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 . . .

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 . . .

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, . . .

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 . . .

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 . . .

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 . . .

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 . . .

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 . . .

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 . . .

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 . . .

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 . . .

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 . . .

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 . . .

The staff of the North Central Information Center (NCIC) of the California Historic Resources Information System (CHRIS) is nearing the end of the process of digitizing the NCIC’s inventory of cultural resource records and survey reports. The completi . . .

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 . . .

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 . . .

The Simon Foorman Family Papers represents a manuscript collection of business, personal, family documents, and photographs spanning the mid-nineteenth through the mid-twentieth centuries. It is the remainder of a larger collection typifying the life . . .

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 . . .

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 . . .

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 . . .