This collection contains letters from Melville G. "Curley" Acorne to his wife Beatrice Marian (Bomani) Acorne, 1915-1919; and letters from John B. "Jack" Acorne to his parents Melville G. and Beatrice M. Acorne, 1942-1945. Collection also includes undated letters, postcards, newspaper clippings, funeral notice for Curley Acorne

This collection contains the Adobe Squares square dance club of Petaluma, California, records, photos and event materials covering the entire span of the club's history

The collection consists of three documents, two affidavits and a statement by the Santa Rosa Ministerial Union, that were found in the Sonoma County Archives among Board of Supervisors records. One affidavit (dated 4 April 1900, San Francisco) is written and signed by Anna Pohlmann, a former matron at Sonoma County Hospital. The other affidavit (dated 9 April 1900, San Jose) is written and signed by Bertha Sundell, a former nurse at Sonoma County Hospital. The statement by the Ministerial Union is addressed to the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors (dated and filed 8 May 1900) and signed by seven union members.

This collection contains materials provided by the American Library Association used by the Sonoma County Library for promoting library cards, events and other library matters.

Collection contains records of cases tried at the Analy Township Justice Court between 1916 and 1951 and at its successor, the Analy Judicial District Court, between 1952 and 1959.

The Biblioteca Vinaria Sonoma draws from the Sonoma County Wine Library's collection of historic books and documents, primarily from the 16th to early 20th century. The collection covers all aspects of viticulture and winemaking, ranging from proclamations of George III on wine regulations to letters describing the grape production in Sonoma Valley vineyards, and from temperance operas to nursery catalogs.

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Collection contains records of cases tried at the Bodega Township Justice Court between 1911 and 1934. Includes the criminal justice docket.

This collection contains Santa Rosa, Calif. radio station KSRO transcripts; "We the women" daily column; misc. newspaper clippings; screenplays; short stories; and poems, as well as personal effects such as membership cards, wallets, and a diary.

This collection contains records of cases heard in the County Court for Sonoma County, California, between 1850 and 1880. Includes record of civil and criminal cases heard in County Court, daily records of County Court operations, and records of cases on appeal.

This collection contains includes a list of justices of the peace; deceased persons with estate balances; disbursements by department and school district

The collection contains six commemorative, stamped and canceled envelopes celebrating the California Republic sesquicentennial anniversary in 1996. Envelopes include: Bear Flag Sequicentennial Committee, with Bear Flag raising ceremony in the Sonoma Plaza illustration; Mariano Guadelupe Vallejo, with Lachryma Montis (Vallejo's Sonoma home) illustration; Sum-Yet-Ho (Solano), Chief of Suysunes tribe; Bear Flag creation at Sonoma Barracks; John C. Frémont and the "Bear Flag" Battalion, June 14, 1846; and raising of the 28-star flag of the United States at the Sonoma Plaza. Stanps were canceled June 14, 1996 at the Sonoma Plaza Station, Sonoma, California.

Collection contains records pertaining to tax delinquency rates divided geographically (including road numbers), and assessment (rolls) of state property

This collection contains records of cases heard in the County Court for Sonoma County, California, between 1850 and 1880. Includes record of civil and criminal cases heard in County Court, daily records of County Court operations, and records of cases on appeal.

This collection contains the Chenoweth Lumber Company's account book, purchase order book, log and stumpage records

This collection contains organizational and promotional records from the Circles 'n Squares square dance club of Santa Rosa, California.

Collection contains ordinances, liquor, dog and miscellaneous licenses from the City of Santa Rosa, Calif.

Photographs taken between the 1880s and early 1900s, by Clara Keithly Tarwater, a Santa Rosa, California resident.

This collection contains the letters of the Cole family, who resided in Salt Point Township. Most of the letters are addressed to Priscilla Livingston Cole (1838-1926). On one envelope was handwritten "letters of Grandma Coles." There are three letters written from Justus Hull Cole (1828-1922) to his wife, Priscilla. One letter is addressed to Jim (James) Christensen, Priscilla Cole's son-in-law. Another document is a description of the wedding of James Christensen to Mary Violet Cole, which took place on August 12, 1896 at Fisherman's Bay in the Stewarts Point area.

