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California -- History The Adventure of Wells Fargo 
 A collection of "stories taken from the historical archives of Wells Fargo that let you discover life as it was on the Western Frontier." Includes vignettes about stagecoach drivers, traveling conditions and etiquette, the bank's business relationship with Chinese communities, the meeting of Henry Wells and William Fargo, and more. https://www.wellsfargo.com/about/history/adventure/ Topics: Business, Industries, Nonfiction by Genre, Society & Social Science, United States History Last updated Sep 25, 2008 The Bancroft Library Regional Oral History Office (ROHO): Featured Projects
A browsable collection of oral histories, with a focus on California. Topics include bioscience and biotechnology, disability rights, the Earl Warren era, diversity at UC, food and wine, Free Speech Movement, "Rosie the Riveter WWII American Homefront Project," suffragists, history of the University of California, and Western mining. From the University of California, Berkeley. http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/ROHO/projects/ Topics: History Last updated Aug 22, 2006 Benicia Capitol State Historic Park
Official Web site for this state park, place of "California's third seat of government (1853-54). It is the only pre-Sacramento capitol that survives." Includes photo, location, directions, and phone number. See the Brochure for a physical description, the history of Benicia and the capitol, and a map of the surrounding area. http://www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=475 Topics: Architecture, California: History, History Last updated Feb 6, 2002 California As I Saw It: First-Person Narratives of California's Early Years, 1849-1900
This site "consists of the full texts and illustrations of 190 works documenting the formative era of California's history through eyewitness accounts. The collection covers the dramatic decades between the Gold Rush and the turn of the twentieth century." Searchable and browsable. From the American Memory Project, Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cbhtml/ Topics: Society & Social Science, Society & Social Science Last updated Jul 7, 2004 The California Bear Flag
A reproduction of an 1890 photograph of the 1846 California flag with brief information about the flag's creation. From the Museum of the City of San Francisco. http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist6/toddflag.html Topics: California, Government Last updated Jan 21, 2003 California Heritage Collection
"An online archive of more than 30,000 images illustrating California's history and culture." Primarily a collection of photographs; also features stereoviews, stereographs, panoramic views, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, lettersheets, sketches, drawings, and other ephemera. From the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. A part of the Online Archive of California (OAC). http://content.cdlib.org/search?style=oac-img&facet-type-tab-join=or&facet-type-tab=image+cartographic+mixed&fieldList=text+keywords+title+description&keyword=calheritage Topics: California: History Last updated Dec 21, 2006 California Historical Society
The official state site for this group includes a "California History Online" exhibit with over 400 images from the society's collections and an online exhibit of citrus crate labels. There is also a "California Cultural Directory" (under resources in Programs section) listed by county, with links to those organizations with Web sites; descriptions of the society's collections (with a slide show); and links to related sites. http://www.californiahistoricalsociety.org/ Topics: California: History, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts Last updated Apr 29, 2005 California History Lectures
Audio of seven one-hour lectures on California history topics: California missions, the California Gold Rush, Mark Twain, water delivery systems, Henry J. Kaiser, Governor Hiram Johnson, and the history of the Bancroft Library. The lectures, moderated by the Director of the Bancroft Library, Dr. Charles Faulhaber, were recorded live in the Bancroft and originally broadcast in 2002 and 2003. From the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/info/audiolectures.html Topics: California: History Last updated Aug 3, 2006 California History Online
"An online guide to over three hundred years of California history. This resource includes over 400 images from our fine arts, library, and photography collections and articles written by James J. Rawls, the Review Editor for California History." http://californiahistoricalsociety.org/exhibits/online.html Topics: California: History Last updated Jan 2, 2009 California in the 1930s: A Bibliography
Dozens of titles related to California during the Depression years. From Professor Jules Tygiel of San Francisco State University. http://bss.sfsu.edu/tygiel/hist642/oldfiles/642cadep/Bibliography.htm Topics: Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Aug 1, 2006 California's Living New Deal Project
This project maps and describes projects in California that were part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal program. Find New Deal projects through an interactive map that includes options to narrow by region and project type (such as art or parks). Project descriptions include photos, map, and other details. From the California Historical Society, with the Institute for Research in Labor and Employment Library (University of California, Berkeley) and the California Studies Center. http://livingnewdeal.berkeley.edu/ Topics: California: History, United States History Last updated Apr 16, 2009 Californio to American: A Study in Cultural Change
A lesson plan for studying "centuries of dramatic changes to an adobe ranch house and its surroundings [and] to analyze the interaction between Spanish and Anglo culture in California." Includes maps, readings, site plans and photographs of Rancho Los Alamitos (Long Beach), activities, and links to related resources. From the U.S. National Park Service Teaching with Historic Places program. http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/8californio/8californio.htm Topics: California: Education, California: History, Lesson Plans, National Parks & Forests Last updated Jul 11, 2007 Drake's Plate: The End of the Mystery?
