Long before the brights lights of Hollywood or the sparking majesty of the Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles was a much smaller place. This engaging collection of documents from the Los Angeles City Archives offers some insights into the city from 1836 to 1872. The collection was digitized as part of the USC Digital Library,and it contains original land grants, maps, and early city ordinances....

Born in 1920, cellist James Arkatov performed with the San Francisco Symphony and other organizations before helping form the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. As the son of a photographer, he also became quite well known for his shots of various artists, conductors, and soloists in performance. He later donated this amazing trove of images to the UCLA Library allowing for this digitized collection...

The UCLA Online Campaign Literature Archive is a slice of political ephemera gold. It is billed as "a century of Los Angeles elections" and it contains hundreds of items from elections in Los Angeles, California, and a few national campaigns of notes. Visitors can Browse the Archive to look over the folders by subject, candidate, and year of election. There's a real trove here, including items...