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Journals:
 

Welcome to the Journal of the Riverside Historical Society!

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The Riverside Historical Society publishes an annual journal dedicated to original research into the history of Riverside. The following links will take you to older editions of the journal.  The newest editions are available at Historical Society meetings, and the newest journal is given to all active members.

Submission Criteria - The Riverside Historical Society is always looking for researched articles on any aspect of the history of Riverside.  If you have an interest in writing about Riverside's long and fascinating history, we encourage you to do so.  Contact us about any submission to our journal.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask.

Volume 30
October 2023
Available in hard copy for purchase.

 

Volume 29
June 2022
Available in hard copy for purchase.





 

Volume 28
December 2021
Available in hard copy for purchase.





 

Volume 27
June 2019
Available in hard copy for purchase.





 

Volume 26
December 2018

Available in hard copy for purchase.





 

Volume 25
June 2018
Available in hard copy for purchase.





 

Volume 23
April 2017

  • Rise Up Singing: Riverside and the Folk Revival by Nicolette Rohr

  • Location Unknown by Steve and Marie Mains

  • The Haunting World of Uncaptioned Photos by Carlos Cortéz

  • The Trujillo Adobe - La Corazon de La Placita by Nancy Melendez

  • Our Favorite Pictures of Riverside by the RHS Board

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Volume 22
October 2016
Glen Wenzel​
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Volume 21
April 2016
Glen Wenzel​
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Volume 20
October 2015

  • Sage’s Complete Shopping Holds Fond Memories for Mid-Century Riverside - by Steve Lech

  • Riverside Modern: Architecture Tells the Story of the City’s Growth by Teri Delcamp​

Volume 19
January 2015
Glen Wenzel​
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Volume 18
February 2014 
Glen Wenzel​
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Volume 17
February 2013
Glenn Wenzel

  • The British Invade Riverside, 1943 – Sara Goodwins

  • Fire, Wind, and the Sells-Floto Circus – Aaron and Allison Maggs

  • US/TOGETHER: A History of Nosotros Fire Arts Workshop – Judith Auth

  • Little Sam 1848-1939 – Joan Hall

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Volume 16
February 2012
Glenn Wenzel & Laura Klure

  • The Right to Bare Libel – Mel Opotowsky

  • Riverside’s Mine Okubo – Mary Curtin

  • Stewarts Boathouse at Fairmount Park – Patricia Stewart

  • Reading the Sites: The Japanese-American Community in Riverside – Erin Gettis et al

  • Parks Family – Early Jurupa Pioneers – Kim Jarrell Johnson

  • Upton Sinclair in Riverside: Charting a Research Cul-di-Sac – Andrew How
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Volume 15
 February 2011
Steve Lech

  • Benedict Castle Revisited – Joan Hall and Laura Klure

  • What Might Have Been – Glenn Wenzel

  • Ebay Purchase Brings Old Letters Back to Riverside – Kim Jarrell Johnson

  • Description of Riverside (1892) – Charles Dudley Warner

  • Casa Blanca’s Evans Street – Bill Wilkman

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Volume 14
February 2010
Steve Lech

  • Clinton Marr, FAIA – Award-Winning Architect and Riverside Native – Casey Tibbet

  • Walter C. Banks – A Prominent Riverside Businessman and Park Commission President

  • Erin Gettis, Rudy Hardman and the Development of the Hardman Center Area – Kim

  • Jarrell Johnson, Ike Logan – The Bell Ringer of Mt. Rubidoux – Glenn Wenzel

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Volume 13
February 2009
Steve Lech

  • Anecdotes on Frank Miller and the Mount Rubidoux Easter Pilgrimages – Glenn Wenzel

  • A Brief History of Five-Points – Bill Bell and Casey Tibbet

  • The Judge and Mrs. Freeman – Kathleen Dever
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Volume 12
February 2008
Steve Lech

