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PRELIMINARY GUIDE TO
THE WALKER A. TOMPKINS COLLECTION,
1849-1989
[BULK DATES 1968-1984]
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Collection Number: SBHC Mss 19.
Size of Collection: 27 linear feet (5 records
containers, 17 boxes, 4 oversize boxes, 1 map cabinet
drawer, 110 open reel audio tapes, and 7 audio cassettes).
Acquisition Information: Donation by Barbara
H. Tompkins, 1990-1991, with additional material
donated by Eric Hvolboll, 1991.
Access Restrictions: Financial Records
restricted; see Head of Special Collections for further
information.
Use Restrictions: Copyright has not been
assigned to the Department of Special Collections,
UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts
must be
submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission
for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special
Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which
also must be obtained.
Processing Information: Preliminary arrangement
and description by Special Collections staff;
latest revision Apr. 24, 2002.
Location: Boxes 1-22 (Del Sur), Boxes 23-26
(Del Sur Oversize), Map Cabinet 20/8, Audiotapes (Perf.
Arts).
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BIOGRAPHY
Walker A. Tompkins was born on
July 10, 1909 in Prosser, Yakima County, Washington. He was
the son of Charle E. and Bertha Tompkins who had moved to Washington
from Missouri. Tompkins grew up on a wheat farm in Walla Walla
County before moving with his family to Turlock, California
in 1920. He began his writing career in Turlock, at the age
of fourteen, as a reporter for the Daily Journal. At the age
of 21, he sold his first western novel to Street and Smith of
New York, just before beginning college at Washington State.
He also attended Modesto (California) Junior College.
In 1931, Tompkins went to work at
the (Portland) Sunday Oregonian. He also wrote fiction on the
side for magazines, books, radio, and later, television. During
the 1930s, he worked his way around the world, travelling to Europe,
Asia, Africa, and the Dutch East Indies. He wrote western pulp
stories during these journeys and collected his fees for them
on the fly. At the beginning of World War II, Tompkins was drafted
into the Army where he served as a correspondent in Europe for
three years. Following the war, he settled in Santa Barbara, California
where he began concentrating on local history.
Dubbed "Two-Gun Tompkins"
early in his career for his prodigious output of pulp westerns,
he wrote western fiction for 30 years before switching to history
and biography. He was best known for his work in the latter field,
especially his regional histories which focused on the Santa Barbara
area. His many works include: Goleta: The Good Land (1966), Santa
Barbara Past and Present (1975), It Happened in Old Santa Barbara
(1976), Stagecoach Days in Santa Barbara County (1982), and Santa
Barbara History Makers (1983). He referred to the last work as
his "magnum opus." While working on his many projects,
he also held a job as a reporter for the Santa Barbara News-Press
from 1957 to 1973, where he was the author of the column "Santa
Barbara Yesterdays." He also did a radio show that aired
for 20 years on a local station and was in constant demand as
a speaker. Tompkins was greatly interested in the history of Santa
Barbara's neighborhoods and sought to encourage his readers and
listeners to appreciate the unique attributes of each. To this
end, he published his twelve-pamphlet series, Santa Barbara's
Neighborhoods (originally published between 1977 and 1980, later
collected in one volume, 1989).
Tompkins continued to write throughout
his life, publishing a number of works, ranging from an institutional
history to a series of boys' adventure novels, after his official
retirement. Tompkins served on the board of directors for the
Santa Barbara Historical Society and the Santa Barbara County
Landmarks Advisory Committee. In 1975, he was honored by the California
State Legislature for his contributions in the area of regional
history. Walker A. Tompkins died in Santa Barbara, California
on November 24, 1988.
The information in this biography
was drawn largely mainly from accounts of Walker A. Tompkins'
life published in The Santa Barbara News-Press, The Santa Barbara
Independent, and The Chinook Observer (Long Beach, Washington)
in November and December 1988. For further biographical information,
see Box 1 of the collection.
