The Library holds collections that span the breadth of social and political movements in Los Angeles--from labor, civil rights, education, and housing, to immigration, war and peace, and civil liberties. These collections include over 400 manuscript collections, as well as books, periodicals, subject files, pamphlets, posters, photographs, films, audiotapes, and more.

You can find descriptions of some of our collections online through the Online Archive of California.

You can also find photos from the Library's L.A. Housing Authority Photo Collection online at the Online Archive of California.

The Library holds the papers of Charlotta Bass, a a powerful journalist, civil rights leader, and far-sighted political candidate who ran for vice president of the United States on the Progressive Party ticket in 1952. Learn more about her on the Library's Charlotta Bass and the California Eagle website. You can also find out about the hundreds of Eagle photos available and searchable on the web.

The Library is a Cooperating Collection of the Foundation Center and is able to provide free access to grantmaker directories, books on fundraising and nonprofit management, and the Foundation Center's electronic databases. Find out more about our Foundation Center resources.