Treasures of the CSU

 Long Beach Campus

Collections:

Edward S. Curtis' North America Indian Horae Beatae Mariac Virginis
(Book of Hours)
 
Images from the Fine Art Collection Rosie the Riveter:
World War II Era and Oral History Collection

Edward S. Curtis’ North American Indian

This twenty volume collection of photogravures describes and depicts the Indians of North America and Alaska from 1907 to 1930.

Contact:

Henry DuBois, Associate Dean
562/985-8880
hdubois@csulb.edu

Web Information:

The collection is in the library's catalog COAST. A description is at http://www.csulb.edu/library/guide/serv/speccol.html

Images from the Fine Arts Collection

Digitized art work from the collection for study in the classroom.

Contact:

Henry DuBois, Associate Dean
562/985-8880
hdubois@csulb.edu

Web Information:

Details are given at http://artsimages.library.csulb.edu/

Horae Beatae Mariac Virginis (Book of Hours)

This is a gothic hand illuminated manuscript from 1480. A personal daily devotional (prayer book) that became the property of Antoine de Bourbon and Jeanne d Albret and includes their coat of arms of Bourbon-Albret-Navarre and 37 miniatures.

Contact:

Henry DuBois, Associate Dean
562/985-8880
hdubois@csulb.edu

Web Information:

None available at this time.

Rosie the Riveter: World War II Era and the Oral History Collection

These transcribed oral histories are a collection of firsthand accounts of American women’s experiences as defense workers during World War II.

Contact:

Sherna Berger Gluck, Professor
562/985-5428
sbgluck@csulb.edu

Web Information:

 Audio files are available at http://salticid.nmc.csulb.edu/cgi-bin/WebObjects/OralAural2.woa/wa/project?ww=1007&wh=643&pt=109&col=a1000&bi=1&ser=a1006&nww=1007&nwh=643

Last Update:

02/10/2005 04:28 PM -0800

 

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