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North Bay History & Politics

greyscale portrait of a man, dressed in 16th century clothes.
Rare Books Collection
Wide array of rare books on all subjects from the 17th through the 20th centuries
Headshot of a woman.
Nellie Tombs Papers
Late 19th century ephemera saved by a young girl living in Healdsburg (1885-1888)
Smiling man standing behind the helm on a ship.
Nakata and Stevens Papers
Yoshimatsu Nakata’s recollections as an employee of Jack London (1938-2002)
Page with journal entries and a hand drawn upside-down octopus.
Modini Ranch Journals Collection
Handwritten journals depicting life on a Sonoma County ranch (1935-2005)
Lynn Woolsey
Lynn Woolsey Congressional Papers
Official papers of a former U.S. Congresswoman who represented the North Bay (1993-2013)
Man posing for a photographic portrait
Leopold Justi Papers
Papers documenting the life of a Glen Ellen (Calif.) pioneer (1853-1874
People sitting on a porch on a farmhouse.
John Shackelford Taylor Papers
Papers documenting the life of a Sonoma County pioneer (1850-1948)
John Crevelli
John P. Crevelli Papers
Papers of an environmental historian on county, state, and national environmental issues (1931-2015)
Ribbon cutting event.
John LeBaron Photograph Collection
Prints and photo negatives of a nationally recognized photographer and photojournalist (1950- 2014)
Painting of wolf
Jack London in Context Collection
Books and research materials chronicling Jack London’s era (1800s-2013)