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTES
The bulk of the collection was donated by Barbara H. Tompkins,
widow of Walker A. Tompkins, with the remainder donated by Eric
Hvolboll. The collection consists mainly of Tompkins writings
(local/regional history and historical fiction) and related research
files, but also some historical manuscripts donated by others
to Tompkins. Much of the subject matter relates to the Santa Barbara
and Goleta areas. Included in the collection are manuscripts,
monographs, serials, newspapers, clippings, b/w photographs and
albums, b/w negatives, audiotapes, scrapbook, maps, and artifacts.
The collection contains the following
series:
Series I: Biographical Files
(Box 1). Also includes bibliographical material on Walker A. Tompkins'
writings, and a photo album/scrapbook.
Series II: Correspondence
(Box 2). Mainly incoming, relating to local history questions,
the bulk ca. 1954-1988.
Series III: Financial Records
(Box 3). Correspondence and agreement with publisher, re Goleta,
the Good Land, as well as sales/distribution lists, 1965-1966.
Series IV: Research Files
(Boxes 4-8). Includes copies of correspondence, flyers, broadsides,
articles, reports, clippings, notes, and other related material,
mostly undated but ca. 1920s-1980s. [RESTRICTED - See Head of
Special Collections for questions regarding use].
Series V: Writings (Boxes
9-13). Mainly drafts and proofs of monographs, frequently accompanied
by research material, ca. 1948-1988.
Series VI: Historical Materials
(Box 14; Oversize Boxes 23-24). Correspondence, documents, and
printed materials, ca. 1849-1958, acquired by Tompkins from various
individuals over the years.
Series VII: Artifacts (Box
15). Includes printing blocks and plates.
Series VIII: Photographs/Illustrations (Boxes 16-21; Oversize
Box 26; Map Cabinet 20/9). B/w prints, with albums, subject files,
and oversize items, primarily Santa Barbara area.
Series IX: Photographs - Negatives
(Box 22). B/w negatives, with album and subject files.
Series X: Maps (Oversize Box
25; Map Cabinet 20/8). Printed maps, copies, and hand drawn, primarily
Santa Barbara and South Coast, many of ranchos in the area.
Series XI: Miscellany (Oversize
Box 26; Map Cabinet 20/8). League of Women Voters poster, Santa
Barbara History Makers broadside, bird's eye view of Santa Barbara,
newspaper pages re Tompkins.
Series XII: Audiotapes (Nos. A3080 -
A3083, A3085 - A3192, A3896 - 3900). Mainly open reel, "Santa
Barbara Yesterdays" radio programs, 1968-1984; some miscellany
on Santa Barbara and Goleta topics.
SEPARATIONS
The following materials from the
Tompkins Collection have been moved to the UCSB Special Collections
newspaper area:
Santa Barbara area [some partial
issues]
- El Barbareno (Santa Barbara), May 1897
- Carpinteria Herald, Oct. 13, 1960
- Daily Independent (Santa Barbara), Sept. 17,
1897
- Daily News and Independent (Santa Barbara),
July 5, 1919
- Goleta Gazette, Nov. 20, 1958; Apr. 2, 1959
- Goleta Sun, Feb. 17, 1988; Mar. 23, 1988
- The Independent (Santa Barbara), Jan. 28, 1908
- Lompoc Record, Apr. 10, 1975
- Montecito Ledger, June 11, 1958
- Morning Press (Santa Barbara), July 10, 1899;
July 7, 1907
- Santa Barbara Daily News, May 8, 1922; May
20, 1922
- Santa Barbara Herald, Dec. 29, 1893
- Santa Barbara News Press, Jan. 2, 1952; Aug.
4, 1957; Dec. 7, 1964
- Santa Barbara News Press (Old Spanish Days/Fiesta
issues), Aug-. 8-12, 1973; Aug. 6-10, 1975; Aug. 4-8, 1976
- Santa Barbara Post, Feb. 1964
- Santa Barbara Press, Oct. 12, 1872
- Santa Barbara Star, Aug. 5, 1954
- Santa Barbara Weekly Press, Aug. 16, 1873
- Weekly Herald (Santa Barbara), June 4, 1897
Other
- Sunday Chronicle (San Francisco), Feb. 27,
1887
RELATED MATERIALS
A number of books, some by Tompkins and others
about local, California, and western history were donated with
the manuscript collection. These and other publications of local
history interest may be searched on Pegasus, the UCSB Libraries
online catalog. In addition, UCSB Special Collections has a number
of other manuscript collections with a local history emphasis.