  • In Memoriam – Robert J. Fitch – Laura Klure

  • Remembering Riverside – Margaret Griffin

  • Riverside – Susie Champney Clark

  • The Beginning of a Landmark – Maurice Hodgen

  • Riverside’s Bicentennial Grove – Steve Lech

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Volume 11
February 2007
William Swafford

  • Tom – Joan Hall

  • Aspects of Riverside’s Suburban Heritage – Casey Tibbet

  • Little Gom-Benn: Historic Archaeology from a Museum Perspective – Laura Bellow

  • The Washington Navel Orange – A.D. Shamel

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Volume 10
February 2006
William Swafford

  • Local DAR Chapter Celebrates Centennial – Joann Bevan

  • The City Busy the Mission Inn: A Personal Reminiscence – Robert Bowers

  • Sherman Institute: The Pride of Riverside – William Medina

  • Evergreen Cemetery – Justice John G. Gabbert

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Volume 9
February 2005
William Swafford

  • A Glimpse into the History of California Baptist University, Part Two – Michelle Healy & Lori Henson-Angulo

  • The Romance of the Rain Cross – Maurice Hodgen

  • The Octopus in the Orange Groves – Steve Lech

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Volume 8
February 2004
William Swafford

  • Two Catholic High Schools in Riverside: St. Francis De Sales & Notre Dame – R. Bruce Harley

  • Mary Elizabeth Darling – Isabelle Nelson

  • A Glimpse into the History of California Baptist University, Part One –

  • Michelle Healy & Lori Henson-Angulo

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Volume 7
February 2003 
William Swafford

  • Riverside’s Historical Societies Centennial – Joan Hall

  • Reprint of 1908 Newspaper Story, “New Society of Historians”

  • An Early Riverside Suburb at La Placita – R. Bruce Harley

  • Victoria Club Centennial – 2003 – Joan Hall

  • Tragedy at Mockingbird Lake – John A. Adams

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Volume 6
February 2002
William Swafford

  • Rediscovering Riverside’ Father: A Short Life of Dr. James Porter Greves – Ronald Baker

  • History of Riverside – Dr. James Porter Greves

  • San Timoteo and its Chapel, 1845-1945 – R. Bruce Harley

  • African Americans in Riverside – Sue Strickland

  • Death Valley Scotty Offers All That Glitters – Joan H. Hall

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Volume 5
February 2001
William Swafford

  • Sumi Harada – Tom Patterson

  • A Chinese American Perspective on Mrs. Bettner’s Letter – Deborah Wong

  • Our China Boys of Long Ago – Mrs. Robert Bettner

  • Fairmount Park Episode – Sue Strickland

  • Evans Letters – S.C. Evans

  • Relocation Evacuation – Mabel Zink
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Volume 4
February 2000
William Swafford

  • Rancho Boundaries – Tom Patterson

  • Benedict Castle: Riverside’s “Castle in Spain” – R. Bruce Harley

  • Changing Homes, Changing Lives: Transitions in the Delineation of Domestic Interior Space – Mary Bagne

  • Riverside’s Architectural Heritage – Daniel Tossounion

  • Golf and the Fallon Dynasty – Sarah Healton​​

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Volume 3
February 1999
William Swafford

  • Making Riverside Word: The Benefits of the WPA – Terry Baggs

  • Law Enforcement, Politics, and Prohibition – Alan Curl

  • Prohibition in a Dry Town – Joyce C. Vickery

  • Edmund Carrol Jaeger – Examining the Early Career of one of Southern California’s

  • Premier Naturalists – James Bryant & Vince Moses​​

 

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Volume 2
February 1998
William Swafford

  •  El Doctor – Christian Cicchetti

  •  Letter from Southern California, 1874

  •  The Southern California Fair – Robert J. Fitch

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Volume 1
1997
Ron Baker

  • John W. North and His Water Troubles – Tom Patterson

  • Health Seekers – Joan Hall

  • Letter from California, 1895 – Will Cunnison

  • Will Cunnison: A Life Lived in the Garden Township” – Ron Baker

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Riverside Historical Society

P.O. Box 246 

Riverside, CA 92502-0246

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