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Alphabetical List of Collections by Name
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z
D
- Dahlgren, J. J. [Rear
Admiral, Commanding South Atlantic Blockading Squadron]. Fifteen
Civil War documents, mainly orders to Acting Master
Benjamin Dyer, Commanding the U.S.S. ‘Home,’ re
matters such as transferring men and equipment to other
ships, and being appointed a member of Naval General
Court-Martial proceedings, 1862-1865. (Wyles SC
72).
- [Dakota Territory]. Ward,
B. One letter (ALS) to Jonas Huddle,
reflecting on the character of local "Yankie" (sic)
residents. Cheyenne City, Dakota Territory,
8 Apr. 1868. (Wyles SC 287).
- Daley
[Dennis] Papers, 1988. Pre-publication
copies (lightly annotated) of psychiatrist
Daley's book Surviving Addiction. (HPA
Mss 7).
- Daneau,
Lambert. Selva d'Aforismi Politici , ca.
late 1500s. Vellum-bound
volume, collection of political aphorisms
taken from Greek and Latin historians, handwritten
in Italian by Lambert Daneau (ca. 1530-1595),
professor of theology. (Mss 193)
- [Dance]. Condodina
[Alice] Papers. Mainly videotapes
re dance, from a UCSB faculty member of dramatic
art and dance. (FACP 24).
- Darwin /
Evolution Collection. Nearly 3,000
volumes, including first, signed, and limited editions
of books by Charles Darwin and others engaged in
the debate on evolution and studies in related
fields such as anthropology, botany, genetics,
geology, heredity, natural history, population,
and religion. Includes early works by other
members of the Darwin family, such as Erasmus Darwin, The
Botanic Garden: A Poem in Two Parts (1789);
Erasmus Darwin, Phytologia, or The Philosophy
of Agriculture and Gardening … (1800);
Robert Waring Darwin, Principia Botanica, or,
A Concise and Easy Introduction to the Sexual Botany
of Linnaeus … (1810).
- Darwin/Evolution Manuscript
Collection, ca.1786-1968 [bulk dates 1840s-1920s]. Correspondence,
diaries, pamphlets, and other manuscripts relating
to Charles Darwin and others interested in the
theory of evolution, including Bernard Darwin,
Francis Darwin, Julian Huxley, Thomas Henry Huxley,
John Stuart Mill, Richard Owen, Herbert Spencer,
Marie Stopes, and Anna and Edward Burnett Tylor. (Mss
28).
- Daughters
of Union Veterans Jocelyn Morgan Kirkwood
Memorial Collection, ca. 1840s-early 1900s. Mainly
correspondence, documents, broadsides, cartes
de visite, picture postcards, and other material
from or about the Civil War era. (Wyles
Mss 71).
- Daughters of Union Veterans
of the Civil War, Department of California & Nevada,
1963-1999. Mainly journals of the
annual conventions. (Wyles Mss 95).
- Davidson [Donald C.]
Oral History, 1984, 1993. Interviews
with University Librarian Davidson, tracing the
development of the UCSB Library, explaining the
origins of each collection, and describing the
trials he faced in keeping pace with the academic
needs of a growing institution. Also
1993 interviews with other librarians in conjunction
with naming of the Library in honor of Davidson,
including Martha Peterson, Windal Simons, Christian
Brun, Don Fitch, Grace Callahan, and Henry Tai. (OH
15).
- Davidson [Donald C.]
Papers, ca. 1930s-1980s. Files
relating to Davidson’s tenure as UCSB University
Librarian (1947-1977) and his research interests
on concepts of time throughout history and among
various cultures, along with printed works on the
same subjects (cataloged separately). (Mss 19;
FACP 7).
- Davidson [Eugene] Collection. Books
and papers of an historian and editor of Yale University
Press, primarily relating to 20th century German history,
including the Weimar Republic, Third Reich, Holocaust,
Nuremberg trials, international war tribunals, and the
Cold War period. (Mss 185).
- Davis, F. B. Civil
War sailor's diary, aboard the USS Quaker City, 1863. (Wyles
SC 414).
- [Davis, Jefferson]. Harrison,
Russell B. One letter (TLS) to Henry
Whitney Cleveland, re Frank Leslie’s [illustrated
newspaper] illustrations of the death of Jefferson
Davis. Executive Mansion, Washington, D.C.,
11 Feb. 1890. (Wyles SC 108).
- [Davis, Jefferson]. Six
letters (ALS) from Jefferson Davis and Varina Howell
Davis, 1885-1893. (Wyles Mss 52).
- [Davis, Jefferson]. Two
Civil War era political cartoons, including one by Currier & Ives. (Wyles
SC 851).
- Davis [Jefferson] Collection,
[ca. 1870s-1880s]. Engravings
of Jefferson Davis and wife, along with autograph
and note (ANS) by Jefferson Davis, all mounted
and framed. (Wyles Mss 135).
- Davys [Marjorie] Letters,
1932-1938. Letters from a lay teacher
at St. Faiths, an Anglican school in Peking, mainly
to her sister about life in China during the time
when Japan was invading. (Bernath Mss 104).
- Dayan, Moshe. One
letter (TLS), in Hebrew, to Elan Goldman and others,
conveying greetings and thanks for their letters. Translation
included. Ministry of Defense, Israel, 12 Nov.
1973. (SC 71).
- DeConde [Alexander] Papers,
1985-1992. Correspondence
files re a festschrift in honor of the UCSB professor
of history. (FACP 8).
- De la Garza Collection
on the Latino Museum of History of Art and Culture. (CEMA
52).
- De
Mille (Richard) Collection, 1959-1979. Mainly
material relating to de Mille's research and
writings on Carlos Castaneda. (Mss 20).
- Dellenbaugh [Frederick
S.] Cruise Journal, 1906. Trip
to West Indies, Venezuela, and Florida. (Wyles
SC 983).
- DeMolitor [John] Collection. Primarily
of Civil War related material, including typescript
copy of diary and various originals and copies of documents,
ca. 1780-1781, 1864-1936. (Wyles SC 594).
- [Denmark]. Jendarata Rubber Company Ltd Photograph Album, ca. 1914.
52 b/w photos, with captions in Danish, showing the Jendarata rubber plantation and factory in Lower Perak,
then part of the Federated Malay States (now Malaysia), which was established by Danish engineer Aage
Westenholz, uncle of Karen Blixen (Out of Africa), whose farm in Kenya he also helped fund. Also includes
images of Danish managers and local population (described as Javanese), countryside, musicians and
instruments, religious festivals, Malacca, and Bornam River. (Bernath Mss 274).
- [Denmark]. Petersen,
Carl [aka Karl Pedersen]. One ms
diary in Danish, re 1880 move from Denmark to Nebraska,
with typescript translation. Copy of translation
published in UCSB Libraries’ Soundings. (SC
241).
- [Denmark]. World
War II Danish Resistance Collection, ca. 1940-1945. Pamphlets,
flyers, joke books, and other printed materials
produced in resistance to the Nazi occupation of
Denmark. (Bernath Mss 161).
- Dent, Rowley E. Diary,
partly relating to Santa Barbara, 1870. (Wyles
SC 76).
- Depew, Chauncey M. One
typewritten account of Depew, re his role as Secretary
of State of the train carrying Lincoln's body from Albany. Notes,
for example, that “Wherever the highway crossed
the railway track the whole population of the neighborhood
was assembled… Huge bonfies lighted up the scene….” N.p.,
[1924?]. (Wyles SC 75).
- DeWolfe [Barbara] Papers,
1998-2000. Typescript, printed
copies of autobiographical and other writings by
Barbara Blanchard DeWolfe (1912- ),
professor of zoology at UCSB, 1946-1977. (FACP
26).
- DeWolfe [Robert Hill]
Papers. (FACP 9).
