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Skid Row History Museum & Archive

Skid Row History Museum & Archive at the Los Angeles Poverty Department houses a living archive of primary and secondary source material on the low income residential community of Los Angeles Skid Row. Primary materials include numerous videos and transcribed interviews with people living and working in Skid Row whose efforts have contributed to envisioning and creating the deep social resources of this recovery neighborhood while resisting its displacement. The archives provide a cultural and social history of the Skid Row Neighborhood.

https://www.lapovertydept.org/skid-row-history-museum-archive/