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Peggy Hamilton Adams was a costume and fashion designer, editor of the Los Angeles Times rotogravure fashion page (1921-34) and a host for local radio programs (1929-33) that dealt with fashion concerns of the modern woman. The nitrate negative images in this collection document Hamilton’s career as a fashion editor, socialite and official hostess for Los Angeles County (1931-1932). Most of the images show her modeling high fashion clothing for her Los Angeles Times fotogravure feature “Fashions” from about 1927 to through 1933. Many of the photographs are by film studio photographers and feature clothing by film industry costume designers. …

Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library

The company was established in 1975 by Rhoodie using a South African business partner, Jan van Zyl Alberts, as a front to disguise government participation. Afri-Comics published two titles, Mighty Man and Tiger Ingwe, in large press runs, 47,000 copies a month at 15 cents each for Mighty Man, and 43,000 monthly for Tiger Ingwe, and aimed, in the words of one of Rhoodie’s US collaborators, “to help educate the black man in the ways of Western society, social concerns and free enterprise.” Few if any of the target audience were fooled. During and after the Soweto student uprising Africans …

Institution: UCLA, Digital Library Program

The UCLA Library has a robust collection of Aldine press imprints. The collection, numbering approximately 1500 titles, includes the imprints of the press of the Venetian scholar-printer Aldo Manuzio (1449 or 1450-1515), his son Paolo Manuzio (1512-1574), his grandson Aldo Manuzio the Younger (1547-1597), as well as those of associates and imitators. Our digital collection includes one exemplar. For more information, see https://guides.library.ucla.edu/c.php?g=180922&p=1187196.

Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library

AIDS posters from 44 countries. Demonstrates the efforts taken by various countries to promote AIDS awareness and modify risk behaviors. The physical collection was originally acquired by the History and Special Collections division of the Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library in 2005, and has been expanded through later acquisitions.

Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Medicine and Science

The Center for Art and Archaeology (CA&A) of the American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) maintains an archive with more than 2,00,000 images of Indic art and architecture. This collection includes digitized negatives created by field experts and professional photographers during research surveys between 1966 and 1990. The images document heritage buildings in various Indian states (Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, etc) that are decayed, damaged, or inaccessible. Also included are images of rare terracotta sculptures unearthed in excavations conducted at archaeological sites in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, …

Institution: UCLA, Modern Endangered Archives Program

This collection contains illustrations from artist Al Székely.

Institution: UCLA, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library

Following WWII, the government of Albania centered itself on isolationist politics, which separated the country from not only political, but also cultural influences of others. This caused Albanian culture, including film, to follow a strict set of ideologies and aesthetics. Despite media restrictions and enforced censorship, Albanian filmmakers created and shared stories, defining a distinct approach to creating films.

Institution: UCLA, Modern Endangered Archives Program

Collection consists of digitized photographs and negatives, as well as sound recordings, from the Aldous and Laura Huxley papers.

Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library

This collection includes a promotional photograph and poster for United Airlines' unveiling of the "Mainliner" aircraft. Alexander Klemin was born in London, May 15, 1888; BS, London Univ, 1907; immigrated to the US, 1914; MS, MIT, 1915; became a US citizen while head of the Aeronautics Dept. at MIT, 1917; Officer-in-charge of the Research Dept, Army Air Service, at McCook Field, Dayton, OH during WWI; head, Guggenheim School of Aeronautics at NYU College of Engineering, 1925-45; author of Textbook of aeronautical engineering, If you want to fly, Simplified aerodynamics, and Airplane stress analysis; technical editor, Aviation magazine, 1915-1917; member, Royal …

Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library

Maud Allan (1883-1956) was a interpretive dancer. She made her performing debut in Vienna (1903) and was best known for her solo performance in The vision of Salome (1908). She toured India (1913), Southeast Asia (1913 and 1923), South America (1919-1920), and the U.S. The collection contains manuscripts, photographs, postcard albums, books, ephemera, and a scrapbook related to Allan's life and career.

Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library