All maps use the same grid, showing cities and towns in Los Angeles County, as well as boundary lines of the adjoining counties and some features and delineations of cities surrounding LA County (within the map's borders). A legend of various sized dots is given for each map, from the largest dot representing the highest population figure per dot to the smallest dot representing the smallest population figure this number varies per map. In rare cases, some population figures are represented by dots for some of the adjoining (non-LA County) cities
The Margaret Cruikshank Papers consist of drafts, background/research notes, correspondence and publicity materials for three published works edited by Cruikshank: Lesbian Path (1980, 1985), a collection of autobiographical writings; Lesbian Studies (1982), a women's history and lesbian studies text and New Lesbian Writing (1984), a lesbian literature anthology. The Cruikshank papers also consist of background/research files for women's studies and lesbian studies courses taught by Cruikshank and related correspondence and publicity materials. Personal correspondence is also included in the collection.
The bulk of the collection consists of photographs of the Fenner, Marshall, and Fraser families as well as their friends. The rest of the collection includes memorabilia of Hollywood High School and the city of Hollywood (1928-1941), UCLA yearbooks and memorabilia (1942-1944), manuscripts of family records, items collected by members of the Marshall family, writings of Virginia Fraser and Asenith Smith, newspaper clippings of the Johnstown flood (1889) and Will Rogers, books collected by the Marshall family, as well as Marshall family correspondence with family and friends.
Interviews of prominent figures in the arts conducted by Martin Perlich. Interviewees include writers, directors, choreographers, and musical figures from Jazz, World music, and classical music, including contemporary composers. His interviews and other programming were broadcast during Cleveland Orchestra intermissions, and on WMMS radio in Cleveland, KMET and KCSN radio in Los Angeles, NBC television, and Public Television outlets in Los Angeles and New York.
Collection contains the records of the administrative activities of Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley, whose tenure in office covered an unprecedented five terms. Although the bulk of the collection covers Bradley's years as mayor (1973-1993), the collection contains some material from Bradley's service as a LA City Councilman (1963-1973) as well as materials related to his candidacy for Governor of CA in 1983 and 1986. The collection covers a variety of subjects related to events and issues in Los Angeles, including transportation, water, offshore oil drilling, education, the 1984 Olympic Games, the Los Angeles Convention Center LA Produce and Flower Markets, and civil unrest (LA Riots). The collection contains records in a variety of formats, including correspondence, photographs, reports, publications, architectural drawings, cassette recordings, video tapes, and memorabilia.
McMillan Library’s unique newspaper collection contains some of the only remaining copies of newspapers from 28 different publishers. The collection includes newspaper coverage of pressing issues such as decolonization, place and identity, colonial legacies, policies and land issues, as well as public memory and consciousness.
