Collections
Collections
Digital Resources
Internet Archive: Carmel Pine Cone newspaper 1915-2006; oral history interviews with James Hopper, Herbert Heron, Walter Victorine, Ruth Warshawsky and others; local history lectures on topics including the Del Monte Express, Monterey Peninsula artists, Cole Weston, Nora May French; photographs of plays at the Forest Theater 1910-1960s; scrapbooks for the Forest Theater, Carmel Arts and Crafts Club, and more.
- Carmel Bach Festival Programs: 1935-2020
- Carmel Development Company Collection: Business records of the development of Carmel, from Devendorf and Powers, 1891-1997. Photo albums of old Carmel from the Devendorf family. (Full collection guide.)
- Herbert Heron Collection: Hundreds of photographs from the Forest Theater (1910-1960s), and the diaries of the Theater’s founder. (Full collection guide.)
- Jean Kellogg Dickie Collection: Photographs, scrapbooks, manuscripts and correspondence relating to writers and diplomats Vernon and Charlotte Kellogg, and writer and artist Jean Kellogg Dickie. (Full collection guide.)
- Carmel Fire Department Films: Historical films from the Fire Department, 1930s-1980s.
- Local History Lecture Series: Lectures on the history of Point Lobos, Robinson Jeffers, Henry Miller, and much more.
- Local History Shorts: Short educational videos on topics in Carmel history.
- Oral History Interviews: More than 60 interviews conducted with longtime locals about their life and times in Carmel, Carmel Valley and Big Sur.
Photographs
Over 7,000 photographs from the Carmel area’s early days up to the present, scenes of Carmel’s natural beauty, architecture, personalities, cultural events. Also represented are views of Point Lobos and other Peninsula cities.
Online Collections
- Arts & Crafts Club Scrapbook: Scrapbook chronicling the activities of Carmel’s Arts and Crafts Club, which was started in 1905 for the purpose of attracting artists to Carmel, from 1912 to 1926.
- Forest Theater Scrapbook: Photographs of notable productions of the Forest Theater Society from 1910 to 1917.
- Herbert Heron Collection: Hundreds of photographs from the Forest Theater (1910-1960s), and the diaries of the Theater’s founder. (Full collection guide.)
More Photograph Collections
- Carmel Bach Festival
- Edgar A. Cohen
- Forest Theater
- Golden Bough Theater
- Lewis Josselyn
- Arthur McEwen
- Margye Neswitz
- Perry and Ida Brooks Newberry
- Catherine and George Seideneck
- Louis Slevin
- Lincoln Steffens and Ella Winter
- Frank Wulzen
Archival Collections
Collections relating to the history and development of Carmel, such as the Devendorf Collection of Carmel Development Co. Papers, the city clerk’s building permit books, personal written memories of Carmel, correspondence, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, etc.
Online Collections
- Carmel Bach Festival Programs: 1935-2020
- Carmel Development Company Collection: Business records of the development of Carmel, from Devendorf and Powers, 1891-1997. (Full collection guide.)
- Herbert Heron Collection: Hundreds of photographs from the Forest Theater (1910-1960s), and the diaries of the Theater’s founder. (Full collection guide.)
- Jean Kellogg Dickie Collection: Photographs, scrapbooks, manuscripts and correspondence relating to writers and diplomats Vernon and Charlotte Kellogg, and writer and artist Jean Kellogg Dickie. (Full collection guide.)
More Archival Collections
- Carmel Bach Festival
- Carmel Citizens Committee
- Carmel Fire Department
- Carmel Music Society
- Carmel Preservation Foundation
- Carmel USO
- Hugh Comstock
- Ella Reid Harrison and the Harrison Memorial Library
- Herbert Heron and the Forest Theater
- Edward Kuster and the Golden Bough Theater
- Gunnar and Wies Norberg
- Geza Saint Galy
- Enid Sales
- Vincent Torras
- Alexander and Marian Weygers
Books and Manuscripts
Fiction and nonfiction books about Carmel and Carmel residents, as well as select books written by Carmel residents, that cover topics that include history, geography, art, architecture, photography, drama, and biography. Also included are Polk City Directories 1925-1987, and reverse lookup directories 1977-2014. Manuscripts include play and television scripts, memoirs, and fiction manuscripts by local authors such as Herbert Heron, Perry Newberry, Robert Campbell, Albert Leon Van Houtte and Steve Crouch.
Periodicals
Magazines published in the Carmel area from 1925 to the present, including full runs of Game & Gossip and Carmel Magazine. Magazines from throughout the U.S. from the 1890’s to the present containing articles by Carmel authors or about the Monterey Peninsula. Newsletters from many of Carmel’s various organizations.
Audiovisual Materials
Online Materials
- Carmel Fire Department Films: Historical films from the Fire Department, 1930s-1980s.
- Local History Lecture Series: Lectures on the history of Point Lobos, Robinson Jeffers, Henry Miller, and much more.
- Local History Shorts: Short educational videos on topics in Carmel history.
