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The article presents the author's views on the K-12 History-Social Science Framework in California as of October 2016, highlighting his role in the framework's development and to educate about the state's queer past. Topics include the value of gender and sexuality to fully understand history, educational reform, and the ballot initiative to repeal legal same-sex marriage. Also discussed is the importance for students to better understand gender and sexuality in history and civics education.

A biography is presented of the Humboldt County, California resident and historian Martha Roscoe. She was born on May 19, 1896 and graduated with a degree in English literature from the University of Oregon. During World War I, she was involved in directing a play to benefit the charitable organization the American Red Cross. Her awards include the Humboldt County Historical Society's Historian of the Year award and the Quotarian Woman Achievement Award.

Focuses on ten sessions with popular and interesting sites matched by the 2005 Program Committee and 2005 Local Resource Committee of the Organization of American Historians in San Francisco Bay Area, California. List of the venues of the sessions; Tours in the facilities; Access to collections and archives.

The article profiles the career of the late California historian Owen Cochran Coy. According to the article, Coy wrote the book "Guide to the County Archives of California" and "California County Boundaries" in 1919. The article states that Coy promoted the production of accurate maps and boundaries. The article discusses Coy's contributions to historical research in California history and states that he created a reliable record of the northern California area. The article states that Coy also wrote the books "The Humboldt Bay Region 1850-1875" and "Great Trek."

The article profiles the former president of the Humboldt County Historical Society R. Chalmers (Chal) Crichton and offers information on the annual dinner of the Humboldt County Historical Society held on February 21, 1988 at Eureka Inn in Eureka, California at which Crichton was selected as Historian of the Year. Crichton's his education, his role as a historian of Humboldt County, California and his love of travel are discussed. Crichton's involvement in several associations and societies, including the Humboldt County Council of Churches, the Eureka Heritage Society and the Eureka Rotary Club, is also discussed.

A biography is presented of the journalist and local historian Andrew "Andy" Genzoli. He was born in Myrtle Point of Arago, Oregon in 1914 and attended Ferndale High School in Ferndale, California. During World War II, he jointed the U.S. army and was stationed in the South Pacific where he worked as a journalist. Following World War II, he worked as a history columnist for the Eureka, California newspaper the "Times-Standard."

Presents a list of the actions taken by the Organization of American Historians (OAH) at its 2004 fall meeting in San Francisco, California. Approval of the minutes of the March 25-28, 2004 Executive Board Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts; Recognition of the updated OAH Staff Handbook; Acceptance and approval of the Auditor's report for fiscal year 2004.

Reports on the Organization of American Historians Annual Meeting which focus on "Historians and Their Publics," in San Francisco, California. Demonstration of a decade of expansive thinking about how and where historians do their work; Acknowledgment that the circle of history has widened and looks outward; Schedules of events in the convention.

Discusses the plan set by presidential historians when they gather in March 2002 in Santa Barbara, California for the Conference of the Reagan Presidency. Vanderbilt University historian and co-organizer of the conference; Executive Order 13233 claim in a lawsuit filed by historians in December 2001; Details of the Presidential Records Act of 1978.

The article presents the text of a resolution passed by the California state legislature honoring the late Humboldt County, California, journalist and editor of the journal Andrew Martin "Andy" Genzoli. According to the article, the resolution was introduced by then-California state senator Barry Keene and then-California assemblyman Dan Hauser. The resolution expresses the sympathy of the California assembly on the occasion of Genzoli's death and reviews Genzoli's career as a journalist, a teacher at the College of the Redwoods, and an historian of Humboldt County.