The collection contains account books and different types of invoices and receipts of businesses operated by three generations of Colgan family members: The Pioneer Hotel, the Colgan Bros. Blacksmithing and Horseshoeing Company, and Colgan's Super Service Station. All businesses were located on the same site at the corner of First and Main Streets in Santa Rosa.

The collection contains photo albums, tintypes, autograph album formerly owned by Justena Brians Long (1869-1946).

This collection contains selected records of the Dairyman's Coast Bank of Valley Ford, Calif. (earlier called the Dairyman's Bank), including cash and daily balance sheets, savings records and bills receivable

This collection contains prints, negatives, and published examples of commercial work illustrated by Santa Rosa Press Democrat and commercial photographer, Don Meacham. The majority of the collection is comprised of photographic negatives and prints produced throughout his career. The commercial works that comprise the remainder of the collection are a set of pamphlets, folders, reports, etc. containing a variety of Meacham's photographs.

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This collection contains register of students for Felta School in Dry Creek Valley, near Healdsburg, California.

This collection contains student registers from Fitch Mountain School, located on the east side of Healdsburg, California.

Pamphlets and other promotional material for the Flamingo Hotel in Santa Rosa, California.

This collection contains records from the files of Fred S. Howell, attorney based in Petaluma, California in the early 20th century, Includes records from various legal cases argued by Fred S. Howell between 1911 and 1934; papers related to the Charles C. Ellis and E. D. Woodward bankruptcy (1917); and two miscellaneous documents from Howell's files.

Collection consists of twenty-one printed ephemera relating to businesses in Santa Rosa. Contains brochures, postcards, notebooks and notepads from banks, auto dealers, stationary stores, paint stores, hardware stores and other businesses, and includes a fold-out Thanksgiving turkey promotional card from the Central Outfitting Co. at 237 Fourth Street in downtown Santa Rosa. While the dates for these items range from 1917 to 1954, the majority are from 1930. Business addresses and dates (when available) provided for each item.

A collection of historical photographs compiled by Sonoma County historian Gaye LeBaron in the course of research for her weekly columns in the Press Democrat newspaper (Santa Rosa, Calif.) and for her books

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This collection contains the Geothermal Research Information and Planning Services (GRIPS) records records include meeting minutes and related files of the Commission on Geothermal Issues Impacting Sonoma County. GRIPS was a California Joint Power Agency (Mendocino, Lake, Sonoma, Napa counties).

This collection contains student registers from Grant School, located south of Healdsburg, California, near Old Redwood Highway.

This collection contains student registers from Grape School, located near Healdsburg, California.

Correspondence between Ransom Greene and his various family members. The first letter is from Ransom at the start of his journey to California in 1867, and the last is from George Greene to his sister, Metta Greene, two weeks before the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.

Videos of children's books created by 6th-8th graders at Guerneville School and narrated by their authors.

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This collection contains collection of student registers from the Healdsburg Elementary School, located in Healdsburg, California.

Papers, correspondence and miscellaneous files created by Helen Putnam, Mayor of Petaluma from 1965-1979. Includes materials from Putnam's time during the Petaluma Board of Educationa and President of the California School Boards Association, 1947-1959.

This collection contains miscellaneous documents created by Henry Franklin Doss (1868-1951).

This collection contains several items related to the work of San Francisco pension attorney James L. Shepard (born Jan. 1843 in Bergen, New Jersey; died Apr. 10, 1917, in Oakland, Calif.). The primary item is a ledger book of clients containing 559 chronological name entries from Nov. 9, 1891 to Nov. 7, 1892 of Civil War veterans that identifies them by name, service unit, residence, pension application/certificate numbers, disability and other data. The collection includes a partially-completed form filled out by Abby (aka Abbie) L. McChesney (nee Abigail Lincoln Hunt; Aug. 31 1856-Oct. 5, 1917) of San Francisco, Calif. , widow of Robert Watson McChesney (Aug. 17, 1831-Nov. 23, 1908), full 2nd Sergeant in Company B, Iowa 36th Infantry Regiment. Also included are a memo from Ray Owen, researcher, to Tony Hoskins, Local History and Genealogy Librarian, dated Agu. 5, 2014, providing a summary of information on Shepard, and several pages of background information printed from Ancestry.com and other sources.