Explains a hoax, uncovered in 1977, about a brass marker discovered in 1936 that allegedly recorded the 1579 landing of Sir Francis Drake on the California coast. Discusses dating the item and suggests evidence for who created this elaborate practical joke. Includes links to a press release with a slide show and material about dating archaeological objects. From the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. http://www.lbl.gov/Science-Articles/Archive/NSD-Drakes-plate.html Topics: California: History, Geography Last updated May 31, 2006 El Clamor Publico Collection, 1855-1859
A searchable collection of the complete issues of El Clamor Publico, "the first Spanish-language newspaper in California after the American occupation." Often featuring "strong political views generally in support of the Mexicanos," this Los Angeles weekly also published poetry and literature. From the Digital Archive, University of Southern California (USC). http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/search/controller/view/clamor-m235.html?view=1 Topics: California: History, Languages, Newspapers, United States History Last updated Oct 18, 2009 Five Views: An Ethnic Historic Site Survey for California
To "help people more fully recognize and appreciate the accomplishments and contributions of California's varied communities," the California Office of Historic Preservation recruited experts to write narrative histories and identify one hundred recorded historic property sites for each of five ethnic minorities in California: California Indians, Black Americans, Chinese Americans, Japanese Americans, and Mexican Americans. Especially useful are the lists of historic sites, some with photographs and links to more detailed reports. lii.org Record of the Month, February 2002. http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/5views/5views.htm Topics: California: History, Photograph Collections: History Last updated Jul 11, 2007 The Gold Rush
Geared for classroom use, this site gives brief commentaries on various aspects of the California Gold Rush. It starts with the 1840s and ends with how the mindset of early entrepreneurs shaped California. Features fun facts for children and classroom resources. http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/ Topics: California: History, History, United States History Last updated Nov 9, 2006 Gold Rush Chronicles
History of the California Gold Rush, including a chronology beginning when Swiss-born John Sutter arrived in the California territory and covering the 1848 discovery of gold by James Marshall and California's admission to the United States in 1850. Features information about towns, mines and mining camps, people, the Pony Express, and more. From a company in the gold country that created a website for El Dorado County, California. http://comspark.com/goldminer-mall/chronicles/ Topics: California: History, History Last updated Nov 30, 2005 Gold Rush! California's Untold Stories
This site presents a virtual tour of the Oakland Museum of California's Gold Rush exhibition, including sections on art, natives and immigrants, a quiz, and curriculum materials for educators. The exhibit includes photographs, artifacts, primary documents, audio files (some in Chinese), and maps. http://www.museumca.org/goldrush/ Topics: California: History, History, K-12 Education, Photograph Collections: History, United States History Last updated Dec 27, 2005 Guide to the Cased Photographs and Related Images from The Bancroft Library Pictorial Collections, Bulk ca. 1845-ca. 1870
"Approximately 440 cased photographs and related images from the collections of The Bancroft Library. Included are daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, and tintypes dating from the 1840s through 1860s. Also present are some painted miniature portraits as well as other photographic processes such as opalotypes, pannotypes, and crystoleum prints." Features portraits, mining scenes, California gold rush towns, and views of San Francisco and Sacramento. Also contains a glossary of photographic terms, and bibliography. From the California Digital Library. http://content.cdlib.org/view?docId=tf7p3006fv&query=cased&query-join=and&brand=oac Topics: California: History, Geology, Photograph Collections, Photography Last updated Sep 5, 2006 Italian Americans in California
"This website portrays the place of Italian Americans in the history and culture of California." Take a tour of the virtual exhibit with illustrated essays relating to topics such as Italians in the Spanish and Mexican eras, the Gold Rush, immigration issues, organized crime, business and banking, wine and agriculture, film industry, and Little Italy, San Francisco. Also includes a timeline and sources and links. From the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/collections/italianamericans/ Topics: California: History, United States History Last updated May 11, 2009 The Lawrence & Houseworth Albums: Online Photographic Database
