UCSB Special Collections

Saadi [Ruth] Collection. Files re Santa Barbara League of Women Voters issues such as the 1969 oil spill.. (SBHC Mss 14).

Sackett, Edwin M. (1844-1915) [Artificer, New York Engineers, 50th Regiment (Vol), Company B]. Papers, including Civil War diary (1865), discharge, and typescript biographical sketch. (Wyles SC 363).

[Sacramento]. Bill [Joseph T.] Oral History, 1991-1994. Interviews with Joe Bill, an urban planner who served as Executive Director of the Community Redevelopment Agencies in Sacramento and Los Angeles, Director of Planning for the architectural firm of William L. Pereira. (OH 18).

[Sacramento]. Gonzalez [Luis C.] Papers. Works of art on paper by the Sacramento, California based Chicano artist, also known as Louie-the-foot). (CEMA 74).

[Sacramento]. Lincoln Scrapbooks, ca. 1860s-1930s. Five scrapbooks, mainly clippings ca. 1860s-1930s, pertaining to Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War. Newspapers represented include the Christian Science Monitor, Examiner (New York), Harper’s Weekly, Los Angeles Times, New York Herald Tribune, New York Reformer, Northern N.Y. Journal, Sacramento Daily Union, Santa Barbara Daily News, Santa Barbara New- Press, and the Standard (Chicago). (Wyles Mss 93).

[Sacramento]. Royal Chicano Air Force Archives, 1973-1988. Extensive collection of slides and silkscreen prints, along with administrative records, news clippings, correspondence, exhibition descriptions and flyers, photographs, creative writings, and miscellaneous publications of the Sacramento-based artists collective. Founding members of the RCAF include José Montoya, Esteban Villa, Juanishi V. Orosco, Ricardo Favela, and Rudy Cuellar (CEMA 8).

[Sacramento]. U.S. Mail Line, Oregon Stage Company. One document, Way-bill for Sacramento-Marysville run, 14 Dec. 1866. (Wyles SC 689).

[Sacramento]. Villa [Esteban] Papers, 1974-2002. Original sketches, correspondence, exhibition announcements, collected writings, and research files of the Sacramento Chicano artist and muralist, and one of the founding members of the Royal Chicano Air Force, an artists' cultural collective. (CEMA 50).

[Salt Lake City]. Four letters (ALS) from I. R. (Ike) Thompson to William L. Vennard, 1861-1862. Includes description of 10 ½ day coach ride to Salt Lake City and account of the area. (Wyles SC 871).

[San Diego]. Alurista [Alberto Urista] Papers . Scripts, correspondence, photographs, autographed books and ephemera of the Chicano artist and poet, one of the leading literary figures of the Chicano Movement era, who helped to establish The Centro Cultural de la Raza in San Diego. (CEMA 21).

[San Diego]. Archer [John F.] Susohn Etching Plates, 1976. 18 original etching plates [linoleum cuts], used in Archer’s printed portfolio, Susohn: A Personal Journey (San Diego, CA: Atavistic Press, 1976). Also, author’s autograph copy of Susohn, no. 13 of an edition of 30, as well as other titles by Atavistic Press. (Printers Mss 29).

[San Diego]. California Picture Postcard Album, ca. 1900. 45 b/w and color picture postcards, mainly California, including several images of Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Catalina Island, San Diego, and Pasadena. Also a few from New Mexico and Kingman, Arizona (SC 823).

[San Diego]. Centro Cultural de La Raza Archives. Slides and other materials relating to the San Diego artists' collective, co-founded in 1970 by Chicano poet Alurista and artist Victor Ochoa. Known as a center of indigenismo (indigenism) during the Aztlán phase of Chicano art in the early 1970s. (CEMA 12).

[San Diego]. Gray [Ethel C.] California, Canal Zone, Cuba Photograph Album, 1935. Album, approx. 100 pages, recording Ethel C. Gray’s six-week rail trip from NYC to the western U.S. (including Yosemite, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego), then by ship (S.S. Virginia) to the Canal Zone and Cuba. Includes photographs, postcards, railroad timetables, hotel brochures, menus, and other ephemera. (Bernath Mss 46).

[San Diego]. Mexican Revolution / U.S. Navy Picture Postcard Collection]. Ten black/white picture postcards documenting U.S. Navy actions, mainly of the U.S.S. Maryland along the west coast of Mexico during the Mexican Revolution, ca. 1915. Includes images of the ‘Maryland’ leaving San Diego Harbor, at Matazlan and Tuxedina Bay, and several photos of torpedoes fired at Mexican ships. (Wyles SC 948).

[San Diego]. Ochoa [Victor] Collection. Art files, exhibition files, ephemera, posters and prints and other printed matter, photographs and slides, correspondence files, and recordings of the Chicano painter/muralist long considered to be one of the pioneers of San Diego's Chicano art movement and co-founder of the Centro Cultural de la Raza in Balboa Park, a multidisciplinary community-based arts center devoted to producing and preserving Indian, Mexican, and Chicano art and culture. (CEMA 66).

[San Diego]. Prigoff [James] Slide Collection. 429 slides, overwhelmingly of mural art and of spray can art, visually documenting important aspects of the Chicano art movement in California, in particular in the San Diego and Tijuana area. (CEMA 102).

[San Diego]. Torero [Mario] Collection. Materials of the San Diego artist, political activist, and teacher, also known as co-founder of several local cultural organizations, including the Centro Cultural de la Raza, the Chicano Park Murals Outdoor Museum, and the San Diego/Tijuana artists' group United By Art (UBA). (CEMA 44).

[San Diego]. Torres [Salvador Roberto] Papers, 1934-2002 (bulk 1962-2002). Personal and biographical information, files relating to professional activities and teaching, and correspondence of the Mexican-American artist, mural painter, and activist, best known for his work in creating San Diego's Chicano Park, which includes the largest collection of Chicano murals in the world, and as a founder of the Centro Cultural de la Raza and Las Toltecas en Aztlán, a Chicano artists group. (CEMA 38).

[San Francisco]. 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.

[San Francisco]. Asian American Theater Company (AATC) Archives. Administrative and financial records, correspondence, production files, scripts, audio and video recordings, photographs, slides, posters, and other materials relating to the San Francisco-based AATC, one of only three Asian American theaters in the United States, founded in 1973 by the Chinese American writer and playwright Frank Chin and others. (CEMA 9).

[San Francisco]. Belcher, Sir Edward (1799-1877). One map, “Geological Plan of the Port of San Francisco, California,” coloured by Lieutenant E. Belcher, [Dec. 1826]. (SC 22).

[San Francisco]. Bishop [Edith] Collection, 1892-1895. Correspondence and autographs from actors and actresses, to a San Francisco autograph collector. (SC 2).

[San Francisco]. Bookplate Collection, ca. 1800s – mid 1900s. Bookplates from various sources, mainly 20th century American, including a number from Santa Barbara and other parts of California. Included are works by artists/designers such as Marc Chagall. Some in the early 20th century Arts & Crafts style.. Represented in the collection are bookplates for a number of well-known individuals such as Edward Borein, Charlie Chaplin, Sally Fields, and Tom Mix. Includes Paul Elder & Co. bookplates (Santa Barbara and San Francisco). (Printers Mss 34).

