Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research
Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research
- Location: Los Angeles, CA
- Phone: (323) 759-6063
- Email: web@socallib.org
- Website: http://www.socallib.org/
The Southern California Library documents and makes accessible histories of struggles that challenge racism and other systems of oppression so we can all imagine and sustain possibilities for freedom. SCL is a community library and archive located in South Los Angeles. Founded 50 years ago, the Library holds extensive collections of histories of community resistance in Los Angeles and beyond.
Collections at this institution
Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles Photograph Collection
The Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles Photograph Collection is comprised of 225 black and white photographs, which were produced by the Los Angeles Housing Authority during the 1940s and 1950s. These photographs depict images of public housing projects such as Elysian Park Heights (Chavez Ravine), Rose Hill Courts, Pueblo del Rio, Aliso Village, Hacienda Village, William Mead Homes, Estrada Courts, Ramona Gardens, Basilone Homes and Rodger Young Village. Also included in the collection are photographs of public housing officials Frank Wilkinson and Howard Holtzendorff, housing advocate Monsignor Thomas O'Dwyer, and municipal officials including Los Angeles Mayors Fletcher ...
Institution: Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research
200 Items
