The Center collects the records of public and governmental organizations, as well as historically significant records of voluntary associations, local political figures and prominent citizens that have directed growth in LA since the beginning of the twentieth century. Major themes in the collection are growth and development, education, journalism, labor and guild history, minority and ethnic studies, politics, social service agencies, and women. Geography Map Library . The Geography Map Library possesses approximately three hundred fifty thousand flat map sheets as well as numerous atlases, aerial photographs, gazetteers, and geographic teaching aids. It is a depository library for the United States Geological Survey, the National Imagery and Mapping Agency, and Natural Resources Canada.
Aerial photographs cover all of LA County.
The Getty Center . The J. Paul Getty Trust is a privately operating foundation dedicated to the visual arts and the humanities. Research Library . Special Collections and Visual Resources contains rare books and archival materials as well as rare photographs, prints and drawings for the study of the visual arts and culture. Included are early guidebooks, emblem books, festival books, prints, and drawings.