Genealogy & Local History Index (LAPL)

Index to 1,700 autographs collected from 1905-1910 by former City Librarian Charles Lummis. 

Index to 181 images, mostly photographs, of opera singers and other artists brought to the L.A. musical stage at the turn of the 20th century by impresario L.E. Behymer.

Index to 1,300 bookplates commissioned by people who wished to identify the books in their libraries through a unique work of art. Part of the Library's "Visual Collections", with the images available for online viewing.

Index of current magazine subscriptions for the Central Library's Business and Economics Department

Index to adult fiction which takes place in California. Index can be searched by author, title, locale, decade in which the story takes place, and/or major characters.

Indexes information about people, places, and events that have had a significant impact on life in Southern California. 

Index to 456 images in various media including wood engraving from the mid-20th century.

Index to The Joseph E. Casey Fashion Plate Collection, which contains over 6,000 handcolored fashion plates from British and American magazines dating from the 1790s to the 1880s. Part of the Library's "Visual Collections", the images are available for online viewing.

A listing of paper and microform U.S. city, county state, and regional directories located in the History & Genealogy Department. The collection also includes some Canadian Directories.

Index to over 2,500 promotional booklets on food and cooking from commercial and noncommercial sources.

A genealogy file that contains local history information, selected history resources, and an index of family names in published genealogies located in the History & Genealogy Department.

Collection of original illustrations for children's books. 

Index to 110 large-format photos and architect renderings of the Central Library and branches. Call the Rare Books Department at (213) 228-7350 for an appointment to view the images.

An index to books, periodical articles and vertical file holdings of the Central Library's History & Genealogy Dept. on the tribes of North, Central, and South America.

An index to plays which remain unpublished or have only been published in periodicals. Includes references to reviews.

Inventory forms, photographs, and other supporting documentation on outdoor sculpture found in Southern California.

An index of songs appearing in books located in the Central Library Art & Music Department.

An index created by the Central Library's Literature & Fiction Dept.

Citations to articles, reproductions, and book reviews in periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins published worldwide. Covers archeology, architecture, film, photography, etc. 1929-1984.
 

Covers more than 2,500 U.S. and international periodicals on subjects of archaeology, architectural design, city planning, interior design and decoration, landscape architecture, historic preservation, urban planning, plus biographical information about architects.

An index to biographical dictionaries and directories. Each record provides name, birth and death dates, and the titles of the books in which a biographical sketch of the individual can be found.

Index of uncataloged California State agency documents located in the Science & Technology Department. Materials can be accessed by title, subject, and a unique CalDocs number (or, in some cases, the record number if no CalDocs number is listed).