- Dewing [James] Papers,
1865-1936. Thirteen items of Barbara
DeWolfe’s grandfather, James Dewing, including
a photograph, materials relating to his service
in the 18th Regiment of Connecticut Infantry, Company
A, during the Civil War (discharge papers, widow’s
pension, GAR receipts), publishing/piano manufacturing
business in San Francisco (letterhead stationery,
calling card, court records re failure of the business),
and death (memorial service address, National Cemetery
Regulations). (Wyles SC 1012).
- Dickens [Charles] Collection. Dickens
ephemera, including a note (ANS), possibly with Dickens
signature. (SC 856).
- Dickinson, Anna Elizabeth. One
letter (ALS) from the abolitionist, lecturer, actress,
playwright, and feminist Dickinson, re an invitation
to speak – says her fee is $150 and her schedule
is very busy, but she is willing to consider the offer. Philadelphia,
12 Sept. 1866. (Wyles SC 78).
- Dictionaries. Early
examples such as: Edward Phillips, The New World
of Words: Or, A General English Dictionary …Together
with the Definitions of All Those Terms That Conduce
to the Understanding of any of the Arts or Sciences … (1678);
John Jacob Hofmann’s Lexicon Universale … (1698);
Elisha Coles, An English Dictionary (1717);
N. Bailey, Dictionarium Britannicum (1736);
John Barrows’ A New and Universal Dictionary
of Arts and Sciences (1751); Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary
of the English Language (1775), and Noah Webster’s An
American Dictionary of the English Language (1830);
Japanese woodblock picture dictionary (1874).
- Didion, Joan. One
letter (TLS) to Mr. [?] Norbutt, re the writing process,
5 Feb. 1979. (SC 77).
- Die-Cut
Advertising Literature, ca. 1883-1960. 101
pamphlets, booklets, cards, and flyers cut
in shapes such as animals, books, bottles,
boxes, cans, fruit and vegetables, hats, oysters,
and shoes. Many of the items are
highly illustrated and printed in vivid colors. Most
are early – mid 20th century, some from
California. The collection is arranged
alphabetically, by company name. (Mss
202).
- Diemer [Emma Lou] Papers. Manuscript
scores, business correspondence and royalty statements,
programs, review and clippings of composer and UCSB
faculty member Emma Lou Diemer. (PA Mss 41).
- “Diese Widmung,” 1907. Portfolio
of German Southwest Africa (now Namibia) color prints. (SC
859).
- Diman
Family Papers, 1822-1865. Papers
of Byron Diman (1795-1865), governor of Rhode
Island (1846-1848) and prominent merchant
of Bristol. Includes correspondence,
shipping records, and business papers of Devol,
Diman, & Co.; correspondence with the
D’Wolf family of Bristol, with his brother-in-law
William Henry Wight and his firm of Wight
and Fleury in New York, and with his nephew,
also named William Henry Wight. Also
includes correspondence with his son, Henry
Wight Diman, a student at Brown University
(1854-1858) and assistant consul in Oporto,
Portugal (1862-1865). (Wyles Mss 11).
- Dimock [A. W.] Civil
War Letter, 1861. Letter from Dimock
to sister, saying he does not know when he will
be ordered up; discusses other personal and family
affairs. On flag-decorated sheet of paper.
Jersey City, May 4, 1861. (Wyles SC 947).
- Direct Relief International
Oral History. Interviews with
Dennis Karczag and others about the development
of the Santa Barbara-based relief agency. (OH
33).
- Direct Relief International
Collection, ca. 1990-1998. Mainly
tapes and transcripts of interviews Dale Carlisle
did with Direct Relief International (DRI) staff
and other individuals regarding the establishment
in 1948 and history of DRI and its founders Wilhelm
(William) Zimdin and Dezso (Dennis) Karczag. Also
included is a printed copy of Carlisle’s A
History of Direct Relief International (1998),
and some published material like annual reports. (SBHC
Mss 22).
- Dixon [William D.] Civil
War Letters, 1861-1862. Two
letters (ALS) from a [6th Pennsylvania colonel?]
to wife Martha. July 4, 1862. (Wyles
SC 999).
- Dodd, Ira S. One
Civil War letter (ALS) and accompanying envelope, to
his parents, mainly about the latest battle and related
heavy shelling. South side of the Rappahannock,
6 June 1863. (Wyles SC 79).
- Dohrman [Selina] Collection,
ca. 1960s. Pamphlets, articles,
typescripts, drawings, and other material relating
to a range of religions acquired by Selina Dorhrman,
a disciple of Karpal Singh. (ARC Mss
49).
- Dole [William E.] Collection,
1708-1730. Two manuscript volumes
representing the records of parishioners of the
Church of San Bartolomeo in Apice, by Domen-Antonio
Mazzucchi, Rectors and others. (Mss
146).
- Dominguez [C.] Peruvian
Photograph Collection, ca. 1972. 43
black/white photographs taken by C. Dominguez,
of Peruvian men, women, and children of African
descent. (Bernath Mss 168).
- [Dominican Republic]. Thomas
[Norman] Photograph Collection, 1948-1964 [bulk
1958-1964]. Several thousand b/w
prints and negatives, taken by photojournalist
Norman Thomas, who was based in New Orleans in
the late 1950s to early 1960s. The
largest number of photos are from Mexico, with
British Honduras, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic,
El Salvador, Guatemala, Jamaica, Nicaragua, and
Panama also represented. Included are many
images of people in everyday life, street and market
scenes, factories, events and parades, and overhead
views of villages and cities. There also
is an earlier series of photos from the 1948 Nahanni
Expedition to northern Canada, and some U.S. photos,
including Cape Canaveral, Florida, and a Navajo
Reservation Health Program. (Bernath
Mss 97).
- Donovan, William. One
Civil War letter (ALS) to his sister, re family matters
and inferiority of Southerners, particularly
in terms of education. Cumberland Hospital, Nashville,
Tennessee, 14 Oct. 1863. (Wyles SC 69).
- Dorbin [Sanford] Papers,
ca. 1965-2001. Primarily material
relating to Dorbin’s bibliography of Charles Bukowski,
manuscript drafts of his poetry and other writings,
and files pertaining to his poetry magazine Schist:
A Journal of Poetry and Graphics (1973-1978),
in which some of Bukowski’s poems appeared. The
Bukowski material includes research files, manuscript
drafts and some proofs of the bibliography, as
well as correspondence with Charles Bukowski, Black
Sparrow publisher John Martin, Douglas Blazek,
Marvin Malone (Wormwood Review), Sherri Martinelli,
Jon Webb (Loujon Press), Carl Weissner, and others. (Mss
21).
- Dorchester Academy Photograph
Album, ca. 1890s. Album, with 60+
b/w photos, taken by a missionary school teacher
at the Dorchester Academy in the African American
community at McIntosh, Liberty, County, Georgia,
ca. 1890s. (Wyles Mss 104).
- Doren, Richard. One
manuscript song written on board the U.S. steamer "Osceola" the
night before the battle of Fort Fisher. Includes
such lyrics as “So pull down that Rebel rag, It
has been long enough there, for we have come from Uncle
Abe, to put the Stars and Stripes there.” Dec.
1864. (Wyles SC 80).
- Dos
Décadas de Artistas Chicanas Exhibition
Collection. Created
from internal CEMA files about Dos Decadas
de Artistas Chicanas (1972-1990): Envisioning
and Transforming Culture an exhibition
co-sponsored by CEMA and held in the UCSB
Women's Center Gallery. Ester Hernandez and
Yreina Cervantez, two of the artists represented
in the exhibit, were the guest speakers. The
collection consists of audiocassettes and
transcriptions of the opening remarks and
the artists' slide lectures, as well as event
publicity (handbill, press release and news
articles). (CEMA 017).
- Dos
Passos [John] Letters, 1966, 1967. One
letter (ALS) to Michael Heskett (Santa Barbara,
CA) re 1920s literature, disagreeing strongly
with the characterization of it being the ‘lost
generation.’ Westmoreland, VA,
Apr. 22, 1966. Also, photocopy of one
letter (ALS), to Mr. [?] Africa re Dos
Passos’ criticism of the New Left as
well intentioned but idealistic and misinformed
about the “forces at large in the world.” Westmoreland,
VA, Oct. 22, 1967. (SC 85).
