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
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.)