Research

The McDowell Library is available to researchers. The library may also be available for group meetings and receptions. Advance appointments are required. To inquire about using the library, please call the Museum at 310-548-7509.  Library Subjects:

• Army Weapons and Gear  
• Art and Photography  
• General  Battles 
•  Specific Campaigns or Individual Battles  
• Biographies and Autobiographies  
• Children's Books on the Civil War  
• Civilians  Confederates  
• Essays and Commentaries
• Political Histories and Economics  
• Lincoln  
• Medical  
• Miscellaneous  
• Naval Warfare  
• Reconstruction  
• Slavery and Black History 
• Union  
• Women and the War  
• War in the Far West  
• Western and California History