Home - Sonoma County Library Digital Collections -- Colecciones Digitales de la Biblioteca del Condado de Sonoma

Photographs · Books · Video · Audio · and More

Not Just Chickens! -- the latest post from the Petaluma History Room Explore Photos by Location -- the Historic Photo Map View (hosted by the City of Santa Rosa) Explore Petaluma's architectural past in the Petaluma Historic Resources Survey of 1977 Interviews conducted by the late John P. “Jack” Taylor (1924-2014), featuring many of the “Movers and Shakers” of Sonoma County’s postwar world. Find people and businesses in turn-of-the-century Sonoma County with early telephone, business and residence directories Explore historic buildings and landmarks in the Western Sonoma County Historical Resources Survey of 1981 Watch and listen to vintage wine marketing campaign materials Listen to stories of the 2017 Tubbs Fire from incarcerated persons, students, and other seldom-heard voices Here + Queer, Sonoma County uncovers the rich and dynamic stories of queer culture and activism, documenting the struggles and joys of queer life Sonoma County Women Service Members in World War II, 1943-1946 -- clippings from the Petaluma Argus-Courier digitized by the California Revealed program Over 200 stunning images from the premier Lothers & Young Studio during the 1920s of the North Bay, including the San Francisco waterfront and the Golden Gate

Enjoy all that the Library and partner organizations have to offer, with over 190,000 items and counting

Find out how you can explore the diversity of our collections — from books to videos, maps to photos, photographers represented, contributing and partner organizations, and more.

View a gallery of items in all collections, or choose to narrow your browse by collection, format, dates, topics, and other filters.

View a gallery of all available collections, with links to contents and brief collection descriptions.

A guide to colllections depicting Sonoma County's local history and culture through photographs, postcards, oral histories and more.

A guide to Sonoma County authors, their published works, local presses/publishers, and music

Wine-related materials and resources drawn from the Sonoma County Wine Library's comprehensive collections of wine information

Collection guides for the Library's archival collections and access to digitized items.

The International Wine Research Database (WRDB) and Local History Index (LHI), as well as guides to the Library's historical newspapers, fire insurance maps and more.

Browse historical photos by location on the Historical Photo Map Viewer (courtesy, the City of Santa Rosa)

Custom Zoom backgrounds and a guide to the most widely held books in libraries

Browse By...

Choose from the terms below to selectively browse the Digital Collections. Note that the Local History and Culture Themes will limit results to the collections within the Local History and Culture group.

See tips on using search categories here.

New and Featured

Explore the Collections

About

Browse All

Collections

Local History & Culture

Local Arts

Wine & Winemaking

Archival Collections

Databases & Historical Research

View Photo Locations on a Map

Other Resources

Browse By...