Wednesday, March 20, 2013
10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
California Historical Society
678 Mission Street
San Francisco, California 94105
For members only!
Join Henry Snyder, chair of the library committee, for a field trip to the California Historical Society. A talk and tour by the CHS staff will begin promptly at 10:00 a.m. After the tour the library is open until 4:00 for research. Bring lunch or try one of the nearby restaurants.
Register online.
The CHS Collection comprises a diverse body of materials documenting the history of California, including:
There is a also a gallery with changing exhibitions. At the time of our visit, “See Beauty in this Life: A Photographer Looks at 100 Years of Rural California” with a retrospective by Lisa M. Hamilton, will be playing through March 24, 2013.
The CHS website includes a research page which highlights the strengths of their collection and is a gateway to their online catalog and the Online Catalog of California (OAC). The OAC is an online archive of collection guides and digitized primary sources contributed by libraries and other cultural heritage institutions throughout the state, maintained by the University of California.
The California Historical Society, founded in 1871, is a membership-based, non-profit organization with a mission to inspire and empower people to make California's richly diverse past a meaningful part of their contemporary lives.
For members only!
Join Henry Snyder, chair of the library committee, for a field trip to the California Historical Society. A talk and tour by the CHS staff will begin promptly at 10:00 a.m. After the tour the library is open until 4:00 for research. Bring lunch or try one of the nearby restaurants.
Register online.
The CHS Collection comprises a diverse body of materials documenting the history of California, including:
- 50,000 volumes of books and pamphlets
- 4,000 manuscript collections
- 500,000 photographs
- Printed ephemera, periodicals, posters, broadsides, maps, and newspapers
- The Kemble Collection on Western Printing and Publishing
- 5,000 works of art, including paintings, drawings, and lithographs
- Artifacts and costumes
There is a also a gallery with changing exhibitions. At the time of our visit, “See Beauty in this Life: A Photographer Looks at 100 Years of Rural California” with a retrospective by Lisa M. Hamilton, will be playing through March 24, 2013.
The CHS website includes a research page which highlights the strengths of their collection and is a gateway to their online catalog and the Online Catalog of California (OAC). The OAC is an online archive of collection guides and digitized primary sources contributed by libraries and other cultural heritage institutions throughout the state, maintained by the University of California.
The California Historical Society, founded in 1871, is a membership-based, non-profit organization with a mission to inspire and empower people to make California's richly diverse past a meaningful part of their contemporary lives.
The writing assistance of Carol Corville Horn is gratefully acknowledged.
Copyright © 2013 by Kathryn M. Doyle, California Genealogical Society and Library.
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