With each map, brochure, diary, or photograph we learn more about the highway—what it looked like, who used it, what it was like to drive it.
Learn More about Archives
Location:
Griffith Park Campus/Autry Library
4700 Western Heritage Way
Los Angeles, Ca. 90027-1462
https://theautry.org/visit
Phone:
Autry Library: (323) 495-4349
Fax:
Autry Library: (323) 660-5721
Email: rroom@theautry.org
Contact: Cheryl Miller, Director, Libraries and Archives of the Autry
Web site:
http://theautry.org/
Autry Institute: http://theautry.org/research/overview
Institution Type: Museum, Library
COLLECTIONS
Description: The Autry Library’s Route 66 collecting areas cover the history of the trans-Mississippi West, tourism, fine art, women in the West, the making, marketing and consumption of popular Western entertainment, and the perceptions of the region worldwide.
Regions Covered: Trans-Mississippi West, American Southwest, Arizona and California
Type of Materials: Books (and rare books), serials, maps, photographs, manuscript and archive collections, artwork, tourist related publications and ephemera, DVD’s and CD’s, and museum artifacts
Time Periods: Route 66 related collections date from the 19th century to the present
ACCESS
Facility Hours:
Autry Museum of the American West:
Tuesday-Friday, 10 AM-4 PM;
Saturday and Sunday, 10 AM-5 PM
Reservations not required.
Research Hours:
Monday-Friday, 9 AM-4 PM
Libraries open to the public by appointment only.
Information and Application for Researchers:
https://theautry.org/research-collections/library-and-archives/information-researchers
Research Fellowships:
https://theautry.org/research-collections/library-and-archives/fellowships
Catalog System:
Library catalog: http://autry.iii.com/
Digital database Collections Online:http://collections.theautry.org/mwebcgi/mweb.exe?request=ks