The California State Capitol Museum and California State Library have partnered on an exciting exhibit featuring priceless treasures from the permanent collections of the California State Library. The exhibit is exquisitely curated by Gary F. Kurutz, Curator of the...
The California State Library Foundation Bulletin (#114) is available in a full-color pdf on our website. California agriculture, transportation, and fine photography are just some of the topics highlighted in this issue. The California History Section’s Elena...
By California State Library Staff Veteran special collections and archives librarian Mattie Taormina has been named the new director of San Francisco’s Sutro Library. The Sutro Library, located on the campus of San Francisco State University, holds Adolph...
Dr. Robert J. Chandler Gives Lively and Informative Talk on African American Artist Grafton Tyler Brown and Makes Generous Donation of a Brown Artifact By Gary F. Kurutz, CSLF Executive Director and CSL Curator of Special Collections Historian Dr. Chandler regaled...
By Vincent Beiderbecke, California State Library, Information Technology Bureau Recently library staff unfurled a giant map showing the California County Free Libraries of 1915 in BTBL’s sorting area. The map had been stored on top of BTBL shelving for quite some time...
Historian and author Dr. Claudine Chalmers will speak at the California State Library on January 13 on the topic of the French pioneers, artists and entrepreneurs who joined the California Gold Rush seeking their fortune. As many as 35,000 Frenchmen came to California...
