Palos Verdes Library District

The Palos Verdes Library District Local History Center preserves, shares and provides access to the rich history of the Palos Verdes Peninsula.  The Center’s historical collection includes primary source material related to all aspects of Peninsula history — from its Spanish land grant, cattle, sheep ranching and agricultural days, to early land development, city formations, and current life. The collection includes, but is not limited to, materials related to the Peninsula’s four cities, Palos Verdes Estates, Rolling Hills Estates, Rancho Palos Verdes, and Rolling Hills and a small pocket of Los Angeles County unincorporated area.  The collection includes materials in a variety of print and non-print formats. 

One of the Center’s largest collections is the early records of the Palos Verdes Project.  This collection documents the work of the Olmsted Brothers who were hired to develop the 16,000 acres of the Palos Verdes Peninsula.  The collection includes brochures, publications, newsletters, maps, photographs, scrapbooks and architectural drawings.