Directory of History Resources

Home > Regional > North America > United States > California > Society and Culture > History

This category is for sites related to any part of the history of what is now the State of California in the United States of America.

Subcategories

• Academic Departments
• Biography
• By County
• By Locality
• California Missions
• Cemeteries
• Civil War
• Drake, Sir Francis
• Ghost Towns
• Gold Rush
• Historic Buildings
• Lake Tahoe Region
• Muir, John
• Museums
• Organizations
• Southern California
• State Constitution
• State of Jefferson

Resources in This Category

• 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire

  http://www.sfmuseum.org/1906/06.html
  Information on the earthquake of 1906 from the Museum of the City of San Francisco.

• California as I Saw It

  http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cbhtml/cbhome.html
  Online digital texts containing a wide variety of first-person narratives of California's early years, 1849-1900. Indexed by author, subject, and title.

• California Folk Music

  http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/afccchtml/cowhome.html
  Library of Congress site documenting the WPA ethnomusicology project in 1938-1940 to collect English and ethnic folk music of Northern California.

• California History

  http://www.debbiesthemes.com/calhistory/
  Educator-developed site covering California history from Spanish settlement to statehood.

• California Japantowns

  http://www.californiajapantowns.org/
  Explores the history of Japanese communities, also known as Nihonmachi, in towns throughout California.

• California Legacy Trails

  http://www.californiamuseum.org/post/ca-legacy-trails
  Stories from the history of California. Established by California Museum.

• California Newspaper Project

  http://cnp.ucr.edu/
  Project dedicated to locating, cataloging, and preserving newspaper publications published in California from 1846 to the present. Online catalog provides information on the location and condition of these publications.

• California Pioneers Project

  http://www.cagenweb.com/cpl/
  List of past settlers in California who migrated to or were born in California prior to 1880 obtained directly from individuals doing genealogical research.

• California Research at The Records Room

  http://www.daddezio.com/records/room/RR-CA-NDX.html
  Locate resources (online listings, books, CD-Rom, lookups and addresses) for vital records in each county within the state of California.

• California State Archives

  http://www.sos.ca.gov/archives/
  A division of the Office of the Secretary of State, provides a repository for the state's permanent governmental records as well as other materials documenting California history.

• California Zephyr Virtual Museum

  http://calzephyr.railfan.net/
  History, artifacts, and information about the California Zephyr passenger car.

• Center for Bibliographical Research and Studies

  http://cbsr.ucr.edu/
  Located in Highlander Hall, adjacent to the University of California, Riverside campus. Includes current projects and center information.

• H-California

  https://networks.h-net.org/h-california
  H-Net group dedicated to discussing California culture and history. Features subject overview, archive, links to related resources, and subscription information.

• HistoricHwy49.com

  http://www.historichwy49.com/hisphotos.html
  Historic photographs and drawings of the California gold rush. Prints are also available for sale.

• K & K Publications

  http://www.cal-history.org/
  Books on California history and the history of the Old West, plus research and events.

• Los Angeles River Railroads

  http://lariverrailroads.com/
  Provides information on the history of the Southern Pacific, Union Pacific and the Santa Fe Railways.

• O. Henry Mace

  http://www.ohenrymace.com/
  Author of 47 Down: The 1922 Argonaut Gold Mine Disaster; Collectors Guide to Early Photographs; and Between the Rivers: A History of Early Calaveras County.

• Online Archive of California

  http://www.oac.cdlib.org/
  Historical materials in a searchable database from a variety of California institutions, including museums, historical societies, and archives.

• Points of Interest in the Desert

  http://digital-desert.com/ghost-towns/
  Photos of old buildings, ghost towns, gold mines, and graveyards throughout the California Mojave Desert.

• Power Planting

  http://powerplanting.homestead.com/index.html
  An unofficial history of California Energy Commission power plant licensing cases from 1975 to 2001. Broken down by eras, the site describes over 70 different proceedings, with technologies such as geothermal, natural gas, solar, coal, and garbage burning.

• The California Bear Flag Revolt - 1846

  http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist6/fremont.html
  Information on the historic Bear Flag and the stories surrounding it.

Related Categories

• Home > Society > History > By Region > North America > United States > West

 

Home > Regional > North America > United States > California > Society and Culture > History

 

---

 

Thanks to DMOZ, which built a great web directory for nearly two decades and freely shared it with the web. About us