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San Luis Obispo County, a major switching : final report (U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Pacific OCS Region, 1996), by Leonard Nevarez, William R Freudenburg, Harvey Luskin Molotch, Krista Paulsen, United States. Minerals Management Service. Pacific OCS Region, and Santa Barbara. Marine Science Institute University of California (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: San Luis Obispo County (Calif.) -- Social conditions

San Luis Obispo County, a major switching : final report (U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Pacific OCS Region, 1996), by Leonard Nevarez, William R Freudenburg, Harvey Luskin Molotch, Krista Paulsen, United States. Minerals Management Service. Pacific OCS Region, and Santa Barbara. Marine Science Institute University of California (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: California -- Biography

California and Californians (4 volumes; Chicago et al.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1932), ed. by Rockwell D. Hunt, contrib. by Nellie Van de Grift Sanchez (page images at HathiTrust)
California and Californians (5 volumes; Chicago et al.: Lewis Pub. Co., 1926), ed. by Rockwell D. Hunt, contrib. by Nellie Van de Grift Sanchez (page images at HathiTrust)
Chronicles of the Builders of the Commonwealth: Historical Character Study (San Francisco: History Co., 1891-1892), by Hubert Howe Bancroft
- volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
- volume II: multiple formats at archive.org
- volume III: multiple formats at archive.org
- volume IV: multiple formats at archive.org
- volume V: multiple formats at archive.org
- volume VI: multiple formats at archive.org
- volume VII: multiple formats at archive.org
A Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California (Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co., 1891) (page images at HathiTrust)
Prentice Mulford's Story: Life by Land and Sea (New York: F. J. Needham, 1889), by Prentice Mulford
- page images at HathiTrust
- PDF and XML at loc.gov
Ginny Good (electronic edition; text and audio by the author), by Gerard Jones (HTML with commentary at everyonewhosanyone.com)
A Picture of Pioneer Times in California, by William Francis White (HTML at LOC)
My own story (Belford-Clarke co., 1890), by Joaquin Miller (page images at HathiTrust)
Unwritten history : life amongst the Modocs (American Publishing Company, 1874), by Joaquin Miller (page images at HathiTrust)
Addresses delivered before the California society of the Sons of the American revolution. (The Society, 1913), by Sons of the American Revolution. California Society and Thomas Allen Perkins (page images at HathiTrust)
Notables of the West : being the portraits and biographies of the progressive men of the West who have helped in the development and history making of this wonderful country. (International News Service, 1913), by International News Service (page images at HathiTrust)
Personal sketches of California pioneers I have known. (University of the Pacific, 1962), by Rockwell D. Hunt (page images at HathiTrust)
Press reference library (Southwest ed.) ... being the portraits and biographies of progressive men of the Southwest ... (The Los Angeles examiner, 1912), by Otheman Stevens and Los Angeles Los Angeles examiner (page images at HathiTrust)
The Bay of San Francisco : the metropolis of the Pacific Coast and its suburban cities : a history. (Lewis Publishing Co., 1892), by Lewis Publishing Company (page images at HathiTrust)
A pioneer heritage (Saturday Night Publishing Company, 1932), by Sam T. Clover (page images at HathiTrust)
Chronicles of the builders of the commonwealth : historical character study (The History Company, 1891), by Hubert Howe Bancroft and History Company (page images at HathiTrust)
Addresses delivered before the California Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. (The Society, 1917), by Sons of the American Revolution. California Society, Edmund D. Shortlidge, and T. A. Perkins (page images at HathiTrust)
More than gold in California, 1849-1933 (Berkeley, Calif., 1933), by Mary Bennett Ritter (page images at HathiTrust)
Stevenson's California (Pacific short story club, 1924), by Henry Meade Bland (page images at HathiTrust)
On the trails of yesterday, California stories (Harr Wagner publishing company, 1931), by Roy Walter Cloud (page images at HathiTrust)
Love stories of old California (Coward-McCann, inc., 1940), by Mrs. Fremont Older (page images at HathiTrust)
Heroes of California : the story of the founders of the Golden state as narrated by themselves or gleaned from other sources (Little, Brown, and Company, 1910), by George Wharton James (page images at HathiTrust)
The new empire and her representative men; or, The Pacific coast, its farms, mines, vines, wines, orchards, and interests; its productions, industries and commerce, with interesting biographies and modes of travel. (Pacific press publishing house, 1886), by Wilson Hamilton (page images at HathiTrust)
History of the bench and bar of California (Bench and Bar Pub. Co., 1912), by J. C. Bates (page images at HathiTrust)
As I remember them (Salt Lake City, Utah, 1913), by C. C. Goodwin (page images at HathiTrust)