Among these are:
- Community
Development and Conservation Collection (SBHC Mss 1).
- Isla Vista Archives (SBHC Mss 41).
- Lobero Theatre Collection (PA Mss 4).
- Menzies (Jean Storke) Collection (SBHC Mss
34).
- Ruhge (Justin) Collection (SBHC Mss 27).
- Sollen (Robert ) Collection (SBHC Mss 33)
- Storke (Charles II) Collection (SBHC Mss 38).
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CONTAINER LIST
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| SERIES I: BIOGRAPHICAL FILES. Also includes bibliographical
material on Walker A. Tompkins' writings. |
| 1 |
1 |
Apple (Richard) Interview with Tompkins,
1984 |
| 1 |
2 |
Bibliographies/Lists (mainly publications by Tompkins),
ca. 1987 |
| 1 |
3 |
Clippings (including 1988 obituaries and tributes),
ca. 1975-1989 |
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| SERIES II: CORRESPONDENCE. Mainly incoming, relating
to local history questions. |
| 2 |
1 |
1924-1925 (includes news about the
Santa Barbara earthquake) |
| 2 |
2 |
1954-1959 |
| 2 |
3 |
1960-1973 |
| 2 |
4 |
1974-1978 |
| 2 |
5 |
1979-1983 |
| 2 |
6 |
1984-1986 |
| 2 |
7 |
1987-1988 |
| 2 |
8 |
No dates |
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| SERIES III: FINANCIAL RECORDS. [RESTRICTED - See Head of Special Collections
for questions regarding use] |
| 3 |
1-4 |
Correspondence and agreement with publisher,
re Goleta, the Good Land, as well as sales/distribution lists, 1965-1966 |
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| SERIES IV: RESEARCH FILES. Includes copies of correspondence,
flyers, broadsides, articles, reports, clippings, notes, and other
related material, mostly undated but ca. 1920s-1980s. |
| 4 |
1 |
Adobes |
| 4 |
2 |
Agriculture/Cattle |
| 4 |
3 |
Aviation |
| 4 |
4-6 |
Biographies |
| 4 |
7 |
Carpinteria |
| 4 |
8 |
Carrillo, Leo |
| 4 |
9 |
Churches/Religions |
| 4 |
10 |
Cold Spring School/Tavern |
| 5 |
1 |
Corporations |
| 5 |
2 |
Court House |
| 5 |
3 |
Early American Settlers |
| 5 |
4-5 |
Earthquakes/Geology/Disasters (1925 Santa Barbara
Earthquake) |
| 5 |
6 |
El Refugio |
| 5 |
7 |
Elections |
| 5 |
8 |
Fire Department |
| 5 |
9 |
Flags |
| 5 |
10 |
Flying A Studio (Motion Picture Industry) |
| 5 |
11 |
"Forgotten Cemetery" |
| 5 |
12 |
Fremont |
| 5 |
13 |
Gaviota |
| 5 |
14 |
Goleta |
| 5 |
15 |
Granada Theater |
| 5 |
16 |
Homesteaders/Homesteads |
| 5 |
17 |
Hope House/Ranch |
| 6 |
1 |
Hotels |
| 6 |
2 |
Landmarks/Architecture/Victorians |
| 6 |
3 |
Law Enforcement (Police) |
| 6 |
4 |
Lompoc |
| 6 |
5 |
Los Alamos |
| 6 |
6 |
Mayors |
| 6 |
7 |
Medicine/Dentistry |
| 6 |
8 |
Mission Canyon |
| 6 |
9 |
Missions |
| 6 |
10 |
Montecito/Buena Vista |
| 6 |
11 |
Museums |
| 6 |
12 |
Newspapers |
| 6 |
13 |
Old Spanish Days/Fiesta |
| 6 |
14 |
Organizations |
| 6 |
15 |
Parks and County Place Names |
| 6 |
16 |
Postmasters |
| 6 |
17 |
Presidio |
| 6 |
18 |
Railroads |
| 6 |
19 |
Rainfall |
| 6 |
20 |
Rancheros Vistadores |
| 6 |
21 |
Ranchos |
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1 |
San Marcos Pass |
