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Special Collections Overview

The Special Collections Room, located behind the Reference Desk, includes documents and photographs relevant to the history of Pierce College and the surrounding area. Some of the items held in the Special Collections room include:

  • Pierce College Catalogs and Class Schedules from 1947 to the present
  • Issues of the student magazine, The Bull, from 1975
  • LAPC Brahman Yearbook from 1949-1955
  • The Early History of Pierce College by Robert McHargue
  • Dissertations by past and present Pierce College Faculty
  • Photographs, slides, and ephemera

For inquiries about the Special Collections room, please call the reference desk at 818-710-2833 or stop by during our regular hours

Featured Resource: "Miracle on Winnetka" by Rocky Young

Former President Rocky Young standing next to the plaque for Pierce's Rocky Young Park.

Written by former Pierce College President and LACCD Chancellor Rocky Young, "Miracle on Winnetka: One Story of a Community College Turnaround," offers a look at the challenges Young faced when he became Pierce's President in 1999 and the methods he used -- in collaboration with other members of the campus community -- to reinvigorate Pierce College.

Read former President Young's "Miracle on Winnetka" here