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Population geography -- Los Angeles County (Calif.) -- Archival Resources

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Los Angeles city directories

 Collection
Identifier: 0235
Abstract City directories are among the most important sources of information about urban areas and their inhabitants. They provide personal and professional information about a city's residents as well as information about its business, civic, social, religious, charitable, and literary institutions. A typical city directory provides a listing of residents, streets, businesses, organizations or institutions, giving their location in a city.The collection consists of 78 bound volumes of...
Dates: 1886 - 1953

Don Van Arsdol Map Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 0099
Abstract

Collection consists of approximately 400 maps from USC's Population Research Laboratory, donated by Professor Maurice D. Van Arsdol in 1998. The maps include much of the work done by Emory Bogardus and his students, as well as that of Van Arsdol and his students, and range from 1935 to 1980.

Dates: 1924 - 1980; Majority of material found within 1949 - 1965