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Guide to the Photographs Selected from the Collections of the San Joaquin
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Title: Photographs selected from the collections of the San Joaquin Valley
Library System member libraries,
Date (inclusive): 1849-2002
Date (bulk): (bulk 1880-1960)
Collection number: Consult repository
Collectors:
San Joaquin Valley Library System
Fresno County Free Library
Kern County Library
Madera County Library
Mariposa County Library (Calif.)
Tulare County Free Library (Calif.)
Porterville Public Library (Calif.)
Kings County Library (Calif.)
Coalinga-Huron Library District (Calif.)
Tulare Public Library (Calif.)
Fresno County Free Library
Kern County Library
Madera County Library
Mariposa County Library (Calif.)
Tulare County Free Library (Calif.)
Porterville Public Library (Calif.)
Kings County Library (Calif.)
Coalinga-Huron Library District (Calif.)
Tulare Public Library (Calif.)
Extent:
Approximately 4,000 photographic prints
2,323 online items
Repository:
San Joaquin Valley Library System
Fresno, California 93721
Abstract: The San Joaquin Valley Digitization Project image collection
consists of photographs selected from the collections of the nine public libraries of the
San Joaquin Valley Library System, as well as the collections of museums and individuals in
their communities. The photos were selected mainly for their historical interest. They
represent various aspects of life in the San Joaquin Valley and the Sierra Nevada foothills;
in the counties of Kern, Tulare, Kings, Fresno, Madera, and Mariposa. The photos date from
1850 to 2002.
Language:
English.
Collection may or may not be open for research. Consult repository for more
information.
Publication rights may differ for each contributing institution. Consult repository for
more information.
Photographs selected from the collections of the San Joaquin Valley Library System member
libraries, Consult repository, San Joaquin Valley Digitization Project, San Joaquin Valley
Library System, Fresno CA
This collection was created by the staff of the nine public libraries of the San Joaquin
Valley Library System by digitizing photographs in their collections and the collections
of other institutions and individuals in their communities.
Project Information: San Joaquin Valley Digitization Project
The San Joaquin Valley Digitization Project provided the nine public libraries of the San
Joaquin Valley Library System (SJVLS) with equipment and training so that they could
digitize the historical photographs in their collections. Staff at each of the nine
participating libraries scanned the photographs and created the metadata. SJVLS staff
developed the project's database and web site that provides access to the collection on
the internet. Other institutions and individuals in the communities participated in the
project as partners by contributing photographs and historical information.
Online, the collection is called
"San Joaquin Valley & Sierra Foothills
Photo Heritage"
.
The project was funded by a Library Services and Technology Act grant awarded by the
California State Library. The grant funded phase of the project began in October 2001 and
ended June 2003.
Additional information regarding individual institutions that participated in this
project is available on their web sites, and users of these online materials who would
like more information about the collections from which they were selected should contact
individual institutions directly.
Participating Institutions: San Joaquin Valley Digitzation Project
- Coalinga Huron Library District
- Fresno County Public Library, California History and Genealogy Room
- Kern County Library
-
Kings County Library
- Kings County Museum at Burris Park
- Hanford Carnegie Museum
- Madera County Library
- Mariposa County Library
- Porterville Public Library
- Tulare County Library, Annie R. Mitchell History Room
- Tulare Public Library
Scope and Content of Collection
The San Joaquin Valley Digitization Project image collection consists of photographs
selected from the collections of the nine public libraries of the San Joaquin Valley Library
System, as well as the collections of museums and individuals in their communities. The
photos were selected mainly for their historical interest. They represent various aspects of
life in the San Joaquin Valley and the Sierra Nevada foothills; in the counties of Kern,
Tulare, Kings, Fresno, Madera, and Mariposa. The photos date from 1850 to 2002.
A large portion of the photos depict such things as: street scenes with horse-drawn and
motorized vehicles, people in period dress, local businesses and buildings, and parades;
portraits of local people; domesticated animals; railroad transportation; class photos; and
floods. The industries represented include agriculture, logging, and petroleum. There are a
significant number of photos depicting oil fields in the Coalinga area; public schools in
Fresno County; an earthquake in Kern County; libraries throughout the Valley and foothills;
and Sierra Nevada scenes of logging, dam construction, and Yosemite National Park.
Individuals and families who contributed photographs that are included in the collection
are the Anthony family and the Mouren Family of Coalinga; Naomi Tagawa of Kings County;
Mervin Fulton, Irene Ferguson, Colleen Murphy Paggi, Louise Tesoriere, George Serpa, Lillian
Baugh of Tulare City; the Bruce family, Leroy Radanovich, the Chase-Williams family, Pearl
and Winnie Williams of Mariposa County; Carleton Watkins, Kathleen Walker, Clyde Johnson,
Curtis Darling of Kern County.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
Fresno (Calif.)
Fresno County (Calif.)
Hanford (Calif.)
Oakhurst (Calif.)
Porterville (Calif.)
San Joaquin Valley (Calif.)
Tulare County (Calif.)
Tulare (Calif.)
Visalia (Calif.)
Wawona (Calif.)
Yosemite Valley (Calif.)
Madera County (Calif.)
Madera (Calif.)
Mariposa (Calif.)
Mariposa County (Calif.)
Huron (Calif.)
Kern County (Calif.)
Kings County (Calif.)
Bakersfield (Calif.)
Coalinga (Calif.)
Coulterville (Calif.)
Business districts
Stores & shops
Detention camps
African Americans
Asian Americans
Horse-drawn vehicles
Japanese Americans
Libraries
Agriculture
Earthquakes
Historic buildings
Hotels
Logging
Lumbering
Indians
Oil fields
Petroleum
Public schools
Railroads
School buildings
Cities & towns
City & town life
Clothing & dress
Parades & processions
Dams
Portrait photographs
Photographic prints
Photographic postcards
Negatives