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Twenty-thousand court cases, with more yet to come

November 9, 2012October 10, 2015 by historysanjose

by Jim Reed, Curator of Library & Archives After seven and a half years, with seven different people having worked between four and twenty-five hours each week, archives volunteer Joan Helms recently indexed our 20,000th court case! Back in April 2005, former archives volunteer Patsy Castro Ludwig urged me to…

Remembering our veterans

November 7, 2012October 10, 2015 by historysanjose

On Wednesday, November 7, a small gathering was held just outside the History Park fence line to unveil San Jose’s contribution the World War II Walls of Honor initiative. Started as a grass roots organization by HSJ affiliate Spirit of ’45, the initiative strives to capture images and stories of…

El Camino Real bell

August 23, 2012October 10, 2015 by historysanjose

In 1769, El Camino Real, or the King’s Highway, was a footpath begun by the Franciscans to link the California Missions north from San Diego to Sonoma. Each mission was situated in areas where large Native American populations lived, where the soil was fertile enough to sustain a settlement. As…

Tuskegee Airman Samuel L. Washington

August 1, 2012December 15, 2017 by historysanjose

In spite of adversity and limited opportunities, African Americans played a significant role in U.S. military history over the past 300 years. They were denied military leadership roles and skilled training because of societal ignorance and prejudice. Before 1940, African Americans were barred from flying for the U.S. military. Civil…

Electrolysis, electric cars and electrons, oh my: the Perham History Files

June 15, 2012October 7, 2015 by historysanjose

Submitted by Catherine Mills, Project Archivist, History San Jose The Perham History Files are one of the five manuscript collections in the Perham Collection of Early Electronics that History San Jose promised to catalog and make available for researchers as part of our year-long Council of Library and Information Resources…

Captain Briggs

June 1, 2012October 7, 2015 by historysanjose

While closing the Pasetta House, my coworker looked at a small wooden statue and commented, “Goodnight Captain.” At the time, I did not think anything remarkable about the small-gnome like figure. This week, I discovered a folder entitled “Cap’t Briggs” with various notes about the statue from its previous owner,…

Arrival of Wells Fargo Stagecoach to History Park

May 30, 2012October 7, 2015 by historysanjose

With the sound of hooves reverberating off the store fronts and a cloud of dust rising from the street, a cry of “The stage is here! The stage is here!” could be heard from the onlookers as the daily stagecoach arrived into town. A Wells Fargo stagecoach did arrive today…

Asian American Heritage Month at History Park

May 16, 2012October 7, 2015 by historysanjose

San José, CA – May 16, 2012 May is Asian American Heritage Month and History San José will host a spectrum of activities at History Park on Sunday, May 20, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. 1:30 PM – Lotus Preschoolers, from San Jose’s Japan Town, will perform Japanese singing…

Miss Mexico, Gabriela Palacio, visits Silicon Valley to engage in humanitarian projects

April 26, 2012October 10, 2015 by historysanjose

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA – April 26, 2012 – Gabriela Palacio, Executive Director of Nuestra Belleza Aguascalientes and Miss Mexico 2010 for the Miss World and Miss International Beauty Pageants, will visit the San Francisco Bay Area from May 2-5, 2012. In close cooperation with the Consulate General of Mexico in…

Almaden Air Force Station: A serendipitous end to a five-year Journey

April 9, 2012October 10, 2015 by historysanjose

Headquarters of the 682nd Aircraft Control and Warning squadron during the Cold War, the Almaden Air Force Station was tasked 24 hours a day with protecting Central California from a Soviet threat that never arrived. Due to its relative remoteness, the facility served as a small community, encompassing 86 structures…

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