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Finding aid of the Sutter County local history photograph collection
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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Access
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Acquisition Information
  • Project Information
  • Scope and Content of Collection
  • Indexing Terms

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Sutter County local history photograph collection
    Dates: ca. 1880-1980
    Collection number: Consult library
    Collector: Sutter County Library (Calif.)
    Collection Size: 900 items 200 online items
    Repository: Sutter County Library
    Yuba City, CA 95991
    Abstract: Sutter County Library's photograph collection includes images of local historical interest including early farming; small town and country life in California's northern Central Valley; early recreational hunting and fishing; family life in a migrant camp; levees and floods; historical buildings, main streets, schools, railroads; cultural and ethnic diversity and tradition.
    Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English

    Access

    Collection is open for research

    Publication Rights

    Photographic copies are public record available for research. Property rights of photographic copies reside with the Sutter County Library. Creators of the records and their heirs retain literary rights.

    Preferred Citation

    Sutter County local history photograph collection. Sutter County Library, Yuba City, California.

    Acquisition Information

    Collection was created by Sutter County Library staff in 1998-99 as part of the California State Library, Shades of California grant project, Cycle 2, with additional gifts to the library.

    Project Information

    Photographs were reproduced from personal photo albums and photographs submitted by county residents participating in the Shades of California 'photo days' and 1998-99 grant project 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. Additional local historical photographs were gifts to the library.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    Sutter County Library's photograph collection includes images of local historical interest including early farming; small town and country life in California's northern Central Valley; early recreational hunting and fishing; family life in a migrant camp; levees and floods; historical buildings, main streets, schools, railroads; cultural and ethnic diversity and tradition.

    Indexing Terms

    The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection.
    Yuba City (Calif.)
    Sutter County (Calif.)