This collection contains music arranged and collected by John L. Rinn. Approximately half the collection consists of barbershop quartet arrangements Rinn created for his quartet, the Rinntones. Other materials include piano arrangements of pop and jazz pieces; arrangement source materials; and miscellaneous music. Collection includes one of two cassette tapes containing Rinn's instrumental music.

This collection contains a compilation of Sonoma County court-related correspondence, letterhead, rules, rosters, and business cards culled by John Schubert, a Russian River historian, while he served the county as a deputy sheriff for 39 years. The administrative records and letterhead include those of Sonoma County's Municipal Court, District Court, Superior Court, County Clerk, and judges' chambers primarily from the 1930s through the 1970s.

This collection contains an album with approximately 100 photographs taken by Kanaye Nagasawa in July 1904 during a visit to Yosemite Valley.

This collection contains sheet music for programs at the Bohemian Club's Bohemian Grove in Monte Rio, California. Most music composed or arranged by Ken Darby. Collection is a mix of original manuscripts and photocopied scores with annotations. The majority of scores are labeled by Darby as part of the annual Preachers' Sons Night program held at Bohemian Grove during the annual summer encampment between 1963 and 1983. Most are single scores, but there is a complete packet for the 1983 program with cover letter from Darby to Bob Minser at the Bohemian Club in San Francisco, dated 15 April, 1983. Lyrics for a number of pieces written by Wallace (Wally) Sterling, retired president of Stanford University; others includes notes to or are dedicated to Sterling. Also includes copy of the score for Madera (music, D. Swan; text, M. Flanders) inscribed and signed by Lou Gottlieb, founder of the Morningstar Ranch commune in Occidental, Calif., and a copy of Darby's theme music for the 1953 short cartoon, The Martins & the Coys.

This collection comprises the administrative records and correspondence of the Ladies Aid Society, a social and philanthropic women’s organization founded in 1903 in the Todd district of Santa Rosa. The society purchased property on Stony Point Rd. in 1929, which was used by the community until it was sold in 1968. Interest from the mortgage payments were used to provide annual “camperships” to youth from the Bellvue District to Mt. Gilead Bible Camp in Sebastopol. The society met as a small group socially until it disbanded in 1973. It continued funding the camperships through 1987. The collection primarily includes meeting minutes, membership and attendance records, the constitution and bylaws, and treasury records.

This collection contains school registers of the Lambert School, located in Dry Creek Valley northwest of Healdsburg, California.

This collection contains court documents filed by and for Petaluma attorney Frank K. Lippett. Includes civil cases related to estates and other matters represented by Lippitt betwen 1904 and 1934. Includes typescript copies of wills and subsequent announcements, attorney notes, court orders and file copies of court transcripts. Records relating to the estate of Martin O'Reilly, dated June 1913-January 1917, were executed by Petaluma attorney Newton A. Johnson; Frank K. Lippitt served as executor.

Hayden D. Lothers (1894-1938) and Ralph W. Young (1892-1938) formed a partnership in 1920 he formed a partnership and opened a studio at 165 Post Street, San Francisco (later located at 419 Sutter, San Francisco). Lothers & Young Studios became successful commercial photographers in the San Francisco Bay Area throughout the 1920’s. The Lothers & Young Studios Collection contains a selection of photographs from Sonoma and Mendocino counties, as well as a number of photographs of San Francisco.

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This collection contains materials associated with the annual LumaCon comic convention for youth, held in Petaluma, Calif. Includes T-shirts with logo; art; posters; fandom wall posters; newspaper clippings; and notes. Additional items are added each year.

