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Dedication ceremony - William W. Campbell, Ernest C. Moore, and others, 1930

Description:
Dr. Campbell, outgoing President of the University of California (on left), Dr. Moore, Director of UCLA, and others converse on the steps of Royce Hall following the Dedication ceremony. Known formally as the "Dedication of the New Campus and New Buildings of the University of California at Los Angeles", the event brought together regents, professors, students, alumni, and representatives of other educational institutions for four sessions held on March 27 and 28.
Date:
March 28, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Thelner and Louise Hoover Photographic Collection
Dedication ceremony - William W. Campbell, Ernest C. Moore, and others, 1930

Dedication ceremony - Adam Blyth Webster, Robert G. Sproul, and unidentified man, 1930

Description:
Webster (on left) and Dr. Sproul, incoming President of the University of California (center), stand outside Royce Hall following the Dedication ceremony. Webster, Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University of St. Andrews, had given a keynote address titled "One Touch of Nature". Known formally as the "Dedication of the New Campus and New Buildings of the University of California at Los Angeles", the event brought together regents, professors, students, alumni, and representatives of other educational institutions for four sessions held on March 27 and 28. [Note: Handwritten date in the margin is incorrect]
Date:
March 28, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Thelner and Louise Hoover Photographic Collection
Dedication ceremony - Adam Blyth Webster, Robert G. Sproul, and unidentified man, 1930

Dedication ceremony - Robert G. Sproul and unidentified man, 1930

Description:
Standing at the entrance to Royce Hall, Dr. Sproul, incoming President of the University of California, converses with an unidentified man. Known formally as the "Dedication of the New Campus and New Buildings of the University of California at Los Angeles", the event brought together regents, professors, students, alumni, and representatives of other educational institutions for four sessions held on March 27 and 28.
Date:
March 28, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Thelner and Louise Hoover Photographic Collection
Dedication ceremony - Robert G. Sproul and unidentified man, 1930

Aerial view of Chemistry Building (Haines Hall) with Library (Powell Library) and Royce Hall in background, 1930

Description:
Campus as viewed from the Goodyear Blimp looking southwest. The Chemistry Building (Haines Hall) is in the foreground with the Library (College Library, subsequently Powell Library) in the background on the left and Royce Hall to the right.
Date:
April 28, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Thelner and Louise Hoover Photographic Collection
Aerial view of Chemistry Building (Haines Hall) with Library (Powell Library) and Royce Hall in background, 1930

Registration - Sale of student ID cards at Royce Hall, 1930

Description:
Various students or staff--including Lawrence Houston (UCLA 1930), center in dark suit--sell ASUCLA membership cards at the north (rear) entrance to Royce Hall. This rear entrance to Royce Hall is no longer visible due to the addition of a scenery shop in 1953 and further renovation in 1984 and 1998. Royce Hall was the center of activity during the mid-February registration for the "second half-year" (Feb. - June) of the first academic year on the new Westwood campus.
Date:
February 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Thelner and Louise Hoover Photographic Collection
Registration - Sale of student ID cards at Royce Hall, 1930

Dedication ceremony - William W. Campbell and Robert G. Sproul, 1930

Description:
Dr. Campbell, outgoing President of the University of California (on left), and Dr. Sproul, incoming President of the University of California, converse on the steps of Royce Hall following the Dedication ceremony. Known formally as the "Dedication of the New Campus and New Buildings of the University of California at Los Angeles", the event brought together regents, professors, students, alumni, and representatives of other educational institutions for four sessions held on March 27 and 28. [Note: Handwritten date in the margin is incorrect]
Date:
March 28, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Thelner and Louise Hoover Photographic Collection
Dedication ceremony - William W. Campbell and Robert G. Sproul, 1930

Dedication ceremony - Joe Crail and Clifford Barrett, 1930

Description:
A man identified by Hoover as Joe Crail stands with Dr. Barrett, philosophy professor, at the entrance to Royce Hall following the Dedication ceremony. Known formally as the "Dedication of the New Campus and New Buildings of the University of California at Los Angeles", the event brought together regents, professors, students, alumni, and representatives of other educational institutions for four sessions held on March 27 and 28. [Note: Handwritten date in the margin is incorrect]
Date:
March 28, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Thelner and Louise Hoover Photographic Collection
Dedication ceremony - Joe Crail and Clifford Barrett, 1930

Royce Hall with students moving between classes on the Esplanade, 1930

Description:
Photographed from the Physics Biology Building (Humanities Building), the south side (front) of Josiah Royce Hall rises against the Santa Monica Mountains. The Esplanade is more generally called Royce quadrangle and is known today as Dickson Plaza. Hoover took this photograph midway through the first academic year held on the new Westwood campus.
Date:
February 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Thelner and Louise Hoover Photographic Collection
Royce Hall with students moving between classes on the Esplanade, 1930

