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Dozens of efforts are underway to provide access to the history of San Francisco on the web. | Dozens of efforts are underway to provide access to the history of San Francisco on the web. | ||
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'''<font size=4>Primary resources:</font>''' | '''<font size=4>Primary resources:</font>''' | ||
[http://www. | [http://www.shapingsf.org/public-talks/index.html ''Shaping San Francisco'' Talks: online archive] | ||
[http://www.shapingsf.org/ | [http://www.shapingsf.org/tours.html ''Shaping San Francisco'' upcoming Bicycle History Tours] | ||
[http://www. | [http://www.historypin.com/project/13839007-YearoftheBay/#%7Cphotos/gallery/ History Pin's photo crowdsourcing project "Year of the Bay"] | ||
[http://www.historypin.com/channels/view/id/14145017/ ''Shaping San Francisco'' channel at History Pin] | |||
[http://www.thinkwalks.org/ Thinkwalks on foot and bike with Joel Pomerantz] | [http://www.thinkwalks.org/ Thinkwalks on foot and bike with Joel Pomerantz] | ||
[http://www.davidrumsey.com/view/google-earth-browser#san-fran-city-1859 David Rumsey Map collection, 1859 US Coastal Survey Map geosynchronized with Google Maps!] | |||
[ | [https://sfpl.org/index.php?pg=0200000301 The Photo Archives at the History Center] | ||
[ | [https://sfpl.org/index.php?pg=0200002501 San Francisco Public Library History Center] | ||
[http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ Online Archive of California] | [http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ Online Archive of California] | ||
[http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cdnc/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=p&p=home&e=-------en--20--1--txt-IN----- California Digital Newspaper Collection] | |||
[http://www.sfcityguides.org/ San Francisco City Guides--Neighborhood historical walking tours] | [http://www.sfcityguides.org/ San Francisco City Guides--Neighborhood historical walking tours] | ||
[http://www. | [http://www.archive.org/details/movies Internet Archive] | ||
[http://www. | [http://www.archive.org/details/prelinger Prelinger Archives] | ||
[http://www. | [http://www.nps.gov/safr/ Maritime Museum National Park--Maritime History] | ||
[http://www. | [http://www.nps.gov/safr/learn/historyculture/library-collections.htm Maritime Research Center] | ||
[http://www. | [http://www.library.sfsu.edu/about/depts/larc.php Labor Archives & Research Center, SFSU] | ||
[http://www. | [http://www.sfsu.edu/~poetry/archives.html SFSU American Poetry Archives] An historic register of the past 50 years of poetry and related writing as it happened in San Francisco | ||
[http://www.sfm.org/ San Francisco Media Archive] | [http://www.sfm.org/ San Francisco Media Archive] | ||
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[http://www.sfradiomuseum.com/schneider/articles.shtml History of Bay Area radio] | [http://www.sfradiomuseum.com/schneider/articles.shtml History of Bay Area radio] | ||
[http://www. | [http://www.sfmuseum.org/ Museum of the City of San Francisco] | ||
(particularly the '06 quake and fire dept.) | |||
[http://www.zpub.com/sf/history/maproom2.html San Francisco Historical Maps] | |||
[http://www.sfgenealogy.com/sf/index.htm San Francisco Genealogy] | |||
[http://www.sfhistory.org/ San Francisco Museum & Historical Society] | |||
[http://localwiki.net/sf/History San Francisco LocalWiki history page] | |||
[http://www.sfheritage.org San Francisco Architectural Heritage] | |||
[http://urbanlifesigns.blogspot.com/p/forgotten-hills.html Urban Life Signs Forgotten Hills] | |||
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[http://www.bernalhistoryproject.org// Bernal Heights history] | [http://www.bernalhistoryproject.org// Bernal Heights history] | ||
[http://www.uptowntl.org The Uptown Tenderloin Historic District] | |||
[http://www.mtdavidson.org/ Mt. Davidson and its Historic Neighborhoods] | [http://www.mtdavidson.org/ Mt. Davidson and its Historic Neighborhoods] | ||
[http://www.GlenParkHistory.org Glen Park Neighborhoods History Project] | |||
[http://www.SunnysideHistory.org Sunnyside History] | |||
[http://www.lovehaight.org/history/ San Francisco and Haight-Ashbury history] | [http://www.lovehaight.org/history/ San Francisco and Haight-Ashbury history] | ||
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[http://www.potreroarchives.com/ Potrero Hill Archives Project] | [http://www.potreroarchives.com/ Potrero Hill Archives Project] | ||
[http://www. | [http://www.bayviewhistoricalsociety.org/ Bayview Historical Society] | ||
[http://www.presidio.gov/ | [http://www.presidio.gov/institute/about/history Presidio History] | ||
[http://www.californiamissions.com/cahistory/dolores.html California Missions: Mission Dolores] | [http://www.californiamissions.com/cahistory/dolores.html California Missions: Mission Dolores] | ||
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[http://www.glbthistory.org/ GLBT Historical Society] | [http://www.glbthistory.org/ GLBT Historical Society] | ||
[http://www.sfaahcs.org/ San Francisco African American Historical and Cultural Society] | |||
[http://chinese-whispers.org/ Chinese Whispers storytelling project] | |||
