Four thousand linear feet of local government documents including court records, coroner's inquest files, school records, minutes of the county board of supervisors, ordinances, and land records. Subject strengths of this collection include Balboa Park, public buildings of San Diego, and private residences. Seventy-two cataloged scrapbooks produced by the contemporaries of the times who were vitally interested in particular events or specific aspects of local history. The photograph collection consists of an estimated 2 million images, most of them original negatives created by professional photographers in San Diego city and county from 1869 to the near present. Many thousands of modern reference prints are accessible for perusal and research in our archive.
Photographs are available for research, display, publication, and advertising.
One-time use and processing fees are charged, and printed credit to the San Diego Historical Society is required.