Volume 36, Issue 1

Los Angeles has a reputation for being the Mecca of the moment and the foreground of the future. But where can one turn for its history? One place is the California Historical Society (CHS) digital archive (http://digarc.usc.edu:8089/cispubsearch/), an online collection of more than 24,000 images that document the history of Los Angeles and its environs from the 1860s to the 1930s.

Archival repositories in New Mexico have benefited greatly from funding provided by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), and its predecessor, the National Historical Publications Commission (NHPC). Since 1967 NHPRC funds have supported records and publication projects that ensured the preservation of and access to New Mexico's historical patrimony.

The Race , Slavery , and Free Blacks microfilm collection is a product of the Race & Slavery Petitions Project, headed up by Loren Schweninger at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Series I, Petitions to Southern Leislatures , includes approximately 3,000 petitions, and 20,000 pages of documentary evidence. Series II, Petitions to Southern County Courts , 1775–1867 , is much larger in scope, including approximately 15,500 petitions and 124,000 pages of documentary evidence from fifteen states and the District of Columbia. This collection offers a rich source of research material for researchers studying the history of slavery, race relations, free blacks, women, and court systems.