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Newspapers

Alphabetical
Title Dates Covered
El Andar 07/01/1989 - 12/31/1996
Aptos Times 10/01/1992 -
Aptos Voice 09/05/1973 - 09/03/1975
Balloon Newspaper Epoch 1969 Scattered Issues.
Black Mountain Press 04/18/1965 to 1967. Scattered Issues.
Capitola Courier 06/01/1991 - 02/28/1994
Capitola Times 03/01/1998 -
Capitolan 08/03/1973 - 09/15/1973
Central County News 09/19/1962 - 06/27/1967
Chamber Action 04/01/1982 - 12/31/1988
City on a Hill Press 09/30/1966 -
Coalicion Boletin 05/10/1974 - 10/31/1977
Coastal Courier 03/01/1994 - 07/31/1995
County News (Aptos) 07/04/1967 - 12/29/1969
County News (Santa Cruz) 01/07/1976 - 07/07/1977
County Voice 09/17/1975 - 10/29/1975
Courier and Local Item 05/26/1880 - 09/22/1881
Courier Item 10/06/1881 - 08/10/1885
Definitely Biased 03/01/1974 - 10/31/1974
Downtown Connection 12/01/1990 - 12/31/1998
East Santa Cruz Weekly Herald 10/19/1889 - 08/23/1890
Evening Pajaronian 04/01/1903 - 12/31/1930
Forum 10/01/1992 - 03/31/1996
Free Spaghetti Dinner 10/31/1969 - 11/20/1970
Freedom Bell 12/18/1952 - 02/05/1954
Frontier Gazette 10/1957 - 7/1961, Autumn 1974 - Summer 1977,
10/1981 - Winter 1983/84
La Gazette 06/01/1992 - 6/30/2002
Good Times 04/10/1975 -
Green Sheet (Watsonville) 07/01/1976 - 09/30/1986
Green Sheet and Cabrillo Times 08/06/1970 - 12/29/1977
Growing up in Santa Cruz 05/01/1997 -
Independent Santa Cruz Record 08/12/1980 - 12/02/1986
Journal News 01/07/1970 - 03/28/1970
Libre Expression 1976 Scattered Issues.
Lucha 02/01/1972 to 10/31/1972. Scattered Issues.
Manifesto 12/01/1996 -
Matrix 03/1976 - 08/1988, 09/1989 - 01/1992
Metro Santa Cruz 04/14/1994 -
Mid-County Post 01/16/1990 -
Monthly Planet 03/01/1985 - 03/31/1994
Morning Star 10/18/1976 - 12/07/1976
Mount Hermon Log 01/01/1969 - 01/31/1976
Mountain Echo 10/24/1896 - 09/09/1916
News 03/01/1990 - 02/22/1996
North County Journal 08/16/1967 - 08/20/1969
Noticiero 04/1972 to 08/1972. Scattered Issues.
Pacific Sentinel 06/14/1856 - 06/06/1862
Pajaro Times 04/25/1863 - 04/15/1865
Pajaro Valley Times 04/22/1865 - 10/27/1866
Pajaronian 03/01/1868 - 02/28/1878, 03/01/1884 - 02/28/1914
Paper 11/26/1968 - 03/22/1969
Penny Press 01/01/1951 - 04/22/1961
People's Press 1/18/1975 - 10/1/1976, 1/1/1979 - 1/4/1980
Phoenix 02/28/1979 - 10/01/1983
Report 01/05/1965 - 08/30/1967
Riptide 07/1938 - 06/1940, 05/1942 - 04/1953,
02/1980 - 08/1983
San Lorenzo Valley Press 10/04/1946 - 07/01/1949
San Lorenzo Valley Reporter 01/07/1954 - 12/29/1955
San Lorenzo Valley Sun 07/15/1949 - 12/29/1950
Santa Cruz and Pajaro Times 11/05/1866 - 02/16/1867
Santa Cruz County Times 02/23/1867 - 10/15/1870
Santa Cruz Enterprise 02/13/1874 - 03/26/1875
Santa Cruz Evening News 11/01/1907 - 12/31/1941
Santa Cruz Express 03/04/1981 - 04/10/1986
