California: Bibliography and Sources
California Atlas of Historical
County Boundaries
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Armor, Samuel. History of Orange
County, California, with Biographical Sketches of the Leading Men and Women of
the County Who Have Been Identified with Its Growth and Development from the
Early Days to the Present. Los Angeles: Historic Record Company, 1921.
Bancroft, Hubert Howe. History of
California. 7 vols. Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, vols. 1824. San
Francisco, 18841890.
Beck, Warren A., and Ynez D. Haase. Historical
Atlas of California. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1974. Contains
good maps of Mexican land grants.
Beers, Henry Putney. Spanish and
Mexican Records of the American Southwest: A Bibliographical Guide to Archive
and Manuscript Sources. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1979.
Brown, Alan K. Place Names of San
Mateo County. San Mateo: San Mateo County Historical Association, 1975.
[California] Official California
Legislative Information, 23 September 2002, http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/statute.html.
California statutes are available online beginning with the 1993 legislative
session.
California. Statutes of
California. San Jose [et al.], 18501993. Title varies. The session laws of
the state of California. Session laws beginning in 1993 are available online at
Official California Legislative Information Web site. Cited as Calif.
Stats.
California Supreme Court. Reports
of Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of California. 1852.
Cited as Cal. Rpts.
Chambers, W. L., and Harry L. Wells.
History of Butte County, California. 2 vols. 1882. Reprint in one
volume, Berkeley: Howell-North Books, 1973.
Chappell, Maxine. "Early
History of Mono County." California Historical Society Quarterly 26
(1947): 233248.
Cowan, Robert Ernest, and Robert
Granniss Cowan. Bibliography of the History of California, 15101930. 4
vols. in 1. Los Angeles: n.p., 1964.
Cox, Isaac. Annals of Trinity
County, Containing a History of the Discovery, Settlement and Progress,
Together with a Description of the Resources and Present Condition of Trinity
County. As Also Sketches of Important Events that Have Transpired Therein from
Its Settlement to the Present Time. Finally, Short Biographical Sketches of Its
Prominent Citizens. 1858. Reprinted with additional material, Eugene, Ore.:
John Henry Nash, 1940.
Coy, Owen C. California County
Boundaries: A Study of the Division of the State into Counties and the
Subsequent Changes in Their Boundaries. 1923. Reprint with addendum,
Fresno: Valley Publishers, 1973.
Deering's California Codes:
Government Code Annotated of the State of California, Adopted April 13, 1943
with Amendments through Chapter 28 of the 1993 Session of the 19931994
Legislature, § 21450§ 25349. San Francisco: Bancroft-Whitney Law Publishers, 1993.
Donley, Michael
W., et al. Atlas of
California. Culver
City, Cal.: Pacific Book Center, 1979.
Dubester, Henry J. State
Censuses: An Annotated Bibliography of Censuses of Population Taken after the
Year 1790 by States and Territories of the United States. 1948. Reprint,
New York: Burt Franklin, 1969. The standard guide for its subject.
Durrenberger, Robert W. Patterns
on the Land: Geographical, Historical and Political Maps of California.
Palo Alto, Cal.: National Press Books, 1965.
Eddy, William M., comp. Approved
and Declared to Be the Official Map of the State of California by an Act of the
Legislature Passed March 25th, 1853. New York: J. H. Colton,
1854.
Farr, Finis C., ed. History of
Imperial County, California. Berkeley: Elms and Frank, 1918.
Filby, P. William, comp. American
and British Genealogy and Heraldry: A Selected List of Books. 3d ed.
Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1983.
Filby, P. William, comp. American
and British Genealogy and Heraldry: 19821985 Supplement. Boston: New
England Historic Genealogical Society, 1987.
Filby, P. William, comp. Bibliography
of American County Histories. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985.
Goddard, George H. Britton and
Rey's Map of the State of California. Compiled from the U.S. Land and Coast
Surveys, the Several Military, Scientific and Rail Road Explorations, the State
and County Boundary Surveys Made Under the Order of the Surveyor General of
California and from Private Surveys. San Francisco, 1857.
[Green, Will S.] Colusa County,
California. Illustrations Descriptive of Its Scenery, Fine Residences, Public
Buildings, Manufactories, Hotels, Farm Scenes, Business Houses, Schools,
Churches, Mines, Mills, Etc. with Historical Sketch of the County. 1880.
Reprinted with supplement as History of Colusa County, California, and
General History of the State. Sacramento: Sacramento Lithograph Co., 1950.
Gudde, Erwin G. California Place
Names: The Origin and Etymology of Current Geographical Names. 4th
ed. Revised and enlarged by William Bright. Berkeley: University of California
Press, 1998.
