SMCGS Databases: SMCHA Monograph Collection

The first President of the San Mateo County Historical Association, Dr. Frank Stanger, was also a history professor at San Mateo County Junior College.  As part of his class assignments he required his students to write monographs of events, places and families from San Mateo County.

Like all student work the results are uneven, but the best of these papers could definitely have been published.  Fortunately, a large collection is located in the SMCHA Archives, where it is easily accessible for use.

However, it wasn't always easy to know what was there, so our newest database.  This original list was compiled by Craig Siulinski from the card catalog in the History Museum Archives and edited by Archival Collection Specialist, Debra Peterson.


"The San Mateo County Historical Association’s student monograph collection includes winners of the Charles N. Kirkbride competition at San Mateo Junior College (now College of San Mateo). The award was given to the best three term papers written each year on local history. Ranging from the 1930s to the late 1980s, they contain one-of-a-kind photographs and interviews with local historical figures.

"The Historical Association’s staff is continually increasing the accessibility of our collections across online platforms, whether it is partnerships with other local historical organizations, Facebook, or the Association’s Online Collections Database." [Debra Peterson]

INDEX TO THE SMCHA Student Monograph Collection

https://historysmc.org/

https://historysmc.pastperfectonline.com/

https://www.facebook.com/smchistmuseum/

Barry's Bits and Upcoming Events

SF Call 15 Nov 1916

                        Sat, Oct 19, 2019 10:30 am–12:00 pm, Free

Researching Ancestors in Historical Events: 

A Salem Witch Trials Case Study

Grace Lutheran Church, 2825 Alameda de las Pulgas, San Mateo, entrance in back.

Melinda Kashuba

If your ancestor participated in or lived near the area of a major historical event, this talk will help you discover how to draw upon narratives penned by historians and other researchers to fill in your ancestor’s story. A case study on the Salem Witch Trials will highlight techniques that you can use for events in which your ancestor was involved. Melinda Kashuba holds a PhD in geography from UCLA and is a popular lecturer on many topics including American research and maps. 

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Sat, Nov 2, 2019 – FALL SEMINAR 

The Law, GPS Evidence, and DNA Ethics

9 am–3 pm. Members $50, Non-members $60. After Oct 25 Walk-ins, add $10. LDS Hall, 1105 Valparaiso, Menlo Park

Judy Russell, The Legal Genealogist

Join us for a day of gaining insight about genealogy, more than you may have thought. Judy Russell is a genealogist with a law degree and one of the best thinkers and lecturers in the field. Her talks are delivered with good humor, perception, and thoughtful connections. She will address law in our ancestors’ time, conducting solid research, and ethics surrounding today’s DNA testing. 

Registration opened Aug 15 

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     Sat, Nov 23, 2019 10:30 am–12:00 pm, Free

Brick Wall Busters

 Techniques for Genealogical Success

Grace Lutheran Church, 2825 Alameda de las Pulgas, San Mateo, entrance in back.

Sharon Hoyt, CG  

No one method can address each and every brick wall problem, so we’ll cover several techniques to help you get unstuck and move your research forward. 

               Everyone is welcome at SMCGS events.     

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SMC Newspapers: A List

This list is a work in progress.  It needs the collaboration of all those with a knowledge of the newspapers past and present of San Mateo County

Originally complied from the Library of Congress US Newspaper Directory it has been enhanced with miscellaneous other sources.  Linked titles go either to a blog post about that paper or to a current online newspaper.

For those newspapers that do not currently have online versions or a blog post, pointers to online digital images are noted if known.  LOC - Chronicling America  ANC- Ancestry  GB-Genealogy Bank

Advocate (San Mateo)
Almanac (Menlo Park) 199?
Banner (San Bruno) 1910

Beachcomer (HMB)
Belmont Courier Bulletin
Boutique and Villager (Burlingame) 1975
Brisbane Bee-Democrat 1961
Brisbane Byline 1950-1952
Brisbane Star 1939
Brisbane Sun 193?
Broadway Editor (Burlingame) 1944-1946
Burlingame Advance
Burlingame Herald 193?-1944
Burlingame Sun
Coast Advocate (HMB)1890-19?
Coast Advocate-Pennant (HMB)
Coast Side Comet (Moss Beach) 19?-1918
Coast Side News (Moss Beach)
Coastside Chronicle (San Bruno) 1959
Coastside Tribune (Sharp Park) -1959
Colma Record
Country Almanac (Portola Valley) 1965-
Daily Journal (online)
Daily News Leader (San Mateo) 1922-1926
Daly City Herald
Daly City Record
Daly City Shopping News
Daly City Tattler
Editor of Burlingame 1946-
Explanatory Globe (East Palo Alto)
Foster City Islander
Foster City Progress
Free Press (Redwood City)1893
Half Moon Bay Review
Half Moon Bay News 1922
Home Front News 1944-1946
Independent (Burlingame) 1998
Menlo-Atherton Recorder 1965
Menlo Park News
Menlo Park Gazette
Menlo Park Recorder
Millbrae Sun and Leader
Pacific States enterprise 187?
Pacifica Record
Pacifica Tidings and Sharp park Breakers 1957
Pacifica Tribune 1959
Peninsula Beacon
Peninsula Bulletin (East Palo Alto) 1967
Peninsula News (San Bruno) 1914
Pescadero Pebble
Ravenswood Post
Recorder-Progress (San Bruno)
Redwood City Almanac 1979
Redwood City Daily News 2000
Redwood City Daily Tribune
Redwood City Democrat
Redwood City Star
Redwood City Standard
San Bruno Herald and Peninsula News
San Bruno Progress 1946
San Bruno Recorder
San Bruno Union 193?
San Bruno Who's Who
San Carlos Courier Bulletin 1944-1952
San Carlos Enquirer 194?
San Mateo County News
San Mateo county Recorder 1933
San Mateo Daily Journal
San Mateo Leader ANC
San Mateo Post 1946 ANC
San Mateo Times ANC
Searchlight (Menlo Park) 1929
Shao Nian Zhongguo Shi Bao- New Cathay (Millbrae) 1991
Sharp Park Breakers and Pacific Tidings 1938-1957
South San Francisco Enterprise
South San Francisco Journal
South San Francisco News 189?
Star (Woodside) 1895
Stockman's Market Journal (South San Francisco) 192?
Tanforan Totalizer (San Bruno) 1942
Times Gazette
Westlake Times (Daly City)
Wildcat-a-log (Woodside) 1959
Woodside World 1959
Your Carlmont Enquirer-Bulletin (San Carlos) 1981-1985

This list will become a page that can be accessed from the sidebar of this blog following it's publication.  Links will be updated as newspapers are covered.