Autry National Center Institute for the Study of the American West id138
Mailing Address:
Institute for the Study of the American West
4700 Western Heritage Way
Los Angeles, CA 90027Phone: 323/667-2000
Fax: 323-660-5721
Email: rroom@autrynationalcenter.org
Contact: Marva Felchlin, Autry Library Director
Web site: http://www.autrynationalcenter.org/institute
Institution Type: Archive, Library, Museum
Location of Institution: Griffith Park
Archive and Collections
Description: Access to the archival and artifact collections of the Autry National Center Museum of the American West and the Southwest Museum of the American Indian is through the Institute for the Study of the American West's Autry Library or Braun Research Library. The Autry Library collects books, sound recordings, and printed materials related to the history, geography, fine arts, and material, popular and consumer culture of the American West. Archival materials and artifacts related to Los Angeles cover Spanish California, and Southern California history, tourism, and industry. The museum's strongest archival collection documents the West of the imagination and the Hollywood cowboy. Materials in the collection include posters, scripts, press kits, fan letters, costume designs, scrapbooks, and publicity stills that document the growth of the film and television industry as well as key personalities in the field. The Braun Research Library supports the activities of the Southwest Museum of the American Indian. This renowned collection is strong in the fields of ethnology, archaeology, linguistics, folklore, and the history of Arizona, California, and the Southwest. It collection related to Southern California includes books and serials on tribal histories, government, and social life and customs of the native peoples, a large photo archive, more than 700 wax cylinder recordings of Mexican American and Native American songs recorded by Charles F. Lummis between 1895 and 1912 in the Southern California area, manuscript materials strong in local history and the history of American anthropology. The collection includes approximately 50,000 books and serials, 2,000 sound recordings, 3,000 maps, 147,000 photographs, 3,000 works of art on paper, and 700 manuscript collections.
Regions Covered: Worldwide
Type of Materials: Artworks, Audio Recordings, Books, Cultural Artifacts, Materials & Objects, Diaries/Journals/Personal Papers, Directories, Ephemera, Films/Videos/Moving Images, Institutional Publications, Manuscripts, Maps, Oral Histories, Photographs, Postcards, Prints/Posters, Rare Books, Scripts, Serials
Time Periods: 1848-1899, 1900-1920, 1921-1949, 1950-1963, 1964-1980, 1981-Present, Pre-1848
Languages: Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Spanish
Sectors of the Population Represented in the Collection: African Descent, Asian Descent, European Descent, Jewish Descent, Mexican Descent/Chicano/Latino, Multiethnic, Musicians, Native American Descent/Indigenous, TV/Film/Radio
Access
Year Round Access: Yes
OnSite Technology: Yes
Workspaces: Yes
Open to the Public: Yes
Public Hours: Institute libraries: Monday - Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM, holidays excluded
Reservations requiredOpen for Research: Yes
Research Hours: Institute libraries: Monday - Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM, holidays excluded
Reservations requiredAccess Procedures: Application at: www.autrynationalcenter.org/institute
Management
Catalogue System: Innovative Interfaces; Mweb
Repository/Depository: No
Loan To Others: No
Exhibited: Yes
Exhibition Frequency: Ongoing
Makes Purchases: Yes
Formalized Purchases: No
Outreach: Brochures/Flyers/Pamphlets, Directories, Internet, Meetings, OCLC/RLIN, Online Catalog, Public Lectures & Programs
Last Updated Date: 10/6/2004
