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2010 THEME:
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Green houses = Participating HDLA schools
Pink pointers = Archives, libraries, museums, collections
etc. affiliated with History Day.
LOCAL ARCHIVAL PHOTOS ONLINE
USC Photo Archives
Among the collections: Automobile Club of Southern California
collection, 1892-1963, California Historical Society Collection,
1860-1960, Chinese Historical Society of Southern California
Collection, 1880-1933, Japanese American Relocation Digital Archive,
Korean American Digital Archive and more.
Santa Monica Public Library Image Archives
The Image Archives illustrate the history of Santa Monica area from
1875 to the present day. The Archives consist of historical
photograph collections, slides and postcards. The emphasis of the
Archives is the City and its landscape, including views of Palisades
Park, the beaches, piers, historic buildings, hotels, bathhouses,
Douglas Aircraft, streets, Venice, Malibu, Topanga, the Southern
Pacific Railroad and more.
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
The Los Angeles Public Library's History and Genealogy
Department's Photo Collection emphasizes the history of Los Angeles,
Southern California, and California. This Internet-accessible
collection is one of the treasures of the Central Library and the
Library continues to add from the archive. These images are from
various collections described in the
Photo Collection Overview. For details on ordering and
processes, please check the FAQs and links below.
NATIONAL
ARCHIVES ON THE INTERNET
National Archives
www.archives.gov,
National Archives Pacific Region (Laguna Niguel)
Genealogy charts, presidential documents, federal records,
government documents etc., Iraq war videos, Pre-TV era newsreels
http://www.archive.org/details/universal_newsreels
Archive.org
www.archive.org
Movie image archives, audio (including live music) and texts. Among
the collection are 9/11 TV Archives, 2008 election speeches
Radio Archives
www.otr.net
Free old time radio clips including Abbot and Costello, Amos and
Andy, the Mel Blanc Show, Milton Berle Show, My Favorite Husband
(precursor to "I Love Lucy"), You Bet Your Life, Ozzie and Harriet
and others.
www.otrcat.com
Old time radio clips for a fee (about $5) including Winston
Churchill recordings, FDR Fireside chats and speeches, Hitler
recordings, former slave interviews, Nixon recordings etc.
http://www.otrcat.com/historical-c-109.html.
LOCAL HISTORY
L.A.
AS SUBJECT
Hosted by the USC Libraries,
L.A. as Subject is an alliance of research archives, libraries,
and collections dedicated to preserving the rich history of the Los
Angeles region
http://www.usc.edu/libraries/archives/arc/lasubject/
Autry National Center: Museum of the American West
and Southwest Museum of the American Indian
4700 Western Heritage Way (in Griffith Park adjacent to L.A. Zoo),
Los Angeles 90027
Contact: Marva Felchlin, Director of the Autry Library
(323) 667-2000 X 349
Topics: Native American Experience in California/Los Angeles,
Donner Party, Pioneers and Mexican people losing lands to settlers
www.autrynationalcenter.org
California African American Museum
600 State Street (Exposition Park) Los Angeles, CA 90037
(213) 744-7432
www.caam.ca.gov
California Citrus Industry
Contact: David Boule
310 224-4959 (daytime), 310 326-1894 (eve)
Private collection
dboule@socal.rr.com
Collection Name: The Orange and the Myth of California
California and the orange have influenced each other for almost five
hundred years, with the orange becoming a symbol for the myth of
California as a romantic, agrarian paradise.
2010 Theme: The idea behind much of my collection is about
how growers, the railroads, real estate boosters and others used the
orange as a “logo” or symbol to brand California as a kind of Eden.
Sunkist, for example, practically invented modern marketing
strategies and methods with its ingenuity and enterprise
Craft and Folk Art Museum
5814 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036
Contact: Holly Jerger, Education Director
(323) 937-4230 x 28
www.cafam.org
Filipino American Library (FAL)
135 N. Park View St. Historic Filipinotown, L.A. CA 90026-5215
Contact: Jonathan Lorenzo, Administrator
Tel: 213-382-0488
Fax: 213-382-0478
Email: filamlibrary@sbcglobal.net
Hours: Visit us MON-FRI 1-5pm & by appt.
www.filipinoamericanlibrary.org
Fowler Museum at UCLA
405 Hilgard Ave., Los Angeles 90024 Fowler Building, located just
west of Royce Hall
Contact: Betsy Quick
(310) 825 -9341
www.fowler.ucla.edu
Huntington Library, Art Collection and Botanical Garden
1151 Oxford Rd., San Marino 91108
Contact: Peter Blodgett, Curator
of Western American Manuscripts
(626) 405 -2207 E-mail, pblodgett@huntington.org
Topic: Gold Rush (contact for more ideas)
Contact: Sue Hodson, Curator of Literary Manuscripts
(626) 405-2205 E-mail, shodson@huntington.org
Topics: Civil Rights Movement in L.A., Langston Hughes, and
First African-American
Ballet Company
www.huntington.org
Japanese American National Museum
369 E. 1st St., Los Angeles 90012
Contact: Select the “Learn” link at the top of the web site
to access the Hirasaki National Resource Center. To make an
appointment to Reference inquiries pertaining to Japanese American
history and culture and the holdings and exhibitions of the Japanese
American
National Museum e-mail Email: hnrc@janm.org. You may check up on the
status of your request by calling (213) 830 -5680.
Topics: Japanese Relocation Camps and WWII Japanese Veterans
who fought for the
United States.
www.janm.org
Museum of Latin American Art (MoLAA)
628 Alamitos Ave., Long Beach 90802
Contact: Cynthia MacMullin, Curator
(562) 437-1689 x109
Topic: Latin American Artists
www.molaa.com
The Museum of Neon Art (MONA)
501 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles 90015
Contact: Kim Koga, Director
(213) 489-9918
Topic: Preservation of neon signs in Los Angeles and
Nationally
www.neonmona.org
Olvera Street El Pueblo De Los Angeles Historic Park
845 N. Alameda Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Contact: Sue Ellen Cheng, Head Curator of the History
Department
(213) 485-8388
www.cityofla.org/elp
Skirball Cultural Center
2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90049
Contact: Gabriella Tsabag, Senior Educator
(310) 440 – 4655 E-mail, grtsabag@skirball.org
Topic: All aspects of Jewish history e.g. Sephardic Jews,
exile from Egypt, Passover, Hanukah
www.skirball.org
Watts Towers Art Center, Noah Sylvester Purifoy Gallery
1727 E. 107th St., Los Angles 90002
Contact: Rogelio Acevedo, Education Coordinator
(213) 485-1796
Topic: The artist Simon Rodia’s and his community’s struggle
against the city inspectors to build and keep the Watts Towers in
tact.
Organizations
Archives and Libraries
Historical Societies, Museums and Historic Sites
USING ARCHIVES
Documents
courtesy of the National Archives, Laguna Niguel.
Basic
Research Methods
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LA
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LAUSD Art and Artifact Collection Archives
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