Santa Cruz Independent 07/16/1976 - 05/17/1979
Santa Cruz Journal 09/09/1868 - 01/27/1869
Santa Cruz Local Item 04/16/1875 - 02/25/1880
Santa Cruz Magazine 05/01/1990 - 08/31/1994
Santa Cruz News (19th century) 08/24/1859 - 07/13/1860
Santa Cruz News 04/12/1920 - 10/16/1920, 03/01/1921 - 12/31/1921,
07/01/1922 - 09/11/1923
Santa Cruz Record 1/7/1987 - 2/1/1994, 6/13/1995 - 12/31/1998
Santa Cruz Report 09/01/1960 - 05/25/1962
Santa Cruz Sentinel 06/01/1866 -
Santa Cruz Surf (Daily) 06/1883 - 11/1884, 05/1885 - 06/1913,
01/1914 - 05/1919
Santa Cruz Surf (Weekly) 1891 - 1892, 1895 - 1899
Santa Cruz Times (19th century) 10/29/1870 - 02/25/1871
Santa Cruz Times 02/22/1973 - 03/27/1975
Santa Cruz Weekly 11/05/1980 - 04/06/1982
Santa Cruz Weekly Courier 05/26/1876 - 05/23/1879
Santa Cruz Weekly Courier and Local Item 03/03/1880 - 05/19/1880
Santa Cruz Weekly Sentinel 06/01/1905 - 12/31/1908
SCAN (Santa Cruz Action Network) 05/25/1982 - 12/01/1995
SCAN (Santa Cruz Archaeological Notes) 01/01/1980 - 12/31/1999
Scotts Valley Banner 10/01/1981 -
Scotts Valley Times 01/01/1999 -
Soquel Press 05/12/1939 - 03/28/1941
Sun 09/25/1986 - 10/27/1989
Sundaz 11/01/1970 - 05/31/1976
Town Crier 12/21/1977 - 08/16/1978
Transcript 02/26/1880 - 02/26/1880
TWANAS 11/27/1979 - 05/31/1984
Valley Press 11/24/1965 -
Westside Story 08/01/1978 - 09/30/1983
Westside Weekly 09/07/1983 - 12/05/1984
Zeitgeist 02/01/1980 - 09/30/1984
Chronological
Title Dates Covered
Pacific Sentinel 06/14/1856 - 06/06/1862
Santa Cruz News (19th century) 08/24/1859 - 07/13/1860
Pajaro Times 04/25/1863 - 04/15/1865
Pajaro Valley Times 04/22/1865 - 10/27/1866
Santa Cruz Sentinel 06/01/1866 -
Santa Cruz and Pajaro Times 11/05/1866 - 02/16/1867
Santa Cruz County Times 02/23/1867 - 10/15/1870
Pajaronian 03/01/1868 - 02/28/1878, 03/01/1884 - 02/28/1914
Santa Cruz Journal 09/09/1868 - 01/27/1869
Santa Cruz Times 10/29/1870 - 02/25/1871
Santa Cruz Enterprise 02/13/1874 - 03/26/1875
Santa Cruz Local Item 04/16/1875 - 02/25/1880
Santa Cruz Weekly Courier 05/26/1876 - 05/23/1879
Transcript 02/26/1880 - 02/26/1880
Santa Cruz Weekly Courier and Local Item 03/03/1880 - 05/19/1880
Courier and Local Item 05/26/1880 - 09/22/1881
Courier Item 10/06/1881 - 08/10/1885
Santa Cruz Surf (Daily) 06/1883 - 11/1884, 05/1885 - 06/1913,
01/1914 - 05/1919
East Santa Cruz Weekly Herald 10/19/1889 - 08/23/1890
Santa Cruz Surf (Weekly) 1891 - 1892, 1895 - 1899
Mountain Echo 10/24/1896 - 09/09/1916
Evening Pajaronian 04/01/1903 - 12/31/1930
Santa Cruz Weekly Sentinel 06/01/1905 - 12/31/1908
Santa Cruz Evening News 11/01/1907 - 12/31/1941
Santa Cruz News 04/12/1920 - 10/16/1920, 03/01/1921 - 12/31/1921,
07/01/1922 - 09/11/1923
Soquel Press 05/12/1939 - 03/28/1941
Riptide 07/1938 - 06/1940, 05/1942 - 04/1953,
