Regional Resources
California
Historical Society
The California Historical Society is a statewide membership-based
organization. Its mission is to engage the public’s interest
and participation in collecting, preserving, and presenting art, artifacts,
and written materials relevant to the history of California and to
support historical research, publication, and educational activities.
Huntington
Library
The
Huntington Library is one of the largest research libraries of its
kind in the United States with specialization areas that include British
and American history and literature, 15th century European books, and
history of science. The University of Southern California and the Huntington
collaborate on joint projects including digital archives and electronic
resource sharing. Access is limited to post-doctoral research. See
webpage for further details.
Institute
for Modern Russian Culture
The Institute of Modern Russian Culture (IMRC), Los Angeles,
is concerned with the cultural history of Russia-especially the visual
arts and literature during the 19th and 20th centuries. The primary
aim of the IMRC is to preserve and propagate the esthetic values of
Russian culture and it manifests a particular interest in painting,
architecture, photography, and the applied arts.
Online
Archive of California
The
OAC brings together historical materials from a variety of California
institutions, including museums, historical societies, and archives.
Over 120,000 images; 50,000 pages of documents, letters, and oral histories;
and 8,000 guides to collections are available.
Seaver
Center for Western History Research (LACMNH)
The
Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum
of Los Angeles County contains print and manuscript holdings documenting
the history of the trans-Mississippi West with special emphasis on
Southern California and Los Angeles. The Center's research collection
of books, serials, photographs, and maps is available to the general
public. USC and the Seaver Center collaborate through resource sharing.
Southern
California Library for Social Studies & Research (SCL)
The SCL
contains books and archival collections covering the topics
of labor, women, civil rights, left culture, politics, and
the study of Los Angeles social history. The SCL and USC
are currently collaborating on the Charlotta A. Bass and
California Eagle digital projects.
Warner Bros. Archives
Presented to USC by Warner Communications in 1977, the USC Warner Bros. Archives is the largest single studio collection in the world. It is the only collection to bring production, distribution and exhibition records together to document the activities of a vertically integrated studio. The making of many classic films is documented from story purchase through theatrical release and chronicled down to the daily contributions of writers, directors, producers and actors.
USC Warner Bros. Archives contains the records of Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. and its motion picture-related subsidiaries (including First National and Vitagraph). The records document the period from 1918 (the release of the brothers’ first major feature film) through 1968 (the sale of the studio to Seven Arts). Also included are extensive production records for Warner Bros. television series from 1955-1968.