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This web page created by Joseph Belk , undergraduate student in Anthropology at SFSU (Spring
1999).
Associations,
Centers and Other Organizations
Here you will find links to groups who concentrate their energy
on specific subjects and disciplines related to California.
- The California Institute for Rural
Studies CIRS is a private non-profit research organization located in Davis,
California. Incorporated in 1977, we are currently celebrating our 20th year of research
and outreach aimed at improving lives, conditions and economies of rural areas.
- Fort Ross Global Village
This project brings schoolchildren from California, Russia, and Alaska together on the
Internet to study archaeology and history at Fort Ross. Good site for historical overview
of Fort Ross Area of Northern California.
- H-CALIFORNIA List Server
H-California exists so that people involved in California Studies can communicate with
each other more easily. We hope to sponsor reviews of new books dealing with California
topics, develop an exchange of course syllabi dealing with California subjects, announce
matters of interest for those interested in California studies, develop a web site for
California studies, and serve as a channel of communication for the California Studies
Association.
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Atlases and Geographic
Information
In this section we will place California maps, census information
and geologic links
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Directory of California
Studies Programs
- The Center For California Studies,
California State University, Sacramento is a public service, educational support, and
applied research institute of California State University, Sacramento. It is dedicated to
promoting a better understanding of California's government, politics, peoples, cultures
and history.
- The Center for Southern California
Studies, CSU, Northridge (CSCS) was established in the Fall of 1996 to
coordinate and promote faculty research, applied research and professional services, and
California Studies in campus curriculum.
- California
State University, Chico Information regarding what the university offers in the
field of California Studies.
- California State University, Hayward - California Studies Program
- California
State University, Northridge Information regarding what the university offers in the
field of California Studies.
- Sacramento
State University - The Center for California Studies A public service, educational
support, and applied research institute of California State University, Sacramento. It is
dedicated to promoting a better understanding of California's government, politics,
peoples, cultures and history.
- San Francisco State
University's California Studies Program
- Sonoma State
University - California Cultural Studies A special major in Interdisciplinary Studies
in California Cultural Studies. California Cultural Studies (CCS) has been established in
order to bring together writers, scholars, artists, and students from various fields,
organizations, and disciplines whose interests are in the study of California. CCS aims to
attract a diverse group of students, representing a number of different ethnic and
cultural groups as well as regions within California, into a learning community devoted to
the study, preservation, and development of California's cultural life. The program has
been designed so that students, scholars, and artists might work on projects of a common
interest in an intellectually simulating atmosphere.
- University of
Southern California's web site for the Southern California Studies Center is a unique,
campus-wide, interdisciplinary initiative. Its principal goal is to monitor and guide the
transformations in environment, politics, economics, culture and society of Southern
California.
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California History
- Alta California History and Sonoma
Historical society
- Big List of California
History Links Just a links page. you will find some interesting leads here.
- Birch Lane
School in Davis This local history project was done by Birch Lane School in Davis,
California. the town in which they live and its rich history.
- Bodega Bay Short history
of Bodega Bay since 1775.
- Eureka Places
to see in Eureka with links to history
- California History "Dogtown
Territoral Quarterly" A California History Magazine with a focus on the Gold Rush era
and collectable and rare coinage.
- California History Links
A nice links page layed out in categories done by a fourth grader.
- California History Page
- California History Time line
- California History
Another time line of events
- California Historical Society As the
state's official historical society, we hold extensive materials about California's rich
history. Our Web site is still young, but growing and it primarily provides
"content" for researchers.
- Calif ornia
History Seminar Dinners series, Department of Geography, UC Berkeley The California
History Seminar Dinners series that meets once a month at The Faculty Club on the Berkeley
campus to discuss in topics about the state of California. A guest speaker is featured at
each event, and typically the speaker's presentation is followed by questions, answers,
and discussions relevant to the topic.
- California missions Links to CA
missions, Mexican California, Westward Movement and the Bear Flag Revolt from a grade
school textbook "Oh, California"
- California Home Page: History and Culture This
site provides a general overview of California history, culture, and people, as well as
offering several other links to related subjects.
- Californios and the American leaders
This site describes the Californios and the American leaders in the Mexican War through
recounting the Battle of San Pasquel.
- Captain John Fremont A
short history of Captain John Fremont in California.
- Cahuilla peoples of
Southern California. This is a brief overview description of the Cahuilla peoples of
Southern California.
- Chinese Historical and Cultural Project The
Chinese Historical and Cultural Project (CHCP) is based in Santa Clara County, California.
It was founded in 1987 as a non-profit organization to promote and preserve Chinese
American and Chinese history and culture through community outreach activities.
- Early California History: An
Overview
- Gay and Lesbian Historical Society of Northern
California. Founded in 1985, the GLHS is a community-based, nonprofit, educational
organization. A full-time, professional archivist works to catalogue and preserve our
collections according to professional archival standards. Much support is done by
volunteer members, working to document everything from private lives to public events.
