A selected list of archival collections:
- Allan Kaprow papers, ca. 1940-1997
- Allen Ruppersberg recordings and posters for the El Segundo Record Club
- Barbara T. Smith papers, ca. 1935-2013
- Betty Asher papers, 1860-1999
- Betty Turnbull interviews with Southern California artists and related ephemera. Betty Turnbull (1924-1911) was the first curator of exhibitions for the Newport Harbor Art Museum (now the Orange County Museum of Art), serving from 1968-1981. She also served as acting director of the museum from 1972 to 1973.
- Claire Copley Gallery Records, 1968-2011
- Couturier Gallery Records. Established in 1986 by Darrel Couturier, during its earliest years, it specialized in works of the American Arts and Crafts movement, but in 1991 the gallery made a decided shift in its focus to work with living artists, many from Latin America.
- Dalzell Hatfield Gallery records The Dalzell Hatfield Gallery initially opened in Los Angeles in 1925, then ran continuously from 1939 until 1984 at the Ambassador Hotel.
- David Alfaro Siqueiros papers, 1920-1991
- David Antin papers, 1954-2006
- E. Maurice Bloch papers, ca. 1925-1989
- Edmund Teske papers, 1930-1996
- Edmund Teske miscellaneous papers, 1965-circa 1994
- Edmund Teske’s Los Angeles, 2004
- Experiments in Art and Technology Los Angeles records, 1969-1975
- Frederick Hammersley sketchbooks, prints, notes, and working materials, 1949-2008
- Frederick Hammersley working materials.
- George Herms papers, 1890-2009 (bulk 1960-2000)
- Gloria de Herrera papers, 1936-1996
- Hal Glicksman papers, ca. 1927-2010
- Henry Hopkins papers, 1950-2005
- High performance magazine records, 1953-2005
- Hollis Clayson research papers regarding the Pasadena Tournament of Roses parade, ca. 1925-1976
- Jan Baum gallery records, 1967-2007
- John Cage Letters sent to Pauline Schindler, 1934-1964
- L.A. Artists for Survival records relating to Target L.A. The collection documents Target L.A., an anti-nuclear art and music festival staged in 1982 and 1983. Included are operational and financial files, promotional material, ephemera, and photographs.
- LA Liber Amicorum, 2012
- Lon Spiegelman collection of mail art and mail art documentation, ca. 1978-1991
- Long Beach Museum of Art Video Archive, ca. 1970-2002
- Los Angeles Contemporary Art Exhibitions (L.A.C.E.) records
- Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery video collection, 1978-2003
- Modern Art in Los Angeles and Pacific Standard Time recordings, 2003-2012
- Margo Leavin Gallery records, 1960-2013 Margo Leavin (1936- ) was born in New York City and raised in Los Angeles. She opened the Margo Leavin Gallery in 1970 and forged a number of lasting personal and professional relationships with both East and West Coast artists, including Claes Oldenburg, Jim Dine, Sam Francis, and Agnes Martin. It played a key role in introducing Conceptualism to the Los Angeles art scene, especially through her early exhibitions of John Baldessari, before its closure in 2012.
- Maurice Tuchman papers, 1965-2000 American curator who served as the first curator of twentieth century art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), where he organized influential exhibitions and programs which brought new attention to the California art scene.
- Nancy Buchanan papers Nancy Buchanan is a Los Angeles-based artist best known for her work in installation, performance, and video art. She played a central role in the feminist art movement in Los Angeles in the 1970s.
- Nicholas Wilder Gallery records. From 1965 until 1979, the Nicholas Wilder Gallery in Los Angeles exhibited contemporary works by seasoned New York and European artists and fostered many up-and-coming Los Angeles artists.
- Reyner Banham papers, 1930-1990
- Raymond Pettibon, Fliers for Black Flag concerts, 1979-1983
- Robert Irwin papers, 1970-2003
- Rolf Nelson Gallery records, 1953-1973
- Sam Francis papers, 1920-2000, bulk 1950-1994
- Sisters of Survival records. Sisters of Survival (SOS) was an anti-nuclear performance group founded by Cheri Gaulke, Jerri Allyn, Nancy Angelo, Anne Gauldin, and Sue Maberry. It was one of the last collaborative projects to emerge from the Woman's Building, a non-profit arts and education center which operated in Los Angeles between 1973 and 1991.
- Stendahl Art Galleries records.Stendahl Art Gallery was a pioneering gallery promoting California Impressionism and modern art in the West Coast. In 1935 the gallery began to represent pre-Hispanic art, which became its specialty.
- Stephen White Gallery Records, 1943-2000 (bulk 1975-1990)
- William Hemmerdinger papers, 1871, 1941-2007
- Wolfgang Stoerchle papers, 1952-2007
- Woman's Building records. The Woman's Building was a non-profit arts and education center which operated in Los Angeles between 1973 and 1991.
