The Center for Sacramento History educates and enriches the public by collecting, preserving and making accessible the region's vast cultural heritage. Founded in 1953, the Center for Sacramento History (CSH) is funded by the City and the County of Sacramento and is the repository and research center for City and County historic collections. These collections are held in the public trust and reflect the many aspects of the social, political, geographic, and cultural history of the Sacramento region.<br> The collections held at CSH include both three-dimensional museum artifacts and archival records (public documents, and manuscripts and personal papers). The Center's museum collections document Sacramento material culture –the tools employed, the clothing worn, the art enjoyed –and showcase the great diversity that calls the region home. Within the archival collections are the official records of City and County government and the Superior Court of Sacramento County, and manuscript collections of prominent individuals, families, businesses, organizations, and community groups of the Sacramento region. The Center thus serves as a "total archive" in documenting all aspects of the city and county's history. CSH's holdings are open for research and available for display at accredited institutions that meet the center's security and environmental requirements.
2.56 linear feet: two manuscript boxes, one flat oversize box. Also includes artifacts.
Creator
William Henry Brown, Elizabeth Wise Brown, Josephine Elizabeth Wise Waldeier, Bonita May Waldeier Bridenstine, Dorothy Bridenstine Delaney.
Abstract Or Scope
The collection documents four generations of one family with roots in Sacramento starting in the mid-1800s. The bulk of material dates from 1888 to 1949 and includes marriage records, school records, photographs, ephemera, and artifacts. Of special note are photographs of Riverside Transfer Co., located at 1024 6th Street in Sacramento, which Josephine Wise Waldeier ran from 1908 to 1927. Photos show the interior and exterior of the business, plus staff, including members of these families.
The Frank S. Christy collection comprises subject files accumulated by local historian Frank S. Christy on a wide variety of topics relating to the history of Sacramento from the 1850s through the 1980s, in addition to a small group of photographs, essays, and other items created by Christy himself. Formats include over 3,500 photographic prints and negatives, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, brochures, scrapbooks, and programs. The bulk of the files consist of photographs and printed ephemera. Files significantly document the Capitol; churches and religious denominations; businesses, residences, and streets; significant individuals, including politicians, business owners, and historians; organizations, including the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Native Sons of the Golden West (NSGW), and Sacramento Historic Landmarks Commission; railroads; rivers; schools; and State Fairs.
The collection documents Helen L. Markell and Esther Virone Martin's work for the Sacramento Bee and involvement with the KFBeeK Players. Material includes Markell's published columns and reader responses from the 1970s, and draft columns from the 1990s; items related to Eleanor McClatchy; Martin's photographs and ephemera; KFBeeK Players productions photographs and ephemera; history booklets documenting the Sacramento Civic Theater; and material pertaining to the Sacramento Bee's employee library, Beeline Book Alley. Items date from 1944 to 1998, with the bulk from 1950 to 1990.