Category: L.A. As Subject
Researching L.A. 101: Step-By-Step Instructions For Finding Historical Information About The Los Angeles Area
This past weekend, the Metro Transportation Library & Archive participated in the 6th Annual LA as Subject Archives Bazaar. The annual event brings together more than 80 exhibitors showcasing their collections, answering questions, networking amongst each other, and attending educational workshops, panel discussions, documentary film screenings and more. The exhibition area, held at USC’s Doheny Memorial [...]
Los Angeles History Comes Alive All Day, All In One Place: Next Week’s LA As Subject Annual Archives Bazaar Will Be Largest Ever
History comes alive once again on Saturday, October 22, as more than 80 of Southern California’s rare and archival collections come together at the 6th Annual Los Angeles Archives Bazaar. The daylong event is hosted by the USC Libraries and presented by L.A. as Subject, a research alliance of libraries, museums, archives, and other cultural [...]
Mapping Los Angeles’ Transportation Legacy: Metro Library & Archive Brings History Alive As A Global Launch Partner For Historypin
This month, we’re proud to announce our role as a Global Launch Partner in Historypin — a new multi-platform technology that strives to share photographs from around the world and the stories behind them — in bringing together people and their shared history. When we first learned of Historypin exactly one year ago, we wrote [...]
Experience The Future Of History & Culture in Los Angeles: Our New Leadership Role In “LA As Subject”
This morning, LA as Subject members met at the Los Angeles City Archives for the organization’s bi-monthly Archives Forum meeting. Following ten days of voting online, other members cast ballots in person to choose four new Executive Committee members and an Executive Chair for the organization. The vote tally revealed that I was chosen to [...]
Creating Pacific Coast Highway And Other Landmark Projects From 1924: Metro Library’s New Collection Of Historic California Highway Commission Documents
We have embarked on an exciting new project this year, one that is already yielding fascinating insights into local transportation history. Metro’s Transportation Library & Archive has entered into an arrangement with Occidental College Library to digitize their complete collection of California Highways, the official publication of the California Highway Commission (predecessor to Caltrans). California Highways (later [...]
Our Past Revealed: Southern California Transportation History Comes Alive Through Images And Stories Found In Local Archives, Libraries & Museums
The new year got off to a brisk start for L.A. as Subject, the research alliance comprised of over 230 institutional and individual members (including Metro’s Transportation Library & Archive) who collect, preserve and provide access to the history and culture of Southern California. Beginning in January, this network of libraries, archives, museums, historical societies [...]
“Angeleños?”: You Say AN-jell-ease, I Say AN-juh-luhs
People who live in Los Angeles may find themselves asking a deceptively simple question more than residents of other cities: Who are we? Los Angeles’ history is shorter than most major American cities, but it is vastly complex and obviously unique. But what exactly is Los Angeles? And what does it mean to be an [...]
5th Annual L.A. As Subject Archives Bazaar: Save The Date For L.A.’s Premiere Historical & Cultural Event On Oct. 23 (And It’s Free!)
Southern California: Just thinking about our vast region (larger than many states), diverse population (numbering in the millions), and its unique role in the historical and cultural development of the state and nation boggles the mind. (Click on all images to enlarge) How the Los Angeles region became what it is today is a long [...]
SurveyLA: What Is It And Why Does It Matter?
SurveyLA – the Los Angeles Historic Resources Survey – is Los Angeles’ first-ever comprehensive program to identify significant historic resources throughout our city. The survey marks a coming-of-age for Los Angeles’ historic preservation movement, and will serve as a centerpiece for the City’s first truly comprehensive preservation program. Los Angeles is taking a significant step [...]
