Bibliography

For more books published after 2009, see this list at the Researchers Anonymous website.

• 1879. Elliott, W. W. Santa Cruz County Illustrations, with Historical Sketch. Full of pen and ink drawings of structures. Republished, annotated and indexed in 1997, available through MAH Publications.
• 1892. Harrison, E. S. History of Santa Cruz County, California. San Francisco, CA [Printed for the author by Pacific Press Pub. Co.]
• 1894. Wittemann, A. Santa Cruz, Cal: Illustrated in photo-gravure. New York: A. Wittemann. [locked case at SCPL, R979.471 Sa5]
• 1896. Francis, Phil. Santa Cruz County: A faithful reproduction in print and photography of its climate, capabilities and beauties. San Francisco: Press of H.S. Crocker. [locked case at SCPL, 979.471 Sa5]
• 1903. Guinn, J. M. History of the state of California and biographical record of Santa Cruz, San Benito, Monterey and San Luis Obispo counties: An historical story of the state's marvelous growth from its earliest settlement to the present time. Chicago: Chapman Pub. Co.
• 1911. Martin, Edward. History of Santa Cruz County, California with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county, who have been identified with its growth and development from the early days to the present time. Los Angeles, Historic Record Company. Available online
• 1933. Torchiana, H. A. C. Story of the mission Santa Cruz. San Francisco, Calif: P. Elder and Co.
• 1967. Nunis, Doyce B. The trials of Isaac Graham. Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop. [out of print; libraries: UCSC, SFPL, others]
• 1973. Koch, Margaret. Santa Cruz County: Parade of the Past (1973 book) (not recommended for use as a factual source).
• 1974. Chase, John L. The Sidewalk Companion to Santa Cruz Architecture (3rd ed. 2005), available through MAH Publications.
• 1975. MacGregor, Bruce A. Narrow gauge portrait: South Pacific Coast. Felton, Calif: Glenwood Publishers.
• 1977. McCaleb, C. S. Surf, sand & streetcars: A mobile history of Santa Cruz, California. Republished 1995, available through MAH Publications.
• 1980. Rowland, Leon. Santa Cruz: The Early Years. Santa Cruz, Calif: Paper Vision Press. A compilation
• 1980. Hamman, Rick. California Central Coast railways. Boulder, Colo: Pruett Pub. Co.
• 1985. Lydon, Sandy. Chinese Gold: The Chinese in the Monterey Bay Region. Capitola, CA: Capitola Book Co.
• 1990. Bunnet, Hyman, Slosberg. Every Structure Tells a Story (1990 book).
• 1986. Clark, Donald T. Santa Cruz County Place Names (expanded 2nd edition 2008)
• 1995. Jackson, Robert H. and Castillo, Edward. Indians, Franciscans, and Spanish Colonization (1995 book). University of New Mexico Press.
• 2001. Brown, Alan K. A Description of Distant Roads (book): Original Journals of the First Expedition into California, 1769-1770, by Juan Crespí. Edited and translated by Alan K. Brown. San Diego State University Press.
• 2002. Dunn, G., Grady, L. L., Hill, T., Houston, J. D., Lydon, S., Marcus, M., & Ow, G. Chinatown dreams: The life and photographs of George Lee. Capitola, CA: Capitola Book Co.
• 2002. Perry, F. Lighthouse Point: Illuminating Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz, Calif: Otter B Books.
• 2005. Pokriots, Marion D. The Joseph Majors story: Santa Cruz ranchero & American alcalde. Scotts Valley, Calif: Marion Dale Pokriots.
• 2006. Bosso, Robert et al. A Legal History of Santa Cruz County (2006 book). Available through MAH Publications.
• 2014. Langum, David S. Sr. Quite Contrary, The Litigious Life of Mary Bennett Love (2014 book).
• Santa Cruz County History Journal (numbers 1-8). Santa Cruz, Calif: Art and History Museum, Santa Cruz. Available through MAH Publications.

Santa Cruz Public Library

Online local history articles.

• Hamman, Rick. 140 Years of Railroading in Santa Cruz County. Santa Cruz Public Library online .
• Lehmann, Susan (2000). Fully Developed Context Statement for the City of Santa Cruz. Historical survey prepared for City of Santa Cruz Planning and Development Department. (excerpts)