[San Francisco]. California and the West Picture Postcard Collection, ca. early 1900s. Includes 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire. (Mss 231).

[San Francisco]. California Infantry, 3rd Regiment (Vols), Co. A. Civil War document appealing for volunteers. San Francisco, 18 Sept. 1861. (Wyles SC 308).

[San Francisco]. 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).

[San Francisco]. Chinese American Political Association Archives. Records of a San Francisco Bay Area organization focused on educating and empowering Chinese Americans in the political process. (CEMA 48).

[San Francisco]. Chinese American Voters Education Committee, Inc. (CAVEC) Archives. Files of the CAVEC, a non-profit, non- partisan citizen education organization in the San Francisco Bay Area, founded in 1976 to help the large population of Asian immigrants become active participants in the civic life of the area. (CEMA 61).

[San Francisco]. Cobb, George H. One disbound photo album containing 115 black/white images, various sizes, of family and friends, Santa Barbara and Montecito scenes including Santa Barbara Mission and Riven Rock, President McKinley's visit to Santa Barbara, San Francisco, ca 1900-1905 (Wyles SC 613).

[San Francisco]. 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).

[San Francisco]. 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).

[San Francisco]. 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).

[San Francisco]. Gahagan [William G.] Collection, ca. 1940s. Includes propaganda magazines, pamphlets, and leaflets used both in the Pacific and Atlantic theaters of war; OWI outpost reports; U.N. Conference press releases, circulars, correspondence and photos relating to a public relations officer for the Office of War Information’s Overseas Branch in San Francisco. (Bernath Mss 8).

[San Francisco]. Galería de la Raza (GDLR) Archives, ca. 1966-1989. Administrative records, programs, subject files, correspondence, clippings, slides, photographs, serigraphs, posters, silkscreen prints, ephemera and other creative materials documenting activities of the San Francisco Bay Area Chicano cultural arts center. Includes work by many of the prominent Chicano(a)/Latino(a) artists, such as Juana Alicia, Rodolfo (Rudy) Cuellar, Alfredo De Batuc, Ricardo Favela, Gilbert Luján (Magu), Ralph Maradiaga, Juanishi Orosco, Irene Pérez, Patricia Rodríguez, and René Yañez. (CEMA 4).

[San Francisco]. Gonzalez [Maya] Papers. Slides of art work and biographical ephemera of acclaimed San Francisco-based Chicana painter and children's book illustrator. (CEMA 103).

[San Francisco]. Gray [Ethel C.] California, Canal Zone, Cuba Photograph Album, 1935. Album, approx. 100 pages, recording Ethel C. Gray’s six-week rail trip from NYC to the western U.S. (including Yosemite, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego), then by ship (S.S. Virginia) to the Canal Zone and Cuba. Includes photographs, postcards, railroad timetables, hotel brochures, menus, and other ephemera. (Bernath Mss 46).

[San Francisco]. Hooker, Joseph [1814-1879; Civil War Union General]. One letter (ALS) to James W. Denver (California Congressman), seeking aid for appointment in the Paymaster General’s Department, at a time after he had resigned from the army and failed at farming. San Francisco, 2 May 1857. (Wyles SC 517).

[San Francisco]. Huse [Charles E.] Diary, 1850-1857. Typescript draft of the diary, edited by William Henry Ellison and translated (from the Spanish) by Francis Price. The original two-volume manuscript diary is housed in the Santa Barbara Historical Society Library. Huse was a Harvard graduate who came to California shortly after the Gold Rush, first to San Francisco, then Santa Barbara. Much of the diary describes the transition of Santa Barbara from the Spanish to the American way of life. (Wyles Mss 5).

[San Francisco]. Kearny Street Workshop Archives. Materials relating to the oldest multidisciplinary Asian American arts organization in the United States, which was established in 1972 as a collective of artists in San Francisco’s Chinatown/ Manila town neighborhood. (CEMA 33).

[San Francisco]. Knowles [Joseph] Collection, 1920s-1930s. Correspondence, lists, and samples, mostly relating to Western Builder's Supply Co. of San Francisco, ca. 1920s-1930s, and two letters (TLS) to George Washington Smith, Santa Barbara architect, re architectural and design catalogs and brochures being sent, 1922 and 1928. Related trade catalogs, also collected by Knowles, have been cataloged separately. (SC 717).

[San Francisco]. [Mexican Americans / California / Civil War]. 1 broadside, “A los Mexicanos – e Hispano-Americanos…,” San Francisco, 1863. (Wyles SC 930).

[San Francisco]. Myrick [David] Collection, 1965-1995. Several maps prepared for publications of David Myrick, on western railroad history, ghost towns, and San Francisco. (Wyles Mss 79).

[San Francisco]. Nash [John Henry] Collection, ca. 1918-1970 [bulk dates 1920s-1930s]. Edited copy of the catalog of books printed by Nash in San Francisco, printing specimens, prospectuses, offprints, correspondence, and related ephemera. (Printers Mss 27).

[San Francisco]. Paul Elder and Company Collection, ca. 1898-1936. Catalogs and lists, mainly issued by the Fine and Rare Book Department of Paul Elder & Co., San Francisco, as well as photocopies of title pages of Paul Elder imprints (copies of which are in the UCSB Libraries). (Printers Mss 30).

[San Francisco]. Roxburghe Club Collection, ca. 1928-1980. Printed announcements, invitations, keepsakes, membership lists, notices, and other printed items, ca. 1928-1980, produced by various members of the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco, including Lewis and Dorothy Allen, Arion Press (Andrew Hoyem), Grabhorn Press (Edwin and Robert Grabhorn), Grabhorn-Hoyem, Grace Hoper Press (Sherwood Grover), Lawton and Alfred Kennedy, John Henry Nash, Tamalpais Press (Roger Levenson), and Adrian Wilson Press. (Printers Mss 17).

[San Francisco]. Selver [Charlotte] Papers, 1957-1995. Personal and professional correspondence, writings, and sound records of Charlotte Selver, student of Elsa Gindler in Europe, and the person who introduced sensory awareness to the U.S. Closely connected to the Esalen Institute and San Francisco Zen Center. Her work is continued by the Sensory Awareness Foundation. (HPA Mss 33).

[San Francisco]. Sherman, William Tecumseh. One letter (ALS) to Dona [?}, re sending funds with Sully [?]. The steamer ‘Winfield Scott’, in which Sully had embarked for home, was wrecked on an island [presumably one of the Channel Islands] not far from Santa Barbara. “This morning two steamers started to their relief. Fortunately the weather has been mild…” San Francisco, 7 Dec. 1853. (Wyles SC 16).

[San Francisco]. Sherman, William Tecumseh. One letter (ALS). San Francisco, 13 Sept. 1880. (Wyles SC 210).

