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Memorial Branch is a branch library of the Los Angeles Public Library. It was built in 1930 based on a design architect John C. Austin, also noted as the lead architect of the Griffith Observatory and the Hollywood Masonic Temple. The library includes a large heraldic work of stained glass created by the artists at Judson Studios.
In 1987, the Memorial Branch and several other branch libraries in Los Angeles were added to the National Register of Historic Places as part of a thematic group submission.[2] The application noted that the branch libraries had been constructed in a variety of period revival styles to house the initial branch library system of the City of Los Angeles.
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- Carol Easton, "Library in the park," WESTWAYS, September 1977
- History of the Memorial Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library
- Memorial Library 40-year anniversary, 1930-1970
- Letter, June 1930, from Judson Studios explaining Alumni memorial window
- Facts about the library and its memorial window, designed and built by the Judson Studios
- Dedication of Memorial Library and Window
- Press release, Historic Memorial Branch Library to reopen Monday, July 22: Renovated building features latest in advanced technology with Weingart Foundation grant
- Suzan Filipek, "1926 Memorial Library to open virtually on-line," Larchmont Chronicle, July 1996
- Branch building questionnaire: Annual Report 1939/40, Memorial Branch
