Submitted by kgore on September 23, 2019 - 11:14am
Saturday, October 5th, 2019
October is National Archives Month, which is the inspiration for the first ever Sonoma County Archives Crawl - an event designed to celebrate archives and encourage visitors to explore and engage with institutions that collect archival material.
Groups will be hosting tables at the Central Santa Rosa Library Forum Room (211 E Street, Santa Rosa):
- Sonoma Valley Historical Society
- Sonoma County Genealogical Society
- The Sitting Room Community Library
- Sonoma County Historical Society
- John C. Burton - Northwestern Bottle Collectors Assn.
- Lesbian Archives of Sonoma County
- Sonoma County LGBTQI Timeline
- Historical Society of Santa Rosa
- Sonoma County Historical Records Commission
- Sonoma County Clerk-Recorder-Assessor-Registrar of Voters
- Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery Preservation Committee
- Sonoma County 2020 Women's Suffrage Project
Special presentations at the Central Santa Rosa Forum Room:
12:30 PM - Preserving History and Democracy. Deva Marie Proto, Sonoma County Clerk-Recorder-Assessor-Registrar of Voters
2: 30 PM - Saving, Sharing, and Celebrating Your Family's History & Heritage. Jack Schaeffer, Act3 Partners
On Saturday, October 5th, 2019, Sonoma County Library's three special collections, the History & Genealogy Library, the Wine Library, and the Petaluma History Room, along with partner organizations listed below, will be hosting open houses.
- California State Parks, Blue Wing Inn
Address: 131 East Spain Street, Sonoma
Contact Phone: (707) 938-9560
Website: https://www.sonomaparks.org/pub/place/3
Normal opening hours: none
Hours open on October 5: 10 am to 4 pm
Offering on October 5: The museum curator and others will greet visitors and share material from their archives. The theme for the event is An Invitation to Pomp and Circumstance, highlighting past invitations to socialize and celebrate.
- The Sitting Room Community Library
Address: 2025 Curtis Drive, Penngrove
Contact Phone: (707) 795-9028
Website: http://www.sittingroom.org/
Normal opening hours: 9 am to 5 pm Monday through Saturday
Hours open on October 5: 9 am to 6 pm
Offering on October 5: Over 300 individual files on women writers will be available to browse, including the 13th Century on and spanning different regions, from Africa to Vietnam. Tea and scones will be served.
- West County Museum
Address: 261 South Main Street, Sebastopol
Contact Phone: (707) 829-6711
Website: https://wschs.org/museum/
Normal opening hours: Thursday through Sunday 1 to 4 PM
Hours open on October 5: 1 to 4 PM
Offering on October 5: The library geared toward western Sonoma County will be open for research along with collections of artifacts, photos/negatives and newspapers. The exhibit “Seats of History” will be on display.
- Healdsburg Museum and Historical Society
Address: 221 Matheson Street, Healdsburg
Contact Phone: (707) 431-3325
Website: https://www.healdsburgmuseum.org/
Normal opening hours: 11 am to 4 pm Wednesday through Sunday
Hours open on October 5: 11 am to 4 pm
Offering on October 5: Handwritten Healdsburg tax records, early Rancho Sotoyome maps and original WWII posters will be highlighted. "Wine Roots of Healdsburg" and "Mervyn Silberstein: A Photographic Legacy" exhibitions will be on display.
- Charles M. Schulz Museum
Address: 2301 Hardies Lane, Santa Rosa
Phone: (707) 579-4452
Website: https://schulzmuseum.org/visit
Normal opening hours: week days 11 am to 5 pm and weekends 10 am to 5 pm
Hours open on October 5: 10 am to 5 pm (museum) and 10 am to 3 pm (archives)
Offering on October 5: Original illustrated correspondence from Charles’ Schulz’s time in the Army during WWII, calendars used by Schulz and one of the earliest comic books in which Schulz was published will be displayed.
- Museum of Sonoma County
Address: 425 Seventh Street, Santa Rosa
Phone: (707) 579-1500
Website: https://museumsc.org/visit/
Normal opening hours: 11 am to 5 pm Tuesday through Sunday
Hours open on October 5: 11 am to 5 pm (museum) and 11 am to 3 pm (archives)
Offering on October 5: Highlights from the Song Wong Bourbeau Collection (Santa Rosa’s Chinatown), the Fountaingrove Collection and the Sonoma County Historical Society Collection will be on view in the archives. “Santa Rosa History” and “Día de los Muertos” exhibitions will be on display.
- Cotati Museum and Historical Society
Address: 201 West Sierra Avenue, Cotati
Phone: (707) 794-0305
Website: http://cotatihistoricalsociety.org/
Normal opening hours: Saturdays 1 to 4 pm, second Tuesday of each month from 5 to 7 pm
Hours open on October 5: noon to 4 pm
Offering on October 5: The exhibit “WA: Harmony, Peace and things Japanese, Japanese in Cotati” will be on display. Other highlights include the Jim Boggio archives and Cotati Accordion Festival Poster archives.
