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Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Transportation Library and Research Center id171

Mailing Address:
Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Library/MTA Research Center
One Gateway Plaza, 15th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90012-2952

Phone: 213-922-4859

Fax: 213-922-7955

Email: library@metro.net

Contact: Mr. Matthew Barrett, Library Administrator

Web site: http://www.metro.net/library

Institution Type: Archive, Library, Municipal-County

Location of Institution: Downtown Los Angeles

Archive and Collections

Description: The Metropolitan Transportation Authority Library is one of the most comprehensive transportation and transit-related library research resources in the United States. It contains over thirty thousand books, reports and studies, one hundred and sixty periodical subscriptions, seven hundred videos, ten thousand microfiche, several thousand pamphlets, and other ephemera. The library also houses a substantial archival collection on the history of transportation in Los Angeles since 1871. Among its archival holdings are thousands of current and historic photographs of Los Angeles’s transportation systems, studies of different transportation systems from the turn of the century, and a collection of bus passes. Major archival materials from Pacific Electric, Los Angeles Railway, Metropolitan Coach Lines, Los Angeles Transit Lines, Asbury Transit, Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority, Southern California Rapid Transit District, and the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission.

Regions Covered: Southern California

Type of Materials: Architectural Drawings, Audio Recordings, Books, Cultural Artifacts, Materials & Objects, Databases, Diaries/Journals/Personal Papers, Directories, Ephemera, Films/Videos/Moving Images, Institutional Publications, Institutional Records, Maps, Memorabilia, Microfiche/Microfilm, Official Records, Photographs, Postcards, Press Clippings, Press Releases, Printed Works, Rare Books, Serials, Slides, Statistical Data

Time Periods: 1900-1920, 1921-1949, 1950-1963, 1964-1980, 1981-Present

Languages: English

Sectors of the Population Represented in the Collection: Artistic Communities, At or Below Poverty Level, Business, Employment, Labor Unions, Lower to Middle Income, Politics/Government, Professional, TV/Film/Radio

Access

Year Round Access: Yes

OnSite Technology: Yes

Workspaces: Yes

Open to the Public: Yes

Public Hours: Mondays and Thursdays, 8am-4pm.
Reservations not required

Fee: 10 cents per page photocopies

Open for Research: Yes

Research Hours: Mondays and Thursdays, 8am-4pm and by appointment.
Reservations required

Management

Catalogue System: OCLC and Cybertools for libraries

Repository/Depository: No

Loan To Others: No

Exhibited: No

Makes Purchases: Yes

Formalized Purchases: No

Outreach: Brochures/Flyers/Pamphlets, Conferences/Conventions, Directories, Exhibitions, Internet, Library Events, OCLC/RLIN, Online Catalog, Reports, Student Orientations, Study Guides, Telephone, Word of Mouth

Last Updated Date: 4/9/2004

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