Santa Monica Public Library
Seaver Center and Natural History Museum
Shildler Collection of Southern California Ephemera
Society of California Archivists
Southern California Genealogical Society
Southern California Library for Social Research
St. Vincent's Medical Center
UCLA Archives
USC Special Collections and
Workman and Temple Homestead Museum

Educational programmed presentations will explore the latest issues in the world of Los Angeles archives and collections.

Mike Engh named next president of Santa Clara!

Los Angeles historian, Rev. Michael Engh, SJ, Dean of Bellarmine College and great friend of University Archives is going to Santa Clara University to succeed President Paul Locatelli, SJ effective January 2009. Father Engh ('72) will be the second alum to head a major university. Rev Hugh M. Duce, SJ ('15) held the presidency of Loyola University in Los Angeles from 1932-1937.

A new view of the Hannon Library

the future Hannon Library

Here's an extreme modified "Dave Hill" view of the new library.

Dave Hill images to Archives!

Last week we took in more images from the office of the University Photographer. These include film work by Dave Hill while he was on staff from 2000 - 2002. Seen here (2 1/4" x 7" Fuji RDPIII) is Howard Lavick and his students from the LMU School of Film and Animation.

A view of the Hannon Library from Rains Hall exit

The new library will be the first thing students will see leaving Rains Hall or McCarthy dorms and heading up campus. No excusing overdue books!

Furnishing the library of the future Pt. 2

In 1917 the Loyola College Library was decorated by architect Thomas Franklin Power.

Furnishing the library of the future

The architects are holding meetings with the librarians this week regarding furnishing the Hannon Library. Here's Charles Willson Peale pulling back the curtain at his American Museum in Philadelphia around 1786.

Google's encyclopedia

In the wake of Google shares first losing quarter, the Mountain View crew have now announced an online encyclopedia authored and signed by experts.

Free to a good home

The archive is looking for a spot on campus for an unusual discard. Recently LMU Public Safety Officer Chester Nichols rescued this 5' x 30' latex on oil cloth painting from disposal. Perhaps it could be useful for a student club or campus organization? Contact LMU Archives for further info.

Images of Mexico

This summer the Archives received a transfer from LMU's Campus Ministry of a 35mm color photo slide collection of numerous trips to Mexico and Central America during the mid-Eighties. The trips were arranged by the photographer and Assistant Chaplain Fernando Moreno to draw attention to the plight of the poor in Mexico and Nicaragua. Most notable are images of the La Estacion settlement, orphanages, and the Cuernavaca settlement and site of the Cortes palace. An as yet to be identified artist also created ink transparencies of many of these same sites.

Future radio is here

Our friends at Cal have developed the worlds smallest radio - the size of a molecule.

News from Beverly Hills Public Library

Fellow member of the LA As Subject Forum Gail Stern from the Beverly Hills Public Library has created FBI Memorabilia Celebrating A Century 1908-2008. On public display from July to August 2008.

The archives bazaar!

It's official! The LA As Subject Forum's 3rd annual Archives Bazaar is set for October 25 at the Davidson Center at USC. The Huntington Library had generously played host for the initial bazaars but due to heavy crowds this year we will be moving to a much larger venue.

The Bazaar features exhibits from local historical collections, museums, and archives. Attendees may browse collections, schedule research visits, and consult with experts from the Autry Museum, All the Saints of the City, Braun Research Library, Beverly Hills Public Library, Bison Archives, California African American Museum, California Council for the Humanities, California State Universities, Center for the Study of Political Graphics, Chinese Historical Society of Southern California, County of Los Angeles Resource Centers, Eighth & Wall Inc., Fairchild Photos, Filipino American Library, GAZIN Photo Archive, Getty Center, Huntington Library, Historical Society of Long Beach, Los Angeles Public Library History Department, Workman and Temple Homestead Museum, Japanese American National Museum, La Senora Research Institute, LA84 Foundation, Libraries of the Claremont Colleges, Lightcatcher, Loyola Marymount University, Mayme A. Clayton Library, Occidental College, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, Pico Rivera Heritage Society, Santa Monica Library, Seaver Center and Natural History Museum, Shildler Collection of Southern California Ephemera, Society of California Archivists, Southern California Genealogical Society, Southern California Library for Social Research, St. Vincent's Medical Center, UCLA Film & Television Archive and USC Special Collections. Planning is now underway for educational programmed presentations to explore the latest issues in the world of Los Angeles archives and collections.

Andrew Carnegie would approve

The master library builder would be proud.

Hannon faces

Summer '08 finds the Hannon library of the future coming right along.

The two contrasting exteriors views almost suggest the melding of the traditional box versus the form of a stack of discs.

Microsoft UCLA project ended

Recently I was shown the project area for the UCLA Microsoft book digitalization job and I thought it was odd there was no one there! Then here I find this

Autographs on iron

The Christmas tree from the topping out ceremonies has now blown away from the commemorative I-beam but the autographs of university officials remain soon to be covered for all-time beneath the exterior siding of the future Hannon Library.

Library rooms naming opportunities

As the library moves along (T-12 months to ready) it occurs to me that there will be soon a great flurry of activity in regards to naming different areas within the Hannon structure. For example the present day Von der Ahe Library Archives & Special Collections Frank Sullivan Reading Room is named in honor of a warmly remembered long time faculty member of our English department.

A few years after arriving at Loyola from St. Louis U., Yale scholar Sullivan completed negotiations with the descendant Longstaff family for the gift of Leonard William Longstaff St. Thomas More Collection including a printed Utopia of 1518. Here's Frank in action teaching a summer drama class for religious.

The steel framing is nearly complete.

Yesterday a topping out ceremony was held to celebrate the placing of the highest girder of steel for the Hannon Library. Dean Brancolini and numerous others autographed the beam before it was hoisted away.

Hannon steel framing continues

In only a few weeks the steel framing was completed.

Steel framing begins!

Well there was a little concern over the weekend when a construction crane delivered to the site for assembly was thought to be listing. The crane is now completed and is underway helping to lift the heavy metal for installation of the Hannon Library steel framing.

Save the date!

It's official! The LA As Subject Forum's 3rd annual Archives Bazaar is set for October 25 at the Davidson Center at USC. The Huntington Library had generously played host for the initial bazaars but due to heavy crowds this year we will be moving to a much larger venue.

The Bazaar features exhibits from local historical collections, museums, and archives. Attendees may browse collections, schedule research visits, and consult with experts from the Autry Museum, All the Saints of the City, Braun Research Library, Beverly Hills Public Library, Bison Archives, California African American Museum, California Council for the Humanities, California State Universities, Center for the Study of Political Graphics, Chinese Historical Society of Southern California, County of Los Angeles Resource Centers, Eighth & Wall Inc., Fairchild Photos, Filipino American Library, GAZIN Photo Archive, Getty Center, Huntington Library, Historical Society of Long Beach, Los Angeles Public Library History Department, Workman and Temple Homestead Museum, Japanese American National Museum, La Senora Research Institute, LA84 Foundation, Libraries of the Claremont Colleges, Lightcatcher, Loyola Marymount University, Mayme A. Clayton Library, Occidental College, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, Pico Rivera Heritage Society, Santa Monica Library, Seaver Center and Natural History Museum, Shildler Collection of Southern California Ephemera, Society of California Archivists, Southern California Genealogical Society, Southern California Library for Social Research, St. Vincent's Medical Center, UCLA Film & Television Archive and USC Special Collections. Planning is now underway for educational programmed presentations to explore the latest issues in the world of Los Angeles archives and collections.