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California history, especially that of its other regions, is much older, and features a more diverse cast of protagonists, than just about any other part of the United States. Attend our meeting and hear Brian Dervin Dillon discuss early California. Zoom Meeting with Brian Dervin DillonMeeting ID: 894 3051 0378Passcode: 15421900

Meeting ID: 874 8555 3802Passcode: 196110 60 Years of Collecting & Protecting! Happy Anniversary to Us! This is an important moment to pause and celebrate the accomplishments of our organization and to take a look at how we got here. Eric Warren, our current Vice President and author of several books on the history of […]

Historic Transportation Through Eagle Rock From the beginnings of its suburbanization, issues of connectivity to the cities around it drove the process. The initial connection of concern was the Eagle Rock Boulevard corridor, where swampy areas around York Boulevard blocked access to LA. Very soon after, the east-west connection between our valley and adjacent cities […]

The Northeast Newspaper Project - A Fruitful Collaboration.For our second venture into the virtual world, we will present a panel discussion held in January 2021, moderated by Robert Kieft, former Occidental College Librarian, for a seminar class in collaborations between college libraries and their surrounding communities. A question and answer session will be held afterwards […]