The UCLA Historic Photographs repository is a collection of 278 black and white photos depicting the development of UCLA in the early 20th century. The photos were taken by photographer Thelner Hoover in order to document the early beginnings of the university. The collection has photos of notable figures, various campus events, dedications of buildings, commencement ceremonies, alumni events, and aerial views of UCLA and Westwood Village. 
The collection of photos tells the narrative of UCLA’s early history starting in 1928 at the Vermont Avenue campus near downtown Los Angeles before the university moved to its current Westwood location. In 1928, it also shows the construction of Royce hall and Powell Library exactly as they stand today. In 1930, UCLA had it’s first registration of classes on the new Westwood campus and Hoover photographed students walking through Royce. In 1931, Hoover photographed the dedications of multiple buildings such as Hershey hall, Kerckhoff hall, and Royce hall. Hoover also photographed various events such as commencement ceremonies, alumni events, and sporting events. In 1930, he took aerial viewed photographs of UCLA and Westwood from the Goodyear Blimp that depict what the early campus looked like.
If I were to write a paper based on these archives I would be able to describe the early development of the UCLA campus. I think it is really fascinating to see how the university went from it’s four original buildings in Royce quad to the massive, iconic landmark that it is today. I could also discuss the events that Hoover photographed on campus although, the descriptions of the photos do not go into too much detail of what exactly was happening at the events. The metadata descriptions below the photos do not give personal accounts of what the university was like in the early 20th century. In order to remedy this I would have to do outside research that could be in the form of old newspaper articles or journal entries from the 1930s to get an idea of what the culture was like being an original Bruin.