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Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History -- Archival resources

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 58 Collections and/or Records:

Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles reports and publications

 Collection
Identifier: 7037
Abstract Created in 1948, the Community Redeveloment Agency of the City of Los Angeles was dedicated to revitalizing, refurbishing, and renewing economically depressed areas of Los Angeles. As an independent agency, the CRA existed until the 2011 Budget Act, signed into law on June 28, 2011, dissolved over 400 redevelopment agencies (RDAs), including the CRA. The contents of this collection include, but are not limited to, development plans, research, correspondence, and public relations materials...
Dates: 1957 - 2012

Coulter Dry Goods Company records

 Collection
Identifier: 0008
Abstract

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.

Dates: circa 1870s-1960s

First Century Families records

 Collection
Identifier: 0298
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1937 - 2009; Modified: 2013; Modified: 2015; Modified: 2017 – 2022

Foley and Sepulveda family papers

 Collection
Identifier: 7042
Abstract The Foley and Sepulveda family papers consists of letters, diaries, photographs, photograph albums, books, legal documents and ephemera, 1850-1953 and undated, created and collected by various members of the Sepulveda and Foley families. The bulk of the collection consists of materials created and collected by William I. (W.I.) Foley and his daughter Viola Lillian Foley Morrow. Also included are some items from Foley's wife Sara Dolores Sepulveda, their children Zoraya, Rupert, and Elsa...
Dates: 1850-1953, undated

J. Paul Getty collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0091
Abstract

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.

Dates: circa 1955

Hollywood Bowl and Los Angeles Philharmonic programs

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31275053945581]
Identifier: 6133
Abstract

A small group of programs from the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Hollywood Bowl, dated 1915-195

Dates: 1915-1957

Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department records

 Collection
Identifier: 0229
Abstract The city of Los Angeles became the epicenter of a public relations scandal on March 3, 1991, when an amateur cameraman captured on video four uniformed LAPD officers beating motorist Rodney G. King. In addition to generating public outrage, the incident cast a dark shadow over the LAPD and called into question the integrity of the nation's third largest municipal police force. Subsequently, the ten member Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department was formed to conduct a...
Dates: 1991

Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles records

 Collection
Identifier: 0474
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1962 - 1980

Adolf Johnson postcards

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 7056
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1911-1913

Allan Kaplan and Robert Kaplan political memorabilia collection

 Collection
Identifier: 6119
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1960s-2000s