Directory

Directory

Directory

Altadena Historical Society

Collection includes: Maps (1849-present). Historical maps of Altadena, Pasadena, the San Gabriel Valley area, and Los Angeles. Political maps, Angeles National Forest maps, maps of local mountain ranges, charts and schematics of the Mt. Lowe Railroad, U.S. Geological Survey maps.

American Jewish University, Ostrow Library & University Archives

The American Jewish University Archives are various collections of documents, pamphlets, letters, audio, films, publications, photographs, scrapbooks, and ephemera that document the history of the University of Judaism and the Brandeis-Bardin Institute which merged to become American Jewish University in 2007, depicting people, places and events at both campuses.

Antelope Valley Indian Museum State Historic Park

The Museum exhibits American Indian cultural materials, primarily focused on cultures of the Southwestern, Great Basin and Californian culture regions, which were connected by a major trade route from circa 4,000 BP. One of the largest collections is from the California coast and Channel Islands. Seven thousand artifacts are represented, ranging in age from 8-9,000 BP to ethnographic/historic…

Arab American Historical Foundation

Arab American Almanac, 5th edition, 560 pages. The most comprehensive reference book about Arab-Americans. * Complete collection of The News Circle/Arab-American Affairs magazine, from 1972 to the present. * Collection of Arab American newspapers/ magazines, in English and Arabic * Thousands of photos and video/film footage

ArtCenter College of Design, Archives and Special Collections

Art Center opened in 1930 in Los Angeles. Our institutional archival collections date from the early 1930s to the present, and contain photographs, publications, documents, and moving images that trace the history of the College. We receive research requests looking at art and design education in Los Angeles, or researching specific designers and artists. Anyone studying Los Angeles car culture…

Azusa Pacific University, Special Collections

The institution has Special Collections including: 1) Local history; 2) American religious history; and 3) history of the American west. Under Local History, the Azusa-Foothill Citrus Collection consists of manuscripts, legal and business papers, financial journals and ledgers, photographs and maps dating back to 1844. The Sayre MacNeil Collection contains family papers and correspondences, and…

Bates and Harvey Mudd Aeronautics Heritage Library

The research collections of the Bates and Harvey Mudd Aeronautics Heritage Library include several book collections with special emphasis on Southern California and Los Angeles County. The most noteworthy of these are the Raymond Goodall Collection on the early history of aviation, aeronautical engineering, and the aviation industry, and the Iris Critchell Collection, which is particularly strong…

Beverly Hills Historical Society

Materials in the archives of the Beverly Hills Historical Society are primarily from the Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce, Beverly Hills Women's Club, Beverly Hills Nurseries, Rotary Club of Beverly Hills, and members of the society itself. The holdings, which consist of correspondence, photographs, brochures, publications, architectural plans, albums, and newspaper clippings, document the…

Bolton Hall Museum, Little Landers Historical Society

Artifacts, documents,photographs and memorabilia of Rancho Tujunga

Boyle Heights Historical Society

Hsitorical Society focused on history and peoples of Boyle Heights