Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History -- Archival resources
Found in 58 Collections and/or Records:
Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles reports and publications
Coulter Dry Goods Company records
Family history of B. F. Coulter, photographs, business correspondence, clippings; photographs of window and counter displays. The family business was founded in 1878 in Los Angeles and flourished until the 1960s.
First Century Families records
The collection contains records of the activities of the First Century Families, especially centered on the planning and implementation of the group's annual luncheon. Considerable genealogical and biographical material is also contained herein. The collection also includes 22.4 gigabytes of audio and video files.
Foley and Sepulveda family papers
J. Paul Getty collection
Clipping service scrapbooks on the later life of Getty (1892-1976), the construction of the Getty Museum in Malibu, and the settlement of his estate; clippings and photographs of the museum; album of letters, 1955-56, to Getty regarding his book, Collector's Choice.
Hollywood Bowl and Los Angeles Philharmonic programs
A small group of programs from the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Hollywood Bowl, dated 1915-195
Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department records
Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles records
This small collection documents some of the activities and history of the Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles. Included are minutes from meetings of the Committee on Aging during the 1960s, when the Freda Mohr Center for the elderly was opened; a notebook describing the history, activities, programs, and administrative functions of the agency; and a dissertation from USC's School of Social Work that examines the history of the agency.
Adolf Johnson postcards
22 postcards depicting buildings and scenes around Los Angeles, including Pasadena, Venice and Burbank, sent to Adolf Johnson in Turlock, California between 1911 and 1913. Scenes include (but are not limited to) various views of downtown Los Angeles (Spring Street at night, Broadway, Central Square), buildings (Hall of Records, California Hospital, the Alexandria Hotel), views of Mount Lowe and Lookout Mountain, and Eastlake Park.
Allan Kaplan and Robert Kaplan political memorabilia collection
The Allan Kaplan and Robert Kaplan political memorabilia collection consists of posters, ephemera, and realia documenting national and local political and campaigns. The bulk of the material dates from the late 1960s-early 1970s and documents the brothers' earliest political activism. The collection also includes later campaigns (from the 2000s) on which Robert was involved professionally.