- Dothard [Robert Loos]
Collection, ca. 1938-1963. Correspondence,
Christmas cards, stock certificates and ephemera,
mainly relating to the printing firm of William
E. Rudge’s Sons, Inc. Dothard was one
of the five original partners of the firm and the
firm’s typographer for several years. He
later had a long, distinguished career as a book
designer, with many of his books being accepted
for the Fifty Books exhibitions of the American
Institute of Graphic Arts. (Printers Mss
6).
- Doty
[Edward] Collection, ca. 1970-1983. Historical
U.S. and worldwide stamps and stamp covers.
(Mss 22)
- Dougan [Robert Ormes]
Collection, ca. 1950s-1970s. Mainly
printed ephemera from the Zamorano (Los Angeles)
and Roxburghe (San Francisco) clubs, collected
by Dougan, former President of the Friends of UCSB
Library and Director of the Huntington Library,
1958-1972. (Printers Mss 39).
- Dougan [Robert Ormes]
Oral History, ca. 1983. Recollections
of the former librarian for the University of Dublin
and the Huntington Library, including experiences
with the rebinding of the Book of Kells, his efforts
to augment the Huntington’s extensive collections,
and the numerous scholars he became acquainted
with during his career. (OH 5)
- Downey
[William] Papers, 1922-1994. Correspondence
files, photographs, and newspaper clippings
of a Santa Barbara African American and his
career as a newspaper columnist, novelist,
and teacher. (CEMA 32).
- Downing, Amos. Three
Civil War letters (ALS) to brother, Phillip Downing,
re personal matters, military engagements, casualties,
and cost of provisions, 1861-1862. (Wyles SC 526).
- Dozer
[Donald M] Papers, ca. 1939-1975 [bulk 1940s]. Collection
of a Latin American specialist in the DRA
and a UCSB faculty member; includes typescript
of book Latin America: An Interpretative
History, files from Dozer’s government
service in the 1940s, and newspaper clippings
(mostly about Argentina). (Bernath Mss
6)
- Dramatic Arts Collection. Programs,
playbills and clippings from the stage and the early
days of film. (PA Mss 7).
- Drew, A. W. One
Civil War letter (ALS) to his family, explaining reasons
for volunteering, and the organization and drilling
of armed militia in Missouri, threatening to invade
Iowa. Newton, Iowa, Apr. 30, [1861]. (Wyles
SC 88).
- Drew [Ann] Correspondence,
1861-1865. 11 Civil War era letters
(ALS) to Miss Ann Drew of Smithville, NC. (Wyles
SC 938).
- Driscoll
[Thomas] Collection, 1836-1953 [bulk 1890-1918]. Mainly
World War I photographs, pamphlets, intelligence
reports, newspaper clippings, and correspondence
(also incl. Theodore Roosevelt and Gen. Sheridan
letters), as well as some 19c photographs
of Brazil, collected by Driscoll, who served
as in the U.S. Army's 91st Division during
and after the war. (Bernath Mss 7).
- Driscoll [Mrs. Thomas]
Oral History. Interview with a prominent
Santa Barbara resident, re family history and their
association with Admiral Farragut, Cyrus McCormick,
Mark Twain, and Theodore Roosevelt. Also
personal experiences of Santa Barbara elite society
ca. 1900 and the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Central
Coast Regional Projects. (OH 34).
- Drosh Mule Corps Expedition
Photograph Collection, ca. 1920s. 48
black/white photographs by a member of a British
expedition in the mountainous area of Hindu Kush
(now northern Pakistan/Afghanistan), near the Russian
frontier, including images of Drosh fort and bazaar,
mountain views and passes, river gorges, bridges,
local people, mules, Kaffiristani carved effigies
of horse and rider. (Bernath Mss 237).
- Duardo [Richard] Collection. Materials
of the Chicano graphic artist. (CEMA 65).
- Duenewald [Ralph M.]
Collection, ca. 1971-1983. Mainly
correspondence between Duenewald and Hobart Skofield,
re the William E. Rudge printing firm (Printers
Mss 7)
- Duke
Dos Santos [Maria]Collection. Correspondence,
photographs, and ephemera from oneof the earliest
scholars in the field of Chicano literature,
documenting her close relationship to renowned
Chicano writers over three decades. The
main subjects of the collection are writers
Rolando Hinojosa, Tomas Rivera (former Chancellor
UC Riverside), and Sabine Ulibarri. (CEMA
105).
- Dumas [Nicholas] Oral
History, 2000-2001. Interviews
with a Greek immigrant who settled in Santa Barbara. Central
Coast Regional Projects. (OH 8).
- Dunlap [Margaret S.]
Papers, ca. 1940s-1990s. Bio/personal
files, sketch books, slides, photographs and other
material of a local artist who created many public
art works in Santa Barbara. (SBHC Mss 67).
- Dutch East Indies Photograph
Album, ca. 1920. 113 b/w professional
photographs, with images of Bali (women, some palaces
and temples), New Guinea (mainly Papua inhabitants),
Java (Malang, Soerabaia, Grissee, Solo, Madioen – people,
buildings, street scenes, temples, volcanoes, crater-lakes),
Sumatra (Palembang, Bencoolen, Sabang, Krakatau,
Ambon and Ceram – local population and scenery),
Lombok (Maharaja of Lombok with two children),
Perak (harbor, lighthouse, important buildings),
and Banka (Telok Betong and Muntok). (Bernath Mss
82).
- Dutch East Indies Photograph
Albums, ca. late 1920s. Five albums,
mostly of images on tour around Dutch East Indies
(now Indonesia) places like Sumatra (Pedang to
Medang). (Bernath Mss 209).
- Dutch East Indies Photograph
Albums, ca. 1902-1919 [bulk dates 1908-1913]. 162
black/white photos mounted in 6 albums. Also,
one document re E. Kepper, possible compiler of
the albums. Many of the photos are of colonial
officials and military, their families, offices
and residences, various gatherings and events,
as well as local scenes and countryside. Most
photos are of the Magelang (Java) area. Other
locations include: Java (Semarang, Salatiga) and
Sumatra (Palembang). (Bernath Mss 218).
- Dutch New Guinea Photograph
Album, ca. 1950-1953. 250+ black/white
photographs of Dutch New Guinea (now Papua province
of Indonesia), some with Dutch captions, most snapshots
likely taken by a Dutch non-commissioned officer. Includes
many images of fellow local soldiers and camp life. Also
images of local terrain and population, mainly
Ifar region; also Santani Lake and Hollandia Stad
(city). (Bernath Mss 262).
- Dwire [Harrison] Collection. Mainly
Civil War era documents, 1862-1865, 1907. (Wyles
SC 589).
E
- E. Conway & Co. Ledgers,
[1860s]. Two handwritten ledgers
with manuscript documents and maps pertaining to
the E. Conway & Company purchase of lands in
Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles, and Contra
Costa counties, with early information about oil
development in California. (Mss 184).
- Earnest, William W. One
typed manuscript (TMS), 94 pages, "The Life of
John W. Earnest (1824-1913)," by his son William
W. Earnest, including an account of John W. Earnest’s
overland trip from Illinois to the California goldfields
in 1850, experiences there, return east to Yazoo City,
Mississippi in 1860, and forced service in the Confederacy
as a Northerner during the Civil War. N.p., n.d. (Wyles
SC 83).
- [Earthquakes]. California Picture
Postcard Collection. 17 items, including
images of 1906 San Francisco earthquake and homes
of Hollywood stars such as Bob Hope, Mickey Rooney,
and Jack Benny, ca. late 1930s. (Wyles SC
608).
- [Earthquakes]. Chase
[Harold S.] Oral History, 1975. Interviews
with others about Santa Barbara realtor, developer,
and civic leader Chase, re his coming to Santa
Barbara, Hope Ranch development, role in public
affairs, including earthquake and depression relief,
fundraising for Cottage Hospital, wildlife conservation,
and family life. (OH 26).