[San Francisco]. Tebbetts [George P. and Mary] Memorial Collection, ca 1830s-1950s. Manuscripts, including three diaries, 1856, 1863, 1866, correspondence, photographs, ledgers/account books, scrapbooks, newspapers (incl. 1883-1885 Santa Barbara Daily Independent), papers and documents from the San Francisco Examiner. (Wyles Mss 15).

[San Francisco]. Thompson, William C. [Commander, steamer “Sarah Sands”]. One letter (ALS), in Spanish, to the pastor of Mission San Antonio, re running out of coal and other supplies, and sending representatives to Monterey and San Francisco to obtain them. San Simeon Bay [California], 20 May 1850. (Wyles SC 247).

[San Francisco]. Type Specimens Collection, ca. 1802-1980s. Advertisements, catalogs, flyers, leaflets, and lists, mainly by U.S. companies, but also a number from Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, and the Netherlands. Includes some material from California firms such as the A. Carlisle & Co. (San Francisco), Border Printing Co. (San Francisco), California Electrotype and Stereotype Co. (Los Angeles), California Electrotyping Co. (San Francisco), University of California Press (Berkeley and Los Angeles). (Printers Mss 42).

[San Francisco]. Tyson [Seth H.] Correspondence, 1853, 1855. Six letters (ALS) from Tyson, a young man from Philadelphia, mostly to his mother, re the California Gold Rush in Calaveras County. Also includes typescript transcriptions of the letters. Early letters talk about working in San Francisco and on farms, but later ones mainly concern his prospecting ups and downs, the hard work, problems with lack of water in the rivers, difficult financial dealings, and general uncertainty of life in the gold fields. (Wyles SC 253).

[San Francisco]. Wilke [William Hancock] Collection, arly 1900s. Examples of illuminations and book plates Wilke did for the press of John Henry Nash, as well as numerous drawings and water colors of San Francisco scenes, and two original posters for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, 1915. (Printers Mss 23).

San Francisco Songs, ca. 1860s-1870s. 15 items. (Wyles SC 981).

Sanchez [Gil] Collection . Personal and biographical information, correspondence, Thousands of drawings, research materials, photographs, and other materials of the Mexican American architect whose restoration projects have included the Santa Barbara Presidio, Mission San Juan Bautista, San Juan Capistrano, Mission Santa Clara, the Peralta Adobe, Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park Adobe, and Juana Briones Adobe. (CEMA 15).

Sanford, John B. / Smith [Robert W.] Collection, ca. 1982-1991. Mainly correspondence from Sanford to Smith. Also includes typescript drafts of articles by Sanford, and other material about Sanford and his work. (Mss 34).

Sanger [Margaret] Birth Control Collection, ca. 1921-1966 [bulk dates 1930-1936]. (Mss 220).

[Santa Barbara]. Benet [Linda] – Graham Mackintosh Collection. (Printers Mss 60).

[Santa Barbara]. Calkins [James A.] Collection. Family and local history collection of b/w photos and clippings relating to the Calkins family and Santa Barbara area, including Zaca Lake Ranch. (SBHC Mss 24).

[Santa Barbara]. 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).

[Santa Barbara]. Church [Donald R.] / Santa Barbara Old Mission Postcard Collection , ca. early 1900s. Picture postcards, b/w and color, many mailed, with messages. (SBHC Mss 62).

[Santa Barbara]. 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).

[Santa Barbara]. Cobb, George H. One disbound photo album containing 115 black/white images, various sizes, of family and friends, Santa Barbara and Montecito scenes including Santa Barbara Mission and Riven Rock, President McKinley's visit to Santa Barbara, San Francisco, ca 1900-1905 (Wyles SC 613).

[Santa Barbara]. Community Development and Conservation Collection [CDCC], ca. 1895-1980s Also known as the Pearl Chase Collection, focusing on Santa Barbara history in the 20th century. Included are papers relating to several hundred local organizations (especially pertaining to architecture, gardens, housing, land use, and planning), as well events such as Fiesta, Chase family papers, and numerous photographs of local scenes. (SBHC Mss 1).

[Santa Barbara]. Conway [Joel] Oral History, 1973. Interviews with the Santa Barbara photographer and collector of historical photographs, re development of his collection, early motion picture and television history and stars, including Flying A Studio in Santa Barbara and 1950s House on Un-American Activities. Central Coast Regional Projects. (OH 30).

[Santa Barbara]. Covarrubias, Maria. One letter (ALS), in Spanish, written on her behalf by her daughter, to her brother, re death of family members including her husband, Jose Maria (a prominent judge and legislator). Santa Barbara, Oct. 1871. Includes translation. (SC 78).

[Santa Barbara]. Dent, Rowley E. Diary, partly relating to Santa Barbara, 1870. (Wyles SC 76).

[Santa Barbara]. 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).

[Santa Barbara]. 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).

[Santa Barbara]. Ensemble Theatre Company of Santa Barbara Records. (PA Mss 47).

[Santa Barbara]. Geiger [Father Maynard] Oral History, 1975. Interviews with Father Geiger re his life, history of the Franciscan order and the Santa Barbara Mission, and Father Junipero Serra. Central Coast Regional Projects. (OH 40).

[Santa Barbara]. Genns [Whitney T.] Oral History, 1971. Interview with Santa Barbara rare book dealer Genns re childhood in New Jersey-New York in 1910s, World War I, Greenwich Village in the 1920s-1930s, prohibition, jazz greats, Washington, D.C. during the New Deal, and FDR. Central Coast Regional Projects. (OH 41).

[Santa Barbara]. Genns [Whitney T.] Photograph Collection, ca. 1941-1978. Photographs of the Genns family and Santa Barbara bookstore. (Mss 39).

[Santa Barbara]. Get Oil Out (GOO) Collection, ca. 1969-1990. Office files (bylaws, minutes, fundraising, publications, newsletters), governmental action, legal, and subject files, mainly pertaining to efforts to contain and monitor oil industry off coast of Santa Barbara, especially in the aftermath of the 1969 Santa Barbara Oil Spill. (SBHC Mss 10).

[Santa Barbara]. Gilbar [Steven] Collection. Research files, including correspondence, articles, clippings, and photographs pertaining to Steven Gilbar and Dean Stewart’s Tales of Santa Barbara (1994) and Literary Santa Barbara (1998). Also, related monographs and serials, which have been cataloged separately. (Mss 171).

[Santa Barbara]. Gonzales, R. P. F. Jose M. One document (ADS), in Spanish, re a marriage. Santa Barbara, 28 April 1852. (SC 127).

[Santa Barbara]. Hamilton [Donald] Papers, ca. 1980-1997. Correspondence, notes, flyers, clippings and other material, primarily relating to Hamilton's work as a homeless advocate in Santa Barbara. (SBHC Mss 45).

[Santa Barbara]. Hollister Family Photographs, ca. late 1800s. 11 cabinet card portraits, nine cartes de visite portraits, and one landscape cabinet photo of William Hollister in a grove, in front of his house. (SC 899).

