California State University, Northridge, Department of History id115
Mailing Address:
Department of History, California State University, Northridge
610 Sierra Tower, 18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA 91330-8202Phone: 818-677-3566
Contact: Dr. Dr. Maddux, Department Chair
Institution Type: College/University, Municipal-City
Location of Institution: San Fernando Valley
Archive and Collections
Description: In the Department of History’s collections is a range of books and journals related to Los Angeles. The Whitsett Collection, which contains the largest group of materials, has five major components: first editions of books on California and the American West; books about California and the American West donated by former faculty member John Baur; journal articles and publications donated by John W. Caughey, formerly on the faculty at the University of California, Los Angeles; books and journals published since the 1960s by the Historical Society of Southern California; and books and journals on the history of the American West (e.g., Historical Review, Montana: The Magazine of Western History, Pacific Historical Review, and Southern California Quarterly) published within the last fifteen years. Additional holdings include the Vassar Collection, comprising former faculty member Rena Vassar’s personal library of books on colonial history, women’s history, and other aspects of American history; and the Monsignor Francis J. Weber Collection, consisting of books on the Catholic Church in Los Angeles and early California which were given to the department by the current archivist and historian to the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
Type of Materials: Books, Diaries/Journals/Personal Papers, Institutional Publications
Time Periods: 1848-1899, 1848-1899, 1900-1920, 1900-1920, 1921-1949, 1921-1949, 1950-1963, 1950-1963, 1964-1980, 1964-1980, 1981-Present, 1981-Present, Pre-1848, Pre-1848
Languages: English, Spanish
Sectors of the Population Represented in the Collection: African Descent, Artistic Communities, Asian Descent, Business, Education, Labor Unions, Mexican Descent/Chicano/Latino, Migrant Workers, Native American Descent/Indigenous, Politics/Government
Access
Year Round Access: No
OnSite Technology: No
Workspaces: Yes
Open to the Public: Yes
Reservations not requiredOpen for Research: Yes
Reservations not requiredAccess Procedures: By appointment only through the History Department.
Management
Catalogue System: A list of holdings are in the History Department’s computer.
Repository/Depository: No
Loan To Others: No
Exhibited: No
Exhibition Frequency:
Makes Purchases: No
Formalized Purchases: No
Outreach: Newsletter
