CSLA Research Collections
The Thomas and Dorothy Leavey
Center for the Study of Los Angeles Research Collection
The Research Collection is a program of the Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles. The Center collects papers of Los Angeles public officials; Los Angeles real estate and industrial developers; reformers and reform movements, principally in late twentieth-century Los Angeles; and prominent Roman Catholic families in Los Angeles; and has other collections related to Los Angeles history and politics. The Department of Archives and Special Collections of
Loyola Marymount University's Von der Ahe Library administers the Research Collection. Unless otherwise noted, the collections are open by appointment to all interested researchers. For information on making an appointment, please call either (310) 338-2780 or (310) 342-3968 and refer to the hours and rules of the Department.
The following holdings are part of CSLA Research Collection:
PUBLIC OFFICIALS 
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LOS ANGELES DEVELOPERS back to top
REFORMERS and REFORM MOVEMENTS back to top
ROMAN CATHOLIC FAMILIES back to top
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- Big Pine Citizen Newspaper Collection, 1922, 1924-1928 (CSLA-30)
- The J. D. Black Papers, 1876-1999 (CSLA-15)
- The Citizen and Cheviot Chatter, 1927-1960 (CSLA-5)
- Documents for the History of Nineteenth-Century Los Angeles, 1846-1908 (CSLA-22)
- “LA 2000” Records of the 2000 Democratic National Convention, 1992-2001 (CSLA-31)
- Carroll and Lorrin Morrison Photographic Collection, 1889-1964 (CSLA-26)
- Rancho La Ballona Map, 1876 (CSLA-11)
- Which Way, LA? Collection, 1992-2000 (CSLA-20)
- WPA Transcriptions of Los Angeles City Archives Records, 1825-1850 (CSLA-25)
Loyola Marymount University established the Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles Research Collection in February 1996. The Research Collection was made possible by a generous grant from the E. L. Wiegand Foundation of Reno, Nevada.
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