The city's rich architectural heritage is evinced by the Mission Road Historic District, which is overseen by the Loma Linda Historical Commission, the collective author of this tour through the city's past. For this evocative history, the commissioners have drawn on the city's photographic archive, the holdings of the Heritage Room at Loma Linda University's Del E. Webb Library, the A. K. Smiley Public Library in Redlands, the San Bernardino County Museum, and the private collections of numerous local families.