An Invitation

The Society extends a warm invitation to you ---- to friends, neighbors, scholars, history buffs--- to join our growing membership roster and be part of building a new 21st century institution dedicated to the history of California’s Central Valley region. Our history is a remarkable part of the California story. It’s the story of people and their relationship with the land. It’s an American story.

Be a Partner as we

• Advocate on behalf of historic preservation, working with local and state government to preserve our region’s architectural landscape
• Maintain an archives that houses history of the Central San Joaquin Valley from the 1850s to the present
• Collect oral histories, artifacts, photographs, letters, journals, family scrapbooks
• Celebrate the history of California’s Central Valley through exhibits, publications, preservation tours, lectures and conferences
• Sponsor living history events
• Administer one of the most significant historic sites in the San Joaquin Valley, the home of agricultural pioneer, M. Theo Kearney
• Develop history curriculum for classroom use and workshops for teachers
• Collaborate with regional historical societies and museums to link historic sites and bring collections together for research and exhibition
• Create a place in the heart of California that brings together the forces of research, educational programming, and preservation to address some of California’s most important challenges.

Partnership Opportunities

Society Council
Benefactor $1000 - $5000
Patron $500
Sustaining $250
Contributing $100
Active $45
Senior $35
Student/Educator $25

Members of the Query Club, one of Fresno’s historic women’s study clubs, photographed in 1896 by H.H. Alexander.