This collection of nearly 1,500 pictures from a photographic publishing company, "used for the selection of prints by its customers, is ... 'without doubt the finest single pictorial record of the maturation of Northern California and the Pacific Coast following the rambunctious days of the Gold Rush and statehood.'" Includes images of the states of California and Nevada, San Francisco and Sacramento, mining, buildings, landscapes, and Native Americans. From the Society of California Pioneers. http://www.californiapioneers.org/lh/ Topics: California: History Last updated Nov 8, 2005 LearnCalifornia.org
Homework and curriculum resources for students and teachers of California history. The site features documents and photographs contained in the California State Archives presented alongside thematically arranged collections of Internet links. Sample topics include the California Gold Rush, hydraulic mining, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, the Progressive era, and the Great Depression. Also includes lesson plans. Searchable and browsable by topic. From the California Secretary of State. http://www.learncalifornia.org Topics: California: Education, California: History, History, Lesson Plans, Photograph Collections: History Last updated May 25, 2005 Locke and Walnut Grove: Havens for Early Asian Immigrants in California
This lesson plan uses two Sacramento River towns in California for studying the Asian immigrant experience. Materials include maps, readings, images, activities, and links. From the U.S. National Park Service Teaching with Historic Places program. http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/locke/locke.htm Topics: California: History, Lesson Plans, National Parks & Forests Last updated Jun 16, 2007 Looking Backward, Looking Forward: Visions of the Golden State
Companion to an exhibit devoted to four important events in the history of California: the campaign for statehood (1850), the Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915), the Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-1940), and "the celebration of California First Days, 1962-63, when California overtook New York as the most populous state." Features an annotated checklist from the exhibit and images of selected items (such as postcards and photographs). From the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/Exhibits/Looking/ Topics: California: History Last updated Sep 13, 2006 Magic Lantern Slides: The Berkeley Geography Collection
A collection of glass "magic" lantern slides of California, dating from about 1900 through 1915. Browsable by geographic area (North Coast and Coast Ranges, Klamath and Cascade Mountains, San Francisco and the Bay Area, Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys, the Sierra Nevada Mountains and Sierra Foothills, Central Coast and Coast Ranges, Southern California, and deserts). A "Geo-Images" site from the University of California, Berkeley. http://geoimages.berkeley.edu/GeoImages/LanternSlides/LanternSlides_TOC.html Topics: California: History, Photograph Collections Last updated Aug 11, 2003 The Maritime Heritage Project (MHP)
The history of ships reaching and leaving San Francisco is presented with newspaper articles, letters, advertisements, passenger quotes, statistics, poetry, and illustrations. There are sketches of travel conditions, migration, commerce, the gold rush, and cultures. Vessels are listed, often with detailed descriptions. Captains provides biographies of "Masters under God" who sailed into San Francisco. Other categories cover foreign ports, shipping paths, passenger lists, ship nationalities and cargos, VIPs, gossip, and tall tales. http://www.maritimeheritage.org/ Topics: Correspondence, Nonfiction by Genre, Transportation Last updated Oct 3, 2002 Mexican Governors [of California]
An annotated list of the governors of California when the state was under Mexican rule, from 1822-1846. Compiled by a hobbyist, but compares favorably against print sources. Includes several references. http://missiontour.org/related/mexicangov.htm Topics: Government, Notable People: Government Last updated Sep 10, 2003 Migrant Labor Camp Photographs From the Harry Everett Drobish Papers, 1935-1936
"This collection of 63 photographic prints of various sizes documents migrant labor camps in California. ... Included are photographs of groups and buildings at the Arvin Migratory Labor Camp and other camps in Kern County, California. Also included are photographs of Hooverville in Sacramento, some taken by the California State Emergency Relief Administration." Searchable and browsable. From the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. A part of the Online Archive of California (OAC). http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf738nb5fr Topics: Agriculture, Emigration & Immigration, History, Labor, United States History Last updated Sep 5, 2006 Museum of the City of San Francisco
