8th Grade Cultures in Contact

• California State Library-http://www.library.ca.gov/goldrush/images/auburn_ravine02.jpg
• California State Library-http://www.library.ca.gov/goldrush/images/independent_gold_miner.jpg
• Oakland Museum of California- http://www.museumca.org/goldrush/art-roarcamp.html
• Oakland Museum of California- http://www.museumca.org/goldrush/fever13-ch.html
• Oakland Museum of California- http://www.museumca.org/goldrush/art-cardplyr.htm
• Oakland Museum of California- http://www.museumca.org/goldrush/silver-grizzly.html
• Oakland Museum of California- http://www.museumca.org/goldrush/fever17.html
• Oakland Museum of California- http://www.museumca.org/goldrush/silver-spanwoman.html
• California History Online- http://www.californiahistory.net/chapicslarge/6.19.2%20nativeminers%20300jp.jpg
• California History Online- http://www.californiahistory.net/chapicslarge/diversity.jpg
• California Heritage Collection- http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/FindingAids/honeyman/figures/HN000497aB.jpg
• California Heritage Collection- http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/FindingAids/honeyman/figures/HN000269bA.jpg
• California Heritage Collection- http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/FindingAids/honeyman/figures/HN000515aB.jpg
• Museum of the City Of San Francisco- http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist6/chincradle.html
• California Department of Conservation Division of Mines and Geology Library
  http://www.consrv.ca.gov/dmg/pubs/cdrom/a3282.htm
  
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Text Resources

• Beilharz and Lopez.(1976) We Were 49ers! Chilean Accounts of the California Gold Rush.Pasadena CA, Ward Ritchie Press
• Boessenecker, John (1999) Gold Dust & Gunsmoke: The Tales of Gold Rush Outlaws, Gunfighters, Lawmen and Vigilantes. New York, John Wiely & Sons Inc.
• Clappe, Louise.( 1954 )The Shirley Letters. Salt Lake City, Gibbs/Smith
• Johnson, Susan Lee.(2000) Roaring Camp. the Social world of the California Gold Rush. New York, W.W. Norton & Company
• Kowaleski, Michael.(1997) Gold Rush A Literary Exploration. Berkeley CA, Heyday Books.
• Holliday,J.S. (1981) The World Rushed In The California Gold Rush Experience. New York, Touchstone Books
  
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• Gold Fever!
  http://www.museumca.org/goldrush.html
  The Oakland Museum of California
  
  
• California As I Saw It: Exploring the California Gold Rush
  http://www.library.ca.gov/goldrush/
  California State Library
  
  
• California As I Saw It: First-Person Narratives of California's Early Years, 1849-1900
  http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/cbhtml/cbhome.html
  American Memory Collection at the Library of Congress
  
  
• California Heritage Collection
  http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/CalHeritage/
  California Heritage Collection
  
  
• The Museum of the City of San Francisco
  http://www.sfmuseum.org/
  An incredibly rich resource filled with primary sources documenting the history of the City of San Francisco.
  
  
• The PBS Gold Rush Documentary Site
  http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/home.html
  The Gold Rush
  
  
• Sacramento Bee's Gold Rush Site
  http://www.sacbee.com/goldrush/
  Wonderful resource for secondary source articles
  
  
• Women in the Gold Rush
  http://www.goldrush.com/~joann/women.htm
  This web resource is sponsored by author, JoAnn Levy, recognized authority on women in the gold rush.
  
  
• California History Online
  http://www.californiahistory.net/goldFrame-diversity.htm
  California History Online: The Gold Rush California Transformed