[Santa Barbara]. League of Women Voters Collection, ca. 1970s-1990s. Primarily research files of the organization, relating to issues such as the oil industry, LAFCO and Goleta annexation. (SBHC Mss 2).

[Santa Barbara]. Mackey Expedition to Santa Cruz Island. Log, 1 July 1912. (SC 186).

[Santa Barbara]. Moldaver [Lee] Collection, ca. 1977-1993. Files mainly relating to Santa Barbara transportation issues. (SBHC Mss 30).

[Santa Barbara]. Ridland [John] Collection, ca. 1957-1999. Contains material relating to Santa Barbara area poets and presses, including ephemera and other items laid in printed works; Isla Vista items relating to the troubles of 1970 and including a piece by Ridland entitled "Eyes and Ears on Isla Vista: An Unpublished Review from 1970"; and files as faculty advisor of the UCSB student publication, Spectrum. (SBHC Mss 47).

[Santa Barbara]. Robbins [Thomas S. ] Collection, 1844-1855. Six items, relating to the business dealings of an early Santa Barbara resident. (SC 751).

[Santa Barbara]. Ruhge [Justin] Collection, ca. 1970s-2001. Primarily research files relating to Santa Barbara and Goleta history. (SBHC Mss 27).

[Santa Barbara]. Rypins [Alice B.] Papers, ca. 1965-1982. Mainly local government publications, newsletters, pamphlets and other files relating to Santa Barbara area water projects. (SBHC Mss 3).

[Santa Barbara]. Saadi [Ruth] Collection. Files re Santa Barbara League of Women Voters issues such as the 1969 oil spill.. (SBHC Mss 14).

[Santa Barbara]. Scott-McIntosh Petroleum, Incorporated Collection, ca. 1928-1930. Correspondence, notes, reports and aerial photographs re Elwood Oil Field. (SC 532).

[Santa Barbara]. Sharp [Robert C.] Papers, ca. 1963-1974. Includes bids, contracts, leases, logs, reports, charts, and court records pertaining to oil drilling in the Santa Barbara Channel, mainly regarding lawsuits stemming from the 1969 Santa Barbara Oil Spill. (SBHC Mss 7).

[Shaw, George Bernard]. Steinhauer [Harry] Papers, ca. 1928-1959. Correspondence and related materials of Steinhauer, Professor of German in the UCSB Department of Foreign Languages, with Max Barthel, Hermann Hesse, H. L. Mencken, Erich Maria Remarque, George Bernard Shaw, and Fritz von Unruh. (FACP 19).

[Santa Barbara]. Storke [C. A.] Collection. (SBHC Mss 40).

[Santa Barbara]. Storke [Charles A., II] Collection. (SBHC Mss 38).

[Santa Barbara]. Storke [Thomas M.] Collection. Includes scrapbook, speeches, photo, miscellaneous articles by Storke and copies of awards presented to him, and numerous condolences to his wife re his death. (SBHC Mss 37).

[Santa Barbara]. Suman [Alvaro] Papers. Materials of a longtime Santa Barbara Chicano resident, painter, sculptor, and ceramicist. (CEMA).

[Santa Barbara]. UCSB Public History Interviews, 1978. Mainly interviews with Santa Barbara area fire department, forest service, and government employees re fires and firefighting. Also some interviews re water issues and the 1925 Santa Barbara earthquake. (OH 76).

[Santa Barbara]. Veblen [Paul] Papers, ca. 1960s-1970s. Notes and articles about the Santa Barbara News-Press and Paul Veblen’s involvement in the John Birch Society ‘skirmish’; letters and copies of letters to Veblen from Pearl Chase, along with her copy of Seven Hundred Chinese Proverbs, inscribed to him. (SBHC Mss 69).

[Santa Barbara]. Walton Family Photographs, 1907. Four glass plate negatives of the 50th anniversary of the Waltons, said to have run the first drygoods store in Santa Barbara. (SBHC Mss 74).

[Santa Barbara]. Weingand et al, v. County et al (Channel Island Drilling) Collection. (SBHC Mss 31).

[Santa Barbara]. Whistler, James A. Two engraved maps of Anacapa Island, by artist Whistler, 1854. (SC 703).

[Santa Barbara]. Whitehead [Richard S.] Papers, ca. 1909-1974. Alphabetical and geographical files pertaining to land use and planning, from the County of Santa Barbara Director of Planning at the time of the 1969 Santa Barbara Oil Spill. (SBHC Mss 9).

[Santa Barbara]. 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).

[Santa Barbara]. Young [Noel] / Capra Press Collection, ca. 1930s-1970s. (Printers Mss 46).

[Santa Barbara]. Young [Noel] / Capra Press Oral History, 1983. Interviews with the Santa Barbara publisher. (OH 104).

Santa Barbara African American Local History Collection, 1994-1997. Documents, photographs, and interviews collected as part of a Black Santa Barbara Historical Calendar, a collaborative research project in the Black Studies Department at UCSB. The aim of the calendar was to call attention to local personages and events important in Santa Barbara’s African American community. (CEMA 99).

Santa Barbara African American Oral History Project Collection. Documents, photographs and interviews pertaining to Santa Barbara African American local history. Included are 19 tapes of interviews with prominent members of the Black Santa Barbara community. (CEMA 42).

Santa Barbara African American Oral History Project Collection. (CEMA 42).

Santa Barbara and Santa Ynez Turnpike Road Co. Document dated Apr. 25, 1868. (SC 862).

Santa Barbara and Suburban Railway Photographs, 1913. Four b/w photos and copies (various sizes), showing Miss Ednah A. Rich, President of the State Normal School, being presented with a spike maul, which she used to drive the golden spike at the end of the Normal School Extension of the Santa Barbara & Suburban Railway, Nov. 6, 1913. (SC 844).

Santa Barbara Area Newpapers, ca. 1887-1992. Single issues or short broken runs of newspapers from the local area, including Carpinteria, Goleta, Isla Vista, Santa Ynez Valley, Montecito, and Santa Barbara. Newspapers with substantial runs have been cataloged separately. (SBHC Mss 50).

Santa Barbara Authors Collection. Articles, bibliographies, biographies, and other material collected on an ongoing basis about Santa Barbara authors. Papers of individual authors are kept as separate collections and are listed by surname. Also, cataloged separately, are signed and first editions of hundreds of past and present authors with local connections. See the Special Collections webpage http://www.library.ucsb.edu/speccoll/sbauthors_1.htmlSanta Barbara Authors and Publishers for more detailed information. (SBHC Mss 68).

Santa Barbara Citizens Commission on Civil Disorders Collection, 1970. List and audio recordings of a series of hearings held from June 17, 1970 to September 1, 1970. (SBHC Mss 57).

Santa Barbara Civic Light Opera Records. (PA Mss 56).

Santa Barbara College. One document (AD) listing original pledges for the college, 1869. The college has no connection to the present University of California, Santa Barbara. (SC 268).

Santa Barbara Contemporary Issues Collections. Papers of 20th century local officials, legislators, organizations, and individuals dealing with issues such as the airport, education, flood control, government, health, housing, land use and planning, natural resources, oil, political reform, taxes, transportation, water, and the wilderness. Collections are listed individually.