- [Earthquakes]. Community
Development and Conservation Collection [CDCC]. Subject
files include materials on earthquakes, and fires. (SBHC
Mss 1).
- [Earthquakes]. Driscoll
[Mrs. Thomas] Oral History. Interview
with a prominent Santa Barbara resident, including
personal experiences in the 1906 San Francisco
earthquake. Central Coast Regional Projects. (OH
34).
- [Earthquakes]. India [Bengal]
Photograph Album, ca. 1897. 22 black
and white photographs, a few with captions, showing
the Kamarhatty [West Bengal] Jute Mill, jute flats,
a snake charmer, a sidewheeler, earthquake damage
on Bentinck St. [Calcutta] from the 8.7 magnitude
1897Assam, India earthquake. Also views possibly
of the Himalayas, local residents, and shopkeepers,
as well as a portrait of a Burmese lady. (Bernath
Mss 257).
- [Earthquakes]. Santa
Barbara Earthquake Photographs,
1925. 50 b/w photographs, many relating
to the 1925 earthquake. (SC 700).
- [Earthquakes]. Sheldon
[Gar] – Mining Engineer’s Correspondence,
1880s. Mainly letters from Sheldon,
with the Corralitos Company in Chihuahua State,
Mexico, to family, about personal affairs and local
news such as an earthquake in 1887. (Wyles
SC 1009).
- [Earthquakes]. Willson
[Charles Devon] Collection, ca. 1918-1925. Mainly
correspondence to Willson, manager of the El Mirasol
Hotel in Santa Barbara, about hotel matters. Includes
some correspondence relating to the 1925 earthquake. (SC
701).
- [East Africa]. Evershed
[J. A.] East Africa, Egypt, Palestine Photograph
Album, 1924. More
than 140 b/w snapshots of Tanganyika (now
Tanzania), including several of local schools
and teachers. Also, views of Port
Said, Zanzibar, Mombassa, Djibouti, Aden,
and Port Sudan. Egypt views of the Pyramids
and Sphinx, Cairo, and Suez Canal. Holy
Land (Palestine) shots of street scenes of
Jerusalem, Jordan Valley, Dead Sea, Jaffa,
and Bethlehem. (Bernath Mss 63).
- East Africa [Tanganyika]
Photograph Albums, ca. 1911-1921. 232
black/white photos in 3 albums. (Bernath
Mss 215).
- East Asia Photograph
Collection, ca. 1910-1920s. 40
black/white photos of Japan, China, Hong Kong,
and Macao. Most appear to be of Japan and
China, many of scenery, shrines, and buildings,
but a number of people as well, including some
children. About half have captions. Includes
hand-tinted photos and picture postcards, a few
of which have been addressed to Santa Barbara residents. (Wyles
SC 953).
- East
Asian Artifacts Collection, 1845, 1853, 1960s. Items
from and related to China and Japan, including
a bilingual Chinese/Manchu scroll (an
imperial decree) dated 1845, a photostat with
translation of a Japanese scroll related to
the expedition of Commodore Mathew C. Perry
to open Japan to greater western trade
and influence, as well as Nō masks and
miniature clay models. (Mss 91).
- Easton [Robert
E.] Collection, ca. 1893-1968. Mainly
papers and ledgers re Easton's business dealings,
especially the Sisquoc Ranch Co., central coast
of California. (SBHC Mss 55).
- Easton [Robert
O.] Oral History. Recollections
of Easton [son of Robert E. Easton] re his youth
on the Sisquoc Ranch and the real life experiences
he used in writing his novels. Also, his
Harvard University days during the Depression,
where he edited The Harvard Lampoon, his
military service in World War II, and the relationship
he had with his literary mentor and father-in-law,
western author Max Brand. (OH 9).
- Easton [Robert
O.] Papers, ca. 1911-1990s. Correspondence,
research and subject files (including Chumash,
natural resources, wilderness, and women’s
issues), drafts of writings, and related materials
of the Santa Barbara author of Black Tide (on
the 1969 Santa Barbara Oil Spill), Love and
War: Pearl Harbor through V-J Day,and the
acclaimed multi-volume Saga of California series. Also
includes materials on Sisquoc Ranch and Zaca Lake. (SBHC
Mss 6).
- Eberitt and Hurst Families
Civil War Letters, 1861-1865. Third
Ohio Infantry. (Wyles Mss 125).
- [Ecuador]. Mendell [Edward] Travel Slide
Collection, 1980s-1990s. More than 2000 large-format color slides containing images of
Edward Mendell’s post-retirement travels around the world, photographing endangered species for the World Wildlife Fund, and also of people in far-flung places such as Bhutan, Burma, Ecuador, Ethiopia,
Iceland, Mali, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Orissa (India), Philippines, Senegal, and Thailand. (Mss
247).
- [Education]. Algeria Photograph Album, 1928.
141 b/w photographs, captions in Dutch, and accompanying map with itinerary of unknown
traveler. Includes images of people, street scenes, markets, gardens, festivals, Koranic schools, \
desert, oases, cavalry, and camel corps. (Bernath Mss 280).
- [Education]. American Military Mission
War School – Turkey
Photograph Album, 1947. Souvenir album, with
more than 150 black/white photos, presented to one of the
officers visiting the American Military Mission Turkish War
School, Dec. 30, 1947. Mainly images of officers and
Turkish trainees in classroom and other campus settings. (Bernath
Mss 145).
- [Education]. Ashmore
[Harry S.] Collection, ca. 1940s-1997. Addresses
and speeches, awards, biographical information,
correspondence, writings, photographs, audiotapes
and videotapes of the newspaperman, writer, editor-in-chief
of Encyclopaedia Britannica, and executive
for the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions. Awarded
the first double Pulitzer Prizes in history for
distinguished service in the Little Rock school
integration controversy of the 1950s. (Mss
155).
- [Education]. Boston
Farm School Journal, ca. 1850s-1890s. One
bound ledger, including entries for men who enlisted
in Co. D., 15th New Hampshire Volunteers, 1862. 100
names entered, with rank, status, and special positions
such as drummer, wagoner, cook, hospital nurse,
blacksmith. (Wyles SC 945).
- [Education]. Center
for the Study of Democratic Institutions [CSDI]
Collection. Records
of the internationally renowned
Santa Barbara-based think tank, emphasizing issues
such as education, freedom of the press, international
relations, public policy, religion, and science
and technology in modern society. Included
are materials relating to CSDI leaders such as
Robert Hutchins, Harry Ashmore, Elisabeth Mann
Borgese, W. H. Ferry, Frank Kelly, Stanley K. Sheinbaum,
and Harvey Wheeler. Also includes papers,
talks, correspondence, and other materials relating
to hundreds of other well known figures such as
Mortimer Adler, Alexander Comfort, William O. Douglas,
Mircea Eliade, J. William Fulbright, Hubert H.
Humphrey, Clark Kerr, Eugene McCarthy, Gunnar Myrdal,
Reinhold Niebuhr, Linus Pauling, James A. Pike,
B. F. Skinner, Adlai Stevenson, Arnold Toynbee,
UN Secretary-General U Thant, and Earl Warren. (Mss
18).
- [Education]. Compton,
N. A. College lectures from Civil
War era, ca. 1860s. (Wyles SC 591).
- [Education]. Cumberland
Presbyterian Mission. One photo
album, containing 19 black/white photographs
with extensive captions, of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Mission, at Kanazawa, Japan,
1906. Includes images of staff and
grounds, girls at the school, Kanazawa street scenes,
and a Buddhist monastery near Komoro. (Wyles
SC 603).
- [Education]. Davys [Marjorie]
Letters, 1932-1938. Letters from
a lay teacher at St. Faiths, an Anglican school
in Peking, mainly to her sister about life in China
during the time when Japan was invading. (Bernath
Mss 104).