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2-4 |
Santa Barbara -- General |
| 7 |
5 |
Santa Barbara and Ventura Coastline |
| 7 |
6 |
Santa Barbara Botanic Gardens |
| 7 |
7 |
Santa Barbara News-Press |
| 7 |
8 |
Santa Barbara Polo Club |
| 7 |
9 |
Santa Maria |
| 7 |
10 |
Santa Rosa Island |
| 7 |
11 |
Santa Ynez Valley |
| 7 |
12 |
Schools |
| 8 |
1 |
Scouting (Boy Scouts) |
| 8 |
2 |
Southern California Edison (SCE) |
| 8 |
3 |
Stagecoaches |
| 8 |
4 |
Storke Family |
| 8 |
5 |
Theatres |
| 8 |
6 |
Vandenberg |
| 8 |
7 |
Vineyards |
| 8 |
8 |
Water Supply |
| 8 |
9 |
Weather |
| 8 |
10 |
Western/Native American/General |
| 8 |
11 |
Yacht Club |
| 8 |
12-15 |
Miscellany (mostly notes on local topics) |
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| SERIES V: WRITINGS. Mainly drafts and proofs of monographs, frequently
accompanied by research files; dates of publication indicated in parentheses
or brackets. |
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1 |
Book Reviews (by Tompkins and about
his books) [ca. 1964] |
| 9 |
2-4 |
California Editor (1958, 1966) |
| 9 |
5-9 |
California's Wonderful Corner
(1975) |
| 9 |
10-13 |
Continuing Quest (1977) |
| 10 |
1-15 |
Cottage Hospital (1988) |
| 10 |
16-18 |
CQ Ghost Ship (1985) |
| 10 |
19 |
De Anza Diary [ca. 1976] |
| 10 |
20-21 |
Death Valley QTH (1985) |
| 10 |
22 |
DX Brings Danger (1985) |
| 11 |
1-2 |
DX Brings Danger |
| 11 |
3-4 |
Fourteen at the Table (1983) |
| 11 |
5 |
Fremont Ambush |
| 11 |
6-23 |
Goleta the Good Land (1966) |
| 11 |
24-26 |
Grand Canyon QSO [ca.1987] |
| 11 |
27 |
Growing Up with Summerland (foreword)
(1975) |
| 11 |
28 |
Hollister Saga (1972?) |
| 11 |
29 |
Honda Disaster [ca. 1973] |
| 12 |
1 |
Key and the Crucifix [ca. 1963]
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| 12 |
2 |
Mattei's Tavern (1986) |
| 12 |
3 |
Mule Car and Trolley (foreword)
(1984) |
| 12 |
4-5 |
Murder by QRM (1988) |
| 12 |
6 |
Santa Barbara Board of Realtors Booklets
(neighborhoods) [ca. 1972] |
| 12 |
7-10 |
Santa Barbara History Makers
(1983) |
| 13 |
1-2 |
Santa Barbara History Makers |
| 13 |
3-5 |
Santa Barbara Past and Present (1975) |
| 13 |
6-10 |
"Santa Barbara Yesterdays"
(indexes and columns) (1974) |
| 13 |
11-12 |
Santa Barbara's Royal Rancho (1960,
1987) |
| 13 |
13 |
SOS at Midnight (1985) |
| 13 |
14-15 |
Stagecoach Days (1982) |
| 13 |
16 |
West of Texas Law [ca. 1948] |
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| SERIES VI: HISTORICAL MATERIALS. Acquired by Tompkins from various
individuals over the years. |
| 14 |
1 |
Campbell Horticultural Co. Flower Shop
-- Card, n.d. |
| 14 |
2 |
Cook, Mortimer -- Bank Book/Diary and
1 note (ANS), ca. 1875 |
| 14 |
3 |
Correspondence -- 1 letter (copy of
ALS) from [?] to Lilla, Santa Barbara, Aug. 26, 1889 |
| 14 |
4 |
Crowther, John -- 4 letters (ALS) to
Ruth Crowther, 1849-1851 |
| 14 |
5 |
Gliebe, Francis de -- "The Planting
of the Cross: A Sketch." Santa Barbara, 1913 |
| 14 |
6 |
Harrison, Edward -- 2 letters (ALS)
to Jeannie [?], 1862 |
| 14 |
7 |
Harrison, Effie -- "Little Mr.
