The Museum of Social Justice is located in La Plaza United Methodist Church, on the site of the oldest section of Los Angeles. The Museum’s historical collection consists of documents, photographs, artifacts, and other materials created by La Plaza Methodist Church at the beginning of the twentieth century. The collection features over 2000 photographs that capture the work of the founders of the…
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115 Paseo De La Plaza Los Angeles, CA90012 United States
The Department of Archives and Special Collections, of the Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University, acquires, organizes, and opens to research, primary source materials in the arts, humanities, education, and religion.
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One LMU Drive Los Angeles, CA90045-8200 United States
The Mojave Desert Archives preserves the history of transcontinental travel to the Los Angeles region through the Mojave Desert of eastern California. Route 66, National Old Trails Road, the Mojave Wagon Road, the Santa Fe Railway (now BNSF), Union Pacific Railroad, and Interstate highways were and are major transit routes through the desert terminating in the Los Angeles basin.
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37198 Lanfair Road #G-15 Essex, CA92332-9786 United States
Collection Description: Occidental College is a part of LA history since 1887!
Occidental has a commitment to document the history of our local communities. Through our partnerships with community organizations in Eagle Rock, Highland Park, and Boyle Heights, we are discovering ways to get residents and Oxy students to explore history, what it means to be a community, and why being part of…
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1600 Campus Road Los Angeles, CA90041 United States
Founded in 1952, the ONE Archives at the University of Southern California Libraries in Los Angeles is the oldest continuously-operating LGBTQ organization in the United States and the largest archive in the world dedicated to collecting and preserving LGBTQ materials. Our collection comprises over 33,000 volumes of books and monographs; over 13,000 titles of LGBTQ periodicals; 700…
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909 West Adams Blvd. Los Angeles, CA90007 United States
Pepperdine University's Special Collections and University Archives maintains several collections of materials related to the history of Los Angeles. The Malibu Historical Collection includes a full run of the Malibu Times newspaper (1946-present), a full run of the the Malibu Surfside News newspaper (1973-present), the John Mazza Collection of Historic Surfboards, historic books related to Malibu…
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24255 Pacific Coast Highway Malibu, CA90263 United States
Collection #1: Photo archive (many obtained from LA Public Library Collection, plus others from misc. sources).,
Historical Document archive (many also obtained from LA Public Library collection, but many others as well).
All items of particular interest to those interested in Northeast Los Angeles, especially Highland Park, Garvanza, and Eagle Rock.
Collection #2: I have aggregated the…
Business records of the Santa Monica Land & Water Company incorporated in 1897 by Sen. John P. Jones and Arcadia de Bandini de Baker. SML&WCo sub-divided and developed about 50,000 acres in West Los Angeles including Brentwood, Pacific Palisades, Santa Monica, and Bel Air. The Archives includes photos, ephemera, legal records, and correspondence from the early 1900s through the 1970s.…
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16939 St. Andrews Drive Poway, CA92064 United States
Films, Recordings, Book Archives include the works of * Jose Mojica, Mexican opera star;" The Valentino of Latin Films". * Anita Loos and Mary Anita Loos Sale - Films, scripts, Books * Lyle Wheeler - Films * Leo Carillo - Films * Dolores Del Rio - Films The work/study program Interns from UCLA/LMU and Mt. St. Mary's have resulted in an LSRI program to acquire copies of works of the 1930's of…
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Mail & Interns Offices: 560 E. Channel Road Events Entrance 565 Dryad Road, Santa Monica Canyon Santa Monica, CA90402 United States
Cross-section of Los Angeles' urban population, immigration and events including portraits of creative pofessionals, entrepreneurs, scientists, political and religious leaders,.
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13455 Maxella Ave, Marina Del Rey, CA 90292 LOS ANGELES & ENVIRONS, CA90292 United States