LA as Subject: 25 years of Highlighting Southern California Archives

The Vision Behind LA as Subject

In late 1994, a special projects associate named Karen Stokes, working at the Getty Research Institute, GRI came up with a proposal to create an egalitarian network of archives and collections in Southern California, with the primary goal of highlighting both the "less-visible" collections and those most at-risk. A secondary goal was making sure all of these people and places could share best practices and news of regional interest. Her proposal grew into LA as Subject, with a five-year mission to convene an Advisory Forum, stage a series of events focused on local archives and collections, and produce a printed directory and electronic database of Southern California archives. The media gallery to the right contains documents, photographs, flyers, and programs from the events held in the five years that LA as Subject was under the auspices of the Getty Trust. 

For more insight into the origin of LAAS watch our interview with Karen Stokes. 
A transcript of the Inverview is also available here.

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