Maden" (holographic manuscript), Dec. 1900 |
| 14 |
8 |
Head, Franklin -- "A Notable Law
Suit" (copy of typescript), July 30, 1954 |
| 14 |
9 |
Higgins, S. E. A. -- "La Casa
de Aguirre of Santa Barbara, 1841-1884" (printed pamphlet) |
| 14 |
10 |
Holt Ranch Brochure, [1935?] |
| 14 |
11 |
Jackson, Fred D. -- "My Town"
(printed pamphlet, published by Santa Barbara Rotary Club), May
8, 1931 |
| 14 |
12 |
Kimberly, Jane A. M. -- Collection
of correspondence, photographs and clippings, |
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ca. 1860s - 1900s (see related material
in Oversize) |
| 14 |
13 |
Major, Robert -- "A Frontier Holdup"
(holographic manuscript), n.d. |
| 14 |
14 |
Mentor: Famous English Poets,
No. 44, 1913 |
| 14 |
15 |
Merchants Credit Association of Santa
Barbara -- Capital Stock Certificates, 1916 |
| 14 |
16 |
Minto, John -- Untitled Story re Cullaby,
n.d. |
| 14 |
17 |
Ocean Terrace Marker, May 14, 1896 |
| 14 |
18 |
Old Spanish Days Fiesta -- Program,
1928 |
| 14 |
19 |
Opera - "Natoma" (photocopy;
set in Santa Barbara and environs), Feb. 23, 1911 |
| 14 |
20 |
Overman, E. C. -- "Santa Barbara"
(printed pamphlet), 1911 |
| 14 |
21 |
Pacific Seaboard Air Lines -- Schedule,
n.d. |
| 14 |
22 |
Poem (author and title unknown), 1911 |
| 14 |
23 |
Quotations (notebook of quotations
and poems by various individuals), Jan. 1894 |
| 14 |
24 |
Santa Barbara High School -- Olive
and Gold, Commencement Issue, 1911 |
| 14 |
25 |
Santa Barbara Postmasters (list), n.d. |
| 14 |
26 |
"Santa Barbara's Street Names"
(printed pamphlet), n.d. |
| 14 |
27 |
Schools of Goleta and Montecito --
Journal, No. 1, Aug. 10, 1889 |
| 14 |
28 |
Sexton House -- Business Card, n.d. |
| 14 |
29 |
"Souvenir of Naples" (printed
brochure), 1887 |
| 14 |
30 |
"Table of Temperatures at Santa
Barbara, California, From April 1, 1876 to March 31, 1877"
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| 14 |
31 |
Traders and Keepers of Livery Stables
License (printed form), ca. 1872 |
| 14 |
32 |
United States Defense Savings Bonds
Booklet, ca. 1941 |
| 14 |
33 |
Ventura County (printed brochure re
Mission San Buenaventura and Ventura County Historical Society
Quarterly, August 1958 issue) |
| 14 |
34 |
Wedding Invitation, 1886 |
| 14 |
35 |
Wilkinson, Marguerite -- "By a
Western Wayside" (printed pamphlet), 1912 |
| 14 |
36 |
Miscellany (various unidentified and
non-Santa Barbara related items) |
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Oversize Materials [Boxed] |
| 23 |
1 |
Kimberly, Jane -- Scrapbook (mainly
local newspaper clippings), ca. 1940s-1950s |
| 24 |
1 |
Notes on the Ranchos of Santa Barbara
and Ventura Counties (copy from the San |
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Diego Serra Museum), ca. 1940s |
| 24 |
2 |
Old Spanish Days Program, 1926 |
| 24 |
3 |
Transcript of Proceedings, "La
Goleta" land grant case, Daniel Hill Claimant (copy), 1854 |
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| SERIES VII: ARTIFACTS. Printing blocks and zinc plates, undated. |
| 15 |
1 |
Aviation |
| 15 |
2 |
Boats |
| 15 |
3 |
Fiesta (Barnum typeface) |
| 15 |
4 |
Sansum Clinic |
| 15 |
5 |
Santa Barbara Mission |
| 15 |
6 |
Schools |
| 15 |
7 |
Western Union |
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| SERIES VIII: PHOTOGRAPHS/ILLUSTRATIONS. Mainly black and white. |
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Albums (mainly b/w prints) |
| 16 |
1 |
Dearborn, Rose Sexton, ca. 1899 |
| 16 |
2 |
Engravings (of national figures), ca.