Santa Barbara Earthquake Photographs, 1925. 50 b/w photographs, many relating to the 1925 earthquake. (SC 700).

Santa Barbara Oil Spill Scrapbook, mainly 1969. (SBHC Mss 52).

Santa Barbara Parapsychology Collection, ca. 1970s-1980s. Newsletters, magazines, catalogs, flyers, articles, records of experiments, correspondence, subject files, and other material, mainly printed, collected by Santa Barbara resident Dr. David T. Phillips and primarily pertaining to parapsychology-related groups, studies, and issues in Santa Barbara, southern California, and elsewhere in the U.S. (ARC Mss 48).

Santa Barbara Photographs, late 1800s-early 1900s. Single items and small groups of photographs, acquired from various sources. (SBHC Mss 61).

Santa Barbara Picture Postcards, ca. 1900s-1950s. About 90 b/w and color postcards of various Santa Barbara area scenes, acquired over the years from various sources. Includes Santa Barbara and Montecito residences and gardens, harbor and beaches, foothills, bird’s eye views, Santa Barbara Mission, and former Riviera campus of Santa Barbara College (now UC Santa Barbara). (SBHC Mss 36).

Santa Barbara Vintners Collection, ca. 1990s- . Newsletters, flyers, wine labels, articles/clippings, and other ephemera relating to vintners in the Santa Barbara County area (including Santa Ynez Valley, Lompoc, Santa Maria). (SBHC Mss 63).

Santa Barbara Water Resources Collection, ca. 1959-1984. Files relating to Santa Barbara area water districts, groundwater, and hourly precipitation records. (SBHC Mss 16).

Santa Barbara World War I Recruitment Poster. (SC 881).

[Santa Ynez Valley]. Lyons [Jeannette] Oral History, 1975. Family and local history, mainly Santa Ynez Valley, including experiences as a teacher and, later, curator of the Santa Ynez Historical Museum. Central Coast Regional Projects. (OH 60).

Satir [Virginia] Collection, 1916-1993. Extensive collection of personal and professional manuscript materials, organizational records, and audiovisual materials from the noted family therapist. (HPA Mss 45).

Satir [Virginia] Oral History. Interviews with family therapist Satir. (OH 82).

[Saudi Arabia]. Gildea [James G.] Middle East Railroad Collection, ca. 1940s-1970s [bulk dates early 1950s]. Bulk of collection is documents and photos re construction of Saudi Government Railway, ca. early 1950s. Gildea later lived in Santa Barbara. (Bernath Mss 219).

Savage Mining Company (Virginia, Nevada). Daily report and vouchers, 1876-1898. (Wyles SC 896).

Saxon [A. H.] Papers. Typescript of The Life and Art of Andrew Ducrow and the Romantic Age of the English Circus, and accompanying essay. (PA Mss 11).

Sawders [James] Photograph Collection, ca. 1930s-1950s. Approx. 890 b/w prints, most 8x10, many countries. Most taken by Charles Phelps Cushing, 51 E. 42nd St., NY (1884-1973; was a Kansas City reporter for a time, died in Bronx) and distributed by James Caleb Sawders. Sawders was an American photojournalist who travelled to China in the early 1930s, according to one website. A few photos with Sawders credit alone. A few others were taken by Jack Lewis and distributed by Sawders. (Bernath Mss 172).

Sawyer [James H.] Papers, 1861-1865, 1879-1882 [bulk dates 1861-1865]. Primarily correspondence and diaries of a Civil War Union soldier in the Connecticut Infantry, 18th Regiment (Vol.), Company B. (Wyles Mss 33).

Scheffer, Charles. One letter (ALS) from Minnesota State Treasurer to President Elect Abraham Lincoln, re recommendation for district attorney. St. Paul, Minnesota, 12 Nov. 1860. (Wyles SC 198).

Schlien [John] Oral History. Interviews re Carl Rogers. Humanistic psychology project. (OH 2).

Schmidt [Erich F.] Persepolis Excavation Slides. Glass slides taken by Schmidt at archaeological sites, including Persepolis, ca. early part of the 20th century. (Bernath Mss 19).

[Scotland]. Ash [Marinell] Collection, 1970s and 1980s. Correspondence and related printed ephemera, re Scottish history. Accompanies a book collection on the same topic. (SC 519).

[Scotland]. Panama Canal/ Southwest U.S. / Europe Photograph Album, 1926. 250+ b/w snapshots, apparently of a family’s 1926 travels, including the Isle of Mull, Isle of Skye, west coast and lochs of Scotland. (Bernath 71).

[Scotland]. Polish Army World War II Photograph Presentation Album, 1941. Album with 52 b/w snapshots, captions in English. The soldiers were part of a Polish, British, and Norwegian force that captured Ankenes and Narvik [Norway] from the German forces in May, 1940, and broke the chain of German victories in World War II. Includes images of Scotland, around St. Andrews, where the soldiers were based. (Bernath Mss 60).

Scott Antarctic (Terra Nova) Expedition Photographs, 1910-1913. Glass plate negatives. (Bernath Mss 111).

[Scott, Robert]. South Pacific Photograph Album, ca. 1901-1902. 140+ b/w photographs of a voyage, probably by a British passenger embarking at London, on the New Zealand ship S.S. Rakaia. Includes images of Robert Scott’s ship Discovery in dry dock for repairs in Lyttleton Harbour, on the way to explore Antarctica, Nov. 1901 (Bernath Mss 283).

Scott-McIntosh Petroleum, Incorporated Collection, ca. 1928-1930. Correspondence, notes, reports and aerial photographs re Elwood Oil Field. (SC 532).

Scrapbook – Advertising Literature, ca. 1890-1903. Correspondence, flyers, clippings, catalogs, lists and other advertising items, most relating to East Coast firms, laid and glued in a worn copy of Mark Twain’s A Tramp Abroad, being used as a scrapbook. Assembled by S. Tillinghast of La Plume, PA. (SC 843).

Screen Guild Players Recordings, 1942-1948. Recordings of 32 Screen Guild Players radio programs used as a fundraising effort for the Motion Picture Relief Fund featuring many contemporary stars. (PA Mss 28).

Seabury [Samuel] Naval Papers, ca. 1871-1882. (Wyles Mss 112).

Seago [Edward B.] Correspondence, 1934-1935. Six letters (ALS) by the circus writer to [Raymond Toole-] Stott, mainly about articles he is working on. (SC 275).

Sedgwick [John] Papers. One carte de visite photo of John Sedgwick, Civil War Union General, 6th Army Corps, and a 13 page handwritten report by him, to Brig. Gen. S. Williams of the Army of the Potomac, concerning movements of the 6th Army Corps around Fredericksburg, Virginia, from April 28 to May 5, 1863. (Wyles SC 201).

