I have aggregated the history of location scouting in southern california via manilla folders used for presentation of location scouting photography from the early '80s to the early 2000s.

Sources include individual location scouts' collections, the california film commission library (retired in 2015) and my personal collection.

The amount is over 400 linear feet and is organized via the California Film Commission system.

The Getty Research Institute  acquired 10 linear feet of folders : 

 tinyurl.com/GRI-LOCATIONSHOTSOFLA 

and the index of their acquisition is pictured below.

Description of their acquisition: 

  "Comprising 382 files documenting residential and commercial sites mainly in Los Angeles and its environs, this selection of location shots chronicles how locations for movies and television were determined in film production.

 The collection includes residential and home neighborhoods, such as Beverly Hills, Hollywood, Malibu, Palm Springs, and Pasadena (99 sites); residential apartment locations, such as Downtown Los Angeles, Santa Monica, and Venice (55 sites); 

and numerous commercial sites, including bars, hotels, museums, office buildings, prisons, restaurants, and theaters (228 sites). 

The location files presented here, salvaged from location scouts and studios by Robert Mendel and Michael Burmeister, reveal a cross-section of venues deemed desirable for film production during the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s. 

 Gift of Robert Brooks Mendel & Michael J. burmeister Burmeister

 laassubject.org/directory/profile/robert-mendel-research-collections-collection-1-historic-garvanza-highland-park

click above link to see more information

The folders below are a sample of several of the folders which the Getty Acquired. Refer to the index to see the complete list of folders they took.  Those pictured below are marked in red on the index.

   I am actively seeking an institutional acquirer of the balance of this vast archive of 400 linear feet (approx.) of folders, all organized in the Cal. Film Commission Library indexing system. ( cdn.film.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/CinemaScout-Categories.pdf )