This page has links to UCLA collections and to other archives in the area. Useful for searching, or just to see what projects other local libraries are involved in. Not finding what you are looking for on this page? Try the OAC, or the CRIS Archives & Manuscripts page, or their Digital Text & Image Collections page.

UCLA Digital Collections on the Web

YRL Special Collections on the OAC

Dept. of Special Collections at YRL, UCLA
Home page for general information, links to search the collection, news, exhibits, digital collections.

UCLA Library Digital Collections
Digital contributions from libraries, campus-wide.

UCLA Middle Eastern Studies Collection
"Collections consist of materials from and relating to the Arab World, Armenia, Central Asia, Iran and Israel. . . In order to locate books and serials in Middle Eastern languages in the UCLA library system you must search using the Library of Congress transliteration tables" (page provides links).

Grace M. Hunt Memorial English Reading Room
UCLA Department of English. Houses approximately 30,000 non-circulating books and periodical volumes in the fields of British and American literature, as well as reference and interdisciplinary sources needed to support these areas of study.

UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive
"With over 100,000 sound and audiovisual recordings, [the archive] is among the largest ethnographic archives of its kind in North America. Our collections include non-commercial field recordings and commercially produced recordings of traditional, folk, popular, and art musics from Africa, Asia, Australia and the Pacific Islands, Europe, the Middle East, and the Americas on a variety of audiovisual formats."

William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
"Rare books and manuscripts collection, with particular strengths in English literature and history (1641-1800), Oscar Wilde, and fine printing."

Calisphere, UC Libraries
Links to digital collections throughout the UC system.

UCLA's Oral History Program

LA Area

The Getty's Research Center

California Historical Society
Collections include Fine Arts, Photographs, Texts, Maps, and Manuscripts documenting 19th-20th century California history.

Huntington Library
"British and American history and literature, 15th century European books, history of science, maritime history, and Renaissance exploration and cartography."

Japanese American National Museum
Documents Japanese American culture and life, provides digital access programs, and develops a collection of secondary materials that document the Japanese American experience. Access is provided not only to their resource center, but also to the Museum's artifactual collections (primary materials) and to the institutional archives.

USC Rare Books and Special Collections
"Online collections are divided into six categories: 1. The Core Collection, 2. Natural History, 3. Historical Collections, 4. British Literature, 5. American Literature, and 6. Children's Literature. Links are provided both to full exhibits and to briefer descriptions of individual collections."

Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research
"Resource on Southern California's social and progressive history, offering books, videos, and archives, as well as educational and cultural programs." Also on OAC.