GENEALOGICAL/HISTORICAL PERIODICALS AND NEWSPAPERS AT THE
SANTA BARBARA PUBLIC LIBRARY
Compiled by Cari Thomas, 9 Apr 2003 and updated February 3, 2005, with thanks to the Santa Barbara Public Library staff
This is a listing of mostly non-catalogued items of historical and/or genealogical value located at the Central Branch of the Santa Barbara Public Library, 40 East Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Mailing address: P.O. Box 1019, Santa Barbara, CA 93012. Telephone 805.564.5604: this is a direct line to the Reference Desk, which accepts calls during these hours: Mon. thru Thurs: 10 am - 9 PM; Fri. and Sat: 10 am - 5:30 PM. The Reference Desk is also open to walk-in service (but not phone service) on Sundays from 1 - 5 PM.
The Santa Barbara Public Library - Central Branch answers requests for SPECIFIC look-ups, for instance: obituaries from their newspaper files. If an exact date of death (dod) is not known, they will check the Social Security Death Index or the California Death Index; but if the dod is not established, your request will be returned. With an exact dod, the library staff will search the newspaper for an obituary for ten days following dod. An obituary request may be sent to volunteer lookup.
Through interlibrary loan services, the Santa Barbara Public Library loans a limited number of microfilm reels of their holdings of local newspapers. If you wish to request Santa Barbara County newspapers, refer to the list below, then contact your local public library to initiate requests.
The Santa Barbara Public Library system also has more than 1700 entries in 600+ topics under the subject heading of “Genealogy” in its on-line searchable catalog :http://www.sbplibrary.org. Among these are City Directories of Santa Barbara: 1875; 1895-1896; 1901; 1903-present (Genealogy, Locked Case, and Telephone Directories); the “Personal Name Index To ‘The New York Times Index,’ 1851-1999” (main floor; left of staircase); and the source books “Newspapers in Microform” (Reference).
[Note: The 70 volume set of the “War of the Rebellion: a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies” and its companion 30 volume set of the “Official records of the Union and Confederate navies in the War of the Rebellion” (Genealogy) formerly in this collection is now housed at the Sahyun Library at the Santa Barbara County Genealogical Society, 316 Castillo St., Santa Barbara, CA. http://www.cagenweb.com/santabarbara/sbcgs/]
Location Key: A: Californiana/Local History Collection (main floor, stacks to far left of Reference Desk)
G: Genealogy (main floor; wall to far left of Reference Desk) [most
of the genealogy collection has beentransferred to
the Sahyun
Library at 316 Castillo St., Santa Barbara, the Santa
Barbara Genealogical Society's library. ]
L: Locked Case (main floor; ask reference for help)
N: Newspaper (lower level; far left of main lower level room)
P: Periodicals (lower level; far left of main lower level room)
R: Reference Stacks (main floor to right of Reference Desk)
SB: Santa Barbara City Newspapers on Microfilm (same as newspapers)
| Loc. Key |
TITLE |
HARDCOPY |
MICROFILM |
MICROFICHE |
| P |
America |
1993- |
1960-1977 |
1978-1992 |
| P |
America City and County |
no |
no |
1974-1983 |
| P |
American Historical Review |
1993- |
10/1909-1970 |
10/1969-1992 |
| G |
Ancestors West (SB Co.Gen.Soc.) |
6/1977- |
no |
no |
| A |
CA Historical Society Q. (C979.405) |
1922-1977 |
no |
no |
| A |
CA History (C979.405) |
1978- |
no |
no |
| R |
CA History Nugget |
1937-1939 |
no |
no |
| P |
CA Journal |
1986- |
no |
no |
| S |
CA Journal |
1970-1985 |
no |
no |
| P |
Camp Cooke Clarion |
no |
05/1942-04/1946 |
no |
| P |
Carpinteria Herald (ceased) |
no |
1924-1980; 1982-1986 |
no |
| P |
Carpinteria Valley News |
no |
1912-1923 |
no |
| P |
Current History |
Current + 4 yrs |
1941-1971 |
1970-1991 |
| P |
Goleta Gazette & Gazette Citizen |
no |
1958-1968 |
no |
| P |
Goleta Sun |
no |
1983-1984 |
no |
| P |
Goleta Today |
no |
10/1976-1979 |
no |
| L |
Goleta Valley Historical Notes |
1986-1993 |
no |
no |
| P |
Goleta Valley Leader |
no |
06/1938-09/1951 |
no |
| P |
Goleta Valley News |
no |
1980-1981 |
no |
| P |
Goleta Valley News and Sun |
no |
1982 |
no |
| P |
Goleta Valley Sun |
no |
1969-1973 |
no |
| P |
Goleta Valley Times |
no |
12/1954-03/1958 |
no |
| P |
Goleta Valley Today |
no |
1972-09/1976 |
no |
| P |
Harper’s Magazine |
Current + 4 yrs |
1967-1972 |
1850-1992 |
| P |
Harper’s Weekly |
no |
1857-1870 |
no |
| A |
Historical Soc. of So. CA (C 979.4) |
1884-1931 (bound) |
no |
no |
| A |
Historical Soc. of So. CA |
1935-1978 (bound |
no |
no |
| P |
Illustrated London News |
no |
1853-1886; 1911-1977 |
no |
| P |
New Republic |
Current + 4 yrs |
1914-1977 |
1978-1992 |
| N |
New York Times |
Current (until film arrives) |
09/1851- |
no |
| G |
Quarterly: Society of CA Pioneers |
1924-1933 |
no |
no |
| P |
Santa Barbara Magazine (C979.4) |
1975- |
no |
no |
| N |
Santa Ynez Valley News |
Current + 1 yr |
1956- |
no |
| SB |
SB Daily Morning Republican |
no |
1875 |
no |
| SB |
SB Daily Morning Times |
no |
07/1873-06/1974 (incl.) |
no |
| SB |
SB Daily News |
no |
1875-1876, 1896-1927 |
no |
| SB |
SB Daily Press |
no |
1872-1887 |
no |
| SB |
SB Gazette |
no |
1855-1857 |
no |
| N |
SB Independent |
Current year |
1987- |
no |
| SB |
SB Independent |
no |
1883-1913 |
no |
| SB |
SB Index |
no |
1872-1877 |
no |
| SB |
SB Morning Press |
no |
1887-1937 |
no |
| SB
|
SB News & Review: (now)SB Independent |
no | 1972-1986 | no |
| N |
SB News-Press |
Current (until film arrives) |
04/31/1937- |
no |
| SB |
SB Post |
no |
1868-1869 |
no |
| SB |
SB Star |
no |
1950-1962 |
no |
| SB |
SB Times |
no |
1870-1874 |
no |
| SB |
SB Times Weekly |
no |
1873-1874 |
no |
| SB |
SB Weekly Independent |
no |
1878-1882 |
no |
| SB |
SB Weekly Press |
no |
1869-1880 |
no |
| G |
The American Genealogist |
1932-1965 |
no |
no |
| P |
Time |
current + 4 yrs |
03/1923-1936; 1951-1977 |
1937-1950; 1978- |
| P |
Union Labor News (CA) |
no |
05/1952-1967 |
no |
| P |
Variety |
Current +1 yr |
11/1966-1/1992 |
no |
| A |
Ventura Co. Hist. Soc. Quarterly |
1955-1989 |
no |
no |
| P |
Vital Speeches of The Day |
1967-1971 |
1977-1983 |
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