This collection contains newspaper clippings, photographs, brochures, and other marketing materials about the City of Petaluma. Includes video and other material on the 1979 Analy High School video class production on the Petaluma-Santa Rosa Railroad, Our train down Main

This collection contains registers listing students at the Lytton Springs School, located north of Healdsburg, California.

This collection contains collection of school registers for the Manzanita School, located near Healdsburg, California.

This collection contains genealogical charts of Sonoma County families, research notebooks and World War II ration books. It also includes the original 1872 diary of Alice Hamilton and transcriptions by Margery Jones Wolf

Bound and loose manuscripts of autobiographical writing from a long-time Santa Rosa Junior College class led by instructor Geets Vincent. While some pieces were written in the 1980s, the majority were written between 2001 and 2005.

This collection contains certificate holders and meeting minutes of the McMillan Silver Mining Company (principal office located in Savings Bank of Santa Rosa at 4th St. and Exchange Ave. Mine located in Gila County, Arizona)

This collection contains advertising ephemera from various Santa Rosa, California business, created between 1888 through the early 1920s. Includes calendars, display cards and other items

This collection contains awards presented by Mrs. Clara Baldocchi at the Sonoma County Fair between 1940 and 1963.

This collection contains five decorative scrapbooks from 1965 through 1970 created by members of the Native Daughters of the Golden West Parlor 217 (Santa Rosa, California). Scrapbooks include newspaper clippings, organizational activities, parlors specific publicity, historical articles about Santa Rosa, Sonoma County and California in general.

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This collection contains postcards sent or received by Nellie J. Doyle, Santa Rosa, California, between 1904 and 1938. The collection includes 34 picture or photo postcards and 47 greeting-style postcards.

Collection consists of a scrapbook of clippings from Petaluma, California newspapers (primarily the Petaluma Argus-courier (Petaluma, Calif. : 1928), on the subject of fires in and around the city between 1933 and 1934.

This collection contains records produced by the North Bay Health Systems Agency, a multi-member health care planning agency for Napa, Solano and Sonoma counties.

This collection contains posters, fliers and other materials for North Bay Organizing Project events that took place 2014-2015, including the program for the Project's fourth annual conference, Fanning the Flame : the Intersection of Love and Justice, held in Santa Rosa, Calif., Oct. 4, 2014.

This collection contains 42 items related to the Occupy movement, focusing on activities and discussion in and around Sebastopol, California. Most items are clippings and photocopies of articles and letters to the editor that appeared in Sonoma West Times & News, with a small number taken from the Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, Calif.), the Sonoma County Gazette and other publications. The collection also includes packets from Sebastopol City Council meetings that included resolutions or other business related to Occupy Sebstopol.

Collection contains records of cases tried at the Ocean Township Justice Court between 1916 and 1934. Includes Justice docket (civil cases) for the Ocean Township Justice Court in Sonoma County, California between 1916 and 1934

Scrapbook compiled by Ollie Bockee, owner of the Petrified Forest located near Calistoga, containing photographs and newspaper clippings about the site.

This collection contains the business records of Pedersen's Furniture Company, which was known as Santa Rosa's oldest family-owned store until its closure in 2019. The collection includes family photographs, advertisements, ledgers and ephemera documenting the history of the company. It was founded in 1892 by Jens Christian Pedersen, a Danish immigrant and cabinet maker. The collection also includes photos of the 1906 earthquake and several issues of the Santa Rosa High School Newsletter.

This collection contains official records of the Petaluma Cinema Club (also known as the Petaluma Cine Club) of Petaluma, California from establishment in 1942 to dissolution in 1971.

Official records of the Petaluma Cooperative Creamery from 1914 through 1974.

This collection contains records that provide details on the operations of the Petaluma Justice Court, including lists of jurors, offences etc. Collection includes the justice docket (i.e., criminal justice docket) for the Petaluma Justice Court in Sonoma County, California between 1895 and 1918 (titles of volumes in the justice docket vary); the criminal justice docket for the Petaluma Justice Court and its successor, the Petaluma Judicial District Court, in Sonoma County, California between 1918 and 1955 (the titles of volumes in the Criminal Justice Docket also vary); the civil docket for the Petaluma Justice Court and its successor, the Petaluma Judicial District Court, in Sonoma County, California, between 1898 and 1968.; and the register of arrests for the Petaluma Justice Court, in Sonoma County, California, between 1911 and 1927.

