History Organizations in Los Angeles and Southern California
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- California Historic
Route 66 Association. "California Historic Route 66 Association
is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation, promotion and
enjoyment of Historic Route 66 in California. There is such an
organization in each of the eight Route 66 states: Illinois, Missouri,
Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California. We are
independent of one another and ours is the youngest. Our history coincides
with December 1990 legislation designating Route 66 as "State Historic
Highway Route 66". This legislation made signage permissible for the
previously decommissioned federal highway.
Our association was instrumental in designing historic signs and
California Transportation Authority (CALTRANS) responded to our request
for directional signs to guide you to the Route from Interstate highways
40 and 15. CALTRANS produced and erected the earliest historic signs
which, unfortunately, were stolen almost immediately. From there it was up
to us to encourage Route 66 communities, businesses or individuals to
purchase and erect signs."
- Historical Society of Southern
California. "The Historical Society of Southern California has a
wide range of programs designed to reach out to all who are interested in
the people, places and fascinating stories of our past; especially the
history of Los Angeles and Southern California."
- History Graduate Student
Association of the University of California at Irvine. "The
History Graduate Student Association (HGSA) is the official representative
organization of the Graduate Students in the Department of History in the School of Humanities at the University of California, Irvine.
As such, it works to provide both a sense of community among graduate
students and a shared voice for those graduate students within the
Department of History."
- Los Angeles City Historical
Society. "The mission of the Society is to research, study and
disseminate knowledge of the rich and diverse multi-cultural history of
the City of Los Angeles, to serve as a resource of historical information;
and to assist in the preservation of the city’s historic records."
- Loyola Marymount University
History Society. "The purpose of the History Society is to
promote interest in the study of the past and to bring together faculty
members and students who share the same interests. For this purpose, the
history department maintains an e-mail directory with the names of all
history majors, minors, and any student who wants to receive information
about events in the history department.
The history society supports talks by faculty members about their research
and also helps to develop student panels that discuss current events.
The history society also organizes socials, such as a Halloween party,
Christmas party, and a softball game against the Political Science
Department.
- Occidental
College History Society. "The Occidental History Society is an
open forum for members of the Occidental community studying history or
interested in history. Its purpose is to give members the opportunity to
interact with other people who are interested in history while encouraging
the exploration of topics in history studied at Occidental or
independently."
- Southwest Oral History Association. "SOHA was founded in 1981 to
serve practitioners of oral history in Arizona, southern California,
Nevada, New Mexico and contiguous areas. Through publications, meetings,
workshops, and other activities, SOHA supports and promotes oral history
as a method for exploring and recording history, culture and current
experiences in the Southwest. In this endeavor the association maintains
close ties with the national Oral History Association. Membership in SOHA
provides meaningful opportunities for participation in the exchange of
information and the discussion of matters of common concern among those
interested in oral history throughout the Southwest."
- UCLA
Undergraduate History Association (UHA). "The Undergraduate
History Association at U.C.L.A. seeks to enrich the undergraduate History
student's experience as a History major."