[http://www.muwekma.org/ Muwekma Ohlone Tribe Information] | [http://www.muwekma.org/ Muwekma Ohlone Tribe Information] | ||
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[http://www.freepress.org/fleming/fleming.html Thomas Fleming on Black History] | [http://www.freepress.org/fleming/fleming.html Thomas Fleming on Black History] | ||
[http://www. | [http://www.christinewitzel.com/ DeBoom Family History] | ||
'''<font size=4>Curious and Entertaining Local History Sites</font>''' | '''<font size=4>Curious and Entertaining Local History Sites</font>''' | ||
[https://sfinfilm.com/ San Francisco Film Locations Then and Now] A Then and Now Tour through San Francisco using film and photography | |||
[http://usingsfhistory.com/ Using San Francisco History] a fine historiographical collection of blog entries relating to San Francisco history | |||
[http://burritojustice.com/ Burrito Justice, one of the best local bloggers, full of history and sharp insights] | [http://burritojustice.com/ Burrito Justice, one of the best local bloggers, full of history and sharp insights] | ||
[http://www.sparkletack.com/ San Francisco History Podcasts from Sparkletack] | [http://www.sparkletack.com/ San Francisco History Podcasts from Sparkletack] | ||
[http://www.trampsofsanfrancisco.com/ Tramps of San Francisco: In search of San Francisco's forgotten histories] | |||
[http://www.americahurrah.com/ Bill Roddy's America Hurrah!] | [http://www.americahurrah.com/ Bill Roddy's America Hurrah!] | ||
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[http://www.grandtimes.com/barbary.html The Barbary Coast trail] | [http://www.grandtimes.com/barbary.html The Barbary Coast trail] | ||
[https://ljmoore.wordpress.com/the-armada-of-golden-dreams-buried-ships-beneath-san-francisco/ The Armada of Golden Dreams: Buried Ships Beneath San Francisco] | |||
[http://www.anchorbrewing.com/san_francisco/telegraph_hill.htm Anchor Steam- Telegraph Hill] | [http://www.anchorbrewing.com/san_francisco/telegraph_hill.htm Anchor Steam- Telegraph Hill] | ||
[http://members.tripod.com/~WaipahuHaole1/SanFrancisco.html Digging in downtown SF c. 1978] | [http://members.tripod.com/~WaipahuHaole1/SanFrancisco.html Digging in downtown SF c. 1978] | ||
[http://oaklandwiki.org/History Oakland LocalWiki history page] | |||
[http://localwiki.net/berkeley/City_History Berkeley LocalWiki history page] | |||
[http://upfromthedeep.com/ Up From The Deep] photo essays documenting the past and present of San Francisco's central city |
Dozens of efforts are underway to provide access to the history of San Francisco on the web.
Here are some of the more useful sites we've discovered (thanks to Ron Henggeler for a number of these).
Please write us with your url if you have something that should be on this list.
Primary resources:
Shaping San Francisco Talks: online archive
Shaping San Francisco upcoming Bicycle History Tours
History Pin's photo crowdsourcing project "Year of the Bay"
Shaping San Francisco channel at History Pin
Thinkwalks on foot and bike with Joel Pomerantz
David Rumsey Map collection, 1859 US Coastal Survey Map geosynchronized with Google Maps!
The Photo Archives at the History Center
San Francisco Public Library History Center
California Digital Newspaper Collection
San Francisco City Guides--Neighborhood historical walking tours
Maritime Museum National Park--Maritime History
Labor Archives & Research Center, SFSU
SFSU American Poetry Archives An historic register of the past 50 years of poetry and related writing as it happened in San Francisco
Museum of the City of San Francisco (particularly the '06 quake and fire dept.)
San Francisco Museum & Historical Society
San Francisco LocalWiki history page
San Francisco Architectural Heritage
Urban Life Signs Forgotten Hills
Specific Neighborhoods, Areas, or Neighborhood Historical Associations
The Uptown Tenderloin Historic District
Mt. Davidson and its Historic Neighborhoods
Glen Park Neighborhoods History Project
San Francisco and Haight-Ashbury history
The Historic Shipyard at Pier 70
California Missions: Mission Dolores
San Francisco Garden Registry: A Survey of Urban Food Production Zones
San Francisco History Association
Specific Groups
San Francisco African American Historical and Cultural Society
Chinese Whispers storytelling project
Muwekma Ohlone Tribe Information
Thomas Fleming on Black History
Curious and Entertaining Local History Sites
San Francisco Film Locations Then and Now A Then and Now Tour through San Francisco using film and photography
Using San Francisco History a fine historiographical collection of blog entries relating to San Francisco history
Burrito Justice, one of the best local bloggers, full of history and sharp insights
San Francisco History Podcasts from Sparkletack
Tramps of San Francisco: In search of San Francisco's forgotten histories
Kenneth Rexroth's San Francisco
Who's Who of "Haight Ashbury Era"
Malcolm Barker's San Francisco Memoirs
California Landmarks: San Francisco
Thomas Bachand's 360 degree animation of San Francisco in 1851
The Armada of Golden Dreams: Buried Ships Beneath San Francisco
Digging in downtown SF c. 1978
Oakland LocalWiki history page
Berkeley LocalWiki history page
Up From The Deep photo essays documenting the past and present of San Francisco's central city