1881 |
| 16 |
3 |
[San Francisco?], n.d. |
| 16 |
4 |
Tompkins, Walker, ca. 1960-1986 |
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Subject Files (b/w prints,
mainly undated) |
| 17 |
1 |
Adobes (37 items) |
| 17 |
2 |
Arlington Theatre (2 items) |
| 17 |
3 |
Armory (1 item) |
| 17 |
4 |
Aviation (6 items) |
| 17 |
5 |
Banks (4 items) |
| 17 |
6 |
Beach and Harbor (55 items) |
| 17 |
7 |
Botanic Gardens (2 items) |
| 17 |
8 |
Business and Agriculture (18 items) |
| 17 |
9 |
Cachuma (1 item) |
| 17 |
10 |
California Missions (31 items) |
| 17 |
11 |
Carpinteria (1 item) |
| 17 |
12 |
Cottage Hospital (3 items) |
| 17 |
13 |
Courthouse and City Hall (8 items) |
| 18 |
1-5 |
Earthquake (148 items) |
| 18 |
6-8 |
Fiesta/Festivals/Parades (48 items)
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| 18 |
9 |
Floats (9 items) |
| 18 |
10 |
Fremont Oak (3 items) |
| 18 |
11 |
Gaviota Area (1 item) |
| 18 |
12 |
Goleta (19 items) |
| 18 |
13 |
Grapevine (see also Carpinteria) (9
items) |
| 18 |
14 |
Historical Society (8 items) |
| 18 |
15 |
Hope Ranch (5 items) |
| 18 |
16 |
Hotels - Historical (46 items) |
| 18 |
17 |
Islands (9 items) |
| 18 |
18 |
La Cumbre Peak (4 items) |
| 19 |
1 |
Lobero Theatre (1 item) |
| 19 |
2 |
Lompoc (7 items) |
| 19 |
3 |
Los Olivos (9 items) |
| 19 |
4-5 |
Mesa (16 items) |
| 19 |
6 |
Mission Canyon (6 items) |
| 19 |
7 |
Montecito (21 items) |
| 19 |
8 |
Museum of Natural History (7 items) |
| 19 |
9 |
Naples/Dos Pueblos/Elwood (12 items) |
| 19 |
10 |
Oil Platforms (1 item) |
| 19 |
11 |
Old Mission (64 items) |
| 19 |
12 |
Painted Cave (4 items) |
| 19 |
13 |
Parks (8 items) |
| 19 |
14-16 |
Pioneers (165 items) |
| 20 |
1 |
Railroads (22 items) |
| 20 |
2 |
Residences and Ranchos -- Santa Barbara
and Ventura Counties (28 items) |
| 20 |
3 |
Riviera (3 items) |
| 20 |
4 |
San Marcos Pass (18 items) |
| 20 |
5 |
Santa Barbara - Early (37 items) |
| 20 |
6 |
Santa Barbara - Modern (27 items) |
| 20 |
7 |
Santa Barbara -- Early Aerial (4 items) |
| 20 |
8 |
Santa Barbara -- Modern Aerial (9 items) |
| 20 |
9 |
Santa Maria (1 item) |
| 20 |
10-11 |
Santa Ynez/Solvang (27 items) |
| 20 |
12 |
Schools (19 items) |
| 20 |
13 |
Sheriffs -- Santa Barbara County (12
items) |
| 21 |
1 |
Stagecoaching (25 items) |
| 21 |
2 |
Stone Cutting (9 items) |
| 21 |
3 |
Streetcars (4 items) |
