- Hello, my name is Benjamin Jenkins.
I'm a professor in the
Department of History
and Political Science at
the University of La Verne.
I also work as the university archivist,
which means that I spend a lot of my time
in the university archives
up on the fourth floor
of Wilson Library.
This is a special place where
we save historical information
and documentation about
the University of La Verne
dating all the way back to
when it was founded in 1891.
We have exciting old
historical photographs,
books, and other
documents that are printed
from the 19th century and course catalogs,
yearbooks, and student newspapers
dating all the way back
to 1981 when we first opened our doors.
The University Archives
collects all this amazing
information to closely align
with the history of the university.
We also make it available
for students to use
in their research and for professors
to bring into their classes.
We've had community
service, history, English,
and honors and flex classes and many more
come to visit the archives
and use the amazing sources
that we have available for their research.
On top of that, we also
offer an internship class
that allows students to
come into the archives,
do work such as building
exhibits and taking care
of historical collections to fulfill
their community service requirement
at the university of La Verne.
