Escondido Public Library, Pioneer Room
Escondido Public Library, Pioneer Room
- Location: Escondido, CA
- Phone: (760) 839-4315
- Email: pioneer.room@escondidolibrary.org
- Website: https://www.escondido.gov/782/Pioneer-Room
Escondido Public Library's Pioneer Room identifies, collects, preserves, and provides access to a non-circulating collection of records, manuscripts, and other significant resources of enduring historic, legal, administrative and fiscal value for the community of Escondido.
Visitors to the Pioneer Room may consult with documents, photographs, and other reference materials available to research a variety of local history topics pertaining to the history and development of Escondido and the surrounding region.
Collections at this institution
California Revealed from Escondido Public Library
California Revealed is a State Library initiative to help California’s public libraries, in partnership with other local heritage groups, digitize, preserve, and provide online access to archival materials - books, newspapers, photographs, audiovisual recordings, and more - that tell the incredible stories of the Golden State. We also provide free access and preservation services for existing digital collections for partner organizations with in-house digitization programs. California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.
Institution: Escondido Public Library, Pioneer Room
48 Items
Perkins (Eloise) collection
The Eloise Perkins Collection holds approximately 2,000 photos, with 200 currently digitized. Perkins (1921-1989) was a staff writer for the Times-Advocate from 1949 until 1981. She wrote local interest stories centering on Escondido, CA and the surrounding environs. The photos in this collection reflect her research into local historical places and people, nearby historical or environmental regions, and important events and places.
Institution: Escondido Public Library, Pioneer Room
200 Items
