This dissertation explores how California history museums represent the history of children and childhood. This work is inspired by earlier studies in the fields of anthropology, sociology, museum studies, and public history that question and analyze . . .

“Harvesting Suburbs” attempts to provide an understanding that agricultural communities in California represent a unique rural suburban type labeled here as “agriburbs.” Such an understanding deepens an appreciation for both the growth and development . . .

This dissertation explores the historic preservation and public memory of America’s Nike air defense missile program. To defend against nuclear attacks delivered by Soviet bombers in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s the United States constructed a massive air . . .

This project will prove that Ancient Greeks were not simply a fantastical civilization relegated only to the past. They remain deeply still relevant and influential to American public memory. Sources of Data I will use three different sources of data. . . .

The California State Parks Photographic Archives currently describes its collection of images in the Guide to California State Parks Photographic Archives (Guide). The 2014 edition of the Guide provides a broad Scope and Content for the entire collect . . .

This project determines the eligibility of and establishes a historic context for the nomination of the Security Trust Company Bank Building to the National Register of Historic Places as a commercial building, with an accompanying nomination form. So . . .

The California State Archives received the records of State Legislator Michael Machado through several different accessions and had not been previously arranged or described. The Michael Machado collection contained material on a variety of paper medi . . .

Local history writing and publishing is a burgeoning industry, with tens of thousands of books released nationwide in just the past two decades. In general, the public prefers interacting with history on a personal level. This has traditionally involv . . .

This project nominates the Wilson residence in Newcastle, California to the National Register of Historic Places. By establishing the historic context and determining the significance and integrity of the property, the Wilson residence is eligible und . . .

The California State Railroad Museum Foundation (CSRMF) emerged out of a vast network of docents, fundraisers, state workers and interested citizens involved in the 1976 opening of the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento, California. The Ca . . .

The 1979 National Register documentation of the Minidoka Relocation Center, a nomination from 1979, was outdated and insufficient. The historic context was lacking, and only a handful of extant historical buildings were included in the old site nomina . . .

Most hollow clay tile residential buildings have stucco or brick veneer, rendering them undiscernible from frame construction. Most of these buildings can only be located through Sanborn Maps, and recording the surviving residences will aid the City P . . .

The California State Parks, Photographic Archives uses a database called The Museum System to catalog its collection of photographic materials. The contents of the database are a product of newly input data and previous records migrated from legacy so . . .

California Craftsman Architecture: an Interactive Historical Database is a website that advocates for historic preservation of Craftsman architecture in California. The site fosters public participation by utilizing education, empowerment, and accessi . . .

For more than 150 years, Mount Vernon has preserved and promoted the legacy of George Washington. Recently, with the construction of a new presidential library, the special collections were moved from the old library to their permanent home. When the . . .

The purpose of this project is to establish the historical significance and integrity of TB-9 (temporary building #9), within its historical context of association with an art movement and renowned ceramic artist, in order to determine its eligibility . . .

When the colonists landed on the east coast the first thing they did was build a church, and a tavern. The tavern served a critical need in the early development of the colonies and the United States. Today the local bar still serves a historical and . . .

This project explores the creation of an exhibit on water-rights issues in the Klamath River Basin from the viewpoint of the Hupa, Karuk, and Yurok people. The project relied on oral histories of the Hupa, Karuk, and Yurok specifically on the traditio . . .

This project establishes a historic context for, and determines the eligibility of, the nomination of the George and Eliza Withington House to the National Register of Historic Places as a historic single dwelling, with an accompanying nomination form . . .

The exhibit, “Greeks on the Road to World War I,” was held in the Library Gallery on the California State University, Sacramento campus between April 1-26th. It memorialized the 100th anniversary of WWI and presented the history of Greece’s involvemen . . .

The Angel Island State Park Collection, located at the California State Parks Archives is comprised of documentary material recording the history of Angel Island prior to and following the islands designation as a state park. Processing the Angel Isla . . .

Social historians changed how history is done. They also changed how history is defined, and importantly, who history is about. The recognition of the relationship between power, knowledge, cultural symbolism and social memory resulted in a very diffe . . .

In 1995, former California State Librarian Carma Leigh donated her personal papers to the California State Library for preservation. For over two decades after this donation, the collection remained hidden within the stacks of the California State Lib . . .

The purpose of this project is to discuss the process for performing the documentation of the Port of Long Beach Administration Building as a form of mitigation for the future replacement of the building. The completed documentation found in the appen . . .

This project was developed based on a recognized need in the public history field for assistance in finding grant money and guidance in grant writing and constructing successful grant proposals. This resource is specifically designed to assist public . . .