Who's who in the Pacific southwest : a compilation of authentic biographical sketches of citizens of Southern California and Arizona. (The Times-mirror Printing & Binding House, 1913) (page images at HathiTrust)
Life amongst the Modocs : unwritten history (Richard Bentley and Son ..., 1873), by Joaquin Miller (page images at HathiTrust)
A history of the new California, its resources and people (The Lewis publishing company, 1905), by Leigh H. Irvine (page images at HathiTrust)
Fifty years of the First Unitarian Church of San Francisco, October 20, 1850-October 21, 1900. (Society [for Christian Work], 1901), by Horace Davis (page images at HathiTrust)
Master hands in the affairs of the Pacific Coast; historical, biographical and descriptive. A resumé of the builders of our material progress. (Western Historical and Publishing Co., 1892), by Western Historical Publishing Company (San Francisco) (page images at HathiTrust)
Contemporary biography of California's representative men, with contributions from distinguished scholars and scientists. (A. L. Bancroft and company, 1881), by Alonzo Phelps, Joseph LeConte, O. P. Fitzgerald, George Davidson, and Hubert Howe Bancroft (page images at HathiTrust)
Contemporary biography of California's representative men, with contributions from distinguished scholars and scientists. (A. L. Bancroft and company, 1882), by Alonzo Phelps, Caleb T. Fay, John LeConte, and John Muir (page images at HathiTrust)
American biography and genealogy. (The Lewis publishing company, 1910), by Robert J. Burdette (page images at HathiTrust)
A memorial and biographical history of the coast counties of Central California. Illustrated. Containing a history of this important section of the Pacific coast from the earliest period ... and biographical mention of many of its pioneers, and prominent citizens of today ... (Lewis Publishing Company, 1893), by Henry D. Barrows, Luther A. Ingersoll, and Lewis Publishing Company (page images at HathiTrust)
History of Santa Clara County, California, with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with its growth and development from the early days to the present. (Historic Record Co., 1922), by Eugene T. Sawyer (page images at HathiTrust)
The memoirs of James Ord of Ord Rancho, California (Altoona Times Tribune, 1920), by James Ord and Henry W. Shoemaker (page images at HathiTrust)
Pen pictures of our representative men (H. A. Weaver's Valley Press Print. House, 1880), by Hugh J. Mohan, John P. Cosgrave, and E. H. Clough (page images at HathiTrust)
My garden of roses : or, The footnotes of life (Berkeley gazette?, 1913), by John I. Lewis (page images at HathiTrust)
A tribute to the memory of David C. Broderick (Gazette Co. Steam Print. House, 1860), by Walter G. Sherwin and Gazette Company Steam Printing House (page images at HathiTrust)
Men of achievement in the great southwest : a story of pioneer struggles during early days in Los Angeles and Southern California : with biographies, heretofore unpublished facts, anecdotes and incidents in the lives of the builders. (Los Angeles Times, 1904) (page images at HathiTrust)
Early day romances; Sutter's fort, 1847-1848 (Nugget Press, 1943), by Calif.) C.K. McClatchy Senior High School (Sacramento (page images at HathiTrust)
The life and times of Gen'l John A. Sutter (D. Johnston & Co., Printer, 1895), by T. J. Schoonover (page images at HathiTrust)
Press reference library (Southwest ed.) ... : being the portraits and biographies of progressive men of the South-west ... (The Los Angeles examiner, 1912), by Los Angeles Examiner (Firm) (page images at HathiTrust)
Bench and bar in California. History, anecdotes, reminiscences (The Occident printing house, 1887), by Oscar T. Shuck (page images at HathiTrust)
History of the bench and bar of Nevada. (Bench and Bar Publishing Co., 1913), by J. P. O'Brien (page images at HathiTrust)
A Memorial and biographical history of Northern California : containing a history of this important section of the Pacific Coast from the earliest period of its occupancy to the present time . (Lewis Pub. Co., 1891), by Lewis Publishing Company (page images at HathiTrust)
A history of California and an extended history of its southern coast counties : also containing biographies of well-known citizens of the past and present (Historic Record Company, 1907), by J. M Guinn (page images at HathiTrust)
List of officers of the regular army and navy, companions of this Commandery. ([San Francisco, 1885), by Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. California Commandery (page images at HathiTrust)
Register, March 25th, 1885. ([San Francisco, 1885), by Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. California Commandery (page images at HathiTrust)
Register, September 25th, 1886. ([San Francisco, 1886), by Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. California Commandery (page images at HathiTrust)
A beautiful life; memoir of Mrs. Eliza Nelson Fryer, 1847-1910 ([Press of Lack Bros.], 1912), by Nellie Blessing Eyster and John Fryer (page images at HathiTrust)
Men of California, 1900-1902 (Pacific Art Co., 1901), by Wellington C. Wolfe (page images at HathiTrust)
A memorial and biographical history of northern California (The Lewis publishing company, 1891), by Lewis Publishing Company (page images at HathiTrust)
A Volume of memoirs and genealogy of representative citizens of northern California, including biographies of many of those who have passed away. (Standard Genealogical Pub. Co., 1901), by Standard Genealogical Publishing Company (page images at HathiTrust)
