The Otis Archives are now online with over 1,000 images, including the entire 80 pages of the 1975 historical document, The Otis Story.
Former residence of Harrison Gray Otis and original building for Otis Art Institute when the school opened its doors in 1918.
Henry Fukuhara at Manzanar
Document signed by Otis students in 1932, opened in 1950 with Tyrus Wong and Dorothy Jeakins on hand.
For the Time Capsule (to be opened in 2050)
The College has had seven different names in the last 100 years:
1918 - The Otis Art Institute of the Los Angeles Museum of History, Science & Art
1936 - Otis Art Institute
1947 - The Los Angeles County Art Institute
1961 - The Otis Art Institute of Los Angeles County
1978 - Otis Art Institute of Parsons School of Design
1992 - Otis School of Art and Design
1993 - Otis College of Art and Design
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