Royce Hall foyer ceiling detail, c.1930

Description:
Close-up of the seal of Charles University in Prague, one of twelve European university seals displayed on the ceiling beams of the Josiah Royce Hall foyer. The seals represent the standard of education that UCLA's founders envisioned for the Westwood campus. Hoover contributed this photograph to the 1930 UCLA yearbook, which includes descriptions of these twelve universities at the head of each section.
Date:
c.1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Thelner and Louise Hoover Photographic Collection
Royce Hall foyer ceiling detail, c.1930

Aerial view of UCLA and Westwood Village, 1930

Description:
Distant aerial view of campus and Westwood Village looking south from an unidentified aircraft. Photographed during the first academic year on the Westwood campus, only six structures were present: The Education Building (Moore Hall), Royce Hall, the Library (College Library, subsequently Powell Library), the Chemistry Building (Haines Hall), the Physics-Biology Building (Kinsey Hall, and subsequently the Humanities Building), and the Bridge.
Date:
January 21, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Thelner and Louise Hoover Photographic Collection
Aerial view of UCLA and Westwood Village, 1930

Dedication ceremony - Jake Gimbel, 1930

Description:
Gimbel, philanthropist, appears on the Esplanade with Royce Hall in the background following the Dedication ceremony. Known formally as the "Dedication of the New Campus and New Buildings of the University of California at Los Angeles", the event brought together regents, professors, students, alumni, and representatives of other educational institutions for four sessions held on March 27 and 28.
Date:
March 28, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Thelner and Louise Hoover Photographic Collection
Dedication ceremony - Jake Gimbel, 1930

Aerial view of Bridge and campus, c.1930

Description:
Campus as viewed from the air (most likely from the Goodyear Blimp) looking northwest across the arroyo. From L to R: The Physics-Biology Building (Kinsey Hall, subsequently Humanities Building), Library (College Library, subsequently Powell Library), Royce Hall, and the Chemistry Building (Haines Hall).
Date:
c.1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Thelner and Louise Hoover Photographic Collection
Aerial view of Bridge and campus, c.1930

Moving to Westwood campus - Unloading into Royce, 1929

Description:
May 31, 1929, a day that came to be known as "Moving Day," saw a caravan of more than 500 vehicles filled with students, moving boxes, furniture, and equipment make its way from Vermont Avenue to the new Westwood campus. Ernest C. Moore, Director of UCLA, declared the day a half-holiday, and the ROTC band accompanied the procession. In this photograph, students unload a truck before Royce Hall. [Note: Handwritten date in the margin is incorrect]
Date:
May 31, 1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Thelner and Louise Hoover Photographic Collection
Moving to Westwood campus - Unloading into Royce, 1929

Dedication ceremony - Perry L. Miles, 1930

Description:
Colonel Miles, professor of military science and tactics, appears on Royce Hall steps in uniform following the Dedication ceremony. Known formally as the "Dedication of the New Campus and New Buildings of the University of California at Los Angeles", the event brought together regents, professors, students, alumni, and representatives of other educational institutions for four sessions held on March 27 and 28.
Date:
March 28, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Thelner and Louise Hoover Photographic Collection
Dedication ceremony - Perry L. Miles, 1930

Registration - Students lined up at Royce Hall, 1930

Description:
Students lined up on the Esplanade before Royce Hall's south (or front) entrance. The Esplanade is more generally called Royce quadrangle and is known today as Dickson Plaza. Royce Hall was the center of activity during the mid-February registration for the "second half-year" (Feb. - June) of the first academic year on the new Westwood campus.
Date:
February 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Thelner and Louise Hoover Photographic Collection
Registration - Students lined up at Royce Hall, 1930

Dedication ceremony - Robert G. Sproul and Adam Blyth Webster, 1930

Description:
Standing at the entrance to Royce Hall, Dr. Sproul, incoming President of the University of California (on left), and Webster share thoughts following the Dedication ceremony. Webster, Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University of St. Andrews, had given a keynote address titled "One Touch of Nature". Known formally as the "Dedication of the New Campus and New Buildings of the University of California at Los Angeles", the event brought together regents, professors, students, alumni, and representatives of other educational institutions for four sessions held on March 27 and 28. [Note: Handwritten date in the margin is incorrect]
Date:
March 28, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Thelner and Louise Hoover Photographic Collection
Dedication ceremony - Robert G. Sproul and Adam Blyth Webster, 1930

