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The Kennedy Library’s Special Collections and Archives department acquires, preserves, and provides access to original materials documenting the history of the San Luis Obispo region, with special emphasis on ethnic studies and environmental history. These materials promote the study of local, regional, statewide history as an integral part of California’s cultural heritage.
See also the Links to the Land series of collections documenting the environmental history of San Luis Obispo county, particularly the stewardship of land by county ranchers.
Learn more about the library’s California history collections
Regional history collections
Barneberg (Grace E.) Papers, 1912-1953
Bongio (Enrico) Papers, 1952-1993 (bulk 1983)
Gaydon Moore Brundridge Papers (Carrizo Plain)
Carrizo Plain Oral History Collection
Central Coast Farm Labor Organizing Collection, circa 1960-2003
City of San Luis Obispo Police Department Ledgers
Gerber House and Garden Collection
Goddard Jones (Kathleen) Correspondence, 1918-2002 (bulk 1926-1932)
Goddard Jones (Kathleen) Papers, 1933-2001 (bulk 1964-1994)
Guadalupe Speaks Oral History Collection MS0120
Hearst Ranch and Cayucos Photograph Collection, c.1890 – c.1930 (bulk 1920s)
Horner Architectural Photography Collection, circa 1920s
Martin (Alice) Papers, 1937-2004 (bulk 1943-1993)
McMillan (Ian) Papers, 1925-1990 (bulk 1960-1990)
McMillan-Wreden California Condor Collection, 1953
Miossi (Harold) Papers, 1942-1990 (bulk 1975-1990)
The Monday Club of San Luis Obispo, Records of
Painted Rock Pictograph Collection
Perkins (Hayes) San Simeon Diaries
San Luis Obispo Building Permits Collection
San Luis Obispo County Historic Lithographs Collection, 1883
San Luis Obispo County Regional Photograph Collection, 1850 – c.1980 (bulk 1890-1930)
San Luis Obispo Regional Blueprints Collection
Sinsheimer Collection, 1868-1997 (bulk 1876-1959)
Sister’s Inn Collection MS0189
Slocombe (Reverend Samuel) Papers
Wilson (Lee) Papers, 1956-1989 (bulk 1961-1972)
With Our Own Eyes / Con Nuestros Propios Ojos Exhibit
California history collections
- Barneberg (Grace E.) Papers, 1912-1953
- Bongio (Enrico) Papers, 1952-1993 (bulk 1983)
- California Fairs Collection, 1856-1997 (1945-1982 bulk)
- Central Coast Farm Labor Organizing Collection, circa 1960-2003
- Clyde (Norman) and Robert C. Pavlik Collection, 1906-2009
- Goddard Jones (Kathleen) Correspondence, 1918-2002 (bulk 1926-1932)
- Goddard Jones (Kathleen) Papers, 1933-2001 (bulk 1964-1994)
- Hearst Ranch and Cayucos Photograph Collection, c.1890 – c.1930 (bulk 1920s)
- Laumann Yosemite Collection, circa 1908, 1923 (bulk circa 1908)
- Louis Family Papers
- Martin (Alice) Papers, 1937-2004 (bulk 1943-1993)
- McMillan (Ian) Papers, 1925-1990 (bulk 1960-1990)
- McMillan-Wreden California Condor Collection, 1953
- Miossi (Harold) Papers, 1942-1990 (bulk 1975-1990)
- Morgan (Julia) and Sara Holmes Boutelle Collection, 1877-1958 (bulk 1901-1940)
- Painted Rock Pictograph Collection
- San Luis Obispo County Historic Lithographs Collection, 1883
- San Luis Obispo County Regional Photograph Collection, 1850 – c.1980 (bulk 1890-1930)
- Sinsheimer Collection, 1868-1997 (bulk 1876-1959)
- Wilson (Lee) Papers, 1956-1989 (bulk 1961-1972)