Finding
Aids
Keyword
A "finding aid" describes and provides an inventory of primary source materials (manuscripts, papers, pictures, etc.) in a collection. Of our 6,000 finding aids, roughly 300 include digitized images or texts.
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Alameda County Library, Dublin Library
Albany Library
Anaheim Public Library
Arcadia Public Library
Art Center College of Design Archives
Berkeley Public Library
California Historical Society
California Institute of Technology
California Institute of the Arts Library
California Polytechnic State University
California State Archives
California State Library
California State Parks
California State Railroad Museum Library
California State University, Channel Islands
California State University, Chico
California State University, Dominguez Hills
----Archives and Special Collections Department
----California State University Archives
California State University, Fresno
----Central Valley Political Archive
----Special Collections Library
California State University, Los Angeles
California State University, Sacramento Library
California State University, Stanislaus. Library
Center for Mennonite Brethren Studies
Chula Vista Public Library
Claremont Colleges - Libraries
----Denison (Ella Strong) Library
----Honnold/Mudd Library
Computer History Museum
Corona Public Library
Covina Public Library
De Anza College. California History Center
Dorothy Payton Gray Transportation Library and Archive
Dublin Heritage Center
Fresno City and County Historical Society
Fresno County Public Library
Fullerton College
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society
Getty Research Institute
Glendale Public Library
Graduate Theological Union
Historical Sites Society of Arcata
History San Jose Research Library
Holocaust Center of Northern California
Hoover Institution
Humboldt State University Library
Huntington Library
----Manuscripts Department
----Photo Archives
----Prints and Ephemera Division
Inglewood Public Library
Intel Museum
Japanese American Historical Society of San Diego
Japanese American National Museum
Kern County Library
La Habra Old Settlers Historical Society
Labor Archives and Research Center, SFSU
Loyola Marymount University Library, Department of Archives and Special Collections
Marin County Free Library
Mill Valley Public Library
Mills College
Mission Viejo Library
NASA Ames History Project
ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives
Oakland Museum of California
Oakland Public Library
----Oakland History Room and Maps Division
Occidental College Library
Orange County Public Library
Orange Public Library
Oxnard Public Library
Palos Verdes Library District
Pasadena Museum of History
Placentia Library District
Pomona Public Library
Redwood City Public Library
Redwood National Park
Richmond Public Library
Riverside Public Library
Sacramento Archives and Museum Collection Center
San Bernardino Public Library
San Bruno Public Library
San Diego Historical Society
San Diego State University
----Special Collections
----University Archives
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
San Francisco Performing Arts Library and Museum
San Francisco Public Library
San Joaquin County Historical Society and Museum
San Joaquin Valley Library System
San Jose Public Library. California Room
San Jose State University, Library Special Collections and Archives
San Mateo County Library, Brisbane Library
San Mateo Public Library
Santa Ana Public Library
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden. Blaksley Library
Santa Clara City Library
Santa Clara County Archives
Santa Clara University
Santa Fe Springs City Library
Society of California Pioneers
Sonoma State University
Sourisseau Academy for State and Local History
South Pasadena Public Library
Southern California Library for Social Studies & Research
Stanford University
----Manuscripts Division
----Rare Books Division
----Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound
----Stanford Music Library
----University Archives
Sutter County Library
UC Berkeley
----Bancroft Library
----Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive
----Davis (Harmer E.) Transportation Library
----Environmental Design Archives
----Ethnic Studies Library
----Hearst (Phoebe A.) Museum of Anthropology
----Institute of Governmental Studies Library
----Museum of Paleontology
----Music Library
----University Archives
----Water Resources Center Archives
UC Davis
----Special Collections
UC Irvine
----Critical Theory Archive
----Southeast Asian Archive
----Special Collections
----University Archives
UC Los Angeles
----Arts Library Special Collections
----Biomedical Library (Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library)
----Chicano Studies Research Center
----Clark (William Andrews) Memorial Library
----Ethnomusicology Archive
----Fowler Museum of Cultural History
----Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts
----Music Library Special Collections
----Special Collections, Young Research Library
----University Archives
UC Merced
UC Riverside
----California Museum of Photography
----Special Collections and Archives
UC San Diego
----Mandeville Special Collections Library
----Scripps Institution of Oceanography Archives
----University Archives
UC San Francisco
----Special Collections
----Tobacco Control Archives
----University Archives
UC Santa Barbara
----Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration
----Special Collections and Archives
UC Santa Cruz
----Special Collections and Archives
----University Archives
Unemployment Insurance Division Library
University of Southern California
----California Social Welfare Archives
----Regional History Center
----Special Collections Library
----University Archives
University of the Pacific
Western Jewish History Center
Whittier Public Library
Yorba Linda Public Library
Yuba County Library
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