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History 3450 students spent the semester working in the college archives.

Students in History 3450 interpreted primary sources for the label-writing activity.

Librarian Kendall Faulkner and students in History 3450 interpret materials from the Mervyn M. Dymally Collection

Students work in small groups and independently evaluating the contents of the Mervyn M. Dymally Papers. Students practice primary source evaluation, historical contextualization, visual, and digital literacy skills.

Azalea Camacho works with a student interpreting a primary source from the Mervyn M. Dymally Papers.

Students in History 2050 (fall 2019) celebrate processing forty-two boxes from the Mervyn M. Dymally Collection. Through this opportunity students build an understanding of archival processing and the importance of preservation.

A student takes notes while evaluating photographs in the Mervyn M. Dymally Papers. Students demonstrate developed historical thinking skills by considering Dymally’s role in Los Angeles politics, and in the larger national landscape.

Students in Fall History 2020 pause for a photograph with Dr. Dennis. Students demonstrate the intersections of class, gender, and race in the history of Los Angeles, and in comparison, to the broader national narrative.

Students discuss interpretations of Mervyn M. Dymally Papers and evaluate primary sources. To analyze a primary source; each observe and describe creator, type of source, date created, place created, and physical details.

Two students examine corresponedence contained in the Mervyn M. Dymally Papers