Sierra Madre, California

Sierra Madre Historical Archives (Sierra Madre Public Library and Sierra Madre Historical Preservation Society)

Problem

Fractured identity and "decline stories" sap motivation. People don't see themselves (or each other) in the town's story.

Solution

The Sierra Madre Historical Archives is a local history collection housed in the California Room of the Sierra Madre Public Library and jointly owned, under a May 27, 1999 agreement, by the Sierra Madre Historical Preservation Society and the library. Its holdings, which the 2011 finding aid sizes at about 1,202.7 linear feet, include oral histories and sound recordings, among them the society's Sierra Madre Oral History Project. Four printed items were digitized through California Revealed in 2019-2020.

Patterns used: Shared Cultural Story