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Los Angeles Newspaper Guild (LANG) Collection
Los Angeles Record "Heroes of Health" Articles Collection
This collection consists of three articles from 1933 published in the Los Angeles Record as part of a series written by Rodney Dutcher called “Heroes of Health.” In the series, Dutcher sought to illuminate the efforts of the United States Public Health Service to combat infectious diseases in America, with each article focusing on the story of a particular disease, including parrot fever (psittacosis), tularemia, and Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
Los Angeles School Library Association Collection
The Los Angeles School Library Association (LASLA) was established in 1914 as one of the earliest professional organizations dedicated to school librarianship in the United States. Its founding members held librarian positions with the Los Angeles City School District and helped form the California School Library Association. The collection predominantly consists of meeting materials and correspondence outlining LASLA's activities from 1915-1998.
Los Angeles Schools and Homes Photograph Collection
The Los Angeles Schools and Homes Photographs include 35 photographs of two or three homes and two schools in the Los Angeles area, photographed about 1930 by Mott Studios, Arrow Studio, and George F. Adair Photo Service.
Los Angeles Slums and Fire Hazards Photograph Collection
This collection consists of six photographs of fire hazards in slum neighborhoods in Los Angeles, California during the 1940s.
Los Angeles Watts Riot Collection
Los Angeles Weather Station Logbooks
The Los Angeles Weather Station Logbooks journal the administrative records of the station. These include names and schedules of meteorologist and observers, equipment, inspections, and of course weather conditions for the period October 21, 1905 to June 20, 1938.
Los Feliz and Silverlake Real Estate Collection
The collection consists of sales brochures, aerial photographs, newsletters, and other documents obtained by Douglas and Eunice Goodan during the course of their real estate work in the Los Feliz and Silverlake areas of Los Angeles. They operated Hoover Real Estate, the leading real estate firm in the area during the second half of the 20th century.
Los Feliz Improvement Association Records
The Los Feliz Improvement Association was formed in 1922 to represent the homeowners of the Los Feliz area of Los Angeles. The association worked to protect historic trees and homes, and to prevent developments they felt would harm the upscale residential feel of the neighborhood. Much of the collection deals with fights against zoning changes that would have allowed construction of unsightly walls or that would have allowed commercial development.
Lotus H. Loudon Collection
Lotus H. Loudon was a newspaper publisher and member of the board of directors and paroles of the California Institution for Women at Tehachapi in the 1930s and early 1940s. The Lotus H. Loudon Collection documents his work in this capacity and the work of parole officer Emily D. Latham through correspondence and reports.