Beverly Hills Public Library Historical Collection id85
Mailing Address:
444 North Rexford Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90210Phone: 310.288.2285
Fax: 310.247.0536
Email: gstein@beverlyhills.org
Contact: Gail Stein, Archivist
Web site: http://www.bhpl.org
Institution Type: Archive, Community Service Organization, Library, Municipal-City, Public Sector
Location of Institution: West Los Angeles/Beverly Hills
Archive and Collections
Description: Our mission is to identify, collect, preserve, exhibit and make available to the public information that documents the history of the City of Beverly Hills. The time frame of our collection is from the 1840s to the present. Included in our collection are photographs, correspondence, newspapers, telephone directories, biographies, maps, posters, government and political documents, architectural plans, data on public works, texts and ephemera. Key collections are: Pierce Edson Benedict, Surveyor Field Books (1920s - 1960), Greystone (Doheny Mansion), Beverly Hills City Directories (1926 - present), Wright MacMahon Secretarial School, Cartography: Maps & Plans, Beverly Hills High School Yearbooks, newspapers and other material relating to the City. The Beverly Hills Citizen is digitized from 1923 through 1958.
Regions Covered: Beverly Hills
Type of Materials: Architectural Drawings, Audio Recordings, Books, Cultural Artifacts, Materials & Objects, Databases, Diaries/Journals/Personal Papers, Digital Files, Directories, Ephemera, Films/Videos/Moving Images, Maps, Memorabilia, Microfiche/Microfilm, Newspaper Clippings, Newspapers, Official Records, Photographs, Postcards, Press Clippings, Unprocessed/Unknown, Yearbooks, Yearbooks
Time Periods: 1900-1920, 1921-1949, 1950-1963, 1964-1980, 1981-Present, 1981-Present, Pre-1848
Languages: English, Spanish
Sectors of the Population Represented in the Collection: , , Business, Clubs/Service/Social Organizations, College/University Faculty, Community Service Organizations, European Descent, Highest Income, Jewish Descent, Jewish Descent, Lower to Middle Income, Mexican Descent/Chicano/Latino, Middle to Upper Income, Politics/Government
Access
Year Round Access: Yes
OnSite Technology: Yes
Workspaces: Yes
Open to the Public: Yes
Public Hours: Monday, Tuesday & Friday 10:00 AM to 4:00PM by appointment
Reservations requiredOpen for Research: Yes
Research Hours: Monday, Tuesday & Friday 10:00 AM to 4:00PM by appointment
Reservations requiredFee: Call to make an appointment
Management
Repository/Depository: No
Loan To Others: No
Exhibited: Yes
Exhibition Frequency: Ongoing
Makes Purchases: No
Formalized Purchases: No
Outreach: Brochures/Flyers/Pamphlets, Class Visits, Exhibitions, Internet, Library Events, Newspapers, Word of Mouth
Last Updated Date: 3/2/2003