- [Education]. Dorchester
Academy Photograph Album, ca. 1890s. Album,
with 60+ b/w photos, taken by a missionary schoolteacher
at the Dorchester Academy in the African American
community at McIntosh, Liberty, County, Georgia,
ca. 1890s. (Wyles Mss 104).
- [Education]. Evershed
[J. A.] East Africa, Egypt, Palestine Photograph
Album, 1924. More than 140
b/w snapshots of Tanganyika (now Tanzania), including
several of local schools and teachers. (Bernath
Mss 63).
- [Education]. Freedmen
Department, 1864. One document re
renting rooms for colored schools, District of
West Tennessee. (Wyles SC 995).
- [Education]. Goings
/ Hauser Family Papers, ca. 1900-1980 [bulk
1910s-1950s]. Large
number of photographs (2700+) and related documentation
pertaining to the Native American Goings and Hauser
families who mainly lived in South Dakota, Oregon,
and Washington. Most of the collection
was assembled by Jeanette (Nettie) Goings [1905-?],
a Sioux/Lakota, who married Emil Wauseka Hauser
[1915-?], a Cheyenne, in 1948, and who was a home
economics teacher at various Indian schools. (Wyles
Mss 126).
- [Education]. Manning [Edward]
Collection, ca. 1834-1847. Rewards
of merit, weekly report, and catalogue of Ellington
School [Connecticut], where Manning attended. (SC
197).
- [Education]. Menzies
[Jean Storke] Collection, 1897-1995 [bulk
1955-1992]. Primarily
files of organizations and institutions with which
Menzies was associated (including the Altrusa Club,
Boys' Club and Girls' Club of Santa Barbara, Channel
City Women's Forum, Girl Scouts, International
Planned Parenthood Federation, League of Women
Voters, Native Daughters of the Golden West, Planned
Parenthood of Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Girls
School, Santa Barbara Visiting Nurse Association,
Santa Barbara's Woman's Club, United Church Women,
and Vassar Club. (SBHC Mss 34).
- [Education]. Meredith
[Florence Clark] Papers, ca. 1891-1979. Photographs,
notes, diplomas, certificates, clippings, oral
history tapes, and transcripts relating to Meredith’s
schooling and teaching years, primarily at what
would become the University of California Santa
Barbara. Meredith taught in the home economic
department and was chair of the department before
retiring in 1956. (FacP 41).
- [Education]. Olson [Donovan]
Colombia Photograph Album, ca. 1935-1943. Album
compiled by the son of a missionary family posted
to Colombia. Includes many images, with captions,
of Cali area; also some of Bogota, Costa Rica,
El Salvador, Panama Canal; school days back in
the U.S., including Minnesota, and ending with
marriage and military service during World War
II. (Bernath Mss 252).
- [Education]. Roach
[Charles A.] African Photograph Collection,
1943. Two
albums and loose photographs, many with captions, most
taken by Rev. Charles A. Roach on a bicycle trip
from Durban to Cairo in 1943, on the way back to
his parish in Iraq, where he was Baghdad Chaplain
and Oil Company Chaplain from 1939 to 1946. Includes
images of local men, women, and children, hospitals,
schools, churches and fellow clergy, residences,
roads, and scenic views through South Africa, Belgian
Congo, Rwanda, Kenya (Nairobi), Uganda (Kampala),
and Sudan. (Bernath Mss 119).
- [Education]. Santa
Barbara County, California. Superintendent of Schools. Seven World War II era
documents, including five War Emergency Bulletins and others about evacuation of Japanese children and
air raid signals, 1941-1942. (SC 630).
- [Education]. Santa Barbara Girls School, 1917-1920s.
Two illustrated brochures extolling the virtues of the school’s location and curriculum. Includes class
lists. (SC 963).
- [Education]. Siddell
[Robert] Collection, ca. 1903-1922. More
than 200 picture postcards from a 1909 trip to
South America (Guyana – then
British, Dutch, and French Guiana) and the West
Indies (Antigua, Barbados, Bermuda,
Dominica, Martinique, Nevis, St. Kitts, St. Vincent,
Trinidad, Virgin Islands – then the Danish
West Indies), as well as Canada, the U.S. and Turkey
(Constantinople). Also, letters, photographs,
and ephemera, some relating to the American College
for Girls in Constantinople during and just after
World War I. (Mss 110).
- [Education]. Southern
India Family Photograph Collection,
ca. 1940s-1959. 100+
b/w images, most apparently relating to an Indian
woman (Marie [?]) who, in the early 1950s, was
a student at the Christian Medical College, Vellore,
India. Includes snapshots of friends, relatives,
and staff members (some with Ida Scudder, founder
of the college), as well as group photos of college
students and staff, and a group photo of the 13th
Indian Congress of Radiology, Poona, 1959. (Bernath
Mss 74).
- [Education]. UCSB. Public
Information Office. Subject Files,
ca. 1941-1993. Includes files on
academic planning, Academic Senate, Arts & Lectures
events, Associated Students, Bakke case, buildings,
Chancellor’s events and activities, Charter
Day, colleges, Commencement, convocations, departments,
development, Drama Series, enrollment, faculty,
financial aid, history, honors and awards, issues,
Lecture Series, Music Series, propositions, radio
and television, Regents, residence halls, statewide
issues, student affairs, University Day, University
Edition, and university relations. (UArch
2).
- [Education]. Walter [H.
A.] - India/Kashmir Photograph Album, 1912-1919. 252
b/w photos of the Walter family, mainly in India
and Kashmir, including local scenes and people,
especially around Srinigar and Lahore. Also,
numerous photos of YMCA gatherings and groups,
students and schools, as well as travels, including
visits to the Taj Mahal and Fatehpur Sikri. (Bernath
Mss 37)
- Egerton, Francis. Six
letters (ALS), to Miss July Pole Carew of Devonport,
England, 1864-1865. Each envelope has a sketch
incorporating the address and stamp into the design. (SC
755).
- [Egypt]. Ashton
Family World Travel Photograph Collection, 1892-1913. 2500+
b/w photographs in 53 Kodak albums, from numerous
trips to far flung parts of the world, including
Egypt. (Bernath Mss 115).
- [Egypt]. Bennet
[Robert] Mediterranean Photograph Album, ca. early
1930s. About 200 b/w photographs, many
commercial, captions in English compiled by United
States Merchant Mariner Robert Bennet. Includes
images of Egypt (Cairo, Pyramids, Alexandria),
Lebanon (Beyrouth/Beirut), Palestine (Haifa, Tel
Aviv, Jerusalem), Syria, Italy (Naples), Gibraltar,
Marseille, Morocco (Casablanca), Algiers, and a
bull fight in Seville. (Bernath Mss 276).
- [Egypt]. British
in Egypt/ World War I Photograph Album, ca.
1917 -1919. 120+ b/w photos,
very few with captions, mainly of British
(men, women, and children) in Egypt (possibly
Alexandria) during World War I. Mainly
troops in camps and on the march, hospital
wards, sporting events, and British families
at various social occasions and outings in
the countryside. Also a few images of
Egyptians, street scenes and residences, and
local boats. (Bernath Mss 56).
- [Egypt]. British
Military in Egypt and Iraq Photograph Album, ca.
1918-1922. Album of Capt. R. E.
Godfrey, 167 b/w snapshots, many with captions,
recording service with the British 153rd Rifles
in North Africa, 1918-1919, and in the Arab Revolt,
1920. About 70 images from Egypt and surrounding
areas (Suez Canal, Ismailia, Great Pyramids, Alexandria,
Kantara, Mansourah) and about 30 Arab Revolt images
from Iraq (Nasiriyah, Imam Abdullah, Kut, Baghdad). (Bernath
Mss 84).
- [Egypt]. Evershed
[J. A.] East Africa, Egypt, Palestine Photograph
Album, 1924. More than 140 b/w snapshots
of Tanganyika (now Tanzania) including Tabora,
Dodoma, Dar-es-Salaam, and Tanga, several of local
schools and teachers, British and Tanganyikan. Also,
views of Port Said, Zanzibar, Mombassa, Djibouti,
Aden, and Port Sudan. Egypt views of the
Pyramids and Sphinx, Cairo, and Suez Canal. Holy
Land (Palestine) shots of street scenes of Jerusalem,
Jordan Valley, Dead Sea, Jaffa, and Bethlehem. (Bernath
Mss 63).
