The California State Archives has received a variety of grants to facilitate preservation and access for our collections.
California Revealed
California Revealed is a statewide initiative that helps public libraries, archives, museums, historical societies, and other heritage groups digitize, preserve, and provide online access to archival materials documenting the state's histories, arts, and cultures. Since first launching in 2010 as a digitization initiative focused on audiovisual recordings, California Revealed has brought special focus to educating and empowering regional organizations to make the most of their collections. To date, California Revealed includes more than 188,000 objects from over 450 partner organizations representing a diverse array of communities and collections. Click on the link below to view over 2,000 items from the California State Archives that have been digitized in partnership with California Revealed.
See the California State Archives' digital collection on California Revealed
National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC)
The NHPRC awarded The Friends of California Archives money to support “For Their Protection: Digitizing California's 19th Century Trademark Files,” a project to digitize approximately 24,000 pages from the collection of Trademark Registrations and Specimens, Old Series, 1861-1900 at the California State Archives. Included in the collection are trademarks and specimens from Levi Strauss & Co. jeans, early California wineries' bottle labels, Kentucky bourbon distilleries labels, 19th century medicines and tonics, and the original trademark registered to Anheuser Busch for its Budweiser lager.
For Their Protection: Digitizing California's 19th Century Trademark Files
California Civil Liberties Public Education Program (CCLPEP)
The California State Archives, via the Friends of California Archives, received a CCLPEP grant from the California State Library for a records digitization project, guide, and exhibit on California state government and the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II.
California Supreme Court Historical Society
Through funding provided by the California Supreme Court Historical Society, The California State Archives was able to digitize The Working Papers of the California Constitutional Convention of 1878 and 1879.
1878-1879 Constitutional Convention Working Papers
Andrew M. Mellon Foundation
Through generous funding by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the joint efforts of the California State Archives and the University of California, Berkeley’s School of Information, a reference guide, Records in the California State Archives for the Study of Labor History, was created.
See the guide for Records in the California State Archives for the Study of Labor
