Bay Area Observer: Bay Area Studies

Bay Area Studies

Selected resources for understanding Bay Area places, institutions and culture

Resources 101: Selected directories, archives, libraries and other sources 

Association of Bay Area Governments Bancroft Library Bay Area Census (1860-2008) Bay Area Council Bay Area Council Economic Institute

Bay Area Geology & Natural History BayBio: Northern California's Life Science Association Bay Nature East Bay Economic Development Alliance Encyclopedia of San Francisco Famous Bay Area Grave Sites FoundSF Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network Not for Tourists San Francisco Oakland Public Library, About Oakland Online Archive of California Only in San Francisco

Presidio Trust Public Policy Institute of California SF Historical Photograph Collection, SFPL San Francisco History Center, SFPL San Francisco Museum & Historical Society Save the Bay SF Geneology Shaping San Francisco SJSU Library Special Collections Silicon Valley Leadership Group The Oakland Standard Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco

Architecture/Urbanism

AIA San Francisco Alameda Architectural Preservation Society Alameda Point Redevelopment Arc Ecology Art Deco Society Bay Area Open Space Council Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association Ecovian Eichler Network Metropolitan Transportation Commission Noehill San Francisco Cityscape

SF Planning and Urban Research Assn (SPUR) San Francisco Architectural Heritage San Francisco Bicycle Coalition San Francisco Great Streets Project San Francisco Parks Trust

San Francisco Tenants Union Society of Architectural Historians The Utilities Reform Network (TURN) TransForm UC Berkeley Environmental Design Library UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies Library UC Berkeley Institute of Transporation Studies Library Urban Ecology Walk San Francisco Zillow

History/Preservation

Alameda County Historical Society Alameda Museum Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation Barbary Coast Trail California Garden and Landscape History Society California Historical Society California Office of Historic Preservation California Preservation Foundation Camron-Stanford House Chinese Historical Society of America Cliff House Project Colma Historical Association and Museum Contra Costa County Historical Society Dunsmuir Hellman Historic Estate Filoli Center Friends of 1800 Market GLBT Historical Society Hayward Area Historical Society

History San Jose John Muir Association Marin History Museum Marin Museum of the American Indian National Register of Historic Places National Trust for Historic Preservation Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum Oakland Heritage Alliance Oakland History Oakland History Room, Oakland Public Library Peralta Hacienda Historical Park

Pardee Home Museum Preservation Action Council of San Jose Preservation Park Ralstan Hall Mansion San Francisco Bay Area Television Archive San Francisco History Association San Leandro Historical Society San Mateo County History Museum Santa Clara County Archives Santa Clara Valley Historical Association Silicon Valley History Online Tomales Regional History Center Treasure Island Museum Association Victorian Alliance of San Francisco Victorian Home Walk Web Castro Western Neighborhoods Project

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