Led by Mario Savio (front row, second on the right in tie and jacket), thousands of students marched in protest while the University of California Regents considered a ban on campus political activities. November 20, 1964. Photograph: Chris Kjobech

In 1995, the Oakland Tribune newspaper, founded in 1874, donated to the Oakland Museum of California its collection of news negatives and photographs, also known as its photo "morgue." The collection, with about 3,000 negatives and a million photographs, documents the history of the Bay Area and California from the early part of the century through the 1990s. Copies of these images can be purchased from the museum. For more information, e-mail rightsrepro@museumca.org.

The Oakland Museum of California is undergoing a major renovation and reinstallation project. During this time our Natural Science Gallery and selected temporary exhibitions will remain open while the Art and History Permanent galleries will be closed. In addition, many of our services will be limited.

Due to staffing limitations during our renovation, our Rights and Reproductions services will be restricted between now and the end of 2009. We will be unable to accommodate requests that require new photography or research. We will review requests for existing imagery on a case by case basis. The average turn around time for Rights and Reproductions will be a minimum of 12 weeks.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Thanks you for your understanding during this very busy time.

The Oakland Tribune was founded by George Stanford and Benet A. Dewes in 1874. It began as a four-page daily paper, and each page measured only six by ten inches. Dewes and a later partner sold the paper in 1876 to William E. Dargie, who remained publisher until his death in 1911. Dargie was an innovator who widened the paper's news scope by using newspaper wire services to provide stories from around the world. In the early 1900s, Dargie hired photographer Jack Gunin, who was probably the West's first full-time news photographer.

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From those pioneering days, the Tribune has maintained a remarkable tradition of excellence in photojournalism. From the landmark work of Gunin to the photographs of E. A. "Doc" Rogers in the 1920s - 1940s, through the Pulitzer Prize-winning work during the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, the Tribune has led the field in quality and professionalism in documentary photography.

In addition to its significance as a record of California's history in the 20th century, the Tribune collection is a major source for historical documentation of the Bay Area during the 1960s and 1970s. It is rich in images of protests at UC Berkeley, including the Free Speech Movement, the antiwar protests during the Vietnam war, People's Park, and demonstrations and social upheaval that characterized that period in other Bay Area communities.

For more photography at OMCA visit our photography resource page.