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Steven Kilgore, Administrative Clerk, Special Collections & Digitization

Los Angeles Land Covenants, Redlining; Creation and Effects
“Today I sketched the preliminary plans for a large country house which will be erected in one of the most beautiful residential districts in the world... Sometimes I have dreamed of living there. I could afford such a home.
Pandora's Box
The Sunset Strip curfew riots, popularly known as the “hippie riots,” exploded on November 12, 1966 and lasted through December of 1966. The counterculture youth protest was a reaction to perceived authoritarian overreach, and an exercise in civil rights by Los Angeles youth.
Buried Treasures in the Periodical Stacks
Housing the best research collection of all public libraries west of Mississippi, Access Services of Central Library maintains, manages, and provides access to multitude of periodicals that date back to the Nineteenth Century. Many varied and interesting photocopy requests for the rare items in our c
Gems found from Extramural Interlibrary Loan
At Access Services, we provide a service called Extramural Interlibrary Loan that facilitates any quest for knowledge beyond the walls, so to speak. For all the books we possess here in the Los Angeles Public Library system, there are those rare and exotic books that lurk outside our walls.