Explore history online
Local History Groups
Art Collection
"A Mouse in the Hole"
PC
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Quicktime
Online animation created from Lewis Ryan woodblock prints.
Main Library Collection
View the online gallery of the Main Library's art holdings.
Ryan Collection
View the online gallery of the Pioneer Room's Lewis Ryan collection.
Local History @ the Pioneer Room
Explore Escondido's history at the Pioneer Room
The Pioneer Room, established in 1992 with a bequest from local historian Frances Beven Ryan (1901-1990), houses the Escondido Public Library's non-circulating collection of local history and genealogy reference and research materials.
The Pioneer Room is located at 247 S. Kalmia Street in the brick Mathes Center building next to the Main Library and is currently open to the public Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. and Saturdays, 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
2010 Pioneer Room Calendars now available!
Find out more.
Drive-In Movie Memories Needed
Drive-In Movie Memories are being collected by the Pioneer Room Friends to help preserve Escondido experiences of that great American Mid-Twentieth Century tradition. The local outdoor screen is now gone, but the memories linger on. Share your stories so that future generations may savor them.
*Drive-In employees and audience members of all ages are urged to participate in this memory-gathering.
Contact the Pioneer Room by telephone to set up an oral-interview appointment 760-839-4315. Send a written version of your experience by email, land-mail or hand deliver to the Pioneer Room at pioneerroompress@yahoo.com, or 247 South Kalmia Street, Escondido, CA 92025.
Pioneer Room in the News
- SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE: The Pioneer Room at the Escondido Public Library
- SAN DIEGO NEWS NETWORK: Escondido's history goes digital age
- NORTH COUNTY TIMES: Past turns to present at city library
Digital Storytelling Station:
Showcasing at Escondido Public
Library's Pioneer Room (View
videos here)
Collection Includes:
Click here for a more detailed list of
the collection.