Private citizens worried that the state's deteriorating historical sites would disappear unless efforts were made to save them. Groups such as the Native Sons of the Golden West initiated preservation programs throughout the state, restoring, funding, and administering many historic sites with private funding. Historic landmark registration became official in 1931. In that year, the State Legislature passed an act requiring the Department of Natural Resources to direct a Historic Landmarks Project, delegating administration to the California State Chamber of Commerce. Natural Resources embarked upon an effort to collect information regarding the historical significance, general background, and area development of state parks, historic sites, monuments, in order to determine which sites would be designated historic landmarks. Each investigation resulted in the production of a historical monograph regarding the potential resource, laying the foundation for the extensive state park and historical site system that Californians enjoy to this day. The records presented here show the results of research into Alum Rock Park in San Jose, the state's oldest municipal park (founded in 1872).
Type
text
Format
Manuscript
Extent
8 1/2 x 11 in. 172 Pages of 172
Identifier
car_000315 F3809:4 ark:/13960/t1vf6z73r
Language
English
Subject
Native Sons of the Golden West Depressions--1929--California State parks and reserves--1930-1940 Historic preservation--California Department of Natural Resources
Time Period
1929/1941 1931
Place
California San Jose (Calif.)
Provenance
California State Archives 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.
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