California Historical Society collection of Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce records and photographs
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Scope and Content
The Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce was founded in 1888 to promote commercial, industrial, and residential growth in Los Angeles and its environs. The collection documents the activities of the organization from 1888 through the 1960s. Included in the collection are minutes from the Board of Director’s meetings, reports and publications from various government agencies and business, manufacturing and trade associations; a 35-year run of the Southern California Business Journal; exhibit and promotional graphics; and photographic materials, including prints, negatives, and slides.
Dates
- Creation: 1888 - 1972
Creator
- Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Biographical / Historical
The Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce was founded in 1888 to promote commercial, industrial, and residential growth in Los Angeles and its environs following a population loss in California. The founding officers of the new Chamber of Commerce were business leaders Maj. Edward W. Jones, William W. Workman, Col. Harrison G. Otis, Samuel B. Lewis, J.I. Redick and Thomas A. Lewis. Their two objectives were to stimulate migration and to market the area's products in other parts of the country.
Extent
146.01 Linear Feet (143 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce materials document the activities of the organization from 1888 through the 1960s. Included in the collection are minutes from the Board of Director’s meetings, reports and publications from various government agencies and business, manufacturing and trade associations; a 35-year run of the Southern California Business Journal; exhibit and promotional graphics; and photographic materials, including prints, negatives, and slides.
USC Digital Library
Images from this collection may be viewed in USC's Digital Library at: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/search/controller/index.htm
Processing Information
This collection is unprocessed.
Subject
- Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce -- Archives (Organization)
- Title
- Finding aid for the California Historical Society collection of Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce records and photographs
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Author
- Marissa Chavez and Sarah Jardini for History Associates Incorporated
- Date
- 2022 December
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2022 January: Finding aid updated by Bo Doub to include additional lantern slides found in USC Libraries storage.
Repository Details
Part of the USC Libraries Special Collections Repository
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-0189 United States
specol@usc.edu