Southern California Library
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[edit] Address and Contact Info
Address:
6120 S. Vermont Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90044
Telephone & fax:
(323) 759-6063
Website:
http://socallib.org/index.html
Principal contacts for the collection:
[edit] Hours and Usage Restrictions
Wednesday-Friday: 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Saturday: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sunday-Tuesday: Closed
The Library is open to everyone, and you don't need to make an appointment. However, if you're researching a specific topic, we suggest giving us a call in advance at (323) 759-6063 so we can be better ready to help you.
[edit] Online Catalogs and Finding Aids
You can find descriptions of some of our collections online through the Online Archive of California.
The Library holds the papers of Charlotta Bass, a a powerful journalist, civil rights leader, and far-sighted political candidate who ran for vice president of the United States on the Progressive Party ticket in 1952. Learn more about her on the Library's Charlotta Bass and the California Eagle website. You can also find out about the hundreds of Eagle photos available and searchable on the web.
[edit] Collection Summary
The Southern California Library is a people's library dedicated to documenting and preserving the histories of communities in struggle for justice and using our collections to address the challenges of the present so that all people have the ability, resources, and freedom to make their own histories.
The Library holds collections that span the breadth of social and political movements in Los Angeles--from labor, civil rights, education, and housing, to immigration, war and peace, and civil liberties. These collections include over 400 manuscript collections, as well as books, periodicals, subject files, pamphlets, posters, photographs, films, audiotapes, and more.
[edit] Usage Discussion
Suggestions for approaching the material:
Housing and getting by for less in the area:
