San Fernando Valley History

Owning Institution: California State University, Northridge

About this Collection

The San Fernando Valley History Digital Library is the first effort to assemble, digitize and make globally available historically significant documents, manuscripts, photographs and related graphic materials from public and private collections in the San Fernando Valley. It provides full, open and equal access to materials demonstrating the socio-economic changes and cultural evolution of the San Fernando Valley from the early 19th century through the end of the 20th century. The digital library database brings together significant historical photographs, illustrations, maps, manuscripts, documents and related graphic materials from a variety of collections located on the CSUN campus, including the Center for Photojournalism and Visual History, the Map Library, and the University Library's Special Collections, which includes the Urban Archives and the University Archives. Added to these items are selected images from twenty-nine local historical societies in the San Fernando Valley. View this collection on the contributor's website.

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6 Minute Series (11) Adohr Farms Collection (27) African American Historical Society and Cultural Center of the San Fernando Valley (11) Andrae B. Nordskog Collection (9) Archdiocese of Los Angeles Archives (2) Arleta Chamber of Commerce and Resident's Association Collection (21) Associated Chambers of Commerce of the San Fernando Valley Collection (13) Automobile Club of Southern California (30) Bennett, Patricia--Private owner (13) Berkley, Braxton G.--Private owner (3) Broadous, Rosa L.--Private owner (10) Burbank Historical Society (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.) (185) Cagel, Catherine--Private owner (1) Calabasas Anza Heritage Network Association (20) Calabasas Historical Society (Calabasas, Calif.) (106) California State Library, California Section, Picture Collection (1) California State University Northridge. University Library. Map Collection (20) California State University Northridge. University Library. Special Collections & Archives. Special Collections (153) California State University Northridge. University Library. Special Collections & Archives. University Archives & Campus History (48) California State University Northridge. University Library. Special Collections & Archives. Urban Archives (1,005) California Tourism and Promotional Literature Collection (32) Calvo, Antonio--Private owner (1) Campo de Cahuenga Historical Memorial Association (5) Canoga Park Elks Lodge (31) Canoga Park Women's Club Collection (36) Canoga-Owensmouth Historical Society (Canoga Park, Los Angeles, Calif.) (187) Carter, Raymond--Private owner (5) Charles Weeks Collection (38) Chatsworth Historical Society (Chatsworth, Los Angeles, Calif.) (45) Chatsworth United Methodist Church (22) Chatsworth United Methodist Church Collection (22) Congressman James C. Corman (38) Congressman James C. Corman Collection (38) Coralie Hewitt Tillack Collection (106) Daily News Morgue Files of the Bustop Campaign Collection (9) Darter, Jean--Private owner (22) Elmer M. Sanders Collection (11) Elwood, Virginia--Private owner (7) Encino Elementary School (Encino, Los Angeles, Calif.) (27) Endsley, Jennie--Private owner (20) Ernest E. East Engineering Photo Notebooks (25) Ernest Marquez Collection (1) Fairfield Collection (3) Fernandeno/Tataviam Tribe (28) Friends of La Casa de Geronimo Lopez (1) Gallardo, Robert--Private owner (5) Glendale Public Library (Glendale, Calif.). Central Library. Special Collections (220) Granada Hills Chamber of Commerce (Granada Hills, Los Angeles, Calif.) (18) Hartman, Steve--Private owner (95) Holtby, Betty--Private owner; Holtby, Robert--Private owner (25) Holtby, Robert--Private owner; Holtby, Betty--Private owner (12) Homer Halverson Collection (27) IAM (2) International Association of Machinists, District Lodge 727, AFL-CIO, Burbank, Calif (24) J. H. Lamson Photographic Collection (1) John Show Ranch Estate (9) John Steven McGroarty Collection (29) John and Marian Bowater Collection (1) Johnson, Claudia--Private owner (2) Josslin, Janine--Private owner (5) Judge Julian Beck Collection (20) Lamson Collection (12) League of Women Voters of Los Angeles Collection (14) Lee W. Mayo Collection (35) Leonis Adobe Museum and Plummer House (Calabasas, Calif.) (73) Lieberman, Louise--Private owner (7) Lillian Chung-Wong Collection (3) Little Landers Historical Society (227) Little Landers Historical Society at Bolton Hall Museum (44) Lopez Adobe (San Fernando, Calif.) (21) Lopez, Alfredo--Private owner; Lopez, Paula--Private owner (1) Los Angeles (Calif.). Dept. of Airports (4) Los Angeles (Calif.). Dept. of Airports; Los Angeles World Airports (47) Los Angeles County Federation of Labor Collection (12) Los Angeles History Slugs (2) Los Angeles Valley College Historical Museum (37) Los Angeles Valley College Historical Museum; Weddington Family Collection (1) Lynton Kistler Archives (38) Marie Harrington Collection (1) Marie Harrington Collection, Archdiocese of Los Angeles (1) McGroarty Arts Center (29) Montevideo (1) Montevideo Collection (21) Motion Picture Screen Cartoonists Guild, Local 839 Collection (16) MultiCultural Music and Art Foundation of Northridge (Calif.) (163) Muriel Fisher Collection (9) National Association of Letter Carriers, North