The David Trutt Gilbert and Sullivan Ephemera Collection contains promotional ephemera for the late 19th century comic opera works created by dramatist William Schwenck Gilbert and composer Arthur Seymour Sullivan between 1871 and 1896. The playbills, posters, music scores, advertising trade cards, souvenir items, and other ephemeral items document the popularity and continued performances of the works of Gilbert and Sullivan.

Document and photographs relating to plans for a parade and celebration to commemorate the opening of the new Union Passenger Terminal at Los Angeles, California.

The U.S. Marine Tientsin Photograph Collection consists of photographs taken by an unknown United States Marine Corps member stationed in Tientsin (Tianjin), China in 1946. The photographs capture street scenes, Marines, Chinese soldiers, Chinese citizens, and life on military naval vessels.

Photographer Larry Underhill was hired by the Los Angeles Conservancy to take photographs of the Valley Music Theatre immediately prior to its demolition in 2006. The collection consists of forty-six silver gelatin photographs taken by Underhill, as well as documentation of the theater designed by Hawkins and Lindsey, Architects.

Valley Voters Organized Toward Empowerment (Valley VOTE) is the non-profit organization which led the secession efforts of the San Fernando Valley from 1997-2002. The collection documents their petition drive, the resulting investigation by the Local Agency Formation Commission for the County of Los Angeles (LAFCO), and the Measure F campaign which allowed Los Angeles residents to vote on the issue of secession.

The Van Nuys Grammar School Photograph includes a single black and white photographic print of the front of Van Nuys Grammar School building.

Two photographs of Virginia Street, Van Nuys, California (later renamed Sylvan Street), showing growth from February to December 1911.