Griffith Park Archives id168
Mailing Address:
3900 West Chevy Chase Drive, MS 656-3
Los Angeles, CA 90039-1221Phone: 213-485-5520
Fax: 818-243-0041
Contact: Mr. Thomas Breckner, Management Analyst II
Web site: http://www.ci.la.ca.us/RAP/grifmet/griffith.htm
Institution Type: Archive, Municipal-City
Location of Institution: Griffith Park
Archive and Collections
Description: In the Griffith Park Archives are photographs, maps, and historical material about Griffith Park and its present-day attractions: Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles Zoo, Travel Town Museum, Greek Theatre, and Autry Museum of Western Heritage. The holdings also cover the varied past of the park, which includes the Sketchley Ostrich Farm of the 1890s; the construction of the original Los Angeles Zoo, Griffith Observatory, and golf clubhouse by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the 1930s; the Civilian Conservation Corps camps for veterans of World War I (1934-1936) and young people (1938-1941); the prisoner-of-war encampment that existed during World War II; and Roger Young Village, a post-World War II low-income temporary housing project of some thirteen hundred Quonset huts.
Regions Covered: Los Angeles and its communities
Type of Materials: Architectural Drawings, Diaries/Journals/Personal Papers, Institutional Publications, Maps, Official Records, Photographs
Time Periods: 1848-1899, 1900-1920, 1921-1949, 1950-1963, 1964-1980, 1981-Present, Pre-1848, Pre-1848
Languages: English
Sectors of the Population Represented in the Collection: Artistic Communities, Clubs/Service/Social Organizations, Community Service Organizations, Education, Multiethnic, Politics/Government
Access
Year Round Access: Yes
OnSite Technology: Yes
Workspaces: Yes
Open to the Public: Yes
Public Hours: Monday-Thursday, 9 am-5 pm
Reservations not requiredOpen for Research: Yes
Research Hours: Monday-Thursday, 9 am-5 pm
Reservations not requiredAccess Procedures: Same as for the public.
Management
Catalogue System: Five forms of indexes are used for cataloged records. For uncataloged holdings, transfer lists are used.
Repository/Depository: Yes
Loan To Others: No
Exhibited: Yes
Exhibition Frequency: Once or twice a year
Makes Purchases: No
Formalized Purchases: No
Outreach: Word of Mouth
Last Updated Date: 4/28/2003
