by Anne Petersen The Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation (SBTHP) is committed to following best practices in our field in our...

by Anne Petersen The white, wooden building at 914 Santa Barbara Street in El Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historic Park (SHP) has had...

by Tim Aceves 11,000 miles. Presidio Chapel bell, dedicated San Pascual Bailon, present-day. Image by Tim Aceves. That’s how many miles...

On Sunday May 31, the Santa Barbara Chapter of Black Lives Matter and Juneteenth Santa Barbara issued a list of demands for action that...

by Michael H. Imwalle Koji Tanaka and volunteers from the Santa Barbara School of Squash working around the Presidio Research Center....

Emma John is a second-year PhD student in History at UC Santa Barbara interested in public history and nineteenth-century U.S. history...

by Chris S. Ervin CA Winter 2017 cover of La Campana. In recent years, two covers of the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation’s...

Collections Online homepage The Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation (SBTHP) is proud to announce the arrival of our new...

by Laurie Hannah L. to r. Sidney Ascher, Johnny Fung, and Jordyn Napier during a cataloging session. Photo by Laurie Hannah. Four UCSB...

Rare books in the Presidio Research Center. By Laurie Hannah On Wednesday, October 4, archivists around the country will take to Twitter...

by Laurie Hannah Elizabeth Hvolboll. Photo courtesy of the Presidio Research Center. Several years ago, the Santa Barbara Trust for...

Syringe in the collections of El Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historic Park, held by Archaeologist Michael Imwalle. Photo by Anne...

by Laurie Hannah In the course of daily life, individuals, organizations, and governments create and keep information about their...

by Anne Petersen The reading room at the Santa Barbara Presidio Research Center. Photo by Anne Petersen. Many members of the Santa...

by Kenny Le and Myisha Stanford Kenny Le and Myisha Stanford during their internship at SBTHP’s Presidio Research Center. Photo by Anne...

Today we are pleased to share a post by one of our patrons at the Presidio Research Center.  SBTHP Thanks you, Tom, for sharing your...

by Anne Petersen Presidio Research Center. Photo by Michael H. Imwalle. We are pleased to announce two new digital tools that will help...

by Anne Petersen In a waterfront climate like Santa Barbara, mold can be a persistent foe. In our area, many people complain of finding...

by Mika Thornberg and Brittany Vanisko Brittany and Mika at work at the Presidio Research Center. Photo by Anne Petersen. Hello Everyone!...

by Suzi Calderon Bellman Suzi Bellman holding a clipping from the Margarita Villa Collection. Suzi carefully rehoused the collection into...