Self-Help Graphics and Art Archives, ca. 1960-1992. Extensive collection of silk screen prints and slides, as well as organizational records, photographs, and ephemera of the Los Angeles cultural arts center and studio. Founded in the early 1970s, during the height of the Chicano Civil Rights movement, by Mexican artists, Carlos Bueno and Antonio Ibañez, and several Chicano artists, including Frank Hernandez and Sister Karen Boccalero. (CEMA 3).

Selfridge / China Photograph Albums, ca. 1890s-1900. Two photograph albums of scenes in China, including Shanghai, Peking, and Tientsin [Tianjin], apparently from the period preceding and during the Boxer Rebellion. Includes snapshots and picture postcards. (Wyles Mss 56).

Selver [Charlotte] Papers, 1957-1995. Personal and professional correspondence, writings, and sound records of Charlotte Selver, student of Elsa Gindler in Europe, and the person who introduced sensory awareness to the U.S. Closely connected to the Esalen Institute and San Francisco Zen Center. Her work is continued by the Sensory Awareness Foundation. (HPA Mss 33).

Senegal Photograph Collection, ca. late 1920s-early 1930s. 60 black/white photos, captions in French. (Bernath Mss 242).

Severy [Hazel W.] Oral History, 1972. Interview with the UCSB professor and former head of the Department of Natural Resources. Subjects include Stanford University, David Starr Jordan, Pacific College of Osteopathy, and UCSB. History of Science Project. (OH 83).

Severy [Hazel W.] Papers, 1914-1955. Scrapbook, with clippings, photographs, programs, and related materials, documenting UCSB in its early pre-university years. (FACP 37).

[Shakespeare, William]. Ogden [C. K.] Collection. Purchase in 1957 by the University of California of a library of 100,000 books from the estate of Ogden, creator of Basic English. The collection subsequently was distributed among the UC campuses. The highlight of the UCSB component is a Shakespeare Fourth Folio (1685).

"Shall the Extension of Slavery Be Prohibited?" Broadside, supporting the John C. Fremont/William L. Dayton ticket, 1856. (Wyles SC 803).

Shanghai, China Photograph Collection, ca. 1948-1949. 182 b/w snapshots, mainly Shanghai, taken by an American serving in the U.S. Navy. (SC 896).

Shanghai Photograph Album, ca. 1920s. (Bernath Mss 113).

Shanghai Steam Navigation Co. Photograph Album, ca. 1860s-1875. Leatherbound photograph album with 125 cartes-de-visite (cdv) and 6 cabinet size cards, including a signed and dated cdv of Rutherford B. Hayes. Mainly images of employees, their wives and children, and people associated with the Shanghai Steam Navigation Co., which became the leader in the American China trade and major importer of opium into China. (Bernath Mss 47).

Shapiro [S. R.] Bookplate Collection. Personal collection of bookplates. Also, printed book arts, small and fine press items, donated in memory of his parents, Herman and Gertrude Nathan Shapiro. (Printers Mss 32).

Shapiro [Stewart] Oral History, 1990. Life history of the UCSB professor of confluent education and clinical psychologist. (OH 84)

Shapiro [Stewart B.] Papers, 1966-1987. Materials from a UCSB professor of confluent education, relating to the humanistic psychology movement. (HPA Mss 34).

Sharp [Robert C.] Papers, ca. 1963-1974. Includes bids, contracts, leases, logs, reports, charts, and court records pertaining to oil drilling in the Santa Barbara Channel, mainly regarding lawsuits stemming from the 1969 Santa Barbara Oil Spill. (SBHC Mss 7).

Shaw [W.B.] South Africa Photograph Album, 1918. Album commemorating a visit of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Shaw to the C. J. Lappan family, at Shenfield house, in South Africa. 32 black/white photos, including Lappan and Shaw family members on the porch of Shenfield house, surrounding countryside, a shot of the family by a wagon with the caption "The Voortrekkers," as well as several images of local South African women, children, and their compounds. (Bernath Mss 54).

Shead [F.] India Northwest Frontier Photograph Album, 1929-1930. (Bernath Mss 196).

Sheinbaum [Stanley K.] Collection, ca. 1970s-2001. Articles about Sheinbaum, copy of oral history transcript with Joan Didion, and copy of oral history transcript by UCLA. Includes material about his association with CSDI and later New Perspectives magazine. (Mss 217).

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).

Shell, Fred B. One Civil War sketch map of Vicksburg and one carte de visite photograph of Shell, a war correspondent for Harpers Weekly, with Grant's army during the siege of Vicksburg., 1863. (Wyles SC 199).

Shepard [Isaac F.] Collection, ca. 1830-1880s [bulk dates 1861-1873]. Commander of the 52nd U.S. Infantry, Colored, from 1863 onwards, making him ranking regimental officer (initially as Colonel, later as Brigadier General) of all colored troops in the Union. Includes an 1863 diary, Court of Inquiry Papers, and related correspondence, which document a seminal incident in which Shepard defended his troops against hostile treatment by white Union troops, was arrested, but subsequently had all charges dismissed by Gen. Grant and was restored to his command. (Wyles Mss 74).

Shepherd [Alfred James] Papers, ca. 1930s-1950s. Includes material relating to Taiwan, Japan, and Guam. (Bernath Mss 251).

Sheridan, Phillip. One engraving, carte de visite size, of Sheridan in uniform, with stamp of Joseph Ward, Boston, on reverse. (Wyles SC 642).

Sherman, William Tecumseh. One engraving, carte de visite size, of Sherman in uniform, with stamp of Joseph Ward, Boston, on reverse. (Wyles SC 633).

Sherman, William Tecumseh. One b/w cabinet card size photograph of Sherman in uniform, later in life. (Wyles SC 634).

Sherman, William Tecumseh. One letter (ALS) to Dona [?}, re sending funds with Sully [?]. The steamer ‘Winfield Scott’, in which Sully had embarked for home, was wrecked on an island [presumably one of the Channel Islands] not far from Santa Barbara. “This morning two steamers started to their relief. Fortunately the weather has been mild…” San Francisco, 7 Dec. 1853. (Wyles SC 16).

Sherman, William Tecumseh. One letter (ALS) to General M. G. Vallejo. Washington, D.C., 11 Aug. 1879. From: Pearl Chase Collection. (Wyles SC 209).

Sherman, William Tecumseh. One letter (ALS). San Francisco, 13 Sept. 1880. (Wyles SC 210).

Sherman, William Tecumseh. Two letters (ALS) to David Milliken, Jr., Secretary of the Union League Club, 1886. (Wyles SC 207).

Sherman, William Tecumseh. One letter (ALS). New York, 16 July 1890. (Wyles SC 208).

Shewczyk [Patricia] Collection, ca. 1975-1985 [bulk dates 1981-1985]. Mainly Goleta Water District Board of Directors' meeting packets, and some related files, including records of various committees, from Shewzyk, President and Director of the Goleta Water District. (SBHC Mss 4).

Shill, Joseph. One document (ADS), Civil War era loyalty statement, 1862. (Wyles SC 904).

Ship Engravings. Collection of engravings, mainly British and American ships, some Civil War era, many clipped from newspapers, ca. 1800s-early 1900s. (Wyles SC 644).