| 21 |
4 |
Summerland (10 items) |
| 21 |
5 |
Tecolote Ranch (3 items) |
| 21 |
6 |
UCSB (4 items) |
| 21 |
7-8 |
UCSB -- Marines, 1944 (84 items) |
| 21 |
9 |
Utilities/Streetwork (3 items) |
| 21 |
10 |
Vandenberg (3 items) |
| 21 |
11 |
Miscellany (not Santa Barbara area)
(19 items) |
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Oversize Photograph [Boxed] |
| 26 |
1 |
Flying A Studio, ca. 1910s (1 item) |
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Oversize Photographs - Panoramas
[Map Cabinet] |
| 20/8 |
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Santa Barbara Girls School, n.d. (1 item) |
| 20/8 |
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Santa Barbara National Guard, in old Flying A Studio,
1936 (1 item) |
| 20/8 |
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Santa Barbara Union High School, 1935 (1 item) |
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| SERIES IX: PHOTOGRAPHS - NEGATIVES. Black and white. |
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Subject Files
(removed from print files and other parts of collection, mainly
undated) |
| 22 |
1 |
Adobes ( 2 items) |
| 22 |
2 |
Beach and Harbor, 1937 (3 items) |
| 22 |
3 |
By a Western Wayside (1 item) |
| 22 |
4 |
Cachuma (1 item) |
| 22 |
5-6 |
Earthquake, 1925 (38 items) |
| 22 |
7 |
Floats (Fiesta) (3 items) |
| 22 |
8 |
Goleta (1 item) |
| 22 |
9 |
Hope Ranch (4 items) |
| 22 |
10 |
Lompoc (1 item) |
| 22 |
11 |
Los Olivos (16 items) |
| 22 |
12 |
Mesa (2 items) |
| 22 |
13 |
Mission Canyon - Bridge (1 item) |
| 22 |
14 |
Naples/Dos Pueblos/Elwood (19 items) |
| 22 |
15 |
Old Mission (4 items) |
| 22 |
16 |
Pioneers (7 items) |
| 22 |
17 |
Railroads (1 item) |
| 22 |
18 |
Santa Barbara - Early (11 items) |
| 22 |
19 |
Schools (4 items) |
| 22 |
20 |
UCSB (1 item) |
| 22 |
21 |
Negative Album (with the names Nels
Brown and Bennie B. Seim written/stamped on the album), n.d. (247
items) |
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Oversize [Boxed] |
| 25 |
California - Official Highway Map, California State
Automobile Association, n.d. |
| 25 |
Marked Historical Sites of California, Automobile
Club of Southern California, 1952 |
| 25 |
Montecito, California - H. G. Chase, [1924] |
| 25 |
Naples, California - Naples Improvement Co., n.d. |
| 25 |
Naples, California - Stevens & Morgan, ca.
