The papers of Los Angeles painter, printmaker, and educator, Charles W. White, measure 12.9 linear feet and date from 1933 to 1987, with the bulk of the material dating from the 1960s to the 1970s. The collection contains biographical material, including a sound recording of an interview with White; personal and professional correspondence; writings by White and others about his philosophy of art, his life, and career; professional files documenting White's participation in a variety of boards, committees, juries, symposiums, professional projects, and commissions; teaching files documenting White's tenure at Otis Art Institute; extensive printed material charting White's career from the 1930s until his death; scrapbooks primarily documenting his early career; and a small series of photographs.

This accession consists of records created and maintained by Kristian Fauchald, Curator, Chairman, and Research Zoologist, 1979- . The correspondence pertains to collections, proposals, research, students, and departmental administration. Some correspondence is from his time at the University of Southern California (1965-1979) before his arriv...

The papers of Abstract Expressionist painters James Brooks and Charlotte Park measure 18.7 linear feet and are dated 1909-2010, bulk 1930-2010. Correspondence, subject files, personal business records, printed material, and a sound recording document his painting career, interests, professional and personal activities. Also found are biographical materials, interviews, writings, and art work. The collection also includes papers of his wife, Abstract Expressionist painter Charlotte Park, regarding her painting career, personal life, activities as executor of James Brooks' estate, and some material concerning the James Brooks and Charlotte Park Brooks Foundation. There is a 1.4 linear foot addition to this collection donated in 2017 that includes 58 "week-at-a-glance" appointment books, three journals and one address/ telephone book of Charlotte Park; a hand written chronology with significant dates and notes; postcards and exhibition announcements sent to Charlotte and James; doodles; and a sketch, possibly by Don Kingman.

The papers of painter, political activist, and educator Leon Golub are dated 1930s-2009 and measure 16.5 linear feet and 4.13 GB. His career as a painter and educator – and, to a far lesser extent, his personal interests and activities – are documented by correspondence, interviews, writings by Golub and other authors, subject files, printed and digital material, and audiovisual recordings. Also included are biographical materials, personal business records, and photographs of Leon Golub and wife Nancy Spero. Posthumously dated items are mostly condolence letters, obituaries, printed material, and inventories of his work.

This collection consists of 72 linear feet of the papers of Benjamin O. Davis. Included are the following types of material: programs, invitations, certificates, correspondence, published material, and photographs.

This accession consists of records of the Biological Survey (formerly the Bird and Mammal Lab) of the Fish and Wildlife Service during the tenure of Don E. Wilson, and some of Wilson's professional papers.

This accession consists of correspondence, reports, proposals, papers, field notes, articles, and photographs documenting the career of Joshua Irving Tracey, Jr., Research Associate/Geologist with the United States Geological Survey (USGS). Tracey specialized in the recent geological history of the Pacific Ocean.

These papers consist primarily of Ellis Leon Yochelson's correspondence, as Research Associate/Geologist with the United States Geological Survey. Much of the material documents his research on Charles D. Walcott, including copies of Walcott correspondence and biographical sketches.

These records include administrative files of the Division of Mathematics and its predecessors; Merzbach correspondence with computer industries, university professors, and pioneers or experts in the field of computing science; exhibition scripts, research material, and blueprints for the Hall of Mathematics; Computer History Project research ...

These records consist of administrative files documenting publication of the Wilson Quarterly. Materials include press releases, budget materials, annual reports, and correspondence with readers.