Shippee [William Henry] Whaling Correspondence, 1860-1862. Mainly to father. (Wyles SC 991).

Shirley [John S.] Papers, 1863, 1865. Civil War correspondence, discharge, clippings of letters printed in an unidentified newspapers, and handwritten poem, “Marching through Georgia: A Ballad of 1863,” of a private in the Iowa Cavalry, 4th Regiment (Vol), Company A. (Wyles SC 326).

Shupe [Anson D.] Collection, ca. 1969-1982. Mainly correspondence, research files, and printed material collected by Shupe, re the Goddian Movement, founded by Lawrence A. Whitten. (ARC Mss 32).

[Siberia]. Japan, Irkutsk (Siberia), and Manchuria Photograph Collection, 1901-1902. Eleven b/w photos, most with captions on the back, including scenes of Japanese rickshaws and people, Japanese station and hotel, orthodox church and museum in Irkutsk, horse and cart carrying firewood, and railway water tower in Manchuria. (SC 833).

Siberia Photograph Album, ca. 1895. (Bernath Mss 150).

Sickles, Daniel E. [Civil War Major General]. Three letters (ALS) to A.G. Peterson mainly about financial difficulties and a letter to the editor of the National Tribune from an unidentified writer, pleading Sickles’ case, all 1913. Also, an obituary from the National Tribune, noting Sickles’ rather colorful and controversial career, [1914]. (Wyles SC 455).

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).

Sierras Camping Photograph Album, ca. 1900. Contains albumen prints of a camping trip by unidentified young men and women in the Sierras. Also strips and other small photos of a number of individuals. (Wyles SC 994).

Silva [Simon] Papers. Personal papers, including artwork and professional files, of the Latino artist. (CEMA 68).

Simla, India Photograph Album, ca. 1900-1910. 44 b/w mounted images, only three with captions. Includes scenes of Simla (the summer capital of British India) and countryside, the Mall (main street), buildings, Viceregal Palace, and family and group shots of what appears to be a British civil servant. (Bernath Mss 48).

Simon [Sidney] Papers, 1951-1989. Materials re the humanistic psychology movement. (HPA Mss 35).

Simpkins [Herbert C.] Collection. KKK items, Coolidge monograph, WWII ration books and case. (Mss 218).

[Sims, Thomas]. "Order of Services at the First Anniversary of the Kidnapping of Thomas Sims, April 12, 1852." Broadside. (Wyles SC 835).

Sinclair [Robert B.] Teleplays Collection. Annotated teleplays for 1950s and 1960s television program directed by Sinclair. (PA Mss 12).

Sinclair [Upton] Collection, 1933-1934. Clippings, leaflets, broadsides, political pamphlets, and ephemera of the American writer and activist. (Mss 113).

[Singapore]. Johnson [Basil] Photograph Collection, ca. 1940s-1970s [ bulk 1960s-1970s]. Several hundred black/white prints and color slides taken by Johnson, Emeritus Professor Geography at the Australian National University. Locations include: Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, Malaya, Pakistan, Singapore, and Thailand. Many rural scenes, with local inhabitants, emphasis on water-related issues such as irrigation and wells. (Bernath Mss 223).

[Singapore]. 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).

Singher [Martial] Recordings. Recordings made by French baritone Singher, who was on the faculty of the Music Academy of the West. (PA Mss 25).

[Sisquoc Ranch]. 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).

[Sisquoc Ranch]. 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 harbaor 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).

Sisquoc Ranch Photograph Album, ca. 1899-1900. Approximately 76 b/w images and handwritten captions, mainly of Sisquoc Ranch [Rancho Sisquoc], Santa Barbara County, California, including the land, buildings, work such as branding cattle, and the Lucius E. Greene and Vicente Castro families. (Wyles SC 588).

[Skofield, Hobart]. Rudge Chapbook Archive, 1978-1985. Correspondence, research files, drafts, artwork, proofs, and other material relating to the publication of Typophiles Chapbook 57: William J Glick, William Edwin Rudge (New York: Typophiles, 1984). Hobart O. Skofield, former Rudge associate and creator of the UCSB Printers Collection, worked extensively with Glick on the project. (Printers Mss 9).

Skofield [Hobart] Oral History, 1982. Recollections of Skofield, re his years as an apprentice with the Printing House of William Edwin Rudge, experiences with the Rancheros Vistadores, development of what is now the Skofield Printers Collection. (OH 6)

Skofield [Hobart Oliver] Papers, ca. 1927-1987. Two series: personal/family materials re Hobart O. Skofield, his father Ray L. Skofield, and a large number of genealogical files; and a printers/presses series, with a large amount of material relating to Skofield’s association with the Rudge printing firm, as well as long-term correspondence with other prominent printers and research/subject files on numerous mostly-American presses and printing interests. (Printers Mss 1).

Skofield [Hobart O.] Printers Collection. More than 30,000 volumes, with an emphasis on the book arts, bookplates, California presses (such as Arion, Black Sparrow, Book Club of California, Grabhorn, Flying Fish, Paul Elder, and Yolla Bolly presses), fine printing, history of the book, writing and printing, miniature books, papermaking, Santa Barbara presses (including Capra Press, Mary Heebner’s Simplemente Maria Press and Harry and Sandra Reese’s Turkey Press), small and private presses (such as Doves, Gehenna, Granary, Hogarth, Janus, Kelmscott, Nonesuch, Pennyroyal, Perishable, and Roycroft presses), and typography. Also, related manuscript collections relating to Hobart O. Skofield, Mudborn Press, John Henry Nash, Ninja Press (Carolee Campbell), Pear Tree Press, Bruce Rogers, Rowny Press, and Rudge Press.

Slave Child Cartes de Visité, ca. 1863. Two cdvs of Fannie Virginia Casseopia Lawrence, described as a redeemed slave child, 5 years old, from Virginia. Baptized in Brooklyn, at Plymouth Church, by Henry Ward Beecher, May 1863. (Wyles SC 1016).

[Slave Document]. Louisiana Slave Document. One document (ADS), bill of sale, Madison Parish, 24 July 1852. (Wyles SC 670).

[Slave Document]. Randolph, D. C. One letter (ALS) to S. D. [Cabanip?] of Huntsville, re the sale of a slave named Dolly, who he reports to be in good health. Also discusses her ‘nominal husband.’ Richmond, 5 Mar. 1859. (Wyles SC 127).

[Slave Document]. Republic of Texas, Austin County. One document (ADS): Jury summons for slave trial, with list of 36 names. 13 Apr. 1843. (Wyles SC 130).

[Slave Documents]. Patrick County, Virginia, Slave Documents, 1839-1840. 22 documents. (Wyles SC 978).

[Slave Documents]. Robinson Collection, ca. 1739-1931. Correspondence, financial, legal, and religious materials pertaining to a number of apparently unrelated individuals and organizations, primarily from Massachusetts and other parts of the eastern seaboard, from the mid-18th to the early-20th centuries. Some documents in the collection are from the Revolutionary War and Civil War periods. Included in the collection are two slave documents (a bill of sale, 1819, and a bill of hire, n.d.). (Wyles Mss 12).