- [Egypt]. Great War Collection, ca. 1910-1922 [bulk dates 1914-1918].
Much of the material in the collection relates to British servicemen and units, but Americans, Australians,
and some Germans also are represented. Included are diaries, correspondence, documents, maps, photographs,
reports, and some printed material. The approximately 2,000 photographs and picture postcards (loose and in
albums and scrapbooks) include many images of France, but also other areas such as Egypt, England, German
South West Africa, Iraq, and Palestine. (Bernath Mss 20).
- [Egypt]. Middle
East Photo Album, ca. 1930s-early 1940s. 150+
b/w images, including Egypt (Port Said, Ismailia,
Alexandria, Memphis, Cairo, the Nile, Pyramids,
Sphinx, National Museum). (Bernath Mss 68).
- Egypt
Photograph Album, 1936-1938. 19
professional quality, artistic Egyptian scenes,
including the Western Desert (people, tents,
donkeys, camels), urban street scenes and
people engaged in daily activities (barber,
vendors with carts – possibly Cairo),
as well as port and Nile River views, with
people and cargo-hauling boats (feluccas). (Bernath
Mss 70).
- [Egypt]. Minieh
[Egypt] Photograph Album, 1914. Album
by Photographie Zola, dated Feb. 20, 1914, with
24 black/white mounted photographs of officials
and dignitaries, horse and camel trainers, riders,
and races at an unknown celebration/festival during
the last days of Ottoman rule in Egypt. (Bernath
Mss 185).
- [Egypt]. Port
Said and Mesopotamia Postcard/Photograph Album,
ca. 1917-1919. World
War I era album, including 47 images of Port
Said. (Bernath Mss 49).
- [Egypt]. “Sunny
Memories” Photograph Album, ca. 1903. 102
b/w photographs of various sizes, all accompanied
by captions. Apparently an album assembled
by Albert R. Lennon, depicting a voyage from London
to Australia and New Zealand, and return, although
not all images appear to be in order. It
includes images of the voyage (on board the ‘Hesperus’,
Bay of Biscay, Cape Town, Teneriffe, Suez Canal,
Port Said, Gibraltar, Ceylon), with the bulk being
of Australia (Melbourne, Sydney, other parts of
New South Wales) and New Zealand (Wellington, New
Plymouth, Urenui, Akaroa, Northern Wairoa, and
Napier). (SC 839).
- [Egypt]. University
of California Africa Expedition Photograph Collection,
1947-1948. (Bernath Mss 153).
- [Egypt]. World
Tour Photograph Album, 1907-1908. 458
b/w snapshots of a world tour by an unknown American
woman with images from Gibraltar, Spain, France,
Egypt, Ceylon, India, Burma, Java, Singapore, Philippines,
Hong Kong, China, Japan, Hawaii, and San Francisco
Bay. Includes many images of street scenes,
waterfronts, palaces, temples, and other buildings,
processions and festivals, American missions, and
local inhabitants (many of women and children). (Bernath
Mss 79).
- Egypt Photograph Album,
1946. (Bernath Mss 180).
- Egypt Postcard and Stereoview
Collection, ca. 1896-1920s. 51
postcards and 11 stereoviews. (Bernath
Mss 141).
- Eichheim [Henry] Papers. Papers
of composer and organologist Eichheim. (PA
Mss 52).
- Eichholz [Mercedes] Oral
History, 1990. Interviews
with the second wife of Supreme Court Justice William
O. Douglas, including discussion of his life and
her own, as well as C. Girard Davidson, Assistant
Secretary of Interior in the Truman Administration,
Helen Gahagan Douglas (California Congresswoman
and wife of Melvyn Douglas), and other topics. Central
Coast Regional Projects. (OH 35).
- Einstein [Albert] Photograph. One
8x10 b/w photograph of Albert Einstein and his wife
at the Santa Barbara Biltmore beach, with Dr. Ludwig
Kast, their host for the visit, ca. 1940s. (SC
825).
- Eissler
[Fred] Collection, ca. 1966-1975. Files
relating to the Santa Barbara Airport, Crosstown
Freeway, and Goleta Slough/Goleta Valley Flood
Control Project. (SBHC
Mss 15).
- [El Salvador]. Kiewit
[John S.] Photography Collection, ca. 1968-2000. More
than 10,000 color and black/white prints, color
slides, and black/white negatives, taken from about
1968 to 2000. Color slides constitute the
bulk of the collection. The images reflect what
Kiewit saw on his travels throughout California
and the West, as well as trips to other parts of
the U.S. and the world, including Cook Island,
Costa Rica, El Salvador, England, France, Guatemala,
Marques and Tahiti Islands, Mexico, Micronesia,
and New Zealand. Most of the images were
taken from the 1970s to the 1990s. (Mss 228).
- [El Salvador]. Thomas
[Norman] Photograph Collection, 1948-1964 [bulk
1958-1964]. Several thousand b/w
prints and negatives, taken by photojournalist
Norman Thomas, who was based in New Orleans in
the late 1950s to early 1960s. The
largest number of photos are from Mexico, with
British Honduras, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic,
El Salvador, Guatemala, Jamaica, Nicaragua, and
Panama also represented. Included are many
images of people in everyday life, street and market
scenes, factories, events and parades, and overhead
views of villages and cities. There also
is an earlier series of photos from the 1948 Nahanni
Expedition to northern Canada, and some U.S. photos,
including Cape Canaveral, Florida, and a Navajo
Reservation Health Program. (Bernath
Mss 97).
- Eldredge, Charles Augustus. One
Civil War era letter (ALS) to Vincent Roberts, re McClellan
report and other documents, Mar. 2, 1864. Also,
biographical notes about Eldredge, a lawyer and Democrat
Congressman from Wisconsin, 1863-1875. (Wyles
SC 901).
- Electoral Tickets. Two
local Republican tickets and one national electoral
ticket for Grant and Colfax, ca. late 1860s-early 1870s. (Wyles
SC 890).
- Electoral Tickets. Two
National Union tickets for Abraham Lincoln / Andrew
Johnson and one Democratic ticket for George B. McClellan
/ George H. Pendleton. Also one clipping of Civil
War era poems. (Wyles SC 906).
- Eliot, T. S. One
letter (TLS) to Mrs. [?] Woods, saying he would be delighted
to come to tea. Cambridge, 5 Nov. 1932. Laid
in Eliot’s Poems Written in Early Youth. (SC
96).
- Elkus / Manheim Postcard
- Photograph Collection, ca. 1910-1937. Eight
postcards, with messages, and four snapshots, from
Japan, Philippines, India, Tibet, China, and Burma. (SC
889).
- Ellerbe [Paul] Collection. Carbon-copy
typescript of Ellerbe's The Winds Are My Shelter:
The Autobiography of a Comparatively Free Man. (Mss
151).
- Ellison, Harlan. Correspondence
with the UCSB Library re his Edwin and Jean Corle lecture
at UCSB. Talks about being frustrated by
categorizations that prevent him from reaching his intended
audience. Also, a copy of the lecture, “A
Love Song to Jerry Falwell,” substantially
revised from an earlier published version, 1983. (SC
97).
- Ellison [William Henry]
Papers. (FACP 10).
- Ely, Frederick David. Correspondence,
1867-1887, to Ely, member of Congress from Massachusetts. Also,
a 2 pp folio letter (TLS) from a group of Boston businessmen
protesting the reciprocity treaty with Mexico. In:
Nineteenth Century Americana Collection. (Mss
2).
- Ely, William Davis. Correspondence
and documents to Ely, a Providence, Rhode Island businessman Correspondents
include Henry A. Coit, Amasa M. Eaton, C.A.L. Richards
and Zachariah Allen. In: Nineteenth Century Americana
Collection. (Mss 2).
