Coming Attractions – Fourth Annual Archives Bazaar

William Dotson of USC sends along a reminder of the fourth annual Archives Bazaar, which will be held Oct. 17 from 10 a.m. to 5  p.m. at USC’s Davidson Conference Center. Admission is free. The bazaar, presented by L.A. as Subject, is an essential introduction for anyone planning to research Los Angeles because the city is a vast subject and historical materials have been preserved in astonishing places. Many times, the location of an item has nothing to do with its origin. To cite one of my favorite examples: Material on the early history of USC’s Medical School is at UCLA Medical School’s Special Collections. In the same way, material from the Los Angeles Times can be found at UCLA Special Collections (photos) and the Huntington Library (documents). More information is here>>> And there’s a Facebook page>>> The list of representatives attending the bazaar gives an idea of how many resources there are in Los Angeles: Academy Film Archive All the Saints of the City of the Angels Autry Library and Braun Research Library, Autry National Center of the American West Beverly Hills Public Library Historical Collection Robert S. Birchard Collection California African American Museum California Council for the Humanities California State University Dominguez Hills California State University Fullerton, Center for Oral and Public History California State University Northridge, Geography Map Library California State University Northridge, Special Collections & Archives Chinese American Museum Chinese Historical Society Of Southern California Classic American Photos Inc. County of Los Angeles Public Library Resource Centers Culver City Historical Society El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument Filipino American Library Gazin Contemporary Cultural Archive Getty Research Institute Glendale Public Library Special Collections Historical Society of Centinela Valley Historical Society of Long Beach History Day L.A. Japanese American Historical Mapping Project Japanese American National Museum La84 Foundation Sports Library La Señora Research Institute In Collaboration With Adamson House and Santa Monica Conservancy Los Angeles City Archives Los Angeles City Historical Society Los Angeles Public Library Los Angeles Unified School District Art & Artifact Collection/Archives Loyola Marymount University Archives And Special Collections Mayme Clayton Library and Museum Occidental College Library One National Gay & Lesbian Archives The Orange and the Myth of California Orange County Archives Orange Empire Railway Museum Pacific Palisades Historical Society Pasadena Museum Of History St. Vincent Medical Center Historical Conservancy Santa Monica Public Library Image Archives Seaver Center For Western History Research, Natural History Museum Of Los Angeles County Shotgun Freeway: Drives Thru Lost L.A. Society Of California Archivists Southern California Genealogical Society The Studio For Southern California History UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center UCLA Department Of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive UCLA Film & Television Archive UCLA Library’s Center For Oral History Research USC Libraries Special Collections USC Warner Bros. Archives Wally G. Shidler Historical Collection of Southern California Ephemera Workman & Temple Homestead Museum The bazaar will also include appearances by authors: Alex Moreno Areyan Mexican Americans in Redondo Beach and Hermosa Beach David G. Brown Watts Towers: A Tale of a Vision The Historical West Adams District: Street of Dreams Stan Chambers KTLA’s News at Ten: 60 Years with Stan Chambers Jenny Cho Los Angeles Chinatown Judith Freeman The Long Embrace: Raymond Chandler and the Woman He Loved Florante and Rose Ibanez Filipinos in Carson and the South Bay Errol Wayne Stevens Radical L.A. And there will be seminars: Robert S. Birchard One Hundred Years of Film in Los Angeles Avery Clayton, Steve Ross, and Sue Tyson Illuminating History through Archives: The Role of Primary Sources in Historical Discovery Colleen Fitzpatrick Photo Forensics: What You Can Learn from Old Photos Michelle Light Preservation 101: Basic Tips for the Household Archivist Two documentaries will also be shown during the event: “On These Shoulders We Stand” and “Inventing L.A.: The Chandlers and Their Times.”