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Your Old House - About the Neighborhood

• Check the clipping file for newspaper articles on your neighborhood written over the last 20-30 years. Look in the San José file directly under the name of the neighborhood (e.g., Willow Glen, Rosegarden, Naglee Park) or under the category Neighborhoods (e.g., Neighborhoods - College Park).

The Clipping File is indexed in the online California Room Database
 

• Burbank Historic Home Survey (call number: REF CAL 979.473 Burbank)
  Marben Associates, 1993. An inventory of historic structures in the Burbank neighborhood of San José. Each entry includes notes on architecture and history as well as a photograph.
  

• Focusing in on San José: An Historical Overview of a Block on Fifth Street (REF CAL 979.474)
  David Eakins, 1979. Excellent research of the 100 block of North Fifth Street in San José.
   

• Hanchett Residence Park (REF CAL 333.3383 T.S.Mont)
  T.S. Montgomery & Son, 191?. This is an advertising brochure from the early 20th century extolling the merits of the Hanchett Park development. It includes a subdivision map and renderings of some of the residences proposed for construction there.
   

• Hensley Historic District: A Walking Tour Guide (REF CAL 979.474 Bethke)
  Michael D. Bethke, 1990. Includes 33 houses with photographs and brief descriptions of their architectural highlights.
   

• Historic San José : Tales of Naglee Park (REF CAL 979.474)
  Jack Douglas, 1998. Articles on people, places, and events associated with the Naglee Park neighborhood. Click the following link for this book's 2001 Second Edition
   
• "Observing and Interpreting Naglee Park"
  in Looking at Cities (REF CAL 307.12), pp. 14-29. Allan Jacobs, 1985. An outsider takes a walking tour of Naglee Park and comments on its architecture and social dynamics.
   

• Life in Willow Glen (REF CAL 979.474)
  Willow Glen Business and Professional Association, 1995. A 45 minute video of life in Willow Glen circa 1950.
   
• Old Willow Glen (REF CAL 979.474)
  Elizabeth Giarrantana, 1977. Photographic tour through one of San José's oldest neighborhoods.
   
• Palm Haven, 1950-1990 (REF CAL 333.337 Bjurman)
  Michele Bjurman, 1995. A historical, architectural, and sociological survey of the Palm Haven subdivision in Willow Glen.
   
• Willow Glen Neighborhood : Then and Now (REF CAL 979.473)
  April Halberstadt, 1997. History of Willow Glen before and after its incorporation into San José.