Abstract
Statement of Problem: The Center for Sacramento History houses the Charles L. Vanina Collection, consisting of hundreds of architectural drawings and documents dating to the early-to-mid 1900s, which previously belonged to Sacramento architect and contractor Charles Leslie Vanina. The collection has no original order, no discernable organization, numbering, or previously established groupings or designations from the time of its original use. Many of these drawings, blueprints, and contracts are also unclean and tightly rolled. Sources of Data: This project uses sources from a wide variety of mediums, including historical books, professional manuals, journal articles, and organization websites. Conclusions: The author created series and subseries based on the content and medium of the drawings and documents, and organized them within those series. The records were also subject to cleaning, humidification, flattening, and foldering. An accompanying finding aid documents the collection's organization and its historical context, both for use within the Center for Sacramento History and on the Online Archive of California (OAC).