- [Emancipation Proclamation]. Civil
War Broadside. "Proclamation
of Emancipation . . . by President Lincoln, January
1st, 1863." Advertisement for copy of
the document, lithographed by Rosenthal, and published
by L. Franklin Smith, Philadelphia, ca. 1865. (Wyles
SC 476).
- Emancipation Proclamation. Copy
designed by Bruce Rogers, n.d. (Wyles SC 809).
- Emerson
[Ralph W.] Letter, 1861. One
letter (ALS) from Emerson to Mr. [Slack?]
requesting his assistance in obtaining newspaper
coverage for a lecture. Concord, Mass.,
3 Dec.1861. (SC 98).
- Emerson
[Ralph W.] Letter, 1859. One
letter (ALS) from Ralph Waldo Emerson to Daniel
Ricketson, thanking him for his book The
History of New Bedford, and mentioning,
re Henry David Thoreau, “We were all
concerned that Mr. Thoreau would [prod her
?] at the Music Hall on Sunday. From
private reports I infer that he made a just
impression.” Concord, Mass., 11
Oct. 1859. (SC 99).
- Empie, Gerret A. [178th
New York]. 11 Civil War era letters addressed
to family, 1864-1865. (Wyles SC 825).
- Encyclopedias. Early
editions such as: Morokoshi Kinmo Zui (Japanese
woodblock print encyclopedia, with entries on arms,
minerals and plants of China, 1729); Ephraim Chambers, Cyclopaedia,
or, An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences … (1750);
John Barrow, A New and Universal Dictionary of Arts
and Sciences (1751); Denis Diderot, Encyclopédie,
ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences,
des arts et des métiers … (1751-1765); A
New and Complete Dictionary of Arts and
Sciences: Comprehending All Branches of Useful
Knowledge (2nd ed, 1763-1764)
George Selby Howard, The New Royal Cyclopaedia,
and Encyclopaedia: Or, Complete, Modern and Universal
Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (1788); Encyclopaedia,
or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous
Literature … (First American edition,
1798); The
American Edition of the Edinburgh Encyclopaedia (1813); Penny
Cyclopaedia of the Society for the
Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (1833-1843);
Japanese atlas and encyclopedia (1840); Library
of General Knowledge: Embracing History,
Biography, Astronomy, Architecture, Natural
History, Poetry, Tales …(1851).
- [Engineering and Construction]. Burma
- U.S. Army Engineer Construction Battalion
Photograph Collection, ca 1942-1945. 200+
World War II era b/w photos, including many
of Burma, Burmese life, and the Engineer Battalion
in Burma. (Bernath Mss 33).
- [Engineering and Construction]. Conrad
[Albert G.] Papers, 1979. Typescript
autobiography, with photographs, of the Yale University
professor of electrical engineering and, later,
UCSB dean of the College of Engineering and professor
of electrical engineering in the 1960s. (FACP
6).
- [Engineering and Construction]. Gildea
[James H.] Middle East Railroad Collection, ca.
1940s-1970s [bulk dates early 1950s]. Collection
of documents and photos, mainly about Gildea’s
involvement in the early 1950s, as engineer and
manager in charge of the construction of the Saudi
Government Railway, running through the Arabian
desert from the Persian Gulf to the capital city
of Riyadh. The project came about as
a result of a 1947 agreement between King Abdul
Aziz Ibn Saud and the Arabian-American Oil Company
(Aramco). The cost was financed primarily
from Saudi oil revenues, with engineering and construction
under the guidance of Aramco and the Bechtel Construction
Company. Gildea, formerly with Union Pacific,
was chosen to head the project because of his experience
in World War II as an operating manager for the
Iranian railroad. Gildea later lived in Santa
Barbara and was married to Madame Gildea. (Bernath
Mss 219).
- [Engineering and Construction]. Goodier
[B. G.] India World War II Collection, 1942-1947. The
collection was assembled by a Maj. B. G. Goodier,
B. Sc (Tech), Royal Engineers during his time in
India (and South Africa) through the Second World
War from 1942-45. Part of the collection includes
a series of airgraphs, air letters, etc. from his
arrival in India (via South Africa) for officer
training, through his commission and receipt of
command (as Major) assigned to projects relating
to road building, and airfield construction. The
correspondence is mainly outgoing, written to his
parents in Manchester. There are a series of miscellaneous
photographs, mostly from Durban and Poona as well
as his personal photo album (featuring Durban,
South Africa and various locales in India) as well
as photos of Goodier and the Officer Cadets' Training
Unit among othersPlaces noted in the correspondence
and/or photographs include: Durban, East Kirkee,
Poona, Lahore, Madras and Bombay. (Bernath
Mss 93).
- [Engineering and Construction]. Money
[Anton K.] Oral History, 1982. Life
history of a mining engineer who fled war-torn
Europe to explore Canada’s mining frontier
during the 1920s. (OH 68).
- [Engineering and Construction]. Northrop
[John K.] Oral History, 1972. Life
history, with the former aircraft company president
and aeronautical engineer, re history of Northrop
Aviation and the “Flying Wing,” Central
Coast Regional Projects. (OH 71).
- [Engineering and Construction]. Rand
[William Whitehill] Papers, ca. 1921-1968
[bulk 1950s-1968]. Documents,
maps and some artifacts related to Rand's
career in geology, marine engineering, and
the oil industry. The maps are
scientific and some include offshore sounding
data. Most are maps of the coast of
California, particularly in Santa Barbara,
Ventura and Los Angeles counties. The
records of his company, Submarex, its subsidiaries,
and the ships used, make up the bulk of this
collection. This company, based in Santa
Barbara, was heavily involved in the transformation
of Santa Barbara from a relatively unknown
area (geologically) to a major oil-producing
region between 1947 and 1960. Also,
correspondence, meeting minutes, journal articles,
newspaper clippings, reports, log books, catalogs,
and project files on deep-sea drilling and
ocean exploration. (SBHC Mss 46).
- [Engineering and Construction]. Romaine
[Lawrence B.] Trade Catalog Collection. Includes
48 boxes on architecture; 24 boxes on building
materials; six boxes on drafting supplies; 85 boxes
on hardware; 31 boxes on heating and ventilation
systems; eight boxes on home decoration; seven
boxes on lighting; 28 boxes on plumbing; two boxes
on surveying supplies; two boxes on welding and
soldering; and 20 boxes on woodworking. (Mss
107).
- [Engineering and Construction]. Sheldon
[Gar] – Mining Engineer’s Correspondence,
1880s. Mainly letters from Sheldon,
with the Corralitos Company in Chihuahua State,
Mexico, to family, about personal affairs and local
news such as an earthquake in 1887. (Wyles
SC 1009).
- [Engineering and Construction]. Thailand Civil
Engineering Report, 1950s. Includes
numerous b/w photographs. (Bernath Mss 164).
- [Engineering and Construction]. Wharton
[Gabriel Colvin] Railroad Collection, ca. 1850s,
1867-1880s. Correspondence,
financial records legal documents, and reports
relating to Wharton’s career as a civil engineer
specializing in railroad construction. Includes
material for Baltimore & Ohio Rail Road Co.;
Manasses Gap R. R. Company; Norfolk & Western
Railroad Company; Orange & Alexandria Rail
Road Co.; South Side R. R. Company; Southern Express
Company; and the Virginia, Kentucky & Ohio
Railroad. (Wyles Mss 105).
- [Engineering and Construction]. World
War II German Engineer Bridging Battalion Photograph
Album, 1941-1943. About 265 b/w
photos, with captions in German, including troops
on eastern front, convoys and bridges, in Poland
and Russia, captured fighter and bomber aircraft,
artillery, tanks, barracks, and scenes with local
population. (SC 854).
