Research in Visual Arts

At Doheny (USC's main library) in the Intellectual Commons (a room set aside for symposia and the like) there was a presentation yesterday (Friday) for visual arts scholars on the resources and services available to scholars in the LA area. Presenters were from the various institutions in LA that house visual materials. An impressive array. I have summarized the information elsewhere, but the institutions represented are listed below. They have literally millions of photos among them, much relating to CA history and also the movie industry.

The Huntington: Jennifer Watts
USC Regional History Collection: Dace Taube
UCLA Dept of Special Collections: Online Archive www.oac.cdlib.org
Getty Research Institute
Academy of Motion Picture Art and Science: the OSCAR people
Margaret Herrick Library
USC Cinema Library
USC AFA (Architecture and Fine Arts)
Art history slide library
USC Digital Archive