Guinn, J. M. "How California
Escaped State Division." Annual Publication of the Historical Society
of Southern California 6 (1905):223232.
Heckrotte, Warren, ed. California
49: Forty-Nine Maps of California from the Sixteenth Century to the Present.
California Map Society, Occasional Paper No. 6. San Francisco: California Map Society, 1999.
History of Mendocino County,
California, Comprising Its Geography, Geology, Topography, Climatography,
Springs and Timber. Also Extended Sketches of Its Mills and Mining, Mines and
Mining Interests.
San Francisco, 1880.
History of Placer County,
California, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and
Pioneers. Oakland,
Cal., 1882.
History of San Bernardino County,
California, with Illustrations Descriptive of Its Scenery, Farms, Residences,
Public Buildings, Factories, Hotels, Business Houses, Schools, Churches, Etc. 1883. Reprinted with additional
material, Riverside, Cal.: Riverside Museum Press, 1965.
History of Santa Barbara and Ventura
Counties, California, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its
Prominent Men and Pioneers. 1883. Reprinted with introduction by Walker A. Tompkins, Berkeley:
Howell-North Books, 1961.
History of Solano County. Comprising
an Account of Its Geographical Position; the Origin of Its Name; Topography,
Geology and Springs; Its Organization; Township System; Early Settlement, with
Descriptions of Scenes as Viewed by the Pioneers, the First American Argonauts
of California; the Bear Flag; the Discovery of Gold; the Progress of Population
and Agriculture; the Mexican Grants; the Principal Murders; Incidents of
Settlement, Elections, and Table of County Officials, and Histories of Its
Cities, Towns, Villages, Churches, Schools, Secret Societies, Etc. As, Also, a
Full and Particular Biography of Its Early Settlers and Principal Inhabitants. San Francisco, 1879.
History of Sutter County,
California, with Illustrations Descriptive of Its Scenery, Residences, Public
Buildings, Fine Blocks and Manufactories. From Original Sketches by Artists of
the Highest Ability.
1879. Reprinted with introduction by Earl Ramey, Berkeley: Howell-North Books,
1974.
Illustrated History of San Mateo
County, California.
1878. Reprinted with an introduction by Gilbert Richards, Woodside, Cal.:
Gilbert Richards Publications, 1974.
Kane, Joseph Nathan. American
Counties: Origins of Names, Dates of Creation and Organization, Area, Population,
Historical Data, and Published Sources. 3d ed. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow
Press, 1972.
Kasch, Charles. "Klamath
County, California." California Historical Society Quarterly 34
(1955): 265273.
Koch, Margaret. Santa Cruz
County: Parade of the Past. Fresno: Valley Publishers, 1973.
Lainhart, Ann S. State Census
Records. [Baltimore]: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1992.
MacDonald, Grace E., comp. Check-List
of Session Laws. New York: H. W. Wilson Co., 1936. Complemented by Pollack
(below), this guide lists all state session laws through 1935.
MacDonald, Grace E., comp. Check-List
of Statutes of States of the United States of America, Including Revisions,
Compilations, Digests, Codes and Indexes. Providence: Oxford Press, 1937.
The most complete guide to state codes through 1937.
Map of Marin County, California:
Compiled by H. Austin, County Surveyor, from Official Surveys and Records. San Francisco, 1873.
Memorial and Biographical History of
the Counties of Fresno, Tulare, and Kern, California. Illustrated. Containing a
History of This Important Section of the Pacific Coast from the Earliest Period
of Its Occupancy to the Present Time, Together with Glimpses of Its Prospective
Future: With Profuse Illustrations of Its Beautiful Scenery, Full-Page
Portraits of Some of Its Most Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of Many of
Its Pioneers, and Also of Prominent Citizens of To-day. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co.,
[1892?].
Outcalt, John. History of Merced
County, California, with a Biographical Review of the Leading Men and Women of
the County Who Have Been Identified with Its Growth and Development from the
Early Days to the Present. Los Angeles: Historic Record Company, 1925.
Parry, Clive, ed. Consolidated
Treaty Series. 231 volumes. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications,
19691981.
Paullin, Charles O. Atlas of the
Historical Geography of the United States. Edited by John K. Wright.
Washington, D.C., and New York: Carnegie Institution of Washington and American
Geographical Society of New York, 1932. Excellent section on international and
interstate boundary disputes.
Political Code of the State of
California [1872].
Annotated by Creed Haymond and John C. Burch. 2 vols. San Francisco, 1874.
Pollack, Ervin H., comp. Supplement
with Bibliographical Notes, Emendations, and Additions to the Check List of
Session Laws, Complied by Grace E. MacDonald. Preliminary ed. Boston:
National Association of State Libraries, 1941. Fills gap in MacDonalds 1936
compilation (above) to produce the most complete list of state session laws
through 1935.
