(Excluding articles by or about Carranco in Humboldt Historian; those are in a separate list, reflecting his active participation in the Humboldt County Historical Society from the 1960s until his death in 1987)

Carranco, Lynwood. 1954. Let's Stop Worshipping the Dictionary. The Clearing House. 29(2): 72-76. (Reprinted, slightly abridged, 1954, in Education Digest. 20(4): 32-34)

Carranco, Lynwood. 1956. Logger Lingo in the Redwood Region. American Speech: A Quarterly Of Linguistic Usage. 31(2): 149-152.

Carranco, Lynwood. 1959. More Logger Lingo of the Redwood Region. American Speech: A Quarterly Of Linguistic Usage. 34(1): 76-80.

Carranco, Lynwood. 1961. Chinese Expulsion from Humboldt County. Pacific Historical Review. 30(4): 329-340.

Carranco, Lynwood. 1962. Logging Railroad Language in the Redwood Country. American Speech: A Quarterly Of Linguistic Usage. 37(2): 130-136.

Carranco, Lynwood. 1963. Fundamentals of Modern English. Dubuque, Iowa: Wm. C. Brown. 4th ed., rev. print, 1972; now out of print. No materials relating to this book are present in the collection.

Carranco, Lynwood. 1963. Americanisms in the Redwood Country. Western Folklore. 22(4): 263-267.

Carranco, Lynwood. 1963. Three Legends of Northwestern California. Western Folklore. 22(3): 179-185.

Carranco, Lynwood, and Wilma Rawles Simmons. 1964. The Boonville Language of Northern California. American Speech: A Quarterly Of Linguistic Usage. 39(4): 278-286.

Carranco, Lynwood and Mrs. Eugene Fountain. 1964. California's First Railroad: The Union Plank Walk, Rail Track, and Wharf Company Railroad. Journal Of The West. 3(2): 243-256.

Carranco, Lynwood. 1964. It Wasn't Bigfoot After All. Western Folklore. 23(4): 271-272.

Carranco, Lynwood. 1966. Bret Harte in Union (1857-1860). California Historical Society Quarterly. 45: 99-112.

Carranco, Lynwood. 1966. Northern California Superstitions, 1880's. Western Folklore. 25(4): 257.

Carranco, Lynwood. 1967. A Miscellany of Folk Beliefs from the Redwood Country. Western Folklore. 26(3): 169-176.

Carranco, Lynwood. 1967. Treasure Hunters Near Big Bonanza. Western Folklore. 26(3): 198-199.

Carranco, Lynwood and Andrew Genzoli. 1968. California Redwood Empire Place Names. Journal Of The West. 7(3): 363-380.

Carranco, Lynwood. 1969. Anza's Bones in Arizpe. Journal Of The West. 8(3): 416-428.

Carranco, Lynwood. 1971. The Redwood Country: History, Language, Folklore. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt (second edition, 1986).

California redwood empire place names, by L. Carranco and A. Genzoli.
A study in prejudice: the Chinese and Humboldt County, California, by L. Carranco.
Redick McKee and the Humboldt Bay region, 1851-1852, by C. L. Hoopes.
Bret Harte in Union (1857-1860), by L. Carranco.
Two men and a mill, by H. Brett Melendy. (Dolbeer & Carson)
California's first railroad, by L. Carranco and Mrs. E. Fountain.
The Samoa Peninsula, by L. Carranco. (revised from Humboldt State English paper and Humboldt Historian article in 1956 while teaching at Arcata High School)
Seth Kinman, by C. L. Hoopes.
The northern California vendetta, by L. Carranco and E. Beard.
Anza's bones in Arizpe, by L. Carranco.
The Boonville language of northern California, by L. Carranco and W. R. Simmons.
Boontling, by M. R. Rawles.
Logging railroad language in the Redwood Country, by L. Carranco.
Americanisms in the Redwood Country, by L. Carranco.
Three legends of northwestern California, by L. Carranco.
A miscellany of folk beliefs from the Redwood Country, by L. Carranco.

[N.B., Samoa Peninsula, Boontling and Americanisms in the Redwood Country not included in 1986 second edition, Seth Kinman by Hoopes replaced by chapter by Carranco in 1986 second edition]

Carranco, Lynwood and Estle Beard. 1972. The Northern California Vendetta. Journal Of The West. 11(4): 670-674.

Carranco, Lynwood. 1973. The Chinese in Humboldt County, California: A Study In Prejudice. Journal Of The West. 12(1): 139-162.

Carranco, Lynwood F. 1974. Logger Language in Redwood Country. Journal of Forest History Newsletter. 18(3): 52.

Carranco, Lynwood and John T. Labbe. 1975. Logging the Redwoods. Caldwell, ID: Caxton Printers.

Carranco, Lynwood. 1981. Maritime Fiasco on the Northern California Coast. California History. 60(3): 210-227.

Carranco, Lynwood and Estle Beard. 1981. Genocide and Vendetta: The Round Valley Wars of Northern California. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press.

Carranco, Lynwood and Estle Beard. 1982. Missouri Mountain Men out West. True West January 1982: 22-27. (excerpt from Genocide and Vendetta)

Carranco, Lynwood. 1982. Redwood Lumber Industry. San Marino, CA: Golden West Books.

Carranco, Lynwood. 1983. Terminology. IN Encyclopedia of American Forest and Conservation History. New York: Macmillan. v 2:640-645.

Carranco, Lynwood. 1984. The curious life and bloody times of Seth Kinman. The Californians 2(5): 32-41.

Carranco, Lynwood. 1985. College of the Redwoods: The First Nineteen Years. Eureka: College of the Redwoods Foundation.

Carranco, Lynwood. 1986. The Redwood Country: History, Language, Folklore. Belmont, CA: Star Publishing (second edition).

California redwood empire place names / L. Carranco and A. Genzoli
A study in prejudice: the Chinese and Humboldt County, California / L. Carranco
Redick McKee and the Humboldt Bay region, 1851-1852 / C. L. Hoopes
Bret Harte in Union (1857-1860) / L. Carranco
Two men and a mill / H. Brett Melendy
The life and times of frontiersman Seth Kinman / L. Carranco
Maritime fiasco on the Northern California coast / L. Carranco
California's first railroad / L. Carranco and Mrs. E. Fountain
The northern California vendetta / L. Carranco and E. Beard
Anza's bones in Arizpe / L. Carranco
Logger language in redwood country / L. Carranco
Logging railroad language in the redwood country / L. Carranco
The Boonville language of northern California / L. Carranco and W. R. Simmons
Three legends of northwestern California / L. Carranco
A miscellany of folk beliefs from the Redwood Country / L. Carranco

[N.B., new chapter by Carranco on Kinman (replacing chapter by Hoopes), new chapters Maritime Fiasco on the Northern California Coast and Logger Language in Redwood Country]

Carranco, Lynwood. 1987. Two Tragic Shipwrecks of the 1860s. Californians 5(3): 8-21. (Northerner and Brother Jonathan)

Carranco, Lynwood and Henry L. Sorensen. 1988. Steam in the Redwoods. Caldwell, ID: Caxton Press.

Labbe, John T. and Lynwood Carranco. 2001. A Logger's Lexicon: An Illustrated Reference for Logging Terms and Technology. Hillsboro, OR: TimberTimes.

Compiled by Joan Berman, 2015