California Institute of the Arts id73
Mailing Address:
24700 McBean Pkwy.
Valencia, CA 91355Phone: 661-291-3024
Fax: 661-254-4561
Email: libref@calarts.edu
Contact: Ms. CoCo Halverson, Reference Coordinator
Web site: http://www.calarts.edu/library
Institution Type: Archive, Arts Institution/Center, College/University, Library, Non-profit Organization
Location of Institution: Santa Clarita Valley
Archive and Collections
Description: The collection of the California Institute of the Arts Library is contemporary in focus but offers resources for investigating the past as well. Its archival holdings include the Viola Hegyi Swisher Collection, the MCA Inc. Film Research Collection, and the California Institute of the Arts Archives. The first consists of books, magazines, programs, files, clippings, and ephemera relating to twentieth-century dance and theater from Los Angeles dance critic Viola Hegyi Swisher, whose work spans the greater part of the twentieth century. The MCA Inc. Film Research Collection contains books and manuscripts, dating from the sixteenth century to the early 1970s, on optics and early motion picture history. In the California Institute of the Arts Archives are materials that document the ongoing development of the California Institute of the Arts, as well as papers pertaining to the Chouinard Art Institute, founded in 1921, and the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music, founded in 1883. These two professional schools merged in 1961 to form the California Institute of the Arts, which was located in Los Angeles until it moved to Valencia in 1971. Among the materials are early planning documents, other documents and papers, drawings, photographs, posters, audiotaped interviews, and films.
Regions Covered: Los Angeles area
Type of Materials: Audio Recordings, Books, Cultural Artifacts, Materials & Objects, Diaries/Journals/Personal Papers, Films/Videos/Moving Images, Institutional Publications, Institutional Records, Photographs
Time Periods: 1921-1949, 1950-1963, 1964-1980, 1981-Present
Languages: English
Sectors of the Population Represented in the Collection: Artistic Communities, College/University Faculty, Education, Gender Specific
Access
Year Round Access: Yes
OnSite Technology: Yes
Workspaces: Yes
Open to the Public: Yes
Public Hours: Monday through Friday, 9-5. Closed Fridays in the summer.
Reservations requiredOpen for Research: Yes
Research Hours: Monday through Friday, 9-5. Closed Fridays in the summer.
Reservations requiredAccess Procedures: Make an appointment
Management
Catalogue System: Endeavor WebVoyage. Archival materials not cataloged.
Repository/Depository: No
Loan To Others: No
Exhibited: Yes
Exhibition Frequency: Infrequently
Makes Purchases: No
Formalized Purchases: No
Outreach: Class Visits, Word of Mouth
Last Updated Date: 10/28/2004
