The Sierra Madre Historical Archives collects, preserves, and provides access to a variety of materials that tell the Sierra Madre story: photographs, slides, postcards, scrapbooks, city directories, maps, letters, periodicals, posters, works of art, sound recordings, moving images, and ephemera. The archives collection includes the Sierra Madre Oral History Project in which residents describe Sierra Madre social life and customs. The collection's subject area strengths include San Gabriel Mountain resorts accessible via local trails and Sierra Madre art and artists. The local history collection is built on a partnership. It is jointly owned and maintained by the Sierra Madre Historical Preservation Society and the Sierra Madre Public Library.
Visit the Sierra Madre Historical Archives LA as Subject directory page for more information.
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Pageant in Memorial Park, circa 1930. Directed by Florence Eakman (center).
Gift of Nan Carlton
Sierra Madre Historical Archives Collection
(2003.4.2)