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Students using Primary Sources in Hannon Library Special Collections Department
This is a row of three photographs that show LMU students using materials in the department of Archives and Special Collections. In the first photo, a student is looking into a rare book of large folio size that sits open on a cushion on a book support. In the second photo, a student is transcribing or taking notes with a rare book positioned open before them. In the third photo, a student wearing white gloves is holding and examining a small, disc-shaped artifact that has been taken from a box containing a variety of small artifacts.
provides free public access to detailed descriptions of primary resource collections maintained by more than 150 contributing institutions including libraries, special collections, archives, historical societies, and museums throughout California and collections maintained by the 10 University of California (UC) campuses.