History of the State of California and biographical record of the Sacramento Valley, California : an historical story of the state's marvelous growth from its earliest settlements to the present time : also containing biographies of well-known citizens of the past and present (Chapman, 1906), by J. M. Guinn (page images at HathiTrust)
Bench and bar in California. History, anecdotes, reminscences. (The Occident printing house, 1889), by Oscar T. Shuck (page images at HathiTrust)
The early days and men of California (Pacific Press Publishing Company, 1891), by W. F. Swasey (page images at HathiTrust)
Memorial of William Ashburner. ([San Francisco, 1887), by San Francisco (Calif.). Harvard Club, William Thomas, William Thomas, Horace Davis, and Harvard Club of San Francisco (Calif.) (page images at HathiTrust)
California och dess svenska befolkning (Washington Print. Co., 1910), by Ernst Skarstedt (page images at HathiTrust)
Addresses delivered before the California Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Memorial sketches by Thomas A. Perkins. (The Society, 1909), by Sons of the American Revolution. California Society and Thomas Allen Perkins (page images at HathiTrust)
Addresses delivered before the California Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Biographical sketches by Thomas Allen Perkins. (The Society, 1913), by Sons of the American Revolution. California Society and Thomas Allen Perkins (page images at HathiTrust)
My life among the Indians (Morrill, Higgins & co., 1892), by Joaquin Miller (page images at HathiTrust)
Early days in California. The growth of the commonwealth under American rule, With biographical sketches of pioneers (Enterprise publishing co., 1888), by G. W. Sullivan and Enterprise Publishing Co (page images at HathiTrust)
Samuel Brannan (1928), by Florence McClure Dunlap (page images at HathiTrust)
Notables of the Southwest, being the portraits and biographies of progressive men of the Southwest. (The Los Angeles Examiner, 1912), by Press Reference Library (Southwest ed.) and Los Angeles Examiner (Newspapers) (page images at HathiTrust)
The early days and men of California (Pacific press publishing company, 1891), by W. F. Swasey and Pacific Press Publishing Company (page images at HathiTrust)
History of the State of California and biographical record of Coast Counties, California. : An historical story of the state's marvelous growth from its earliest settlement to the present time. Also containing biographies of well-known citizens of the past and present. (The Chapman Publishing Company, 1904), by J. M. Guinn (page images at HathiTrust)
Western Jewry : an account of the achievements of the Jews and Judaism in California : including eulogies and biographies. The Jews in California / by Martin A. Meyer. (Henry Hollander, Bookseller, 2001), by Martin A. Meyer and A. W. Voorsanger (page images at HathiTrust)
Chronicles of the builders. (History Company, 1890), by Hubert Howe Bancroft, Alfred Bates, and History Company (page images at HathiTrust)
The University of California honor roll June 4, 1919 (California Alumni Association, 1919), by California Alumni Association (page images at HathiTrust)
The Historical volume and reference works. (Historical Publishers, 1962) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Biographies : Constitutional Convention. (San Francisco : Francis & Valentine, 1878., 1878), by D. G. Waldron, Thomas J. Vivian, California. Constitutional Convention (1878-1879), and California Constitutional Convention (1849) (page images at HathiTrust)
Press reference library. (International news service, 1913), by International News Service (page images at HathiTrust)
Paquita, the Indian heroine : a true story ... presenting graphic pictures of Indian home life in peace and war : as beheld by the author during his residence of four years among the red men (American Pub. Co., 1881), by Joaquin Miller (page images at HathiTrust)
History of the life of Joseph Spencer Cone : a character study (History Co., 1889), by Hubert Howe Bancroft (page images at HathiTrust)
Men of achievement in the great southwest : a story of pioneer struggles during early days in Los Angeles and Southern California : with biographies, heretofore unpublished facts, anecdotes and incidents in the lives of the builders. (Los Angeles Times, 1904) (page images at HathiTrust)
Constructive Californians : men of outstanding ability who have added greatly to the Golden State's prestige (Saturday Night Pub. Co., 1926), by Sam T. Clover (page images at HathiTrust)
Who's who in California; a biographical directory ... being a history of California as illustrated in the lives of the builders and defenders of the state, and the men and women who are doing the work and molding the thought of the present time. (Who's Who Pub. Co., 1929), by Justice B. Detwiler (page images at HathiTrust)
Chronicles of the builders. ([History Co.], 1890), by Hubert Howe Bancroft and Alfred Bates (page images at HathiTrust)
Autobiography of Lorenzo Waugh. (S.P. Taylor & Co., Printers and Binders, 1885), by Lorenzo Waugh (page images at HathiTrust)
Prentice Mulford's story: life by land and sea, by Prentice Mulford (Gutenberg ebook)

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