Archives Bazaar On Demand! Virtual Exhibitor Booths, Showcases, and Tutorials

TUTORIAL VIDEOS

Presented to you by the L.A. as Subject Resident Archivists-- Crystal Johnson, Gerard Collins, and Azatuhi Babayan. Their presentations will go over how to care for your digital archives and physical collections.

Personal and Family Archiving by Gerard Collins

Interested in starting a personal or family archive but don't know where to start? This video gives an overview of planning a small archiving project and looks at what goes into conducting an inventory; appraising and selecting material; arranging collections; and how to best store things once they've been organized. It also touches on the pros and cons of digital media and what to think about before jumping into a digitization project.

Introduction to Digitizing Scrapbooks by Crystal Johnson

This video provides an introductory overview to digitizing scrapbooks using digital photography. Topics covered include: equipment selection and set up, digitization workflow, quality control, and common challenges. 

Collection Surveys: A Brief Overview by Azatuhi Babayan

Get to know your collections and learn how you can use surveys to better prepare for archival processing, digitization, exhibit preparation, securing funding, and more. This video provides an introductory overview of collection surveys, their purpose, and some methods for getting started.

 


VIRTUAL EXHIBITOR BOOTH AND COLLECTION SHOWCASE VIDEOS

Please enjoy these virtual exhibitor booth and collection showcase videos made by the following L.A. as Subject members and other Archives Bazaar participants. Also make sure to check out the Reference Room schedule for a chance to talk with some of them in a live Q&A session.

Art Deco Society of Los Angeles- New Homes for two Richfield Angels

California Historical Society- Stories from the California Historical Society Collection: Reginaldo F. del Valle papers and Tell Your Story L.A.— California in the Time of COVID-19   

California Rare Book School- CalRBS x LA Archives Bazaar 2020 Video

California State Archives- California State Archives Virtual Tours

California State Library- The Gladding McBean Collection

California State University, Los Angeles- Mini-tour of Our University Archives | Cal State LA University Library

Caltech Archives and Special Collections- Caltech's House of Lightning

Chinese American Museum- If These Walls Could Talk

Compton 125 Historical Society- Clips showing our travelling exhibit, different activities the society is engaged in. ie tours, oral history, speaker series

Eagle Rock Valley Historical Society- Eagle Rock panorama - 1908 vs 2015

Gerth Archives and Special Collections, CSU Dominguez Hills- Greg Williams, Director of the Gerth Archives and Special Collections, takes you on a tour of the Archives' facilities and collections

Historical Society of Long Beach- 1908 Long Beach Pike Panoramic at HSLB

Hollywood Heritage- A Glimpse into Hollywood Heritage

LA84 Sports Library & Digital Library- Sports Library to Digital Library

Lanterman House & Archives- An introduction to the Lanterman House & Archives, La Canada Flintridge

Lauren Bon and the Metabolic Studio- Special Project In Archiving (2018-2020) - Lita Albuquerque and the Fires of the West

Los Angeles City Archives & Los Angeles City Historical Society- Samples from the Los Angeles City Archives & Los Angeles City Historical Society

Los Angeles Public Library- More than an Architectural Icon: The Collections of Central Library video series (see details about corresponding live presentation here)

Los Angeles Railroad Heritage Foundation- LARHF's COO, Jared Nigro, exhibits our collection of hand-made, stick built models of early LA Passenger Service Cars built by Mr. Bill Everett

Occidental College Special Collections & College Archives- Looking at an artist's book: The Los Angeles: River Inside a River

Palos Verdes Library District Local History Center- "Pedal PV" - Episode 1:  Tour de PV

Pasadena Museum of History- Life and Work of Pasadena Photojournalist Helen Lukens Gaut: Photography of Her Life, Nature, Architecture, and Motoring

Rancho Los Cerritos- Inside the Archives: Land Ownership Appeal Document from 1856

San Fernando Valley Historical Society- "History to Go"--Andres Pico Adobe

Scripps College, Ella Strong Denison Library- A Glimpse Inside the Ella Strong Denison Library

 

Silver Lake History Collective- "Say Their Names" project around the Silver Lake Reservoir; Interview with "Say Your Names" project creators Micah Wood and Eli Caplan and The People of Silver Lake

Special Collections, The Claremont Colleges Library- Special Collections from The Claremont Colleges: Samples from our Los Angeles Collections

The Museum of the San Fernando Valley- Overview of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley

The Wende Museum- Wende Museum Virtual Visit

UCLA Film & Television Archive- Dr. King says: VOTE! Footage from the KTLA News Collection

USC Libraries, Special Collections – Collecting the Now, Right Now: Live social media feed related to the Women’s March 2020

Visual Communications- VC Photographic Archive in Action

Workman & Temple Family Homestead Museum- Sharing artifacts from the 1928 Presidential election with Archives Bazaar 2020

Writers Guild Foundation- A Virtual Visit to the Writers Guild Foundation Library and Archives

Zoellner Quartet Family Archive- Zoellner Quartet Archive and The story of the Zoellner String Quartet, who founded the Zoellner Conservatory of Music in Los Angeles