Hollywood Ladies Auxiliary, Branch #1094 (2) Pacoima Housing Rehabilitation (1) Paul J. Goldener United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, Local 645 Collection (9) Peschansky Collection (3) Poor Housing Conditions in Los Angeles Scrapbook, 1938 (8) Prager, Peter--Private owner (1) Pringle, Kirby Thomas--Private owner (55) Public Utilities History Center (36) Rancho Los Encinos (Encino, Los Angeles, Calif.) (19) References San Fernando Valley: The Magnet of Los Angeles - Side A (1) References The Monte Vista Tract - Side A (1) References The Monte Vista Tract - Side B (1) Reseda Chamber of Commerce Papers (5) Reseda Woman's Club Collection, 1918-1987 (30) Robert and Betty Franklin Collection (141) Robinson, Ada--Private owner (7) Ross, Mildred--Private owner (1) Saint Francis Historical Society and San Fernando Mission Archives (3) San Fernando Earthquake Damage Photograph Collection (9) San Fernando Valley Collection (99) San Fernando Valley Genealogical Society (Mission Hills, Los Angeles, Calif.) (9) San Fernando Valley Historical Society (Calif.) (198) San Fernando Valley Historical Society City Box Collection (37) San Fernando Valley Historical Society. Photo Collection (54) San Fernando Valley History Digital Library (4,079) San Fernando Valley Oral History Project Collection (18) San Fernando Women's Club Collection (49) San Fernando, Rey de España (Mission : San Fernando, Calif.) (94) Santa Susana Mountain Park Association Collection (26) Senator Alan Robbins Collection (13) Senator Alan Robbins Collection, 1971-1992 (13) Senator Thomas C. Carrell Collection (2) Sons of Norway (U.S.). Norrona Lodge No. 50 (Van Nuys, Calif.) (16) Sons of Norway Scrapbook Collection (16) Southern California Journalism Oral History Collection (1) Spero, Nancy--Private owner (12) St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church (Northridge, Los Angeles, Calif.) (34) State of California Department of Public Works, division of highways, District 07 (1) Stone Houses of the San Fernando Valley Collection (24) Storey, Odelia--Private owner (5) Strip Maps (5) Sunland, Tujunga, and Little Landers Historical Society at Bolton Hall Museum (Tujunga, Los Angeles (1) Tarzana Property Owners' Association Collection (11) Tarzana Woman's Club Collection (7) The Joy Picus Collection (2) The Papers of Pacoima Revitalization, Inc (22) Thomas C. Carrell Collection (12) Topanga Historical Society (Topanga, Calif.) (183) Transportation Collection (2) U.C.L.A Special Collections (1) University Archives Photographic Collection (15) Valley Federal Savings Collection (9) Valley Industry and Commerce Association (12) Valley Industry and Commerce Collection (1) Valley Japanese Community Center (Sunland, Los Angeles, Calif.) (5) Valley Voters Organized Toward Empowerment Collection (43) Velez, Angela--Private owner; Velez, Carmelo--Private owner (2) Washburn, Dennis--Private owner (2) Water Collection (10) Weddington Family Collection (67) West Valley Museum (Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, Calif.) (248) West Van Nuys Chamber of Commerce Collection (30) Woodland Hills Community Church (17) http://findingaids.csun.edu/archon/?p=collections/controlcard&id=343 (1) https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8377brh/ (141) https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c86w9cbs/ (35) https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8736spg/ (21) https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c87h1mjv/ (18) https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c87p91jk/ (14) https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8930vxs/ (30) https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c89p33jr/ (36) https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8b859bg/ (27) https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8bv7jcf/ (13) https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8bz679g/ (9) https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8cn760m/ (16) https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8cz397k/ (49) https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8df6td9/ (9) https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8ff3v7n/ (11) https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8gb260j/ (11) https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8hd824z/ (14) https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8hh6n48/ (9) https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8hq4144/ (38) https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8j108fz/ (43) https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8j967mt/ (8) https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8js9sc8/ (26) https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8kk9dj6/ (20) https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8ms3vpg/ (30) https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8ms3zz9/ (15) https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8pg1twh/ (32) https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8pk0j8s/ (24) https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8q52rd0/ (5) https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8rf5x54/ (27) https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8t72kks/ (106) https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8vt1v7d/ (12) https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8zp47w5/ (7)