- Geyserville Museum at the Bosworth and Son Store
Address: 21060 Geyserville Avenue, Geyserville
Phone: (707) 857-3463
Website: https://bosworthandson.com
Normal opening hours: 11 am to 7 pm Thursday through Sunday
Hours open on October 5: 11 am to 7 pm
Offering on October 5: Geyserville historical photographs and local artifacts including handwritten documents associated with pioneer Dr. Elisha Ely and notebooks will be on display. The store sells Western apparel and hats. Come have your favorite hats cleaned!
- Petaluma Historical Library and Museum
Address: 20 Fourth Street, Petaluma
Phone: (707) 778-4398
Website: https://www.petalumamuseum.com
Normal opening hours: 10 am to 4 pm Thursday through Sunday
Hours open on October 5: 10 am to 4 pm
Offering on October 5: The Hoppy Hopkins Research Library will be open. The current exhibit features photos of glass negatives from local photographer Joe Wayne. Visitors are invited to a Historic Downtown Walking Tour at 10:30 a.m., led by costumed docents.
- Northwestern Pacific Railroad Historical Society (Hogarty Research Library and Archive)
Address: 1364 North McDowell Boulevard, Petaluma
Phone: (707) 838-8882
Website: http://www.nwprrhs.org
Normal opening hours: 10 am to 4 pm Thursdays
Hours open on October 5: 11 am to 4 pm
Offering on October 5: This collections consist of 10,000+ maps, 12,000+ photos, employee records, corporate records, financial records and more for the San Francisco and North Pacific, North Pacific Coast, Petaluma and Santa Rosa, and Albion Railroads as well as the Northwestern Pacific Railroad.
- Northwestern Pacific Railroad Historical Society (Restoration Yard)
Address: Corner of Copeland Street and East Washington Street, Petaluma
Phone: (707) 838-8882
Website: http://www.nwprrhs.org
Normal opening hours: 10 am to 4 pm alternate Saturdays
Hours open on October 5: 11 am to 4 pm
Offering on October 5: Staff will explain the history of two fully restored cars of the Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railroad, one baggage car of the San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad, and one passenger car of the Northwestern Pacific Railroad undergoing restoration.
- Windsor Historical Society & Hembree House Museum
Address: 9225 Foxwood Drive, Windsor
Phone: (707) 838-4563
Website: http://WindsorHistory.org
Normal opening hours: 9:30 - 4:30 Friday, Saturday and Sunday and by appointment
Hours open on October 5t: 9:30 to 4:30
Offering on October 5: The 1938 Camp Windsor Migrant Labor Camp collection will be available and the Camp Windsor, German POW Camp collection; including photos, letters, recollections, etc.
- Sonoma County History & Genealogy Library and Archives
Address: 725 Third Street, Santa Rosa
Phone: (707) 308-3212
Website: https://sonomalibrary.org/locations/sonoma-county-history-and-genealogy-...
Normal opening hours: M & W 10 AM to 9 PM; T, Th, Fri, & Sat 10 AM to 6 PM
Hours open on October 5: 11 AM to 4 PM
Offering on October 5: There will be pop-up exhibits featuring recent donations, as well as a local history quiz and scavenger hunt. Staff will be on hand to discuss preservation issues, how to teach with primary resources and offer research tips and tricks.
- Sonoma County Wine Library – Healdsburg Regional Library
Address: 139 Piper Street, Healdsburg
Phone: (707) 433-3772 ext. 0416
Website: https://sonomalibrary.org/locations/sonoma-county-wine-library
Normal opening hours: M & W 10 AM to 9 PM; T, Th, Fri, & Sat 10 AM to 6 PM
Hours open on October 5: 11 AM to 4 PM
Offering on October 5 : Displays of historic wine bottles, labels and corkscrews. Test your knowledge for a chance to win a prize and make sure to visit the Healdsburg Museum’s exhibit “Wine Roots of Healdsburg” which features items from the Wine Library collection.
- Petaluma History Room – Petaluma Regional Library
Address: 100 Fairgrounds Drive, Petaluma
Phone: (707) 763-9801
Website: https://sonomalibrary.org/locations/petaluma-history-room
Normal opening hours: M & W 10 AM to 9 PM; T, Th, Fri, & Sat 10 AM to 6 PM
Hours open on October 5 : 11 AM to 4 PM
Offering on October 5: Displays with fun facts about Petaluma streets as well as the 1912 trip of the Alco truck carrying the first paid delivery by truck in the nation. Then and now pictures of Petaluma. Use of typewriters to write a letter that staff will mail.
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