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1906 Earthquake Refugee Shacks
 
The history and current condition of small cottages built in western San Francisco to house refugees following the 1906 earthquake and fire. "Of 5,610 shacks built in 1906-1907 only 27 remain." Includes historic photos, addresses for shacks still in existence, and images and additional material for selected homes. From the Western Neighborhoods Project, "a nonprofit organization formed to preserve and share the history and culture of the neighborhoods in western San Francisco."
http://www.outsidelands.org/shacks.php
Topics: California: History
Last updated Mar 22, 2006
The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire
This digital archive of thousands of images and texts commemorates the 100th anniversary of the April 18, 1906, San Francisco earthquake and fire. Features include an exhibit divided into thematic groups (such as before the disaster, firestorm, and reconstruction), an interactive map of the city with associated images, and a "panoramic collage of San Francisco shortly after the disaster." From the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/collections/earthquakeandfire/
Topics: California: History
Last updated Aug 13, 2006
California Admission Day September 9, 1850
Brief historical background about how California became a part of the U.S. in 1850. Also includes material about how Sacramento became the state capital (following San Jose, Vallejo, and Benicia), and an image and description of the state seal. From the California Department of Parks and Recreation.
http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=23856
Topics: California: History
Last updated Aug 28, 2006
California Cultures
This site "documents California's rich history of diversity and multicultural contributions. This collection -- including photographs, documents, newspaper clippings, political cartoons, works of art, oral histories, and other primary sources -- ... features more than 20,000 specially digitized primary sources." Includes primary sources, historical overviews, and lesson plans relating to African American, Asian American, Hispanic American, and Native American groups. From Calisphere, a service of the University of California libraries.
http://www.calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu/calcultures/
Topics: California: History
Last updated Feb 7, 2008
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 of the Past
Collection of short videos of first-person narratives from community members about their California experiences. The videos were produced by public libraries in Benicia, Covina, Hayward, Orange County, Sacramento, and South San Francisco, California. From Media Arts Center, San Diego.
http://www.mediaartscenter.org/site/c.dfLIJPOvHoE/b.3469463/
Topics: California: History
Last updated Dec 13, 2007
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
Calisphere
Calisphere is the University of California's gateway to more than 150,000 digitized primary source items that "reveal the diverse history and culture of California." Its content "has been selected from ... the UC campuses, and from a variety of cultural heritage organizations." Searchable, or browsable by individual subjects or themed collections, which are "primary source sets organized to support California [K-12] Content Standards." Also includes selected historical essays and lesson plans.
http://www.calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu
Topics: California: History
Last updated Jul 17, 2006
Days of Cal: A Virtual Tour through UC Berkeley's History
Includes a brief history of UC Berkeley; a profile of Berkeley in the 1960s; a timeline (1849-2000); photographs; information on student traditions at Cal; UC Berkeley president inaugural addresses; the text of the 1868 charter that founded the University; profiles of chancellors; and lists of presidents, alumnus of the year, Nobel Prize laureates, notable faculty, and regents. Searchable. From the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/CalHistory/
Topics: California: Education, California: History
Last updated Aug 22, 2006
Eugenics in California
"Convinced that ideas of better breeding and genetic selection were central to settling the Pacific West, many European American migrants [in the early 20th century] ... supported practices such as involuntary sterilization, immigration restriction, and racially-biased IQ testing." This site provides links to information about eugenics in California and the U.S. and the relation of eugenics to contemporary genomics. From the Center for Science, History, Policy, and Ethics at California State University Sacramento.
http://www.csus.edu/cshpe/eugenics/
Topics: California: History, Ethics
Last updated Oct 26, 2005
How California Came to Be Admitted
Reprint of a 1900 San Francisco Chronicle
article that discusses the significance of the status of California as an anti-slavery state when it was admitted into the United States on September 9, 1850. From the Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco.
http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist5/caladmit.html
Topics: Black Resources, California: History, United States History
Last updated Jan 29, 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
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
The Rowland Collection
Website of an archive devoted to Santa Cruz, California, historians Jeannette and Leon Rowland. Contains searchable transcriptions of approximately 10,000 index cards of research notes by the Rowlands, "pertaining to the history of Santa Cruz and its people, from pre-Statehood to the middle of the 20th century." Also includes biographical information on the Rowlands, and a bibliography of works by Leon Rowland. From Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz.
http://library.ucsc.edu/speccoll/rowland-collection
Topics: California: History
Last updated Oct 12, 2009
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