Comprises scattered issues of early California newspapers with the bulk published in San Francisco from the 1960s to the early 1900s. The collection includes newspapers in Spanish, German, Serbian, French, German, Japanese, Hebrew, and Chinese.

In 1964, former California Historical Society president, printing historian, and collector, George L. Harding, founded the Kemble Collection on Western Printing and Publishing, named in honor of pioneer California printer and publisher Edward Cleveland Kemble. This collection of single issue newspapers was collected by Harding and donated to the California Historical Society.

4 Linear Feet 2 oversize flat boxes 25 inches x 21 inches x 3 inches

The California Historical Society (CHS) has no information about copyright ownership for this collection and is not authorized to grant permission to publish or reproduce materials from it. Materials in this collection created before 1928 are in the public domain in the United States. Permission to publish or reproduce is not required.

Collection is open for research.