[Slave Documents]. Slavery Collection of U.S. Government Documents, 1817-1865. (Wyles Mss 106).

Slave Documents, 1813-1865. Printed and manuscript documents, including purchase and shipping of slaves, tax forms, slave hires, estate appraisal, slave burials. (Wyles SC 1002).

Slave Documents Collection, ca. 1711-1878. Bills of sale, manumissions, notes and receipts for slave hire, accounts for medical service, a property tax return, an estate list, correspondence, and essays. The documents come from California, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. (Wyles Mss 75).

[Slave Songs]. Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute. Programme, "Slave Songs of the South, by the Hampton Colored Students." (Wyles SC 742).

[Slavery]. "Anti-Fugitive Slave Law Meeting." Printed text of Resolutions and Address at the meeting. Syracuse, New York, January 9, 1851. (Wyles SC 799).

[Slavery]. Butler, Benjamin Franklin [Civil War Union General, lawyer, and Governor of Massachusetts]. Three letters (ALS), 1861, 1868, 1889 about various Civil War-related issues, including a hanging for treason. Also, a copy of a transcript of an interview conducted 2 June 1862 between Butler and Capt. Homer B. Sprague re Sprague’s refusal to deliver an escaped slave, Caroline, employed as a laundress for the army, back to slave hunters. After reviewing a recent Act of Congress, Butler decided in favor of Caroline being retained as a laundress. (Wyles SC 46).

[Slavery]. Civil War Amnesty Oath. One Civil War era printed document, signed by J. H. Westcott, stating he will “faithfully defend the Constitution of the United States and the States there-under; and that I will in like manner abide by and support all laws and proclamations which have been made during the existing rebellion with reference to the Emancipation of Slavery…” Galveston, Texas, 28 June 1865. (Wyles SC 8).

[Slavery]. "Executor's Sale of Slave." Broadside, Missouri, 1860. (Wyles SC 774).

[Slavery]. "Facts and Features of Slavery." Broadside, n.d. (Wyles SC 793).

[Slavery]. Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute. Printed program, ca. 1873, "Slave Songs of the South, by the Hampton Colored Students," including note that Hampton [located in Hampton, Virginia] is “Devoted to the preparation of Colored Teachers for the Colored Race and to Industrial Education” and that nearly all of its students were born as slaves. Hampton’s most famous graduate was Booker T. Washington. (Wyles SC 742).

[Slavery]. "Hymns and Songs for the Anti-Slavery Celebration of the Declaration of Independence, at Abington, July 4, 1853.…" Broadside. (Wyles SC 794).

[Slavery]. "Hymns and Songs for the Celebration of British West India Emancipation, at Abington, August 1, 1856." Broadside. (Wyles SC 795).

[Slavery]. "Hymns for the Rural Anti-Slavery Celebration, at Dedham, July 4, 1846." Broadside. (Wyles SC 796).

[Slavery]. Lincoln, Levi [1782-1868; Massachusetts Governor, 1825-1834; Whig member of U.S. Congress, 1835-1841]. One letter (ALS) to Patience Earle, re abolition of slavery. Washington, [D.C.], 20 Feb. 1837. (Wyles SC 523).

[Slavery]. Lovejoy, Owen. One note (AN) and one printed speech, “The Fanaticism of the Democratic Party,” delivered by the Hon. Owen Lovejoy, of Illinois, to the House of Representatives, Feb. 21, 1859, in which he takes a strong abolitionist stand and states that he has indeed harbored fugitive slaves. (SC 179).

[Slavery]. Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society. Broadside, "Fourth of July! Anti-Slavery Celebration," n.y. (Wyles SC 808).

[Slavery]. Moseley [Henry L.] Letter and Card, 1859. General commission merchant and slave dealer. (Wyles SC 992).

[Slavery]. National Anti-Slavery Standard. One printed flyer from abolitionist Parker Pillsbury, soliciting subscriptions for the Standard, the official newspaper of the American Anti-Slavery Society,ca. 1865-1870. (Wyles SC 462).

[Slavery]. "New England Anti-Slavery Convention, at Boylston Hall, Boston, May 27, 28, and 29, 1851." Broadside. (Wyles SC 850).

[Slavery]. Nineteenth Century Americana Collection, ca. 1754-1926. Mainly correspondence from the eastern part of the U.S., especially New England, New Jersey and, Pennsylvania. Subjects include slavery, abolition, Civil War, and overseas missions. (Mss 2).

[Slavery]. Nistal-Moret [Benjamin] Collection, ca. 1829-1979, 1993. Biographical material and research files re Nistal-Moret’s Esclavos Profugos y Cimarrones, Puerto Rico, 1770-1870, including documents from Puerto Rico, primarily pertaining to identification and registration of slaves and the apprehension of fugitives. (Wyles Mss 78).

[Slavery]. Patrick County, Virginia, Slave Documents, 1839-1840. 22 documents. (Wyles SC 978).

[Slavery]. Randolph, D. C. One letter (ALS) to S. D. [Cabanip?] of Huntsville, re the sale of a slave named Dolly, who he reports to be in good health. Also discusses her ‘nominal husband.’ Richmond, 5 Mar. 1859. (Wyles SC 127).

[Slavery]. "Shall the Extension of Slavery Be Prohibited?" Broadside, supporting the John C. Fremont/William L. Dayton ticket, 1856. (Wyles SC 803).

[Slavery]. Vigilance Committee. One printed circular, re the Fugitive Slave Law. Boston, 3 Mar. 1851. (Wyles SC 707).

[Slavery]. Wyles (William) Collection. The first UCSB ‘special collection,’ and still one of the largest, with more than 35,000 volumes, 150 separate manuscript collections and 1,000 small collections on Abraham Lincoln, slavery, abolition, the Civil War, Reconstruction, American expansion, travel in America, and the American West.

Slavery Collection of U.S. Government Documents, 1817-1865. (Wyles Mss 106).

Slavery Era Insurance Documents, ca. 1847-1960, 2001-2002. Photocopies of documents collected by the State of California Insurance Department in pursuance of California Code Regulations, Title 10, Sections 2293-2398 , which required insurance companies to provide documentation about insurance polices from the slavery era which coverage for slaveholders for damage to or death of their slaves. (Wyles Mss 97).

"The Slave's Lamentation." Broadside, 1846. (Wyles SC 797).

Slotkin, Stanley. "Biblical Library of Stanley S. Slotkin," with 30 original leaves and accompanying printed text for 16th-18th century bibles and other religious works; also copies of articles about Slotkin, his collecting and gifts. (SC 773).

Smith, Anson [Illinois Infantry, 104th Regiment (Vols), Company D]. Six Civil War era letters (ALS), 1860-1862. (Wyles SC 320).

Smith [Ben] Alaska Yukon Gold Rush Collection, ca. 1882-1915 [bulk 1898-1901]. Pape

Alphabetical List of Collections by Name