Donald R. & Beverly J. Gerth Archives and Special Collections
The Gerth Archives & Special Collection at California State University Dominguez Hills University Library is home to the university archives, digital and special collections, rare books, and the archives of the California State University.
Collection Highlights
A Raisin in the Sun play at CSUDH
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African Diaspora Sacred Music and Musicians Festival, 2005
See more of the digitized items from the Sacred Music Collections.
Mr. Takano
See more photographs from the Ninomiya Studio Collection in the California State University Japanese American Digitization Project.
Library Construction, 1971
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Kumekichi Ishibashi with Children
Learn about the Ishibashi Family Collection from the collection's finding aid.
Homecoming Parade
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1910 Air Meet Digital Collection
See more images from the 1910 Los Angeles International Air Meet held at the CSUDH campus.
Faculty and Staff Demonstrations
Browse images and text in the California State University System Archives digitization project.
Magic Johnson Speaks at CSUDH
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Madrona Marsh Preserve Collection
Learn more about environmental collections at CSUDH.
Albert J. McNeil Collection
Learn more about the Alfred J. McNeil Collection from the collection's finding aid.
The Jokerettes Comedy Troupe
See more materials about the Watts Labor Community Action Committee in our digital collections.
CSUDH Homecoming Court
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Century Freeway Project
See more digital items from the Tradeswomen Archive in our digital collections.
1982 Women's Basketball Team
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The Esperanto Movement
See over 400 books in our catalog written in or about the international language of Esperanto.
In the News
New Archives Exhibit: “perpetual and binding forever": Race and the Creation of a Los Angeles Subdivision
In observation of Black History Month, a new digital exhibit in the Gerth Archives & Special Collections illustrates how developers of a small West Los Angeles subdivision were forced to become essentially the weaponized arm of the government's racist attitudes.
New Archives Exhibit: Black Power: Selections from the Gerth Archives at CSU Dominguez Hills
The exhibit, which comprises facsimiles of material from the Holt Labor Library collection, is now on view at Page Against the Machine bookstore in Long Beach, CA until June 2021, as well as online via the Gerth Archives and Special Collections website.
Documenting COVID-19 Digital Collection and Finding Aid Now Online
The Gerth Archives and Special Collections’ Documenting COVID-19 Collection, which comprises submissions from the CSUDH and Southern LA County communities, is now available to view online.
Fourth Annual South Bay History Symposium
Watch a recording of the Fourth Annual South Bay History Symposium, titled "The South Bay 1920-2020: 100 Years of Change," hosted by the Compton 125 Historical Society in collaboration with the Gerth Archives and Special Collections at California State University, Dominguez Hills on November 14, 2020.
Archives exhibit featured in SAA Newsletter
An article detailing the transition of the Gerth Archives' exhibit "Will the Circle Be Unbroken?" from a physical space to an online platform has been published in Performance!, the Society of American Archivists Performing Arts newsletter. The article was written by Music Archivist Beth McDonald, who curated the physical exhibit and developed the online version.
Blog Post: Former Archives Intern Shares Her Experience
Yahaira Santana, a CSUDH history major who interned with the Gerth Archives and Special Collections during the 2019-2020 academic year, describes how her internship contributed to her interests in archives and history.
Gerth Archives & Special Collections to Receive Mayme Agnew Clayton Collection
CSUDH and the Gerth Archives have signed an historic agreement to house the 2 million+ item collection of African American History and Culture.
Help the Archives Document COVID-19
The Gerth Archives & Special Collections is inviting Southern Los Angeles County and Toro Nation community members to document our individual and community coronavirus experiences by submitting materials to digital collections.
Exhibit: "100 Years of the Women's Vote"
The Gerth Archives and Special Collections and the Department of Women's Studies presents the new student-created exhibit "100 Years of the Women's Vote," honoring the 100-year anniversary of the 19th Amendment.
Collection Highlight: Wilson C. Riles
An important recent addition to the Gerth Archives & Special Collections are the digitized campaign materials of Wilson C. Riles' successful run for Superintendent of Public Instruction for the State of California in 1970. Riles (1917-1999) was the first African American elected to statewide office in California.
Holt Labor Library Collection at CSUDH announced in Society of California Archivists (SCA) Winter 2020 Newsletter
Allison Ransom, Holt Labor Library Project Archivist writes official announcement for the Holt Labor Library in the Society of California Archivists 2020 Winter newsletter.
"South Bay History Symposium 'Untwists' Compton's Legacy," October 25, 2019
The program commemorates the 50th anniversary of the election of Douglas F. Dollarhide, the first African American mayor of the City of Compton.
University Art Gallery Exhibits 'Legend and Legacy: José Guadalupe Posada and Contemporary Latinx Art', October 1, 2019
Armas and Rod Hernandez, associate professor of English at CSUDH, lead the planning and implementation of exhibition, made possible with support from California Humanities, and is being presented in collaboration with the CSUDH Gerth Archives and Special Collections.