This collection contains ledgers listing misdemeanor cases handled through the Recorder's Court, by the Petaluma City Recorder. Recorder's court docket records spanning the early twentieth century. These are primarily handwritten volumes, although some were typewritten.

This collection contains newspaper clippings concerning Petaluma (Calif.) schools, primarily from the Argus-Courier newspaper.

This collection contains a large number of volumes that derive from the operations of the Petaluma Small Claims Court in Petaluma, Sonoma County, California.

This collection contains tax assessment rolls for the City of Petaluma, Calif.

This collection contains school registers from Pine Ridge School, near Healdsburg, California.

Collection contains Redwood Township Justice Court records, including matters relating to Fish and Game. Records are variously titled as "Criminal Docket" or "Criminal Justice Docket." Includes the criminal justice docket for the Redwood Township Justice Court and its successor, the Redwood Judicial District Court, in Sonoma County, California between 1937 and 1964 and Small Claims Court docket for the Redwood Judicial District Court, in Sonoma County, California, between 1960 and 1963.

The Robert Feuer Collection of Music Writings, 2005-2018 (SPC.00045) consists of clippings of Robert Feuer's monthly music columns and other writings primarily reviewing concerts and album releases. Feuer is a Sonoma County-based music journalist whose writings have been published in a variety of Sonoma County newspapers, including the Russian River Monthly; the Russian River Times; the North Bay Bohemian; the Argus Courier (Petaluma, Calif.); Oak Leaf (Santa Rosa Junior College); and the Sonoma County Gazette. Most items include photographs of musicians, bands, and others connected with Sonoma County's music scene.

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This collection contains wedding and commencement invitations, and a raffle ticket collected by Rosalie C. Rohr.

This collection contains miscellaneous documents created by or associated with Frank Cufer (1908-1957) and Rose Cufer (1904-1977).

This collection contains examples of work produced by the Ross & Ormsby photography studio, Petaluma, Calif. between 1869 and 1870.

This collection contains administrative records of the Santa Rosa Art Guild including newsletters, by-laws and constitution, meeting minutes, financial records, membership rosters, and ephemera publicizing the statewide annual art show and rotating exhibits sponsored by the organization.

This collection contains records from the Santa Rosa Board of Social Service of individuals receiving payments .

This collection contains dockets of misdemeanor charges brought before the Santa Rosa City Court. Some of the records of the City Court are listed with the former name of Recorder's Court.

This collection contains record of the constitution of the Club in Santa Rosa, California, and by-laws. Volume contains information on the operating policies and procedures of the Club.

This collection contains records that provide details on the operations of the Santa Rosa Justice Court and its successor, the Santa Rosa Judicial District Court. Includes the justice docket (i.e., criminal justice docket) for the court between 1906-1955 (titles of volumes in the justice docket vary).

This collection contains records of the Santa Rosa Municipal Court, under the jurisdiction of the Santa Rosa Judicial District, Sonoma County Central Judicial District and finally, Sonoma County Judicial District. Records include criminal and civil dockets.

This collection contains the Santa Rosa Police Department records contain information on stolen property; names and locations of police officers; names of individuals arrested including date, charge and judgment.

This collection contains records of cases brought before the Recorder's Court of the City of Santa Rosa, California

This collection contains two items related to graduation exercises at the Santa Rosa Seminary at the First Presbyterian Church: closing exercises announcement dated Friday, May 28, 1880; and: commencement exercises announcement, dated May 28, 1885. Both include schedules of speakers and events.

This collection contains records concerning assessments for roads in the City of Santa Rosa, California.

This collection contains records compiled by the City of Santa Rosa Tax Collector regarding auctions and sales of land deeded to the state for non-payment of property taxes.

