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On July 24, 2024, archivists and researchers gathered for a special L.A. as Subject tour of the Margaret Herrick Library, located along the busy thoroughfare of La Cienega Blvd in Beverly Hills. Housed in Beverly Hills’ old Waterworks building, the library serves as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences…
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Santa Monica Girl Scout troop (1956) courtesy of the Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles Heritage Committee.
In the summer of 1956, a troop of Santa Monica Girl…
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LA as Subject and ONE Archives at USC are excited to announce the debut of Hidden Histories: Discovering Los Angeles' LGBTQ+ Collections. A project is funded by a generous grant from the California State Library, the goal of Hidden Histories is to create a centralized resource of LGBTQ+ archival…
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The Tom & Ethel Bradley Center, an LA as Subject member, was featured in several news articles about the recent Black Power Archives Oral History Project that is a part of its extensive collection.
Established in 1981, the Tom & Ethel Bradley Center has amassed an archive that contains over one million images…
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L.A. as Subject's annual newsletter "Beyond the Bazaar" has just been published and sent out to our members. In this issue, readers can find:
Recap of the 2023 Archives Bazaar
Profile featuring Abraham Ferrar, the 2023 Avery Clayton Spirit Award recipient
Update on the Archives At Risk Committee
Summary from the…
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Over 500 visitors attended the eighteenth annual Los Angeles Archives Bazaar held by L.A. as Subject on October 28, 2023. Sixty-seven L.A. as Subject members participated…
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It is with heavy hearts that we extend our sympathies to the family of Ernest Marquez (1924–2024), a local historian and an extraordinary collector of Los Angeles history. Ernest Marquez passed away on January 6, a few months shy of his 100th birthday (his Los Angeles Times obituary).
Ernest Marquez was a key figure in…
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Visitors poured over vintage photos, old city maps and historic artifacts shown by over 70 history organizations at the 17th annual Archives Bazaar last October 2022. Every year, Southern California museums, libraries and archives come together to show off historic items from their collections, all under one roof.…
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Volunteer for the 2023 Archives Bazaar today. Click here to sign up.
The Los Angeles Archives Bazaar-- brought to you by L.A. as Subject & the USC Libraries-- is an annual event that features educational programming, hands-on workshops, author panels, and exhibits of local historical and archive collections from…
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The Living New Deal Project and the Huntington-USC Institute for the Study of California and the West are launching a project called "Making the New Deal Visible in Los Angeles" and could use your help. The project has two parts, the first of which is intensive research into what the New Deal built around the LA…
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The California State Library recently awarded a grant to ONE Archives at the USC Libraries and L.A. as Subject to increase the visibility of archives and historical collections highlighting a diversity of LGBTQ+ experiences and human rights activism in California.
As part of a two-year project, ONE Archives will…
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Celebrate twenty years of HOME MOVIE DAY with an in-person open screening of amateur, regional and family filmmaking at the 2022 Archives Bazaar!
Saturday, October 22nd
1:00pm - 4:00pm
Doheny Memorial Library
USC University Park Campus
Friends Lecture Hall
FREE!
Film drop-off and inspection begins at noon and we…
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Angelenos have three new opportunities to celebrate the Los Angeles River in the next month, thanks to an innovative collaboration between Pomona College, The Claremont Colleges Library and LA River X.
“Thanks to a generous grant from California Humanities, we’re elevating LA River X out of the digital space and into…
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Some exciting news: Talk Shops are making a comeback!
We are excited to get the conversation started again! What do you want to talk about? I am asking you all for suggestions on what topics, skillsets, and discussions you'd like to see as part of this series.
The Talk Shops will take place on a…
