California Air Quality Data
http://www.arb.ca.gov/aqd/aqd.htm

This extensive database is developed by and maintained by the California EPA through its California Air Resources Board (ARB). The database contains information on major pollutants for every county in California, many dating back to 1980. Updated frequently, there are maps, tables and graphs that highlight complex data, including hourly reports, in various file formats. Much of the site is interactive and easy to access and manipulate. (1 May 2001)

California As I Saw It
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cbhtml/cbhome.html

This site, subtitled "First-Person Narratives of California's Early Years, 1849-1900," consists of the "full texts and illustrations of 190 works [representing approximately 40,000 pages and including more than 3,000 illustrations] documenting the formative era of California's history through eyewitness accounts. It captures the pioneer experience; encounters between Anglo-Americans and the diverse peoples who had preceded them; the transformation of the land by mining, ranching, agriculture, and urban development; the often-turbulent growth of communities and cities; and California's emergence as both a state and a place of uniquely American dreams." Search by keyword or browse the index of authors, subjects, or titles. Part of the American Memory Project, Library of Congress.
(7 Jan 2002)

The California Heritage Collection
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/CalHeritage/

This site accesses 30,000 downloadable images and other archival materials, including material on San Francisco, Los Angeles and other cities. Access is fast and easy.
(19 Jun 2001; updated 8 Aug 2002)

Digital Archive of the Archival Research Center
http://www.usc.edu/arc/digarchives/

The DIGITAL ARCHIVE of the Archival Research Center of the University of Southern California, in partnership with related archives, provides access to over 8,000 photographs, maps, manuscripts, dissertations, records, texts, and sound recordings related to Southern California, especially Los Angeles. The site includes more than 1,100 photographs and maps of Los Angeles from the Automobile Club of Southern California Digital Archive; over 1,000 artifacts from Chinese settlement in Southern California; the entire digitized run (1855 to1859) of 233 issues of the El Clamor Publico, then considered Los Angeles' main Spanish-language newspaper; over 200 photographs on Japanese American relocation during World War II; over 1,900 photographs, oral histories, and 13,000 pages of documents on the Korean American experience; and 345 maps from the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Land Use survey of Los Angeles conducted from 1933 through 1939.
(31 Jul 2002)

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Agoura Hills, California
http://www.ci.agoura-hills.ca.us/info.html#his

A Los Angeles area community, this site by the city of Agoura Hills contains some historical texts and lots of photos.
(28 Jul 2001)

Barry (William C.) Collection of Los Angeles Area Photographs, 1886-1910
http://www.oac.cdlib.org:80/dynaweb/ead/calher/barry/@Generic__BookTextView/135;cs=default;ts=default;pt=128

A collection of 61 photos at the Bancroft Library.
(28 Jul 2001; 17 Nov 2004)

Digital Archive of the Archival Research Center
http://www.usc.edu/arc/digarchives/

The DIGITAL ARCHIVE of the Archival Research Center of the University of Southern California, in partnership with related archives, provides access to over 8,000 photographs, maps, manuscripts, dissertations, records, texts, and sound recordings related to Southern California, especially Los Angeles. The site includes more than 1,100 photographs and maps of Los Angeles from the Automobile Club of Southern California Digital Archive; over 1,000 artifacts from Chinese settlement in Southern California; the entire digitized run (1855 to1859) of 233 issues of the El Clamor Publico, then considered Los Angeles' main Spanish-language newspaper; over 200 photographs on Japanese American relocation during World War II; over 1,900 photographs, oral histories, and 13,000 pages of documents on the Korean American experience; and 345 maps from the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Land Use survey of Los Angeles conducted from 1933 through 1939.
(31 Jul 2002)

Los Angeles: Past, Present and Future
http://www.usc.edu/isd/archives/la/

Excellent, nicely rendered portal site to rich, online resources on the history and evolution of Los Angeles, using archival resources at the University of Southern California. It is maintained by members of University of Southern California's Information Services Division.
(26 June 2003)

"Los Angeles and the Problem of Urban Historical Knowledge" (The History Collaborative: December 2000)
http://cwis.usc.edu/dept/LAS/history/historylab/LAPUHK/index.html

Philip J. Ethington of the University of Southern California authored this experiment in scholarly publishing. This is the first online article refereed by the History Collaborative, a joint venture of the American Historical Reveiw and the Journal of American History. It is a multimedia, much-hyperlinked evaluation of urban history from a skeptical, post-modern perspective. The site includes very effective temporal maps tracing the growth of Los Angeles and its minority populations.
(30 Oct 2001)

Selected Murals in Downtown Los Angeles, Environs of USC, and the South Central Area
http://www.usc.edu/isd/archives/la/pubart/LA_murals/USC/

Extensive archive of photos of Los Angeles murals and graffiti taken by Ruth Wallach (who also maintains the page), hosted by the University of Southern California Libraries.
(26 June 2003)

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SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA

San Diego History
http://www.sandiegohistory.org/index.html

The San Diego Historical Society put together this site, which includes a large photo gallery, time line, several articles from its journal, biographies of famous San Diegans (surprisingly not including Ted Williams), short essays, mostly on antiquarian topics, and virtual tours of the 1915 and 1935 expositions that are largely based on postcards. Among the articles is an excellent essay by Carlos M. Larralde and Richard Griswold del Castillo on the Ku Klux Klan in San Diego, where it took an anti-Mexican turn. The essay is based in large part on the Klan's archives, which the Society owns.
(28 Jul 2001)

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SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA

1906 San Francisco Earthquake
http://www.olympus.net/personal/gofamily/quake/famous/1906.html

Photos, eyewitness accounts and other primary documents, links to other earthquake sites, all put together by the earthquake museum. No credits are given to the site's author. The site has been not updated since 1998.
(28 Jul 2001)

America Hurrah: San Francisco Earthquake of April 18, 1906
http://americahurrah.com/Earthquake/eqIndex.htm

A compilation of photos and official reports from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
(9 Feb 2004)

Construction Photographs of the Golden Gate Bridge, 1933-1934
http://dynaweb.oac.cdlib.org/dynaweb/ead/calher/ggbridge/1.toc

1,066 photos from the Bancroft Library at the University of California-Berkeley.
(9 Feb 2004)

Construction Photographs of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, 1931-1936
http://dynaweb.oac.cdlib.org/dynaweb/ead/calher/baybridge/@Generic__BookTextView/2;cs=default;ts=default;pt=73

3467 photos from the Bancroft Library at the University of California-Berkeley.
(9 Feb 2004)

Museum of San Francisco
http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist1/index0.html

Very episodic, but with lots of photos and documents. On-line exhibits about the earthquakes and other historical events.
(28 Jul 2001)

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