DCP Partnerships and Projects
The Digital Concierge Program (DCP) is a content-creation, digitization, and digital preservation center dedicated to preserving and sharing the collections hidden throughout California state government. Below are details about our successful partnerships, completed projects, and what we are working on next.
How can we help your state agency or department? Find information about our services and resources on our Partner with DCP page, then contact us to discuss a potential collaboration.
Governor’s Mansion Photograph Collection
State Agency Partner: Governor’s Mansion State Historic Park, Capital District, California State Parks
DCP collaborated with the Governor’s Mansion State Historic Park to digitize a series of 171 black and white photographs from Governor Edmund G. “Pat” Brown’s inaugural year, when he became the 32nd governor of California. The photographs document his 1959 inauguration, two inaugural balls, and a visit to the California State Fair.
Brown family members are featured throughout the collection including future Governor Edmund Gerald “Jerry” Brown, Jr., and future California State Treasurer Kathleen Brown. Other notable images include movie star Ann Miller, singer Nat King Cole, Supreme Court Justice Phil Gibson, outgoing Governor Goodwin Knight, newly-elected Lieutenant Governor Glenn Anderson, State Controller Alan Cranston, San Francisco District Attorney Tom Lynch, Attorney General Stanley Mosk, and more.
Press Release
California State Library and California State Parks Make Rare 60-year-old Photographs Available to all Californians
Online exhibit: Governor Pat Brown’s Inaugural Year (Google Arts & Culture)
Explore rare images from 1959 documenting Edmund Gerald “Pat” Brown’s first year as California’s 32nd governor.
In the News
- State Library Pilot Drives Digital Access to Historic Resources by Theo Douglas, Industry Insider — California, published online November 10, 2023.
- Sharing California’s History by Kristi Powell, California State Library Foundation Bulletin #140, published January 2024. Print copies of Bulletin #140 available from the California State Library Foundation.
Coming Soon!
DCP is currently working on two more exciting digitization projects in partnership with the California State Railroad Museum:
- Beebe and Clegg Negative Collection: Approximately 4,000 photographic negatives taken by iconic rail photographers Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg over the course of their professional careers, from the 1920s to the 1960s. The images are primarily focused on steam and early diesel trains and were taken all across the United States.
- Southern Pacific Employee Timetables: 67 bound volumes of timetables that date from 1892-1968 and include information for railroad employees about the operation of freight and passenger trains, scheduled arrivals and departures, signal signs, stations and flag stops for passenger trains, division maps, and much more.