LACHS Webinar from March 18, 2021
A presentation with Kelly C. Wallace, Los Angeles Public Library History & Genealogy Department. There is no better place to start your Los Angeles history search than LAPL. Kelly introduced us to the California Index at LAPL, an index to people, places, and events that have had a significant impact on life in Southern California.
Kelly also gave a brief overview of the other resources available at the History & Genealogy Department.
Links - LAPL Resources
LAPL - Tessa Digital Collections
https://tessa.lapl.org/CollectionPage
California Index
https://www.lapl.org/collections-resources/lapl-indexes/california-index
Databases (to access Los Angeles Times Historic Archives)
https://lapl.org/collections-resources/research-and-homework
Research Guides
https://lapl.org/collections-resources/research-guides
Sanborn Maps
https://lapl.org/collections-resources/research-guides/sanborn-atlases
Genealogy & Local History Index
https://lapl.org/collections-resources/lapl-indexes/genealogy-local-history-index
City Directories
https://rescarta.lapl.org/ResCarta-Web/jsp/RcWebBrowseCollections.jsp
Newspapers by Decade
https://lapl.org/sites/default/files/media/pdf/central/Newspapers_by_decades.pdf
L.A. COVID-19 Community Archive
https://tessa.lapl.org/c13
Videos from LAPL California Index
California Index Introduction from 2020 Los Angeles Archives Bazaar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHkynwgW4gk
Vertical File Sheds Light on Silver Lake History
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TdE_YeUmHA
Lost History of Exposition Park
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKzBWALzucw
