Associated Students of UCLA. Daily Bruin. UARS.0529

Finding aid prepared by Jasmine Jones, 2020 and Yana Demeshko, 2021.

UCLA Library Special Collections

Online finding aid last updated 2021 February 2.

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Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections

Title: Associated Students of UCLA. Daily Bruin.

Creator: Associated Students of UCLA

Identifier/Call Number: UARS.0529

Physical Description: 199 Reels (4 cartons)

Date (inclusive): 1915-2002

Abstract: The collection consists of 199 reels of microfilmed print issues of the UCLA student newspaper, The Daily Bruin, and its predecessor, The Normal Outlook.

Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.

Language of Material: Materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

THIS COLLECTION HAS BEEN DIGITIZED. Please consult digital facsimiles instead of originals.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright to portions of this collection has been assigned to the UCLA Library Special Collections. The library can grant permission to publish for materials to which it holds the copyright. Commercial use may require additional rights that must be determined and obtained by the researcher. All requests for copyright permission to publish must be submitted in writing to Library Special Collections. Credit shall be given as follows: The Regents of the University of California on behalf of the UCLA Library Special Collections.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Associated Students of UCLA. Daily Bruin. (University Archives Record Series 529). UCLA Library Special Collections, University Archives, University of California, Los Angeles.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Mircrofilm transferred from UCLA Library Photographic Department (later UC Sourthern Regional Library Preservation Microfilming Service) 1980s-2000s.

Custodial History

The Library's Daily Bruin subscription was mircofilmed beginning in the 1980s-1990s. The Library stopped microfilming new issues in the early 2000s.

Processing Information

Collections are processed to a variety of levels depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived user interest and research value, availability of staff and resources, and competing priorities. Library Special Collections provides a standard level of preservation and access for all collections and, when time and resources permit, conducts more intensive processing. These materials have been arranged and described according to national and local standards and best practices.

The microfilm was digitized by the Internet Archive in the 2000s.

Container list by Alejandro Adame, 2020. Additional descritpion by Yana Demeshko under the supervision of Courtney Dean, 2021.

UCLA Catalog Record ID

UCLA Catalog Record ID: 3466767

Biographical / Historical

The Daily Bruin is the student newspaper at the University of California, Los Angeles. It began publishing in 1919, the same year UCLA was founded. The Daily Bruin was preceded by The Normal Outlook on the campus of UCLA's predecessor, the Los Angeles State Normal School, from 1910 through 1918. Over the years it went by Cub Californian (1919-1924), California Grizzly (1924-1926), California Daily Bruin (1926-1943, 1944-1948), California Bruin (1943-1944), and UCLA Daily Bruin (1948-present).

The Daily Bruin is published by the ASUCLA Communications Board. As of 2021 its office is located in Kerckhoff 118, where about 500 students work in 17 editorial sections to produce the paper each day. In addition to about 9,000 copies of each daily print issue are distributed at dozens of locations across UCLA, The Daily Bruin runs PRIME, a quarterly culture and lifestyle magazine, and The Stack, a data journalism blog providing a quantitative look at the news. The Daily Bruin also founded and operates bruinwalk.com, UCLA's professor and apartment review website.

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of 199 reels of microfilmed print issues of the UCLA student newspaper, the Daily Bruin, from 1919-2002. Early reels also include precursor, The Normal Outlook, and early iterations entitled The Cub Californian, and The California Grizzly.

Arrangement

Reels are arranged in chronological order.

Existence and Location of Copies

Digital reproductions of the Daily Bruin are available electronically via the Internet Archive. Use search term: UCLA Daily Bruin. Keyword searching is available within each reel.

Other Finding Aids

Links to individual reels in the collection are also available via the UCLA Library Daily Bruin Archive research guide.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Student newspapers and periodicals

reel 1

The Normal Outlook 1915 September 10-1918 June 20