Davis History
The primary purpose of this web site is to present information on the history of Davis, California.
This information is presented from two vantage points.
The first vantage point is Davis
history as a whole, as with, for example, population from the
start to now. These and other "history as a whole" aspects are reported
in Folder 1, to the left.
The second is in terms of periods or eras in Davis history. On this site, Davis history is divided into nine periods. These are shown in the folders to the left that begin with the number "2."
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This site also has five secondary purposes.
+ Housed in folder 3, to the left, the first
of these secondary purposes is to publish original research on Davis
history, which is, at this time, the Papers on Davis History
Series produced by the Publications Committee of the Davis
Historical Society.
+ The next secondary purpose is to present
information on Davis historic preservation and historical
resources (folder 4).
+ Third, materials on the Davis Historical Society are assembled in Folders 5.
+ Next, notices of new Davis History relevant books appear in Folder 6.
+ Last, items that might be considered artistic representations of aspects of Davis history are gathered in Folder 7.
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This site has a companion and complementary site called
RESEARCHING DAVIS HISTORY at www.davishistoryresearch.org.
The site you are looking at here--titled Davis
History--is about historical substance per se.
The other site is, in contrast, about learning how to learn Davis
history and working up new
history.
No matter what the site, Happy Browsing! John Lofland, site coordinator
Davis Pioneer Profiled in the Davis Enterprise
In his column of April 15, 2009, Rich Rifkin profiles Davis pioneer Matthew Clancy, builder of what is now known as "The Clancy House" at the southwest corner of Second and C streets.
Davis History & Santa Cruz History
In their new book, The Leftmost City, Richard Gendron and William Domhoff chronicle the several decades over which a progressive coalition in Santa Cruz, CA has contested real estate and development interests with some success.
Recent Davis History Featured in a New Book on The American College Town
A University of New Hampshire geographer has published a very large book on American college towns containing a chapter characterizing Davis as a place of "all things right and relevant."