The Orange County Archives - Collections

A unique collection of government records and other material documenting the rich history of Orange County, California.

Here is a list of just some of the resources we have available. Please click on the highlighted items for more information and some samples from our collection. To learn more, you can visit the Orange County Archives, or contact us.

Additional items will be added in the future.

• Orange County Board of Supervisors minutes and records (1889-1965)

• Deeds, Mortgages & other property records (1889-1953)

• Great Register of Voters (1890-1968)

• Marriage Certificate indexes (1889-1953) and affidavits (1889-1953)

• Naturalization records (1889-1983)

• Sanborn fire insurance maps for Orange County (1885-1950)

• Early Assessment Rolls (1889-1963)

• Aerial photographs (1938-1990)

• Knott’s Berry Farm Collection

• Orange County Transit District minutes (1970-1992)

• Flood Control District minutes and records

• Records from county departments and agencies

  • Planning Commission minutes (1930-1966)

  • Orange County Public Library records (1919-1986)

  • County Hospital Buildings (1947-1968)

  • Road Department records

  • County Park records

  • County Improvement Projects and State Highway Commission papers (1935-70)

• Papers of Orange County officials and employees

  • Supervisor C.M. Featherly Papers (ca 1905-1974)

  • Supervisor Harriett M. Wieder Papers (1979-1995)

  • Lecil Slaback files (retired court reporter, 1910-1990)

• Records of local organizations

  • Orange County Law Advocate records (1955-2005)

• Records of local businesses

  • Papers of industrialist Adolf Schoepe (from Orange County Historical Society)

  • Records of Williams & Rutan, Santa Ana attorneys (1908-1918)

• Early Orange County newspapers

  • Santa Ana Register (1925-29, 1936-39)

  • Santa Ana Journal (1935-38)

  • Huntington Beach News (1908-56; some gaps)

  • Huntington Beach Post (1924-25)

  • Orange County Illustrated (1964-77)

• Justice Court records from Huntington Beach and Seal Beach (1916-1959)

• Grand Jury Reports (1890-present)

• County Bankruptcy documents (1994-96)

• Orange County Progress Report (1954-present)

• County directories (1899-present)

• Subdivision maps (1869-1977)

• Mining Claim notices (1889-1926)

• Environmental Impact Reports

Plus thousands of historic photographs, maps, and much more...