02/1980 - 08/1983
San Lorenzo Valley Press 10/04/1946 - 07/01/1949
San Lorenzo Valley Sun 07/15/1949 - 12/29/1950
Penny Press 01/01/1951 - 04/22/1961
Freedom Bell 12/18/1952 - 02/05/1954
San Lorenzo Valley Reporter 01/07/1954 - 12/29/1955
Frontier Gazette 10/1957 - 7/1961, Autumn 1974 - Summer 1977,
10/1981 - Winter 1983/84
Santa Cruz Report 09/01/1960 - 05/25/1962
Central County News 09/19/1962 - 06/27/1967
Report 01/05/1965 - 08/30/1967
Black Mountain Press 04/18/1965 to 1967. Scattered Issues.
Valley Press 11/24/1965 -
City on a Hill Press 09/30/1966 -
County News (Aptos) 07/04/1967 - 12/29/1969
North County Journal 08/16/1967 - 08/20/1969
Paper 11/26/1968 - 03/22/1969
Balloon Newspaper Epoch 1969 Scattered Issues.
Mount Hermon Log 01/01/1969 - 01/31/1976
Free Spaghetti Dinner 10/31/1969 - 11/20/1970
Journal News 01/07/1970 - 03/28/1970
Green Sheet and Cabrillo Times 08/06/1970 - 12/29/1977
Sundaz 11/01/1970 - 05/31/1976
Lucha 02/01/1972 to 10/31/1972. Scattered Issues.
Noticiero 04/1972 to 08/1972. Scattered Issues.
Santa Cruz Times 02/22/1973 - 03/27/1975
Capitolan 08/03/1973 - 09/15/1973
Aptos Voice 09/05/1973 - 09/03/1975
Definitely Biased 03/01/1974 - 10/31/1974
Coalicion Boletin 05/10/1974 - 10/31/1977
People's Press 1/18/1975 - 10/1/1976, 1/1/1979 - 1/4/1980
Good Times 04/10/1975 -
County Voice 09/17/1975 - 10/29/1975
Libre Expression 1976 Scattered Issues.
County News (Santa Cruz) 01/07/1976 - 07/07/1977
Matrix 03/1976 - 08/1988, 09/1989 - 01/1992
Green Sheet (Watsonville) 07/01/1976 - 09/30/1986
Santa Cruz Independent 07/16/1976 - 05/17/1979
Morning Star 10/18/1976 - 12/07/1976
Town Crier 12/21/1977 - 08/16/1978
Westside Story 08/01/1978 - 09/30/1983
Phoenix 02/28/1979 - 10/01/1983
TWANAS 11/27/1979 - 05/31/1984
SCAN (Santa Cruz Archaeological Notes) 01/01/1980 - 12/31/1999
Zeitgeist 02/01/1980 - 09/30/1984
Independent Santa Cruz Record 08/12/1980 - 12/02/1986
Santa Cruz Weekly 11/05/1980 - 04/06/1982
Santa Cruz Express 03/04/1981 - 04/10/1986
Scotts Valley Banner 10/01/1981 -
Chamber Action 04/01/1982 - 12/31/1988
SCAN (Santa Cruz Action Network) 05/25/1982 - 12/01/1995
Westside Weekly 09/07/1983 - 12/05/1984
Monthly Planet 03/01/1985 - 03/31/1994
Sun 09/25/1986 - 10/27/1989
Santa Cruz Record 1/7/1987 - 2/1/1994, 6/13/1995 - 12/31/1998
El Andar 07/01/1989 - 12/31/1996
Mid-County Post 01/16/1990 -
Downtown Connection 12/01/1990 - 12/31/1998
News 03/01/1990 - 02/22/1996
Santa Cruz Magazine 05/01/1990 - 08/31/1994
Capitola Courier 06/01/1991 - 02/28/1994
La Gazette 06/01/1992 - 6/30/2002
Forum 10/01/1992 - 03/31/1996
Aptos Times 10/01/1992 -
Coastal Courier 03/01/1994 - 07/31/1995
Metro Santa Cruz 04/14/1994 -
Manifesto 12/01/1996 -
Growing up in Santa Cruz 05/01/1997 -
Capitola Times 03/01/1998 -
Scotts Valley Times 01/01/1999 -

