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A collection of articles, letters, maps, and photos describing the San Lorenzo Valley.

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Hard-to-find information about Santa Cruz County, brought to you by SCPL librarians.

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Original articles by library staff and by local authors and material from historical books. Articles on Santa Cruz County history, many with illustrations, are available here. The Santa Cruz Public Libraries is grateful to our local historians and their publishers for giving permission to include their articles. The content of the articles is the responsibility of the individual authors.

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An index to newspaper and periodical articles from a variety of Santa Cruz publications. It is a collection of over 50,000 articles, primarily from the Santa Cruz Sentinel, that have been clipped and filed in subject folders. While these articles of local interest range in date from the early 1900's to the present, most of the collection and clipped articles are after roughly 1960. There is an ongoing project to scan the complete articles and include them in this collection. Also included are more than 350 full-text local newspaper articles on films and movie-making and on the Japanese-American internment. In …

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SCPL's collection of maps, available in the Local History Room.

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Photographs from the 1860's to the 2000's, documenting the history of Santa Cruz County.

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Postcards, scanned front and back, depicting Santa Cruz County from the 1880’s to the present.

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Biographies of military personnel from Santa Cruz County. This collection is compiled from the work of local researcher Robert L. Nelson. The information is taken from his two books, "Old Soldier: the story of the Grand Army of the Republic in Santa Cruz County" and "Remembering Our Own" the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010."

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Historic homes and gardens in Santa Cruz County documented through photos and articles. Included are "Distinctive Plant Specimens of Santa Cruz Gardens." These are observations of plants taken on two tour dates, November 19, 1937 and January 21, 1938. They are written by Albert Wilson, Botanist, and a team of surveyors. These descriptions (and some photos) of plants can be searched either by the plant name or by the location address.

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Photographs with a unique perspective on local history, collected from county residents.

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