Santa Barbara Community Archives Project

07/27/2026

Thank you to everyone who came out to see UCSB Library 's "Framing Fiesta" at the Carriage and Western Art Museum of Santa Barbara on Friday evening. It was great to see familiar faces and make new friends. The Museum's curators gave an excellent presentation and we look forward to make this an annual event -- not only because they let us sit in a carriage!

07/23/2026

Come to the UCSB Library and Carriage and Western Art Museum of Santa Barbara Fiesta celebration this Friday 07/24 and see home movies projected onscreen for the first time since they were created with exciting stories from the Museum's curators and president.

GIF: Albert T. Spaulding Films, Fiesta Parade, 1927

02/05/2026

SBCAP participant Camryn Foss and her family's history in surfing is featured in today's Coastal View News. As always, a great local history article by the amazing surf historian Vince Burns. If you haven't seen the board Vince mentions in the article, drop everything and go check out the surf museum at Surf N Wear's Beach House

A priceless cache of 8 mm film has brought into focus some of the earliest days of surfing at Rincon and the life and times of the Point’s first known

12/01/2025

Images and footage of weddings, holidays and pieces of Santa Barbara history are being preserved thanks to the Santa Barbara community archives project

11/14/2025

In collaboration with the UCSB Library and the Santa Barbara Community Archives Project, our society is proud to present:

⭐️”Screening Our Stories: Home Movies from Santa Barbara”⭐️ Led by curator and Santa Barbara Community Archives Project co-founder Laura Jean Treat Liebhaber, the film will showcase the project to digitize and preserve local family histories!

Join us at our free and open to the public monthly meeting on November 15th from 9:30am-12:00pm at the Sahyun Genealogy Research Library, 316 Castillo Street, Santa Barbara for refreshments and informal talks on topics from beginning genealogy to writing family histories, a brief business meeting, and the presentation of Laura’s program. Advance registration is required to attend the program in-person or via Zoom. Register here: https://sbgen.org/meetings-classes/calendar-new/ #!event/2025/11/15/monthly-meeting-hybrid 🎥🎞️