About the California History Section
The California History Section holds a premier collection of documents from and about California's rich history. Our vaults house thousands of rare books, maps, newspapers, and periodicals in addition to a huge collection of one-of-a-kind photographs, letters, paintings, posters, pamphlets, and sheet music. Regardless of whether you're a serious researcher, a fourth grader or an average person visiting Sacramento, we'll have a resource for you!
Contact the California History Section
Are you ready for Archives Crawl? We are! Take a sneak peek at some of our highlighted items, and plan on joining us on the 7th! While you're at it, enjoy our new research guides including the one for our County of the Month and feel free to contact us if you have any questions.
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- Guide to the collection (PDF)
- Resources for researching the 1906 San Francisco
earthquake and fire (PDF) - Resources for researching California land grants (PDF)
- Resources for researching California
Native Americans (PDF) - Resources for researching Sacramento buildings (PDF)
- Selected Genealogy Resources (PDF)
- Genealogy resources by date (PDF)
- Immigration and naturalization resources in the
California History Room (PDF)
