Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Guide to the Carlos Alcalá Research Collection
- Dates:
- 1999 to 2009
- Abstract:
- Collection contains a bevy of materials – correspondence, maps, legal and government documents, newspaper clippings, and ephemera – used by former Sacramento Bee writer Carlos Alcala to research, write, and publish his 2007 work Sacramento Street Whys: The Whys Guy's Wise Guide to Sacramento Street Names, an extensive treatment of street name etymology in the Sacramento area.
- Extent:
- 1 Linear Feet
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item], Carlos Alcalá Research Collection, MC 131, Sacramento Room, Sacramento Public Library, Sacramento, California
Background
- Scope and content:
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The research collection is divided into five series: Series I. Correspondence; Series II. Legal; Series III. Writing and Publishing; Series IV. Research Notes; Series V. Marketing; Series VI. Maps; and Series VII. Street Research. Very little original order existed for the collection.
- Biographical / historical:
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Carlos Alcalá is a lifelong Californian, born in Santa Monica in 1957 and raised in Lemon Grove, in San Diego County. He earned a bachelor's degree in economics at Stanford University, where he also took classes in Russian and was awarded Phi Beta Kappa upon graduation. His career has been in writing – first at small community papers and later for dailies, including the Sacramento Bee, where he worked 20 years as a reporter and columnist, and where he developed the idea for his book Sacramento Street Whys: The Whys Guy's Wise Guide to Sacramento Street Names. He finished his career with 10 years in the California State Assembly, where he worked in three jobs: communications director, legislative analyst and speechwriter. In retirement, he continues to write, focusing on an effort to document the history of his German-Jewish family's experiences in the generations before, during and after the Nazi era.
- Physical facet:
- 1 archival box
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-07-23 14:38:07 -0500 .
Access and use
- Terms of access:
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All requests to publish or quote from private collections held by the Sacramento Public Library must be submitted in writing to sacroom@saclibrary.org. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Sacramento Public Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the patron. No permission is necessary to publish or quote from public records.
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item], Carlos Alcalá Research Collection, MC 131, Sacramento Room, Sacramento Public Library, Sacramento, California
- Location of this collection:
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828 I StreetSacramento, CA 95814, US
- Contact:
- (916) 264-2976