The Pacific Grove Public Library collects, organizes, stores and displays books, maps, images, manuscripts, audio visual materials, oral histories, biography files, directories, voter registers, local newspaper clippings, ephemera, and other printed, handwritten and drawn artifacts pertaining to Pacific Grove's heritage. Due to the importance of this unique collection, appropriate preservation methods and materials are sought out and utilized.
The Pacific Grove Public Library digital collection at California Revealed consists of texts, images, and audio recordings from the 1900s to 1980s. The collection includes oral interviews with local residents and postcards of Pacific Grove.