Directory

Directory

Directory

Automobile Club of Southern California

The Automobile Club of Southern California was founded in 1900, and the records of its undertakings provide a distinctive picture of life in the region during the twentieth century. The documents and pictorial materials in the club’s archive relate not only to the club’s history but also to local and regional architecture, infrastructure, public policy making, and cultural and recreational…

Ayn Rand Archives

Ayn Rand lived in Los Angeles twice during her lifetime. Her papers document the work she completed while living here.

Bison Archives

Historical photographs and information on the history of Los Angeles and the Southern California area. Archive specializes in the history of the television and motion picture industry (studios) in the U.S. and Los Angeles specifically.Archive also has in it architectural history of the Los Angeles area as well.

Black Surfing Association

Photographs that reflect the tradition that African Americans in Los Angeles have with the Pacific Ocean.

Bolton Hall Museum, Little Landers Historical Society

Artifacts, documents,photographs and memorabilia of Rancho Tujunga

Boyle Heights Paranormal Project

The neighborhoods that make up the East Side of Los Angeles and the collective culture that generations of residents have created here are relatively unknown to anyone outside of it. Boyle Heights Paranormal Project is a group that is not only interested in the paranormal in relation to this part of Los Angeles, but it also works to preserve, document and share the history that is made here.

Cal Humanities

California African American Museum

The California African American Museum collects, preserves, interprets, and displays materials that honor the contributions of African Americans to world history and culture. The museum’s art collection focuses on works created by African American artists from the 1800s to the present. It also includes traditional African art and contemporary art by those of the African Diaspora.

California Historical Society

The California Historical Society collects materials of enduring historical and cultural value in support of its mission to inspire and empower Californians to make the past a meaningful part of their contemporary lives. In our North Baker Research Library, we hold some fifty thousand books and pamphlets, four thousand manuscript collections, half a million photographs, as well as ephemera,…

California State Library

The California State Library, comprising sections including California History, Information Services, Government Publications, and the Witkin Law Library in Sacramento and the Sutro Library in San Francisco, holds a wide variety of materials relating to the history of Los Angeles, including manuscripts, rare books, maps, photographs and other visual resources, ephemera, vertical files, and more. …