Research Collection
Considered to be one of the best archives in the nation, the Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles Research Collection promotes the preservation and analysis of historical documents covering all aspects of the Los Angeles region.
The Loyola Marymount University Library's Department of Archives and Special Collections administers the Research Collection. Unless otherwise noted, the collections are open by appointment to all interested researchers. For information on making an appointment, please refer to the hours and rules of the
Department of Archives and Special Collections.
The following is a complete index to the Research Collection and the contents of individual collections:
- The Bob Beverly Papers, 1962-1996
- Big Pine Citizen Newspaper Collection, 1992, 1924-1928
- The J. D. Black Papers, 1876-1999
- The Fritz Burns Papers (2 collections)
- Daniel Freeman Family Papers
- Documents for the History of Nineteenth-Century Los Angeles, 1846-1908
- The Dockweiler Family Collection (2 collections)
- Thomas A. Gaudette Papers, 1938-1996
- James Keane Collection of Fritz Burns Biographical Materials, 1923-2001
- LAAMP Collection, 1984-2001
- LEARN Collection, 1974-1999
- "LA 2000" Records of the 2000 Democratic National Convention, 1992-2001
- PICO Collection: William F. Masterson Papers, 1972-1996
- Rancho La Ballona Map (1876)
- Rebuild L.A. Collection, 1992-1997
- Mayor Richard J. Riordan Administrative Papers, 1980-2001
- The David A. Roberti Papers
- The Mike Roos Papers, 1977-1990
- Joseph Scott Scrapbooks, 1909-1939
- Joel Wachs Papers, 1951-2002
- Which Way, LA? Collection, 1992-2001
- The Stephen Mallory White Papers, 1871-1936
- Workman Family Papers, 1881-1997
- WPA Transcriptions of Los Angeles City Archives Records, 1825-1850
- Jack and Bonita Granville Wrather Papers, 1890-1989