The California State Parks, California  State Capitol Museum,  is in the planning stages of a new exhibit, Riding the Wild Grizzly:150 Years of California State Government.   A History and Commemoration." The exhibit will trace the history and evolution of California’s state government by examining the major people, agencies and laws over the last 150 years. The Capitol Museum is trying to locate repositories of archives, art and artifacts that are associated with state agencies, elected officials or major legislation. Any persons or institutions that have resources to share should contact Joan Gulick at (916) 323-8267 or Vito Sgromo (916) 324-0312 ext 210

The Senate Rules Committee together with the California State Capitol Museum is collecting images and biographies of the following Senate President Pro Tempore and Speakers of the Assembly:

SPEAKERS OF THE ASSEMBLY

We are trying to locate a photograph or image and a biography of the following:

1849 THOMAS J. WHITE (photo) (resigned 2/6/1850)

1853 ISAAC B. WALL (bio)

1857 ELWOOD T. BEATTY (photo and bio)

1858 N. E. WHITESIDE (bio)

1860 PHILIP MOORE (photo and bio)

1861 RANSOM BURNELL (photo)

1863 TIMOTHY N. MACHIN (photo)

1866 JOHN YULE (photo and bio)

1878 CAMPBELL P. BERRY (photo)

We are trying to locate a photograph or image and a biography of the following:

1851 ELCAN HEYDENFELDT (photo)

1859 WILLIAM B. DICKINSON (photo and bio)

1860 ISAAC N. QUINN (photo and bio)

1864 RANSOM BURNELL (photo)

1866 STEPHEN PEABODY WRIGHT (photo)