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| This photo was taken on Halloween. I don't normally dress like this for work! |
Here's a blurb on the Archives excerpted from this month's issue of the Orange County Courier:
In a democracy, access to public records – both past and present – is critical. Moreover, knowing our history is crucial to understanding our communities, where we’ve come from, and how best to plan for the future. And of course, preserving important information and images of the past is simply the right thing to do.
The Orange County Archives helps meet all these needs. It is a research center for the preservation and study of local history and is charged with promoting knowledge and understanding of the origins and history of Orange County.
Located in the Old Orange County Courthouse, at 211 W. Santa Ana Blvd, in Santa Ana, the Archives welcomes you to visit and use their unique collections of government records and other material documenting the rich history of our county.
The majority of the Archives’ records come from county government, beginning with Orange County’s separation from Los Angeles in 1889. However, when creating the Archives via an official resolution, the Orange County Board of Supervisors also provided that staff should collect “historical materials which are not official County records but which document the history of Orange County.” Because of this, the Archives has gathered and developed diverse collections that complement and strengthen one another.
Although its mission is partly to identify, collect, preserve and make available all these records, the Orange County Archives is more than its name might imply. It’s not a place where historical materials are simply boxed, numbered, and seldom seen again. These collections belong to the people of Orange County, and staff is on hand to help anyone and everyone find their way through 125 years of records in order to solve various historical, genealogical, and legal mysteries.
Archives staff members also organize historical exhibits, speak in public on subjects relating to county history, and sometimes help provide guidance for historical projects undertaken by county agencies or commissions. It is, in many ways, the central hub for Orange County history.
The Archives is a division of the Orange County Clerk-Recorder Dept., and is open to the public on weekdays (except holidays), 9:00 am to noon and 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm. For more information about the Archives, visit OCArchives.com or just stop by for a visit.
You know, if I worked in any field relating to history, I think that this would be the *only* way I'd dress for work.
ReplyDeleteGood to know you're still the same guy I knew in high school. We should catch up one of these days over a couple frosty cans of Mountain Dew.
ReplyDeleteI am wondering if you could help me. My sister is doing a great deal of footwork and visiting the archives between Los Angeles and OC to find out the connection between Maria Jesus Yorba Botiller de Scully and Jesus Ruiz and Rafugia Urillas or it could be Refigia Duran, Uribe, Uriquez or Lopez. She has been doing property searches and has found that our great great grandmother Refugia ends up in this property that was owned by Maria Jesus but we can not find the reason why they obtained it from her. I am wondering if you could send us in a good direction to look? She plans on going to Cal State Fullerton to look in their archives on Thursday. Our goal is to find out why our great great grandmother was always referred to as a Yorba. My email is clorindajo@msn.com
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