This collection contains records of the municipal water department of the City of Santa Rosa, California. Includes journals and minutes, customer certificates, directories, annual reports, by-laws and directories.

This collection contains 32 items related to the expansion of the Sebastopol (Calif.) Skategarden Park. The collection consists of relevant packets from Sebastopol City Council meetings (2009-2016), as well as articles on the expansion published in the Press Democrat on May 5, 2010 and in the Sonoma West Times & News, 2014-2016.

This collection contains the Agricultural Commission contains handmarked maps showing the location of various commodities; annual certified producer's certificates for both in-county and out-of-county growers, and documentation showing annual registration of organic producers, handlers, processors located in Sonoma County.

This collection contains photo clippings and biographical information on individuals and locations taken from the Petaluma Argus Courier and the Press Democrat's "On the Home Front" column in Section A.

This collection contains records created by the Sonoma County (Calif.) Assessor's Office. Records include documents pertaining to road and property taxes; land assessments, including geothermal issues. records include: Assessment book of the property of Petaluma road district for the year 1874-75. Record of delinquent taxpayers and sales of property for delinquent taxes for 1874-75. Records necessary to value geothermal rights. Includes geological, historical, and valuation information, appraisal and appeal documents, correspondence, etc. File of current and historical data for rural, residential and commercial properties.

This collection contains audits of various County departments and divisions.

This collection contains applications for reduction of tax assessments and decisions of Board. Before 1872, minutes are found in General Minutes of the Board of Supervisors.

This collection contains records created by the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors, including records of special districts in Sonoma County.

This collection contains records of the Sonoma County Civil Service Commission. Includes correspondence, minutes of meetings, rule books and other related materials.

This collection contains records created by the Sonoma County Office of the Clerk.

The Sonoma County Commission on AIDS was formed in 1988 to act as link between services, clients, and businesses. The Commission is committed to assisting the community of Sonoma County to develop and implement an efficient HIV strategy plan that addresses prevention, treatment and care, and assures the preservation of human rights. This collection consists of meeting agendas, minutes, announcements and other material from the first ten years of the Commission. 

Videos of children's books created by 6th-8th graders at Guerneville School and narrated by their authors.

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Collection contains records of the Community Development Commission. The Sonoma County Community Development Commission is dedicated to promoting decent and affordable housing, revitalizing communities, and supporting public services that increase economic stability for County residents.

This collection consists of a single volume, Index to inquisition papers 1915-1927, recorded by the Sonoma County Coronor.

This collection contains registers and minutes of criminal cases brought before the Court of Sessions.

This collection contains a single volume, a site study for the Cotati Elementary School District in Cotati, Calif.

This collection contains historical project files, bridge files and correspondence of the Director of Public Works from 1959-1970, Donald B. Head.

This collection contains selected court transcripts from case prosecuted by the Sonoma County District Attorney's Criminal Division.

This collection contains records reflect various aspects of the operations of the District Court. These include: registers of actions in civil and criminal cases heard in the District Court, and fees paid; liens for state and county taxes; lists of defendents and plaintiffs; minutes of each court session, court actions, and rules of the court.

This collection contains agendas of the Sonoma County Economic Development Board

This collection contains records of flood control projects in Sonoma County undertaken by the Sonoma County Flood Control and Water Conservation District in Forestville; Graton; Hyland Acres; Healdsburg; Petaluma; Santa Rosa; Occidental; Russian River; South Park; Spring Creek and Sonoma Valley.

This collection contains records of projects performed by General Services at County facilities. Includes construction, maintenance and services operations jobs records, remodeling jobs. Includes construction, maintenance and remodeling requests, department and project information

This collection contains historical records and reports of the Sonoma County Grand Jury. Grand Jury Report records include minutes of the Grand Jury from July 6, 1934 to Jan. 26, 1948. Historical records of the Final Report series may be stored offsite, or in some cases at Closed Stacks in the Downtown Santa Rosa library. More recent issues of the Grand Jury Final Report (1994-) are available in some branch libraries

This collection contains reports of the Sonoma County Horticultural Commissioner to the State of California on agricultural in the County

This collection contains monthly and cost reports for the Sonoma County Hospital of Santa Rosa, California. The monthly reports cover a twenty nine year period beginning with 1900. There is a substantial time gap between the last available monthly reports and the earliest available Cost reports.