Purcell, Mae Fisher. History
of Contra Costa County. Berkeley: Gillick Press, 1940.
Rabenhorst, Thomas D., and Carville
V. Earle, eds. Historical U.S. County Outline Map Collection, 18401980.
Baltimore: Department of Geography, University of Maryland (Baltimore County),
1984. A portfolio of redrawn federal maps; no supporting text or documentation.
Rocq, Margaret Miller, ed. California
Local History: A Bibliography and Union List of Library Holdings. 2d ed.
Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1970.
Rocq, Margaret Miller, ed. California
Local History: A Bibliography and Union List of Library Holdings. Supplement to
the Second Edition Covering Works Published 1961 Through 1970. Stanford:
Stanford University Press, 1976.
Rogers, Justus H. Colusa County:
It's History Traced from a State of Nature through the Early Period of
Settlement and Development, to the Present Day. Orland, Cal., 1891.
Rolle, Andrew F. California: A
History. 2d ed. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1969.
Royce, Charles
C., comp. Indian
Land Cessions in the United States. Part 2 of Eighteenth Annual Report of the
Bureau of American Ethnology, 18961897. Washington, D.C., 1899. The
standard authority in its field; state maps detail all Indian land-cession
treaties with the federal government.
Sealock, Richard B., Margaret M.
Sealock, and Margaret S. Powell. Bibliography of Place-Name Literature:
United States and Canada. 3d ed. Chicago: American Library Association,
1982.
Sinko, Peggy Tuck. Guide to Local
and Family History at the Newberry Library. Salt Lake City: Ancestry
Publishing, 1987.
Sinnott, James J. History of
Sierra County. Vols. 12, 56. Fresno: Mid-Cal Publishers, 19771983. Vols.
34, Pioneer, Cal.: California Traveler, Inc., 19751976.
Sprague, C. P., and H. W. Atwell,
comps. Western Shore Gazetteer and Commercial Directory, for the State of
California . . . Yolo County. San Francisco, [1870].
Stanger, Frank M. South from San
Francisco: San Mateo County, California, Its History and Heritage. San
Mateo: San Mateo County Historical Association, 1963.
Stephenson, Richard W., comp. Land
Ownership Maps: A Checklist of Nineteenth Century United States County Maps in
the Library of Congress. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1967. Most
of the maps listed here have been reproduced on microfiche by the Library of
Congress.
Storke, Yda Addis. Memorial and
Biographical History of the Counties of Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and
Ventura, California. Illustrated. Containing a History of This Important
Section of the Pacific Coast from the Earliest Period of Its Occupancy to the
Present Time, Together with Glimpses of Its Prospective Future; With Profuse
Illustrations of Its Beautiful Scenery, Full-Page Steel Portraits of Its Most
Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of Many of Its Pioneers and Also of
Prominent Citizens of To-day. Chicago, 1891.
Swindler, William F., ed. Sources
and Documents of United States Constitutions. 10 vols. Dobbs Ferry, N. Y.:
Oceana Publications, 19731979. The most complete and up-to-date compilation
for the states.
Thorndale, William, and William
Dollarhide. Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses, 17901920.
Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987. An atlas of well-designed county
outline maps for each state, accompanied by a bibliography and an explanation
of methodology.
Tinkham, George H. History of San
Joaquin County, California, with Biographical Sketches of the Leading Men and
Women of the County Who Have Been Identified with Its Growth and Development
from the Early Days to the Present. Los Angeles: Historic Record Company,
1923.
Topographical Railroad and County
Map of the States of California and Nevada. Compiled from the Latest
Explorations and Other Official Information by L. Nell, N.Y. New York: A. C. Frey and Co.,
1868.
U.S. Census Bureau. Significant Changes to
Counties and County Equivalent Entities: 1970Present.
http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/ctychng.html.
United States. Statutes at Large
of the United States of America, 17891873. 17 vols. Boston: Little, Brown,
18451874. Cited as U.S. Stat.
United States Geological Survey. State
of California, Base Map, Scale 1:1,000,000. Washington, D.C., U.S.G.S.,
1970. Map includes public land survey lines and the boundaries of the Mexican
land grants.
United States Supreme Court. United
States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court. Vol. 91, 1875.
Reports of cases heard before the Supreme Court of the United States. Cited as
U.S. Rpts.
Uzes, Francois D. Chaining the
Land: A History of Surveying in California. Sacramento: Landmark
Enterprises, 1977.
Van Zandt, Franklin K. Boundaries
of the United States and the Several States. Geological Survey Professional
Paper 909. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1976. The standard
compilation for its subject.
Wheat, Carl I. Maps of the
California Gold Region, 18481857; A Biblio-Cartography of an Important Decade.
San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1942.