The Argonauts of California Being The Reminiscences Of Scenes And Incidents That Occurred In California In Early Mining Days By A Pioneer. Text and Illustrations Drawn From Life
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by Charles Warren Haskins. Published For the Author, By Fords, Howard & Hulbert New York 1890
California Men and Events; (1915)
Author: Tinkham, George H. (George Henry), b. 1849
Stockton, Cal., Print by the Record publishing company, 1915
George Tinkham was Stockton's first and most famous local historian. While this book deals with the whole state of California, it includes photographs and biographies of people like Charles M Weber and Samuel Purdy, Stockton's first mayor after statehood. There is a photo of Tinkham too.
Charter and Ordinances of the City of Stockton. Stockton: Stockton Mail, Printers and Binders, 1908.
The City of Stockton and the County of San Joaquin, State of California: A Field for Factories ... (1897)
Author: Stockton Commercial Association Publisher: Commercial Association of Stockton
Year: 1897 Digitizing sponsor: Google 44p.
Full of wonderful, panoramic photographs.
The Early Days of My Episcopate (1892)
Author: Kip, William Ingraham, 1811-1893
Subject: Episcopal Church; Law; Mines and mineral resources
Publisher: New York, T. Whittaker
Digitizing sponsor: Sloan Foundation Book contributor: The Library of Congress
Find List of the Books Contained in the Hazelton and Stockton Free Public Libraries, 1898
Author: Stockton, Calif. Free Public Library
Publisher: Stockton, Cal., Daily Independent print
Call number: nrlf_ucb:GLAD-17113005 Digitizing sponsor: MSN
Book contributor: University of California Libraries
The Half Century of California Odd Fellowship .. (1906)
Author: Tinkham, George Henry, 1849-
Subject: Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Rebekah assembly of California; California -- Imprints
Publisher: Stockton, Calif., Record Publishing Co.
Digitizing sponsor: MSN Book contributor: University of California Libraries
George Tinkham was Stockton's most famous local historian and an IOOF member.
History of San Joaquin County, California with Biographical Sketches of leading men and women of the county who have been identified with its growth and development from the early days to the present.
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George H. Tinkham
Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA – 1923
Book contributor: San Francisco Public Library
Notes: page numbering skips from 734 to 747, 784 to 795.
A History of Stockton From Its Organization Up to the Present Time . . . . By George H. Tinkham. San Francisco: W.H. Hinton & Co., Printers, 1880.
The first written history of Stockton. Tinkham was raised in Stockton and, in the 1870s when he researched this text,, had access to early documents and the early newspapers. He also interviewed many early pioneers, including Charles Weber.
History of the New California Its Resources and People, Vol 1
This book includes information on San Joaquin County and Stockton history including biographies. Most of the biographies are in Volume 2, but Volume 1 includes an index to the names and their locations in the two volumes.
History of the New California Its Resources and People, Vol. 2 [starting with page 533]
Irvine, Leigh H., ed.
Chicago: Lewis Pub Co., 1905
Vol. 2 This Google Books edition can be downloaded in PDF or Epub.
Filled with biographies of then living San Joaquin County residents
A History of the Public Schools of Stockton, California (1909)
Author: Hollembeak, Jessie Ryan
Publisher: [n.p.]
Call number: nrlf_ucb:GLAD-84190009 Digitizing sponsor: MSN
Book contributor: University of California Libraries
History of the State of California and Biographical Record of the San Joaquin Valley, California. An historical story of the state's marvelous growth from its earliest settlement to the present time (1905)
Author: Guinn, James Miller, 1834-1918
Publisher: Chicago, The Chapman Pub. Co.
Digitizing sponsor: MSN Book contributor: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Notes: Missing Page: 865-866,983-984,1175-1176. 1702p
History of the Stockton Fire Department [San Joaquin County, California] 1850-1908. Published in the Interest of the Firemen’s Pension and Relief Fund. Compiled by Allen M. Robinette. June MCMVIII. (1908)
Transcription
An Illustrated history of San Joaquin County, California : containing a history of San Joaquin County from the earliest period of its occupancy to the present time, together with glimpses of its future prospects ; with ... biographical mention of many of its pioneers and also prominent citizens of today.