- [Engineering and Construction]. World
War II - U. S. Forces in the Pacific Photograph
Album, ca. 1942-1945. World
War II era photograph album of U.S. forces
in the Pacific, ca. 1942-1945, containing
300+ photos, most black/white but some color
prints and a few picture postcards, few with
captions. Includes a number of shots of Naval
personnel, bulldozers, and camps - apparently
taken by a member of a Seabee unit. Also,
a number of shots of local scenery and inhabitants,
apparently New Guinea, New Hebrides (shown
on French postcards), and Okinawa. The last
part of the album has some miscellany, including
clippings about Seabees on Okinawa, and a
few pieces of Japanese paper currency and
military currency. (Bernath Mss 73).
- [Engineering and Construction]. World
War II - U. S. Military Construction on Okinawa
Photograph Album, 1945. 90+
b/w snapshots, with typed captions, showing the
801st Battalion at work on roads and buildings
such as Quonset huts for the hospital, damage wrought
by a typhoon in Oct. 1945, and Japanese prisoners
of war also working on the various construction
projects. (Bernath Mss 72).
- [England]. Chase,
James. Two documents (ADS), re petition
of James Chase to King Charles II, for payment
of money owed, 1673. (SC 51).
- [England].
Choules [Patrick] India / England Photograph Albums, 1917, 1921. Two photograph albums
containing 133 b/w snapshots, many with captions, apparently taken by Choules, a British colonial official in
Poona, India. (Bernath Mss 55).
- [England]. Fox Family
Falmouth, England Consular Papers, 1819-1905. (Bernath
Mss 213).
- [England]. Great War Collection, ca. 1910-1922 [bulk dates 1914-1918].
Much of the material in the collection relates to British servicemen and units, but Americans,
Australians, and some Germans also are represented. Included are diaries, correspondence, documents, maps,
photographs, reports, and some printed material. The approximately 2,000 photographs and picture postcards
(loose and in albums and scrapbooks) include many images of France, but also other areas such as Egypt,
England, German South West Africa, Iraq, and Palestine. (Bernath Mss 20).
- [England]. Kiewit
[John S.] Photography Collection, ca. 1968-2000. More
than 10,000 color and black/white prints, color
slides, and black/white negatives, taken from about
1968 to 2000. Color slides constitute the
bulk of the collection. The images reflect what
Kiewit saw on his travels, including England. (Mss
228).
- [England]. [Mormons]. Record
of Missionary Labors. Bound ledger,
with diary of activities in England, 1916-1918. (Wyles
SC 159).
- [England]. Ollard
[Mr. and Mrs. Richard] Oral History, 1977. Interview
with Richard Ollard, historian and editor of the
Collins Publishing House and Mrs. Ollard, history
teacher, re growing up in England and the publishing
business. Also includes lecture on Samuel
Pepys. Central Coast Regional Projects. (OH
74).
- [England]. Photograph
Album - Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea,
England, ca. late 19th century. Approximately
150 b/w photographs with handwritten captions,
including images of Yorkminster Cathedral,
Malmsbury. (Mss 181).
- English
Photo Album, ca. 1920s-1930s. 49
b/w images, wiith captions, including scenes
with buildings and streets of Albany,
Aldbury, Cambridge, Canterbury, Ely, London,
Maidenhead, Oxford, St. Albans, Stoke Poges,
Tunbridge Wells, and Wycombe. (Mss 174).
- English Almanacs, 1767. 14
printed English almanacs, bound together in one volume. Includes
titles such as: The Gentleman’s Diary, or
the Mathematical Repository; The Ladies’ Diary:
or, Woman’s Almanack; Parker’s
Ephemeris, Poor Robin; The
English Apollo, or, Useful Companion;
and Speculum
Anni: or, Season on the Seasons. (Mss 234).
- English Engravings, ca.
1700s-1800s. 58 engravings, people
and places, including a number of London. (Printers
Mss 57).
- English [Robert A.] Collection,
ca. 1967-1970. Mainly materials
relating to the activities of the Community Council
to End the War in Vietnam and other peace efforts
in the Santa Barbara area. Included are correspondence,
flyers, clippings, and scrapbooks. (SBHC
Mss 5).
- Ensemble Theatre Company
of Santa Barbara Records. (PA Mss
47).
- [Environment]. Alternative
Press Collection. Mainly U.S. newspapers,
with an emphasis on California, but also some foreign
titles. In most cases there are only single or
scattered issues, not long runs. Included are newspapers
environmental, issues, with titles such as Earth
Times (San Francisco, CA, 1970) and Iowa
Environmental News (Ames, IA, 1971). (Mss
169). Some longer runs of newspapers such
as Green Revolution, are cataloged separately.
- [Environment]. Capelli
[Mark H.] Southern California Steelhead Watershed
Archive, ca. 1937-2002 [bulk dates 1970s-1990s]. (Mss
242).
- [Environment]. Climatological
Data, 1957-1973 [bulk 1959-1961]. Climatological
data sheets from Point Mugu, Santa Barbara, Santa
Maria; also shorter runs of data, in folders, from
areas such as Coal Oil Point, Ellwood, Punta Gorda,
Rincon Point, Goleta, Carpinteria, Summerland,
and Montecito. Includes hourly data on wind,
sky cover, waves, and visibility. (SBHC Mss
65).
- [Environment]. Community
Development and Conservation Collection [CDCC]. Primary
focus on the Santa Barbara area, with organization,
subject, and clipping files, mainly 1930s-1980s,
relating to a variety of environmental issues. Includes
files for groups such as the Garden Club of America,
Garden Club of Santa Barbara and Montecito Institute
of Nature Study, Nature Conservancy, Santa Barbara
Beautiful, Santa Barbara Underseas
Foundation Santa Ynez Water Conservation District,
Save the Redwoods League, Shoreline
Planning Association of California, and Sierra
Club. (SBHC Mss 1).
- [Environment]. County
Resource Management Office Collection, 1983-1996. Environmental
News packets of photocopied clippings offered by
the subscription service run by the [Santa Barbara]
County News Service. (SBHC Mss 25).
- [Environment]. Social
Protest Collection. ca.
1943-1992 [bulk dates 1965-1975]. Pamphlets,
flyers, announcements, catalogs, journals and newsletters,
and other printed material relating to a wide range
of issues including ecology/environment, with items
such as a pamphlet from the 1991 UCSB Radical Environmentalism
Conference and various pamphlets about anarchist
environmentalism. (Mss 183).
- Environmental
Studies Collections. Several
manuscript collections, mainly Santa Barbara
area, relating to land use, oil, population,
transportation, and water issues. The
collections have been listed separately.
- Erickson [Edward O.]
Collection, 1972-1984. Mainly copies
of correspondence between Erickson and Hobart Skofield,
both William Edwin Rudge Press alumni, about the
history of Rudge and other printing firms, and
associates such as Ralph Duenewald, Milton Glick,
and Bruce Rogers. (Printers Mss 8)
- Ericsson [John] Collection,
ca. 1862-1866. Civil War era documents
and correspondence re Monitor and other naval vessels. (Wyles
SC 919).
- Ernst [Morris L.] Banned
Books Collection, ca. 1956-1990. Examples
of more than 700 books banned in various countries
throughout history, with an accompanying manuscript
collection (Mss 27) and reference works explaining
why they were banned. Includes such well
known works as Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Alice’s
Adventures in Wonderland, Catcher in the
Rye, Life and Adventures of Robinson
Crusoe, Mein
Kampf, The Scarlet Letter, Tropic
of Cancer, and Ulysses.
- Ernst [Morris L.] Oral
History, 1968, 1971. Interview and
talk by Ernst re his banned book collection. Central
Coast Regional Projects. (OH 118).
- Esalen
Institute Collection, 1968-1997. Articles,
leaflets, newsletters, papers, and other ephemera
created by the Esalen Institute in Big Sur,
California. (HPA Mss 8).
- Esau [Katherine] Oral
History, 1988-1991. Interviews with
UCSB botanist Esau and associates, UCSB Chancellor
Vernon Cheadle, Ray Evert, and Jennifer A. Thorsch. History
of Science Project. (OH 3).
- Esau [Katherine] Papers,
1870-1988. Professor of Biology
at UCSB, best known as the author of the textbooks Plant
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