Good information about the Great Earthquake and Fire of 1906, 1989 San Francisco Earthquake, 1991 Oakland-Berkeley Hills Fire, Chronology of S.F. Rock 1965-69, WWII history, Flags of SF, and more. Also find biographical sketches and links to material about prominent Northern California figures, including John A. Sutter, Lotta Crabtree, Leland Stanford, Levi Strauss, and Joe Di Maggio. Includes chronologies. http://www.sfmuseum.org/ Topics: California: History, Museums by Place: United States Last updated Jul 5, 2004 Photographs of Agricultural Laborers in California, ca. 1906-1911
Ethnic groups in this collection include Japanese farm laborers; urban Chinese; and Mexican, Italian, and East Indian workers and communities. The rural and urban locations include Fresno, Gilroy, Los Angeles, Merced, Palo Alto, Ryde, San Francisco, the San Joaquin River area, San Jose, the Stockton area, Visalia, and Woodland. Searchable and browsable. From the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. A part of the Online Archive of California (OAC). http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf200007qw Topics: Agriculture, California: History, History, Labor, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, United States History Last updated Nov 6, 2009 Ranch and Mission Days in Alta California
Full-text of a 1890 article on the California Missions from the Century Magazine. From the Museum of the City of San Francisco Web site. http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist2/rancho.html Topics: California: History, Religion Last updated Jan 21, 2003 Spanish Governors [of California]
An annotated list of the 12 governors of California when the state was under Spanish rule, from 1769 through 1821. Compiled by a hobbyist, but compares favorably against print sources. Includes several references. http://missiontour.org/related/spanishgov.htm Topics: Government, Notable People: Government Last updated Sep 10, 2003 UC Berkeley Library Digital Collections
A searchable and browsable guide to the digital collections of the UC Berkeley libraries. Subjects include agriculture, architecture, business and industry, the Gold Rush, Chinese communities, social movements, the 1906 earthquake, and California places such as Berkeley, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Yosemite. Browsable formats include maps, stereographs, photographs, and oral histories. From the University of California, Berkeley, Library. http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/digicoll/ Topics: Last updated Sep 12, 2006 Voices from the Dust Bowl: the Charles L. Todd and Robert Sonkin Migrant Worker Collection, 1940-41
A "collection documenting the everyday life of residents of Farm Security Administration (FSA) migrant work camps in central California in 1940 and 1941. This collection consists of audio recordings, photographs, manuscript materials, publications, and ephemera. ... [Includes] dance tunes, cowboy songs, traditional ballads, square dance and play party calls, camp council meetings, camp court proceedings, conversations, storytelling sessions, and personal experience narratives" of Dust Bowl refugees. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/afctshtml/ Topics: Agriculture, Emigration & Immigration, Internet, Labor, Music, United States History Last updated Jan 2, 2009 Wayback: Gold Rush!
Aimed at children, this site offers "information about this fascinating moment in American history, looking at Californios, the Spanish-speaking community that had been in California since the mid-1700s; the various routes Forty-Niners took to reach the gold fields, with mixed success; and the overall history of the Gold Rush." Includes a guide for teachers and parents. From PBS Kids. http://pbskids.org/wayback/goldrush/ Topics: California: Education, California: History, History, United States History Last updated May 24, 2004 Web de Anza
This site "provides students and scholars with primary source documents and multimedia resources covering Juan Bautista de Anza's two overland expeditions from the Sonoran desert to northern California, leading to the colonization of San Francisco in 1776." Includes maps, pictures, timelines, the text of the diaries of de Anza and the Franciscan friars who were with him, biographies of key figures, a bibliography, and more. From the University of Oregon. http://anza.uoregon.edu/ Topics: Geography, History, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Mar 21, 2006 |
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