Collections Statement

The Studio's Collection is comprised of artifacts in the following range of media:

-Excerpts of oral histories gathered at the Studio for Southern California History;
-Photographs gathered in conjunction with the Studio’s programming;
-Letters, postcards, and personal correspondence documenting life in the region;
-Maps, rare books and publications out of circulation;
-Multimedia Projects and Artwork reflecting life in the region.

Excerpts or portions of some of the Studio's collection is available through the LA History Archive. These digital reproductions have been prepared according to technical and scholarly standards from the Institute for Museum and Library Sciences. By eventually incorporating Southern California’s community and history from a cultural and social vantage, with both images and texts organized, interlinked, and searchable in ways that only hypermedia systems will allow, the Studio's Collection will for the first time give residents, scholars, and students access to experiences and evidence of different histories and communities in the region, illustrating how history is written by those who choose to participate in its preservation.