October is Archives Month, a nationwide celebration of history.
The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation is celebrating Archives Month in October with a poster designed to share about Beckman history through the theme California Unites!
Our poster features four images from the Beckman Foundation Collection that explore resilience in the face of environmental challenges highlighting Dr. Arnold O. Beckman’s work with the LA Chamber of Commerce leading a science committee to investigate potential causes of smog in the 1950s. Each image has a corresponding caption that provides context and descriptive notes.
In 2006, October was designated as California’s Archives Month by then-Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger as part of a nationwide, month-long celebration in which archives and archivists share history and their collections with patrons. It coincides with American Archives Month, established by the Society of American Archivists.
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