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Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co.,
1890.
Book contributor: San Francisco Public Library.
One of the major histories of San Joaquin County, though it draws heavily on the Thompson & West history of 1879.
Making wine in California, 1944-1987 : oral history transcript / 1987 (c1988)
Author: Nightingale, Myron Stephens, 1915-1988; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office; Amerine, M. A. (Maynard Andrew), 1911-; Teiser, Ruth; Jacobson, Lisa; Nightingale, Alice Adele Thompson, 1919-
Subject: Sherwan-Jones Winery (Lodi, Calif.); Italian-Swiss Colony; Cresta Blanca Winery (Livermore, Calif.); Beringer Vineyards (St. Helena, Calif.); Wine and wine making -- California; Viticulture -- California
Publisher: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California IN_COPYRIGHT
Call number: ucb_banc:GLAD-84186364 Book contributor: University of California Libraries
A Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California - Chicago, Lewis Publ. Co., 1891
Methods of Teaching ; the Stockton Method in Elementary Schools. Rosa V. Winterbaum and Edward Hughes. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1907
This work grew out of an exhibit displayed by the Stockton Schools at the St. Louis and Portland Exposition in 1905.
One Hundred Years at Silver Lake – Amador County California, 1848 -1948. The Swenson Team (Bert & Stella) A Report Presented to Doctor Rockwell D. Hunt Director of California History Foundation College of the Pacific By Stella S. Swenson, April, 1948.
Stella Swenson, wife of the city's Parks & Recreation Director, Bert Swenson, was the first manager of Stockton Camp at Silver Lake. Her husband re-edited this work for publication.
Outline of Studies for the Primary and Grammar Schools of the City of Stockton, California. 1900
Author: Stockton, Calif. Board of Education
Publisher: Stockton, Cal., Stockton Mail
Call number: nrlf_ucb:GLAD-33783531 Book contributor: University of California Libraries
Recollections of Pioneer Work in California (1878)
Author: Woods, James, 1814 or 15-1886
Subject: Frontier and pioneer life; Presbyterian Church; Urbanization; Real estate development; Law and politics
Publisher: San Francisco, J. Winterburn & Co., Printers, 1878
Digitizing sponsor: Google Book from the collections of: New York Public Library
From preface: "The writer was one of the 3 ministers which formed the first presbytery (O.S.) in California."
Notes: A native of Massachusetts, James Woods (1814/5-1886) served a church in Alabama in 1849 when the Presbyterian mission board selected him for duty in California. Recollections of pioneer work in California (1878) describes the Woods family's voyage round the Horn and early stay in San Francisco before moving to Stockton, where Woods ministered for more than four years. He describes his Stockton ministry in detail, also reminiscing about other Protestant clergy in the neighborhood. Briefer notice is given to his later pastorates in Los Angeles, Santa Rosa, and Healdsburg.
Book digitized by Google from the library of the New York Public Library and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
Revised Draft Downtown Stockton Historical Survey, Vol 1 for the City of Stockton. San Francisco: Architectural Resources Group, 2000.
Survey of historical structures in the Downtown Stockton area.
Records of California Men in the War of the Rebellion, 1861 to 1867
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by Brig.-Gen. Richard H. Orton, California Adjutant General's Office, 1890.
Sacramento Valley and Foothill Counties, California: An Illustrated Description of all the Counties Embraced in this Richly Productive Geographical Subdivision of the Golden State.
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Compiled and Edited by Emmett Phillips and John H. Miller.
Published Under Direction of The Sacramento Valley Expositions Commission,
J. A. Filcher, Director-in-Chief. January, 1915
San Joaquin County, California: Its favorable location, rich soil, healthy climate, varied productions and general prosperity. City of Stockton. Its industries, trade, commercial importance and business advantages. Orr & Ruggles. J.E. Ruggles, Book and Job Printer, 1887.