Statement of Problem: The records of State Legislators David Kelley and Richard Floyd arrived at the California State Archives through several different accessions and both collections had not been previously processed or described. The intern arrange . . .

The Sacramento region occupies an important place in the history of the American West. It was here at the edge of the western frontier where gold was discovered in 1848 and an innovative breed of industrial entrepreneurs quickly made their marks, fore . . .

In 2010, Georgia Larson donated a collection of nineteenth-century theatre memorabilia to Special Collections and Archives at California State University, Sacramento. These consisted mainly of autographs that her husband Dr. Gerard Larson had collecte . . .

Working as a research associate for the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), the author produced nine Historic American Building Survey (HABS) reports for nine historic houses in the City of Fresno in Fresno County, California. The reco . . .

This thesis explains the process by which I worked as a historical consultant to plan, design, and fabricate two exhibits for the Fair Oaks Historical Society’s new History Gallery. The first exhibit was a permanent exhibit that highlighted the histor . . .

What is the history of the public squares which were reserved by John A. Sutter, Jr., in the planning of Sacramento’s grid? What is the significance of each public square in the Central City’s history, and the influence each has had on its respective . . .

The lyrics to George M. Cohan’s 1917 song, Over There, aroused the patriotic fervor of a country marching off to fight in World War One. Separated by thousands of miles, the only thing that connected families to the boys over there were the letters th . . .

Costumes have played an important role in the history of films and television in the United States. However, it is a topic that has not been widely examined by scholars. The role of Western Costume Company, a Los Angeles-based company that has provide . . .

This project determines eligibility and establishes a historic context for the nomination of the Tower Theater to the National Register of Historic Places. Sources of data include city building permits, county assessor records, newspapers, magazines, . . .

Working in the employ of JRP Historical Consulting, LLC (JRP), a cultural resources management firm based in Davis, California, the author, Chandra Miller, produced four Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) reports on four historic railroad gra . . .

In post World War II America, cities across the nation witnessed dramatic changes to their urban landscapes as federal urban renewal policies initiated redevelopment projects designed to invigorate and reshape deteriorating city cores. Early policies . . .

The town of Locke, California, located in Sacramento County, was built and occupied by Chinese laborers in the early twentieth century. This project describes my participation in the Locke Oral History Project. The Locke Oral History Project was commi . . .

This project explores the implementation of high school volunteer programs in history-based museums. Museums are highly reliant on their volunteer corps, and high school students provide another source of valuable, long-term volunteers. Today, high sc . . .

This projects purpose is to discuss the process for mitigating the removal of historic structures or buildings found eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), using the Humboldt Bay Power Plant (HBPP) as a case study. Th . . .

The Sacramento Valley Museum is the only manuscript repository available to researchers in Colusa County. The collection is vast and informative; however, it lacks the structure necessary to be utilized to its full potential. Citizens of the county fo . . .

Franklin and Eli Blanchard of Farmington, Michigan enlisted in Company K of the 24th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment to serve the Union Army during the Civil War. One hundred and fifty of their letters from when they were serving are located at t . . .

The records of the Occupational Information Coordinating Committee include floppy diskettes and CD-ROMs. The files on these electronic media could not be processed because the State Archives has not developed procedures for processing electronic recor . . .

Roughly one million American servicemen married foreign women while serving abroad during World War II. After the war, these foreign “war brides” immigrated to the United States en masse. “Journey of Love” is an oral history-based research project tha . . .

Bungalow courts are a unique form of suburban multifamily housing in Sacramento that is at risk of demolition because of urban development. Further loss is possible without proper documentation of their importance as a type of architecture that fulfil . . .

Students from farm-worker backgrounds are represented in very small numbers throughout higher education. The College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) at Sacramento State University aspires to change this by providing academic support services to migr . . .

This project determines eligibility and establishes a historic context for the nomination of the Boulevard Park neighborhood to the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district, with accompanying nomination forms Sources of Data City bu . . .

No broad spectrum oral history exists of Sacramento’s public history community. This oral history project surveys the economic impact to Sacramento’s public history community during the recession that began in 2008. Source of Data: Resource materials . . .

This project was installed at the Tsakopoulos Gallery of the California State University, Sacramento Library. In preparation for this exhibit, the author worked in several capacities. She conducted research in both the United States and Greece and int . . .

The following project is a historic-architectural survey that analyzes the McKinley Boulevard Tracts One and Two residential subdivisions in East Sacramento to determine if the subdivisions meet the criteria for listing on the Sacramento Register of H . . .

The Loma Prieta earthquake of October 17, 1989 devastated Santa Cruz’s historic core and led to the de-listing of the area from the National Register of Historic Places. Loma Prieta was not the first disaster to strike the city’s calamity prone downto . . .