L.A. as Subject records, 1989-2000 (bulk 1995-2000)

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Summary

Creators:
Getty Research Institute. Contemporary Programs and Research
Abstract:
Records include development and background files for the L.A. as Subject program and directory created by Karen Stokes, the project manager for the organization at the Getty Research Institute, dating from 1989-2000 (bulk 1995-2000). Records document the development of Cultural Inheritance/L.A.: A Directory of Less-Visible Archives and Collections in the Los Angeles Region (Getty Research Institute, 1999) and the companion online database, the meetings of the L.A. as Subject Advisory Forum, the program's participation in public programming and on committees, and general management of the program through administrative files.
Extent:
3.9 linear ft. (6 boxes)
Language:
Collection material is in English

Background

Scope and content:

Records include development and background files for the L.A. as Subject program and directory created by Karen Stokes, the project manager for the organization at the Getty Research Institute, dating from 1989-2000 (bulk 1995-2000). Series I documents the development of the print publication Cultural Inheritance/L.A.: A Directory of Less-Visible Archives and Collections in the Los Angeles Region (Getty Research Institute, 1999) and the companion online database from 1995-2000. This includes files on the development and management of a Los Angeles archives and collections survey, the results of which were used to create the print publication and database. Series II comprises meeting files for the L.A. as Subject Advisory Forum from 1996-1999. Series III includes files documenting the participation of L.A. as Subject in lectures, symposia, conferences and committees from 1989-1999 (bulk 1995-1999). Series IV comprises administrative files detailing general management of L.A. as Subject, from 1994-2000, including working and research files, correspondence, budget files and financial reports, mailing lists, program summaries, meeting notes, and rosters.

Arrangement note

Materials are arranged in four series:

Series I: Database and directory documentation, 1995-2000, undated ;

Series II: L.A. as Subject Advisory Forum meeting files, 1996-1999;

Series III: Public programming and committee participation, 1989-1999, undated;

Series IV: Administrative files, 1994-2000, undated.

Biographical / historical:

L.A. as Subject was originally convened in 1996/1997 by the Getty Research Institute as the L.A. as Subject Advisory Forum. The Advisory Forum produced the print publication Cultural Inheritance/L.A.: A Directory of Less-Visible Archives and Collections in the Los Angeles Region (Getty Research Institute, 1999) and a companion online database. The companion online database was transferred to the University of Southern California's Archival Research Center in 2000 and is now updated and published online. The Advisory Forum changed in name in 2004 to the L.A. as Subject Archives Forum. Today, L.A. as Subject continues as "a research alliance dedicated to preserving and improving access to the archival material of Los Angeles history" and the online database has grown to include over 230 collections in Southern California. Since 2006, L.A. as Subject has organized the Los Angeles Archives Bazaar, an annual event that brings collections, scholars, archivists, researchers, librarians, and students together in one place.

Acquisition information:
Records in this collection originated in accession 2011.IA.28.
Physical location:
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Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Location of this collection:
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688, US
Contact:
(310) 440-7390
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