National History Day

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State Coordinator for California

Name:
Robert Vicario

Address:
Orange County Department of Education
200 Kalmus Drive
Costa Mesa, CA 92628

Phone:
(714) 966-4447

Fax:
(714) 662-3148

Email:
rvicario@ocde.us

Website:
History Day in California

State contest:
Date: April 26 - 28, 2013
Location: Woodlake Hotel, Sacramento

California Directory of Organizations, Archives, Libraries, Historical Societies, Museums and Historic Sites:

Organizations

California Association of Museums
California Council for the Humanities
California Council for the Social Studies
California Department of Education
Constitutional Rights Foundation --sponsor of National History Day in California
History Day in California
History Day in California - Sonoma County

Archives and Libraries

Bancroft Library Pictorial Collection --finding aids for images in huge California Heritage Project
California Library Directory --public, academic, and state agency libraries
California Newspaper Project
California State Archives
California State Library
California State Parks - Archives --at the State Museum Resource Center; documents and photographs relating to the state parks
California State University, Fullerton-Oral History Program
Caltech Institute Archives --especially good for the history of science
Hoover Institution: Library and Archives
Huntington Library, Art Collections, And Botanical Gardens --houses one of America's great manuscript collections
Japanese American History Archives
Melvyl --union catalog of University of California libraries
National Archives Pacific Region --formerly Laguna Nigeul
National Archives Pacific Region (San Francisco)
Online Archive of California --searchable union catalog of finding aids to archival collections at various California repositories
Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace Foundation
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
Sacramento Archives and Museum Collection Center

Historical Societies, Museums and Historic Sites

Autry Museum of Western Heritage
Berkeley Historical Society
California African - American Museum
California Historical Society
California Military Museum
California State Historical Landmarks --pictures of most California landmarks taken by Donald Laird
California State Parks --includes state historic parks, railroad museum, and Indian museum
Chinese Historical Society of America
Contra Costa County Historical Society
Filoli - Historical House and Gardens
Firehouse Museum
Homestead Farm Museum
International Surfing Museum
Intel Museum --computer museum
Maturango Museum
Monterey County Historical Society
Monterey State Historic Park
Museum of Art and History - Santa Cruz
Museum of the City of San Francisco
Museum of Flying
Museum of Tolerance
National Maritime Museum Association
National Park Service Historic Sites
Oakland Museum of California
Petersen Automotive Museum
Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum
San Anselmo Historical Museum
San Diego Aerospace Museum
San Diego Historical Society
San Diego Maritime Museum
Santa Barbara Maritime Museum
Sausalito Historical Society
Tech Museum of Innovation