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Digital Archives

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Come Thrive in the City Clerk's Archives!

Recent Additions:

 

September 2022

  • Animals Collection, 563 pages of documents on barns and stables, birds, dogs, fish, sea life, horses, livestock, and cats

June 2022

  • Feature History El Capitan Dam books, 7 books with one of a kind pictures in process engineering of El Capitan Dam. 1931-1937.
  • Water Log book from 1889-1905.
  • 2 Consumer Records books, in 5 parts, 1900-1901 and 1903.
  • 1 Record of Tax Deeds 1906-1922
  • New PowerPoint showcasing the latest City historical books and their preservation.

April 2022

February 2021

  • "Municipal Tideland Leases" (1800s – 1960s) with approximately 35,200 scanned pages added to our "Property Records" on our Collections page.
  • “Silent Movie Collection” 2 silent movies (1926-1935) added to the City Clerk’s Film/Audio Collection.
  • “Movie Collection” 8 movies (1956-1966) added to the City Clerk’s Film/Audio Collection.
  • Want to learn how to navigate through the City Clerk’s Digital Archive?  Watch a short film on the Digital Archives homepage “Guide to the City Clerk’s Digital Archive” on how to get the most from your visit!

February 2020

  • "Film and Audio" tab.  We've added an additional 658 (1970s) new Street Views of neighborhoods throughout the City of San Diego.

February 2019

  • 611 pages newly added to the "Historical Official Resolutions, Ordinances, and Minutes" tab.
  • 491 pages newly added to the “Record of Board of Delegates, 1 1889-1890” and another 120 pages of the “Charter of the City of San Diego, 1888.”
  • 128 pages newly added to the “City of San Diego Census, 1891-1898” and another 174 pages of the “Plat Book of the Masonic Cemetery, 1919.”
  • "Film and Audio" tab.  We've added an additional 38 (1970s) new Street Views of neighborhoods throughout the City of San Diego.