A Sketch of the Life of Com. Robert F. Stockton: With an Appendix ... (1856)
Author: Samuel John Bayard , Robert Field Stockton
Publisher: Derby & Jackson
Year: 1856
Digitizing sponsor: Google Book from the collections of: Harvard University
Notes: Filmed from the holdings of the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Stockton Illustrated in Photo-Gravure, from Recent Photographs by J Pitcher Spooner, c 1894
University of California Directory of Graduates Graduates, 1864 – 1916.
California Alumni Association. Published by U. C. Berkeley, 1916.
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San Joauin County had its share of UC graduates. Includes index by student's home.
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEXES
Most of these books are available online. See the list above.
With the name found in the indexes below, go to the online book and use the find function to locate the biography.
Index to Individuals with Biographical Sketches in the Following Local History Books
This sites just gives page numbers. It is best to skim the listings under each letter of the alphabet or to use the FIND command (Ctrl+F) to jump to a particular surname.
History of San Joaquin Co. - 1879
“Thompson & West” publication edited by Col. Frank T Gilbert
Illustrated History of San Joaquin Co. - 1889
Lewis Publishing Co.
Biographical History of Northern California - 1891 - Ver. 1
Biographical History of Northern California - 1891 - Ver. 2
Memoirs and Genealogy of Northern California – 1901
History of San Joaquin Valley - 1905 - Guinn
History of San Joaquin County - 1909 – Guinn
History of San Joaquin County - 1923 – Tinkham
DIRECTORIES
Polk-Husted Directory Co.'s Stockton city and San Joaquin County directory 1915. Vol. 8, Polk-Hudted Directory Company, Sacramento, Cal., c1915
STOCKTON STATE HOSPITAL / INSANE ASYLUM
Annual Report of the Treasurer of Insane Asylum of the State of California. W.W. Stevenson. Stockton: N.P., 1854.
Rules and Regulations of the Insane Asylum of California. Prescribed by the Resident Physician, August 1, 1861. Stockton: Armor & Clay, Printers, 1861
Annual Report of the Directors of The Insane Asylum of California for the Year 1863.
Title from online source: Report (Stockton State Hospital (Calif.)). 1877, (1864)
Publisher: J. D. Young Year: 1864
Thirteen Annual Report of the Directors of the Insane Asylum of California, 1865
Title from online source: Report (Stockton State Hospital (Calif.)). 1877, (1866)
Publisher: J. D. Young Year: 1866
Biennial Report of the Directors and the Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh annual Reports of the Superintendents of the Insane Asylum of the State of California at Stockton. Sacramento: State Office, F.P. Thompson, Supt. State Printing Office, 1879.
Biennial Report: State Insane Asylum at Stockton. 1886
Title from online source: Report (Stockton State Hospital (Calif.)). 1877, (1886)
Publisher: J. D. Young Year: 1886
Biennial Report of the Directors and the Thirty-Seventh and Thirty-Eighth Annual Report of the Superintendent of the Insane Asylum of the State of California at Stockton for the Two Years Ending June 30, 1890
Title from online source: Report (Stockton State Hospital (Calif.)). 1877, (1890)
Publisher: J. D. Young
Year: 1890
Second Biennial Report of the State Commission in Lunacy for the Two Years Ending June 30, 1900. Sacramento: A.J. Johnson, Superintendent of Printing, 1901
Third Biennial Report of the State Commission in Lunacy for the Two Years Ending June 30, 1902. Sacramento : A.J. Johnson. Superintendent of Printing, 1902.
Fifth Biennial Report of the State Commission in Lunacy for the Two Years Ending June 30, 1906. Sacramento: W.W. Shannon, Superintendent of Printing, 1906.
Sixth Biennial Report of the State Commission in Lunacy for the Two Years Ending June 30, 1908. Sacramento: W.W. Shannon, Superintendent of Printing, 1908.
Seventh Biennial Report of the State Commission in Lunacy for the Two Years Ending June 30, 1910. W.W. Shannon, Superintendent of Printing, 1910.
Eighth Biennial Report of the State Commission in Lunacy for the Two Years Ending June 30, 1912. Sacramento: Friend Wm. Richardson, Superintendent of State Printing, 1912.
