Historical Society of Southern California

03/27/2026

Students and colleagues remember Rodolfo "Rudy" Acuña, the founder of CSUN's Chicana/o Studies department and an "academic father" of the field.

12/02/2025

History is not just for historians.

Citizen Historians for the Smithsonian is an all-volunteer effort to document everything on display at the Smithsonian’s 21 museums, the national zoo, and the U.S. Holocaust Memorial museum. ​ Founded August 21, 2025, in its first 4 weeks volunteers for this project have donated 17,500+ photogra...

09/30/2025

Saturday, October 4 @ 1pm Edendale Library, 2011 W. Sunset Blvd. | Echo Park Join the Echo Park Historical Society in the Edendale Library meeting room Saturday October 4th at 1:00 p.m. for a very special presentation about the history of the Semi-Tropic Spiritualist Association and the tr

09/07/2025

September is Hawaiian History Month--some events are being live-streamed.

Join us for this free event where we invite everyone to sing-a-along as we honor Queen Liliuokalani's legacy.  This event will be LIVE In-person at Kawaiahaʻo Church and will also be livestreamed on Youtube.

08/29/2025

Events start tomorrow and run through this weekend.

Whether you’re marching, watching a play, or reflecting on history, here’s how to honor the movement this weekend.

08/16/2025

Due to unforeseen circumstances the event scheduled for tomorrow, "A Great Day in East LA," had to be cancelled. We apologize for the late notice and will reschedule the event in September.

08/09/2025

08/04/2025

Whether something even gets remembered and how — particularly when it comes to the history of a country and its leader — is often the furthest thing from simple.

07/04/2025

How volunteers are taking action to preserve the history that otherwise would have gone up in flames.

The Altadena Historical Society, responding to the loss of photos and heirlooms, launches an oral history project for fire survivors.

06/10/2025

Passionate post-Civil War politics in Ventura (and more broadly, in California) and the central role race played in those debates is the subject of Andy Ludlum's latest post on the "MVC Then" blog.

A brave shopkeeper named Walter Chaffee guarded the American flag outside his store, even when others tried to steal it away. During the Civil War, it was hard to be a Union supporter in California, but Walter and his friends secretly met to stand up for freedom and fairness for everyone.

06/09/2025

AIA Santa Barbara presents The Earthquake That Built A City on Sun, June 29. Join us for an unforgettable night of history, reflection, and community connection. Moderated by renowned architect and historian Robert L. Ooley, FAIA, this compelling evening brings together leading voices to reflect on the cultural, architectural, and civic transformations that followed Santa Barbara’s 1925 devastating quake. On sale now at https://www.lobero.org/events/santa-barbara-1925-earthquake-then-and-now/

06/05/2025

Roughly 73 square miles of ancestral homelands once belonging to California’s Yurok Tribe have been returned to them.