SJLibrary.org, a collaboration of San Jose State University and San Jose Public Library system.

Useful Links

• Silicon Valley History Online - This gateway to the major historical resources of the Santa Clara Valley provides digitized images of photographs, maps, letters, postcards, manuscripts, scrapbooks, menus, programs from events, and many other materials from seven local archives, museums, and libraries, including Special Collections and the California Room. The time periods covered are pre-European contact through the present, covering the major themes of agriculture, education, people, technology, transportation and urban life. This gateway was made possible by a generous grant from the California State Library through the Library Services and Technology Act.



• The Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies - The only research facility and document repository in North America dedicated solely to the study of the life of and performance of the works of Ludwig van Beethoven. Located in the Special Collections suite on the fifth floor of the King Library, on the west end of the shared display area.



• The Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies - Founded in 1971, the Center houses one of the most extensive collections of the Nobel Prize-winning author's manuscripts, letters, photographs and artifacts, fostering research concerning the life and work of the author. Located in the Special Collections suite on the fifth floor of the King Library, on the west end of the shared display area.



• The California Room, San Jose Public Library - A collection of materials on California history, with an emphasis on San Jose and the Santa Clara Valley. The collection also includes historical material for the cities and counties of the greater Bay Area, as well as central and northern California. Located adjacent to Special Collections on the east end of the shared display area. The California Room also serves as the public service and access point to SJSU Special Collections materials during posted hours.



• Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society of Northern California - Founded in 1985, the mission of the GLBT Historical Society is to collect, preserve and promote an active knowledge of the history, arts, and culture of sexually diverse communities in Northern California and beyond.



• California State Archives - A repository for California State permanent governmental records and other materials documenting California history.



• The Online Archive of California - A searchable online union database of finding aids to various archival collections. This database includes links to repositories from many institutions statewide, and is continuing to expand. Included are several CSU and UC libraries special collections and archives.



• Stanford University Libraries. Department of Special Collections - Provides access for researchers to unique photography, map, poster, and print collections.



• Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace. Library - One of the world's leading research libraries for advanced study of problems of political, economic, and social change in the twentieth (20th) century. Began in 1919 with an effort to document the causes and consequences of World War I.



• University of California, Berkeley. Bancroft Library - Archival and rare book collection, specializing in the history of western North America, particularly the western plains states to the Pacific Coast (with an emphasis on California and Mexico); fine printing of all periods and places; University Archives; regional Oral History Office; Mark Twain Papers; etc. Over 300,000 volumes, 55 million transcripts, 2 million pictures and portraits, 22,000 maps and atlases, plus microforms, recordings, pamphlets, and motion pictures. Over 1200 journal titles.



• Silicon Valley Local History Resources - A Collaboration of Archivists and Librarians Located in Santa Clara Valley.