July & August 2007 New Arrivals

This is a list of new arrivals in the Genealogy section at the Santa Clara Public Library.  If the book you are looking for is not on the New Book Shelf, check the carts and then check the open shelves at the appropriate number.

Previous Months New Arrivals:

BOOKS

1. The poor and others to be pitied: eighteenth and nineteenth century selectmen’s records of town welfare cases Windham County, Connecticut, by Marilyn Labbe, GR 929.3746 L11
2. California and the Portuguese, how the Portuguese helped to build up California, by Celestino Soares, G 325.2469 S67
3. Collin County Texas cemetery inscriptions, by Alice Pitts, GS 929.5 P69
4. Colorful California names: their history and meaning, by Thomas P. Brown, G 979.4 B88
5. Family reunion: everything you need to know to plan unforgettable get- togethers  for every kind of family, by Jennifer Crichton, G 394.2 C92
6. Grandad’s Santa Clara Valley pioneer stories, James E. Addicott, G 979.473 A22
7. Hanel from Harz, the history and family tree of Heinrich August Hanel and his wife Henriette Julianne Sommer and their descendants 1913-1997, by Brad Hanel, GR 929.2 H23
8. Hidden treasures: a descriptive catalog of books and other material in the California History Center, by Russell C. Nicholas, G 027.794 N59
9. Historias: the Spanish heritage of Santa Clara Valley, by California History Center, De Anza College, G 979.473 H67
10. Historic names, persons, and places in Santa Clara County, by Roscoe D. Wyatt, G 979.47 W97
11. History of San Jose, California, by William F. James, G 979.474  J29
12. La Torre: 1939 & 1940,  San Jose: Associated Students of the San Jose State College, G 378 T68
13. Lingering legacy: a historical tour guide in and around the Santa Clara Valley, by Seonaid Khorsand, G 979.473 K45
14. Los Altos reminiscences, by California History Center, G 979.473 L87
15. Missions of California, compiled from a series of articles in P.G. & E. Progress, by Don J. Baxter, G 979.4 B35
16. New Hampshire families in 1790, edited by Diane Florence Gravel, GS 929.3742 N533
17. Palo Alto, 1906, by Linda Dick, G 979.473 D54
18. Register of pioneer inhabitants of California, 1542 to 1848, by Hubert H. Bancroft, G 979.4 B21
19. The Anza expedition, 1776-1976: Santa Clara County crossing, by California History Center, De Anza College, G 979.4 A63
20. The grizzly bear in the land of the Ohlone Indians, by Ray Chapin, G 979.47 C46
21. The story of San Jose, 1777-1869: California’s first pueblo, by Oscar O. Winther, G 979.473 W78
22. University of Santa Clara:  a history from the founding of Santa Clara Mission in 1777 to the beginning of the University in 1912, G 378 S23

CALIFORNIA COLLECTION CASE

1. Willis Earle McIntrre, my life as I remember it, and as told to my wife Louise, by Willis E. McIntyre, 921 M15 Case
2. Adult funnies: a harvest of hilarity, by Airi Kulpe, 817.54 K96 Case
3. Byways around San Francisco bay, by William E. Hutchinson, 917.9461 H97 Case
4. California gold rush days: stories from the radio series broadcast, by Louise E. Taber, 979.4 T11 Case
5. California history nugget: devoted to the story of the golden west, by Calif. State Historical Association, 979.4 C15 Case
6. California missions: El Camino Real, by T. Roger Blythe, 979.4 B66 Case
7. Coast and valley towns of early California, by the Book Club of California, 917.94 B72 Case
8. Dorothea Lange: archive of an artist, by Karen Tsujimoto, 779 L27 Case
9. Gold fever: California’s gold rush, an American icon, by Carl Nolte, 979.4 N79 Case
10. Historic houses IV: bearly residential communities of the lower San Juan District, by the Stanford Historical Society, 979.473 H672 Case
11. Lakeside legends: the first 125 years, by Karen C. Fishback, 979.473 F53 Case
12. Manzanita, vols, 1934, 35, 36, Watsonville Union High School, 373 M29 Case
13. Meet me at the St. Francis: the first seventy-five years of a great San Francisco hotel, by David Siefkin, 979.461 S57 Case
14. Mission San Juan Bautista: California’s heritage, by Mary N. Boule, 979.4 B76
15. Moreno’s dictionary of Spanish-named California cities and towns, by Henry M. Moreno, 979.4 M84 Case
16. New trail adventures for California horsemen, by Doni Hubbard, 917.94 H87 Case
17. San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge: a technical description in ordinary language, by Ernest C. Mensch, 624.23 M54 Case
18. San Jose Railroads, by Henry E. Morse, 385 M88 Case
19. San Jose, Santa Clara County and Redwood City, San Mateo Co., California, June 1917 telephone directory, 917.9473 S22 Case
20. Souvenir of San Jose, and vicinity: “The garden city”, compiled from recent negatives, 979.473 S72 Case
21. The Buccaneer, 1948, Modesto, Calif, 378 B91 Case
22. The genesis of California counties, by Owen C. Coy, 979.4 C151 Case
23. The Golden Gate bridge: technical description in ordinary language, by Ernest C. Mensch, 624.23 M54 Case
24. The Oakland Paramount, by Susannah H. Stone, 725.823 S87 Case
25. The Queen of California: the origin of the name of California with a translation from the Sergas of Esplandian, by Rodriquez de Montalvo, Garci, 979.4 R696 Case
26. The story of an inspiring past: historical sketch of the San Jose State teachers college, by Sarah E. Greathead, 378.794 G78 Case
27. Watsonville High School: a century of memories 1892-1992, by Watsonville High School Foundation, 373. W34 Case