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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
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Records on the Investigation of the Homicide of Ruben Salazar
Collection
Identifier: 0548
Abstract
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department's Records on the Investigation of the Homicide of Ruben Salazar contain documents maintained by the Sheriff's Department for more than forty years pertaining to preparations for, and responses to, the National Chicano Moratorium march and rally, among the largest anti-Vietnam War protests in Los Angeles, held on August, 29, 1970, in East Los Angeles. Also documented is the tragic aftermath--the ensuing riot, significant damages, complaints about...
Dates:
1970 - 1974; 1998; 2011 - 2012; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1971
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections