How to Cite This Archive

Students, teachers, researchers, and journalists are welcome to use materials from the Buried Under the Blue Archive in their work. Please credit both the archive and the original source every time you use an item.

 

Start with the item page

 

Every item in the archive has its own page with a permanent web address and a ready-to-use citation under How to cite this item. Copy it into your works cited list or bibliography, then add the date you viewed it.

 

Citation examples

 

These examples use the Housing Authority letter of July 24, 1950. Follow the style your teacher, school, or publisher requires.

 

MLA (9th edition)

Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles. “Letter to the Families of the Palo Verde and Chavez Ravine Areas.” 24 July 1950. Buried Under the Blue Archive, www.buriedundertheblue.com/archive/housing-authority-letter-july-24-1950. Accessed [day month year].

 

APA (7th edition)

Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles. (1950, July 24). Letter to the families of the Palo Verde and Chavez Ravine areas [Letter]. Buried Under the Blue Archive. https://www.buriedundertheblue.com/archive/housing-authority-letter-july-24-1950

 

Chicago (17th edition)

Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles. Letter to the Families of the Palo Verde and Chavez Ravine Areas, July 24, 1950. Buried Under the Blue Archive. https://www.buriedundertheblue.com/archive/housing-authority-letter-july-24-1950.

 

Newspaper articles

 

Cite the original newspaper first, then note that you viewed it in the Buried Under the Blue Archive.

 

MLA example

“Chavez Ravine Family Evicted; Melee Erupts.” Los Angeles Times, 9 May 1959, p. 1. Buried Under the Blue Archive, www.buriedundertheblue.com/archive/la-times-may-9-1959-chavez-ravine-family-evicted.

 

Oral histories and descendant statements

 

Include the speaker’s name, the title of the recording or statement, the date it was recorded or published, and the Buried Under the Blue Archive with its web address.

 

For younger students

 

A simple citation is fine: the title, the date, and where you found it. Example: “Palo Verde Elementary School, 1949.” Buried Under the Blue Archive, buriedundertheblue.com.

 

Using images in your own work

 

Images are shared for education and research. To publish an image in a book, film, article, or exhibit, contact Buried Under the Blue first. Many newspaper images are owned by their original publishers, and permission may also be needed from them.

 

Questions, corrections, or materials to share

 

If you have a question about an item, see something that needs correcting, or have photographs, documents, or family stories to contribute, email buriedundertheblue@gmail.com.