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July 22, 2015 - Comments Off on Villa Aurora House & Library Tour

Villa Aurora House & Library Tour

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Please join the ARLIS/NA-SoCal Chapter and LAAC on Wednesday, August 26, 2015 at 5 PM for an exclusive tour of the historic Villa Aurora house and library in Pacific Palisades, CA, led by USC Exile Studies Librarian Michaela Ullmann.

To RSVP, go to http://bit.ly/1LrVjsk

The tour is capped at twenty-five people on a first-RSVP, first-in basis. A $5 donation to Villa Aurora along with a $5 donation to ARLIS/NA-SoCal are requested for participation.

If you RSVP after the list has been capped, your name will be added to a wait list. Sign up now! The address and parking details will be sent via email prior to the tour—carpools are encouraged.

Villa Aurora is an international meeting place for artists and intellectuals, and the residence fosters a lively exchange in the fields of literature, art, science and politics. It is located in the former home of exiled German-Jewish writer Lion Feuchtwanger, who founded "Der Spiegel" in 1908, and his wife Marta. The house stands as a memorial to all the artists and intellectuals who found refuge from Nazi persecution and had tremendous impact on the cultural life of the west coast of the United States.

The house maintains a functioning special collections and rare book library, managed by USC's Feuchtwanger Memorial Library. Read more about Villa Aurora's history here, learn more about the artist residency here, and see more photos of the breathtaking house here.

March 31, 2015 - Comments Off on Autry Library & Archives Tour

Autry Library & Archives Tour

The Los Angeles Archivists Collective is pleased to announce a tour of the Autry Library and Archives on Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at 3:30 pm.

Space is limited to 15 people. Please RSVP here: http://bit.ly/1GHxzwE. The Autry Library is located at the Autry Museum in Griffith Park (4700 Heritage Way 90027). The tour will be followed by drinks at Golden Road Brewery (5410 W. San Fernando Rd. 90039).

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Trade catalog, Harnesses and Saddles, Sears, Roebuck and Company, Chicago, Illinois, circa 1910-1920. Autry National Center; 93.66.574

The Libraries and Archives of the Autry hold unique, rare and significant primary and secondary resources focusing on the peoples and cultures of the American West. The two library collections, the Braun Research Library and Autry Library, contain rare books, serials, maps, photographs, artwork, sound recordings, and manuscript collections. The Libraries and Archives also provide research access to the Autry’s artifact collections. Collection strengths include the history of the trans-Mississippi West, material culture of ranching and cowboy life, tourism, product advertising, fine art, and the business of western entertainment. For more research resources visit the library catalog, the digital image database Collections Online, and the Autry Blog.

February 12, 2015 - Comments Off on Playboy Photo Library Tour – FULL

Playboy Photo Library Tour – FULL

We've reached the tour capacity and we are no longer accepting RSVPs. If you are interested in attending but didn't have a chance to RSVP in time, please send us an email and let us know if you would like to join the waiting list or perhaps another Playboy Photo Library tour in the future. Thank you so much for your interest!

 

The Los Angeles Archivists Collective is thrilled to announce an exclusive tour of the Playboy Photo Library in Beverly Hills on Thursday, March 12, 2015 at 6:30 pm.

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Lynne Rogers at the Playboy Club in 1965. Photo by Walt Burton, courtesy of the Playboy Photo Library.

The Playboy Photo Library collection contains over 5 million photographic images and other related assets from over 60 years of Playboy Magazine, including both published items and outtakes. The Library continues to acquire thousands of digital files from current magazine shoots each month while overseeing the digitization of film assets as requested by both internal and external users. Originally located in Chicago, the collection moved to Beverly Hills in April of 2012 as part of a company-wide relocation and consolidation. Other historical sub-collections include photos from Hugh Hefner's personal "Scrapbook" and personnel & facilities images from the famous Playboy Clubs.

The tour will be followed by an on-site happy hour (must be 21 years old to attend). Space is very limited (only 9 spots available!). Please RSVP here: http://goo.gl/forms/PBofNQVJ2P. Further details and address will be provided by email.