General Info

The California State Archives collects, catalogs, preserves, and provides access to the historic records of state government and some local governments. The collections also include some private papers that have been donated to the Archives. It consists of millions of paper documents, maps, photographs, three dimensional artifacts, and records in other formats such as audiotape and videotape. The firm has specialized programs to collect and preserve records of state government. It holds 170,000 square foot building has six floors of environmentally controlled stacks, including a number of specialized vaults, which house the Archives' collections.