Ninth Biennial Report of the State Commission in Lunacy for the Two Years Ending June 30, 1914. Sacramento: California State Printing Office, 1914.
Twelfth Biennial Report of the State Commission in Lunacy for the Two Years Ending June 30, 1920. Sacramento: California State Printing Office, 1921.
The sewage question in California : report of the state engineer, Wm. Ham. Hall, to the Board of Directors of the Stockton Insane Asylum on the sewerage for the institution in their charge (1883)
The sewage line from the State Insane Asylum down North St. [now Harding Way] to Smith Canal was a major issue at the time.
FICTION AND OTHER LITERATURE
American Kelsey: Romance of the Great San Joaquin Valley, 1915
Author: Matthews, Dave S; Stockton Record Print. pbl; Stockton Photo-Engraving Co. pht
Subject: San Joaquin Valley (Calif.) -- History Fiction; Stockton (Calif.) -- History Fiction
Publisher: [Stockton, Calif.] : Stockton Record Print
The Kelsey family built the first home in San Joaquin County in 1843. When her parents developed small pox and her father died, America was aided by passing fur trappers. At 14 she married one of her rescuers.
Land o' Out of Doors, 1921
Author: Fee, Harry Thomas, 1871-[1935]
Publisher: Stockton, Calif. : Dennison-McKellar Co., Printers
Digitizing sponsor: MSN Book contributor: University of California Libraries
Harry T Fee was a local poet and nature lover who wrote poetry that appeared in magazines like Sunset Magazine and The Overland Express. He also contributed material to The Stockton Record. “Land of'Out of Doors” was the name of a weekly section of The Record in the 1920s. His father was Patrick Fee, an Irish immigrant to Stockton who ran a local livery station. Harry T. Fee wrote a description of Stockton's Main Street Street in 1880 as he remembered its people and businesses from when he was a little boy.
Poems and Essays by Alfred Hitch. Stockton: The Author, 1920.
Self-published poems and essays by Stocktonian.
The God of Heaven: or , Truth Revealed, by Inez M[errill] Budd. Oakland: Baker Printing Co., 1905.
This religious tract was written by Inez Merrill Budd, wife of James Budd, a Stocktonian who served as California's 19th governor, 1895-1899. He had previously served in the House of Representatives, where he was instrumental in getting federal money to dredge the Stockton Channel.
The California Digital Library, or CDL, is the University of California's 11th University Library. The CDL was founded to assist the ten University of California libraries in sharing their resources and holdings more effectively, particularly online.
The Online Archive of California (OAC) provides free public access to detailed descriptions of primary resource collections maintained by more than 150 contributing institutions including libraries, special collections, archives, historical societies, and museums throughout California and collections maintained by the 10 University of California (UC) campuses. Many collections include online resources. You will find the San Joaquin County Historical Museum and the University of the Pacific Hot-Atherton Center included in this list.
California Digital Newspaper Project
While this collection of historical newspapers does not include any titles from San Joaquin County, you will find San Joaquin County topics covered in detail
Maps, city directories, Stockton High yearbooks, cemetery records, society registers, online books, and lots more from the work of volunteers and the organization of Nancy Pratt Melton.
Click on PUBLICATIONS or ORDERS to see a list of books published by the local genealogy society. Most of these books are available for use at the Chavez Central Library in the Genealogy Reference Collection at GenR 929.379455 or GenR 929.50979456.
Los Angeles Public Library California Index
Use Stockton or College of the Pacific as keyword searches to find both indexing to books and magazines and digital documents. Included is a 1927 pamphlet describing the College of the Pacific and photographs of Filipino Stocktonians. Many of the books and magazines indexed can be found in the Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library.
Ancestry, Library Edition
While in any branch of the Stockton-San Joaquin Co. Public Library you may use the Library Edition of Ancestry.com to look at the California 1852 Census, all of the federal censuses to 1940, World War I and II draft registration, ship passenger lists, voter registrars, and much more for Stockton and San Joaquin County or any other part of the United States.
