Guide to the History of California

DOYCE B. NUNIS, JR., is Professor of History at the University of Southern California. He is the author of numerous books and articles on different aspects of California history. Since 1962 he has been the editor of the Southern California Quarterly, the publication of the Historical Society of Southern California.GLORIA RICCI LOTHROP is Professor of History at CSU Polytechnic, Pomona. Her publications include Recollections of the Flathead Mission (Glendale, 1978).

• Introduction Part I: The Historical Literature Hispanic California, 1542-1848 by Iris H.W. Engstrand and Daniel Tyler Early American California, 1848-1880 by John E. Baur The Gilded Age and Progressivism, 1880-1930 by Jackson K. Putnam The Great Depression and World War II, 1930-1945 by James J. Rawls California since 1945 by Paul Bullock California Chicanos by Francisco E. Balderrama California Blacks by Lawrence B. de Graff California Asians by Donald T. Hata, Jr., and Nadine I. Hata California Women by Gloria Ricci Lothrop Urban California by Gunther Barth Part II: Archives and Sources National Archives Federal Records Centers: Los Angeles Branch by Diane S. Nixon; San Francisco Branch by Michael Anderson California State Archives by David L. Snyder County Records by Kenneth F. Owens California State Library by Gary F. Kurutz The Bancroft Library by William M. Roberts The Huntington Library by Peter J. Blodgett and William P. Frank California Collection at UCLA by David S. Zeidberg, Ann Caiger, Dan Luckenbill, and Lilace Hatayama Other Archival Repositories by Gloria R. Lothrop, Larry E. Burgess, and John Porter Bloom Oral History: A Directory by Willa Baum, Sarah Sharp, and James V. Mink Appendix I: Chronology of California History Appendix II: References to Lists of Organizations with Special Interest in California History Index