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Kelly Wallace, Librarian, History Department

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Collage of View Park history

View Park: The Black Beverly Hills

June 05, 2024

Ideally situated in the Baldwin Hills with panoramic views of downtown Los Angeles and the San Gabriel Mountains, View Park boasts a distinctive mix of Spanish, colonial, Tudor, and ranch-style homes on palm-lined streets with mild temperatures typically ten degrees cooler than those in the rest of the Los

View Park, Black History Month, African American History Month, LA History, Juneteenth
view of the Hollywood sign when first constructed

Setting the Scene: Los Angeles

October 30, 2023

"The lights of the city were an endlessly glittering sheet. Neon signs glowed and flashed.

Indie Author Day, California Indie Author Project, California Index, LAPL Writes, Indie Author Project, Books. e-Media
Morris Kight Residence and Morris Kight ca 1999

Discover LGBTQIA Los Angeles: Morris Kight Residence

June 28, 2021

Los Angeles has over 1,200 Historic-Cultural Monuments, yet only a dozen have been designated because of their association with the LGBTQIA community.

Safer at Home, Los Angeles History
black cat now and then

Discover LGBTQIA Los Angeles: The Black Cat

June 21, 2021

Los Angeles has over 1,200 Historic-Cultural Monuments, yet only a dozen have been designated because of their association with the LGBTQIA community.

Safer at Home, Los Angeles History, LGBTQIA
Women gathered in a circle on a carpeted floor for a meeting at the Los Angeles Crenshaw Women's Center

Discover LGBTQIA Los Angeles: The Crenshaw Women’s Center

June 14, 2021

Los Angeles has over 1,200 Historic-Cultural Monuments, yet only a dozen have been designated because of their association with the LGBTQIA community.

Safer at Home, Los Angeles History, LGBTQIA
Albert Van Luit Building, front entrance

Discover LGBTQIA Los Angeles: Albert Van Luit Complex

June 07, 2021

Los Angeles has over 1,200 Historic-Cultural Monuments, yet only a dozen have been designated because of their association with the LGBTQIA community.

Safer at Home, Los Angeles History, LGBTQIA
Miriam Matthews, 1920

The Incomparable Miriam Matthews

March 05, 2021

As African American Heritage Month ends and Women’s Heritage Month begins, I’d like to draw attention to Miriam Matthews, the trailblazing librarian whose lifetime of achievements are worthy of celebration in any month.

Safer at Home, Los Angeles History, Women's History Month, African American History Month, LAPL History
Florence and Dexter at home

Sharing Stories: LA COVID-19 Community Archive

May 15, 2020

History is more than government documents, statistical reports, and newspaper headlines. History isn’t just the chyrons running across the bottom of your television screen. It is the stories of everyday people.

Safer at Home, Special Collections, TESSA, COVID-19
Fort Moore Pioneer Memorial opening day

Going With the Flow: The Fort Moore Pioneer Memorial

July 09, 2019

It’s been over forty years, but the water is flowing again at the Fort Moore Pioneer Memorial.

Los Angeles History, Ft Moore, History Department
Tree-lined street with Jacarandas

Purple Splendor

April 29, 2019

Jacaranda season is almost here, that magical time of year when the spectacular purple blossoms come into sight and chase away May Gray and June Gloom.

Los Angeles History, Nature

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