- Goldfever This is
a history of the Gold Rush.
- Gold Rush Background material
about the Gold Rush, its history, gold mining in general. Vintage pictures are included
- History Links -
Native Americans
- Japanese American
History Archives The Japanese American History Archives is an extensive, growing
collection of books, periodicals, documents, maps, photographs, art and film relating to
the Japanese experience in the United States from the mid-1800s, when the first Japanese
pioneers set foot on American soil, to the present.
- Keane Wonder Mine in Death Valley
Find out about lead and silver mining in Southern California in this description of the
Keane Wonder Mine in Death Valley.
- Los Angeles River watershed Visual
history of the Los Angeles River watershed from Pre-Columbian to modern times
- Martina Castro This tells
the story of Martina Castro, a Mexican woman during the Rancho period of California's
history.
- Mexican California
- Napa Valley This site provides
information on the history of wine grape agriculture in the Napa Valley.
- Oakland Museum of California Travel a
time line starting on the paths of California Indians and ending on California's famous
freeways.
- Rosemead
Public Library The California Collection at Rosemead Public Library, Rosemead, CA.
consists of approximately 15,000 volumes of books and over 200 periodicals titles in paper
and on microfilm as well as a collection of videotapes. The goal of this collection is to
present a complete picture of the history, culture, environment and artistic expression of
the people of California and to some extent, the western United States.
- San Diego history
This site gives an historical overview of San Diego history from exploration through the
19th century. It has links to photos and some primary source material.
- San Diego History This site is
a brief overview of historical San Diego. It links to information about key historic
groups, individuals and buildings.
- San Diego Presidio
Historic pictures of the San Diego Presidio, the Mission San Diego Alcala, and Old Town.
- Santa Claira Valley Historical
Society
- Santa Monica Mountains This site has
resources on the history and people of the Santa Monica Mountains in Southern California.
- SFSU History Department Web page
devoted to research in history and related fields.
- Southern California history
important people Important figures in the development of Southern California history.
Written by the Daily Bulletin, the article provides information on two figures from of the
city of Ontario, George and Williams Chaffey.
- The California Heritage Collection is
an online archive of over 28,000 images illustrating California's history and culture from
the collections of the Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley.
- Southern California History Sites
- Southern California Lesbian History
- Western U.S. history with lots of
links
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California State
Government Links
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Centers of Regional
Study
In this section you will find links to universities around the
world who have regional studies programs. Not everything is related to California but
because the internet provides such a vast database of interrelated information we find
this section indispensible.
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Indexes of Links to
Other Sites
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Museums, Exhibits,
& Archives
- Cali fornia
Academy of Science, California Collections. Information of 1,800 objects, digital
images of hundreds of objects, links to other department pages, and e-mail to anthropology
staff. Data base with search capabilities.
- California Ethnic and
Multicultural Archives, University of California, Santa Barbara Library The California
Ethnic and Multi cultural Archives (CEMA) in the Donald C. Davidson Library at the
University of California, Santa Barbara is a collection of primary research materials that
documents the cultural and political experiences of the African American, Asian
American/Pacific Islander, Chicano/Latino, and Native American ethnic groups in
California.
- Fine Arts Museum San Francisco
- Silver and Gold - Native
Californian
- Alternate
Names for Native California Tribes
- Recognized tribal
Lands in California - EPA map
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Native American Resources
in California
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News Groups, Mail Lists
and FAQs
In order to read the news groups listed here, your Web client must be set to access an
NNTP server.
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Sources of Images
Extended presentations of discrete topics and image archives are likely to be listed
here.
- American West A
collection of historical photos from a variety of settings in California's history.
- Earthquake of 1906 and Chinese Migration in
California A collection of historical photos from a variety of settings in
California's history. Pictures and texts on all parts of San Francisco history with an
emphasis on the earthquake of 1906 and Chinese Migration in California.
- The California Heritage Collection An
online archive of over 28,000 images illustrating California's history and culture from
the collections of the Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley.
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Texts, News Papers, Web Documents, Journals, & Bibliographies
- California News Index,
a list links to on-line newspapers in California.
- Collecting Fossils in California
This web site is dedicated to the historical and current fossil finds recorded in
California.
- Coyote Press Specializing in
Archaeology, History, Prehistory, Ethnography, Linguistics, Rock Art, and Native American
Studies of Western North America.
- Homosexuality in History - An
[Partially] Annotated Bibliography
- Journal of California
Anthropology
- Joshua Tree National
Park.
- National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Association, West Coast Regional Node Scientists with the Center's Pacific
Fisheries Environmental Group(PFEG) in Pacific Grove, California, study environmental
influences on marine resources.
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