Orange County Heritage Coordinating Council

I just stumbled upon the Orange County Public Library's historical images collection today.

It looks like the collection was launched back in June, and it currently consists of just under 1,100 digitized images from various Orange County historical organizations.

The 2009 Images of Orange County calendar is available for sale by the Orange County Mexican American Historical Society (OCMAHS).

Calendars may be purchased for $10 plus shipping/handling (or in person at Calacas in Santa Ana), but are included with a $15 annual membership to OCMAHS.

To place an order send your address and check/money order to:

OCMAHS Calendar
C/O Susan Luévano,
449 W. Jacaranda Place
Fullerton, CA 92832-1436

A note to all OCHCC site members who post content...

I've added functionality to support marking calendar entries as recurring events (weekly, monthly, yearly, etc.). This will help by not forcing you to enter each individual entry as a separate event.

Note the "Repeat" option under the Start and End dates in the submission form.

However (there's always a catch!), there's a bit of a glitch. In order to access the "Repeat" field and menu, the handy dandy HTML text editor has to be turned off, and then turned back on so that all our non-HTML-programmer members can still use the text editor.

Don't miss out on the slide show presentation this Saturday, November 15th, at the Katie Wheeler branch lilbrary, featuring photographs from the Irvine Family Archive. Get more information...

Southern California history comes alive Saturday, October 25, 2008 at the 3rd Annual Los Angeles Archives Bazaar. Browse rare collections, consult with experts, learn about family genealogy, preserving your own history, and numerous other topics.
Archives Live! offers a wealth of resources for exploring Los Angeles history. Learn about Los Angeles history and join us October 25 at the USC-Davidson Conference Center!

VISITOR INFORMATION
USC DAVIDSON CONFERENCE CENTER
SATURDAY, OCT. 25, 2008
10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
 
http://www.usc.edu/libraries/archives/arc/lasubject/

The month of October has already been a busy one. The Santa Ana History Room has been present at the National History Day at NARA. It was a fantastic event, and it is always exciting to see high school youth excited about history.  As always our collection on Mendez v. Westminister was a talking point but some of our other collections were highlighted as well.  Recently, we were apart of the 11th Annual Cemetery Tour by the Santa Ana Historical Preservation Society, as usual it was a great success and they sold out every tour.  For now we are weathering the budget crisis and these tough economic times with everyone else. I am hopeful and I look forward to seeing a large turnout for this year's election on Nov.