Records of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Archives, 1919-2001

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Summary

Title:
Records of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Archives
Dates:
1919-2001
Creators:
, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Los Angeles Music Center Archives
Abstract:
The Los Angeles Philharmonic Archives contains programs, brochures, books, clippings, departmental records, recordings, photographs, films, and many other items pertaining to the institutional history of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association.
Extent:
Approximately 16,000 individual items including sound recordings, photographs, slides and negatives; print materials; film and video; administrative documents. Online items available
Language:
Languages represented in the collection: English
Preferred citation:

Records of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Archives. Los Angeles Philharmonic Archives, Los Angeles, CA 90012-3034.

Background

Scope and content:

The Los Angeles Philharmonic Archives is the institutional memory of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association, providing continuity between its past and its future. The Archives serves Philharmonic staff and outside researchers through collecting, preserving and making available materials that document the full spectrum of activities throughout the history of the Los Angeles Philharmonic dating to its founding in 1919. The holdings of the Los Angeles Philharmonic archives include (1) records of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association (LAPA) and (2) special collections. LAPA records include departmental records, venue records, concert programs, photographs, concert recordings, posters, and other materials created through the activities of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Special collections comprise materials related to the Los Angeles Philharmonic that have been donated to the Archives or otherwise created outside of the operations of LAPA. Examples here include independent concert recordings, radio broadcasts, and the Betty Freeman Papers.

Acquisition information:
Collected by the staff of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association and Archives, 1973-present.
Processing information:

These materials were assembled and digitized as part of the California Local History Digital Resources Project, supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), administered in California by the State Librarian.

Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

About this collection guide

Sponsor:
These materials were assembled and digitized as part of the California Local History Digital Resources Project, supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), administered in California by the State Librarian.
Date Prepared:
© 2011
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid created by California Digital Library. Date of source: June 13, 2011.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection open for research.

Terms of access:

Property rights reside with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association and the Los Angeles Music Center Archives (Otto Rothschild Collection).

Preferred citation:

Records of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Archives. Los Angeles Philharmonic Archives, Los Angeles, CA 90012-3034.

Location of this collection:
151 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90012-3034, US
Contact:
(213) 972-7689
archives@laphil.org
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