Goodyear Blimp over UCLA, c.1931

Description:
Photographed from the Physics-Biology Building (Kinsey Hall, subsequently the Humanities Building), the Goodyear Blimp flies over Royce Hall. The airship--named the "Volunteer"--was used by Thelner Hoover for aerial photography of campus. Here the airship joins the festivities of the annual freshman "Green Day" in the Spring of 1931. The Library (Powell Library) is in the foreground and the Provost's Residence (University Residence) is in the distant background.
Date:
c.1931
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Thelner and Louise Hoover Photographic Collection
Goodyear Blimp over UCLA, c.1931

Dedication ceremony - Unidentified group, 1930

Description:
An unidentified group converses at the entrance to Royce Hall following the Dedication ceremony. Known formally as the "Dedication of the New Campus and New Buildings of the University of California at Los Angeles", the event brought together regents, professors, students, alumni, and representatives of other educational institutions for four sessions held on March 27 and 28.
Date:
March 28, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Thelner and Louise Hoover Photographic Collection
Dedication ceremony - Unidentified group, 1930

Library (Powell Library), c.1930

Description:
The north side of the Library (subsequently known as College Library and, after 1966, the Lawrence Clark Powell Library) is photographed here from the foot of the Chemistry Building (Haines Hall). By the close of the first academic year on the Westwood Campus, landscaping around all of the Esplanade buildings had been completed.
Date:
c.1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Thelner and Louise Hoover Photographic Collection
Library (Powell Library), c.1930

Dedication ceremony - Unidentified man and Virgil Cazel, 1930

Description:
A man identified by Hoover as "Ed Dickinson" (on left) walks with Virgil "Wes" Cazel, junior class President, across the Esplanade before Royce Hall. Known formally as the "Dedication of the New Campus and New Buildings of the University of California at Los Angeles", the event brought together regents, professors, students, alumni, and representatives of other educational institutions for four sessions held on March 27 and 28. [Note: Handwritten date in the margin is incorrect]
Date:
March 28, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Thelner and Louise Hoover Photographic Collection
Dedication ceremony - Unidentified man and Virgil Cazel, 1930

Dedication ceremony - William W. Campbell, 1930

Description:
Dr. Campbell, outgoing President of the University of California, stands at the entrance of Royce Hall following the Dedication ceremony. Known formally as the "Dedication of the New Campus and New Buildings of the University of California at Los Angeles", the event brought together regents, professors, students, alumni, and representatives of other educational institutions for four sessions held on March 27 and 28.
Date:
March 28, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Thelner and Louise Hoover Photographic Collection
Dedication ceremony - William W. Campbell, 1930

Snowfall on campus - Royce Hall and Esplanade, 1932

Description:
A rare snowfall covers the Esplanade and Royce Hall, viewed here from the foot of the Physics Biology Building (Humanities Building). The Esplanade is more generally called Royce quadrangle and is known today as Dickson Plaza. The edge of the Library (Powell Library) is visible on the left. Hoover took this photograph in the early morning before the pristine snowfall was disturbed by excited students.
Date:
January 15, 1932
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Thelner and Louise Hoover Photographic Collection
Snowfall on campus - Royce Hall and Esplanade, 1932

Registration - Students walking through Royce Hall colonnade, 1930

Description:
This photograph looks west down the Royce Hall colonnade, which appears here populated by students during registration. Royce Hall was the center of activity during the mid-February registration for the "second half-year" (Feb. - June) of the first academic year on the new Westwood campus.
Date:
February 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Thelner and Louise Hoover Photographic Collection
Registration - Students walking through Royce Hall colonnade, 1930

Registration - Students lined up at Royce Hall, 1930

Description:
Students lined up on the Esplanade before Royce Hall's south (or front) entrance. Photograph is looking northwest with the edge of the Library (Powell Library) in the foreground. The Esplanade is more generally called Royce quadrangle and is known today as Dickson Plaza. Royce Hall was the center of activity during the mid-February registration for the "second half-year" (Feb. - June) of the first academic year on the new Westwood campus.
Date:
February 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Thelner and Louise Hoover Photographic Collection
Registration - Students lined up at Royce Hall, 1930

Aerial view of Bridge and campus, 1930

Description:
Campus as viewed from the Goodyear Blimp looking west across the arroyo. From L to R: The Physics-Biology Building (Kinsey Hall, subsequently the Humanities Building), Library (College Library, subsequently Powell Library), the Esplanade, Royce Hall, and the Chemistry Building (Haines Hall).
Date:
April 28, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Thelner and Louise Hoover Photographic Collection
Aerial view of Bridge and campus, 1930
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