The Sonoma County in the ... Television Series presents a selection from a long run of television programs entitled "Sonoma County in the [70s, etc.]" produced between the late 1970s and late 1990s for Sonoma County public access cable television under direction of the Sonoma County Public Information Office, now known as the County Administrator's Office.

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This collection contains backup VHS and DVDs transfered from the Sonoma County History and Genealogy Library after digitization. A significant number of items in this collection were produced by the Community Media Center (C-Media) of Santa Rosa prior to the Center's closure in 2016

This collection contains official and unofficial documents and other items from the Sonoma County Library and its predecessor municipal libraries, including files and documents relating to the construction of the Central Library, records from branch libraries prior to being incorporated into the Sonoma County Library system. The collection also includes Includes Staff history of the Sonoma County Library: clippings, fliers, notes, etc. compiled by Sebastopol Librarian Ann Stroberger prior to her retirement in 2014 (4 boxes (20 binders); Scrapbooks of the Petaluma Regional Library, 1939-1993: Scrapbooks of the Petaluma Public Library, 1939-1993, consists of two binders and eight scrapbook albums documenting over five decades of the library's history. The binders contain clippings (bulk from Petaluma Argus-Courier), Jan. 3, 1939-May 28, 1943; the albums are comprised primarily of newspaper clippings from the Petaluma Argus-Courier, photographs and ephemeral items.The scrapbooks are comprised primarily of newspaper clippings from the Petaluma Argus-Courier, photographs and ephemeral items; materials related to the dedication of the new library on July 10, 1976 (June 22, 1976 letter from U.S. Representative Don Clausen, invitation responses, guest list and photographs from the dedication) (10 items in 4 boxes); Sebastopol Library Arts Committee's records of exhibitions include: fliers and other publicity items, adminstrative records, photographs from exhibits held in the Sebastopol Regional Library's forum room, 1981-2009.

This collection contains records of the Office of Emergency Services, covering the Emergency Management Division, Hazardous Waste Division, Emergency Planning Division and Fire Services. Includes files relating to natural disasters occuring in Sonoma County.

This collection contains records relating to land use in Sonoma County, including extensive maps, aerial photographs, environmental impact data and files relating to the Outer Continental Shelf Program.

This collection contains records produced by the activities and operations of the Sonoma County Treasurer-Tax Collector such as records regarding Trust Fund expenditures and revenues, property tax, and auctions of lands sales owing to non-payment of property taxes

The Sonoma County Wine Library's online local history collection includes images of historical interest of the Sonoma County wine industry from the 1870s through the 1990s. These images portray the winemakers and companies of Sonoma County, past and present. They document the immigrants and Utopians who founded the early wineries, wine families, the vineyards and wine production, promotional postcards, and the many varieties of wine created in Sonoma County.

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This collection contains school registers from the William Booth School, an elementary school located at the Lytton Springs Orphanage, north of Healdsburg, California. The records date from the second school, following the loss of the original school in 1923.

This collection consists of a single scrapbook compiled by William Nicholas "Will" Connolly (1905-1987). The scrapbook contains photographs taken between 1905 and approximately 1955 and some newspaper clippings. The vast majority of the photos date from 1912 through 1922 and show Will Connolly, his family, and his friends. Most of the photographs were taken around his hometown of Petaluma and in other Sonoma County locations, including Rio Nido and the Russian River. The scrapbook also contains photos were taken in Marin County and feature images of Dillon Beach, Muir Woods, and Mount Tamalpais--including the Mount Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railway. In addition, the album contains clippings from 1925; several loose photos dated from 1943 to 1955; an undated and unidentified cabinet card; and a clipping from the San Francisco Sunday Examiner & Chronicle's California Living magazine of October 26, 1969.