Maps

Sanborn fire insurance maps Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and Santa Monica, California REEL # 64 1886, REEL # 65 1928

Directories

Alphabetical
Title Publisher Dates Covered
California state gazetteer and business directory [includes Santa Cruz]R.L. Polk & Co., 1888- 1888, 1890
Coast county directory including Santa Cruz, San Diego, Ventura, Monterey, San Benito, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and Los Angeles counties: giving name, occupation, and residence of all adult persons in the cities and towns ... L.M. McKenney & Co., 1884 1884-1885
Langley's San Francisco directory for the year commencing 1894 [includes Santa Cruz]Francis, Valentine & Co., 1880- 1894
McKenney's district directory for 1879, of Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, San Benito, and Monterey counties, including all residents, with sketch of cities and towns L. M. McKenney, 1878 1879
Mercantile guide: business directory of the principal cities and towns of the state of California [includes Santa Cruz]Mercantile Guide Co., 1891- 1902-1903
The Pacific Coast business directory [includes Santa Cruz]H.G. Langley, [1867] 1876-1878
San Jose city directory including Santa Clara, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, San Benito and Monterey counties, giving name, occupation and residence of all adult persons in the five counties ... McKenney Directory Co., 1884 1884-1885, 1887-1888, 1889
Santa Cruz city directory for the year 1902: a general directory of the citizens of Santa Cruz, California ... Press of K.E. Trish, 1902 1902
Southern Pacific Coast directory for 1888-9: being a business directory of San Francisco, Central and Southern California, ... [includes Santa Cruz]McKenney Directory Co., 1888 1888-1889
Chronological
Title Publisher Dates Covered
The Pacific Coast business directory [includes Santa Cruz]H.G. Langley, [1867] 1876-1878
McKenney's district directory for 1879, of Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, San Benito, and Monterey counties, including all residents, with sketch of cities and towns L. M. McKenney, 1878 1879
Coast county directory including Santa Cruz, San Diego, Ventura, Monterey, San Benito, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and Los Angeles counties: giving name, occupation, and residence of all adult persons in the cities and towns ... L.M. McKenney & Co., 1884 1884-1885
San Jose city directory including Santa Clara, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, San Benito and Monterey counties, giving name, occupation and residence of all adult persons in the five counties ... McKenney Directory Co., 1884 1884-1885, 1887-1888, 1889
Southern Pacific Coast directory for 1888-9: being a business directory of San Francisco, Central and Southern California, ... [includes Santa Cruz]McKenney Directory Co., 1888 1888-1889
California state gazetteer and business directory [includes Santa Cruz]R.L. Polk & Co., 1888- 1888, 1890
Langley's San Francisco directory for the year commencing 1894 [includes Santa Cruz]Francis, Valentine & Co., 1880- 1894
Santa Cruz city directory for the year 1902: a general directory of the citizens of Santa Cruz, California ... Press of K.E. Trish, 1902 1902
Mercantile guide: business directory of the principal cities and towns of the state of California [includes Santa Cruz]Mercantile Guide Co., 1891- 1902-1903

Miscellaneous

Great register of voters, 1900-1944. Santa Cruz County.

Land use information system : County Assessor parcel information report in order by situs address for City of Santa Cruz, California. 1996?

Santa Cruz Mission records : baptisms, correspondence, etc. 1791-1814

Santa Cruz Mission records : baptisms, correspondence, etc. various dates

Santa Cruz County, California : official deeds. 7/16/1850 - 1/29/1853

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