1887 |
| 25 |
Presidio [Santa Barbara], n.d. |
| 25 |
Santa Barbara, 1897 |
| 25 |
Santa Barbara - Bird's Eye View (copy), 1898 |
| 25 |
Santa Barbara (copy), 1930 |
| 25 |
Santa Barbara - Bekins Van & Storage Co., [1934] |
| 25 |
Santa Barbara, including Hope Ranch - County National
Bank and Trust Company, 1952 |
| 25 |
Santa Barbara County - Assessor's Maps (copies),
n.d. |
| 25 |
Santa Barbara County Land Grants, compiled by Walker
A. Tompkins, 1959 |
| 25 |
Santa Barbara, Santa Maria, Carpinteria, Guadalupe,
Lompoc and Motor Map of Santa Barbara County, Security-First National
Bank, n.d. |
| 25 |
Southern California Edison Company - Pictorial
Map and History, ca. 1963 |
| 25 |
West Beach Road - file, with reports, correspondence,
plans, drawings, ca. 1943 |
| 25 |
Miscellany (includes some hand drawn maps and others
apparently used in various Tompkins publications) |
| |
Oversize [Map Cabinet]. Pencil and ink
on paper, some printed items, and some copies, including the following
areas [some not listed or identified]. |
| 20/8 |
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Alamo Pintado Area |
| 20/8 |
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Buellton |
| 20/8 |
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Dos Pueblos, Assessor's Maps |
| 20/8 |
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Goleta |
| 20/8 |
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Hope School District |
| 20/8 |
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La Laguna - Tinaquaic |
| 20/8 |
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La Patera |
| 20/8 |
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Las Cruces |
| 20/8 |
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Las Cruces Rancho, Tract J |
| 20/8 |
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Las Fuentes Rancho |
| 20/8 |
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Los Olivos |
| 20/8 |
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Nojoqui |
| 20/8 |
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Oakley and Bonetti Tract, La Goleta, 1935 |
| 20/8 |
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Rancho de la Vega, 1892 |
| 20/8 |
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Rancho La Purisima |
| 20/8 |
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Rancho Miramar Viejo (J. R. Fithian), 1920 |
| 20/8 |
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Refugio, Assessor's Map |
| 20/8 |
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Rincon, No. 3, 1930 |
| 20/8 |
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San Carlos de Jonata, Assessors Maps |
| 20/8 |
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San Julian |
| 20/8 |
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San Marcos Pass Ranch |
| 20/8 |
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Santa Barbara County |
| 20/8 |
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Santa Rita |
| 20/8 |
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Santa Rosa |
| 20/8 |
|
Santa Rosa - Santa Rita |
| 20/8 |
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Tajiguas Rancho (H. Clifford More Property),
1923 |
| 20/8 |
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Tarragona, part of La Goleta Rancho, surveyed
by W. H. Woodbridge, 1888 |
| 20/8 |
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Tecolote |
| 20/8 |
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Tequepis Ranch, Assessor's Map, 1944 |
| Box |
Folder |
Contents |
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Oversize [Boxed] |
| 26 |
2 |
Poster - League of Women Voters, "Your
vote makes a difference" |
| 26 |
3 |
Santa Barbara News Press - pages with
advertisements and articles about Tompkins life and his writings |
| 26 |
3 |
Bird's Eye View of Santa Barbara |
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Oversize [Map Cabinet] |
| 20/8 |
|
Broadside - Santa Barbara History
Makers, by Walker A. Tompkins (McNally and Loftin, 1983) |
| SERIES XII: AUDIOTAPES. Tapes
are arranged roughly chronologically/numerically. Tape numbers, when assigned
by Tompkins, are indicated in parentheses. Some tapes lack dates or numbers.
Programs on individual tapes are listed in the order that they appear. |
| Santa Barbara Yesterdays |
| A3080/R7 |
| 4/15/68 - Historic Forest Fire |
| 4/17/68 - Spanish Women's Fashions |
| 4/19/68 - 1st Subdivision of Hope Ranch |
| 10/14/68 - Arson Mystery |
| 10/16/68 - Padre Ripoll |
| A3081/R7 |
| 6/24/68 - F. E. Kellogg Landmark |
| 6/26/68 - Ventura Co. |
| 6/28/68 - Alexis Godey of Cuyama |
| 3/25/68 - Betteravia Ghost Town |
| 3/27/68 - Bothin Estate - Montecito |
| 3/29/68 - Dover Adobe |
| A3082/R7 |
| 6/7/68 - Montecito's Hosmer Adobe |
| 9/18/68 - Goleta Meat Wagon |
| 9/20/68 - Biltmore Hotel History |
| 9/23/68 - Indian Orchard History |
| A3083/R7 |
| 8/19/68 - Mescalitan Isle |
| 8/21/68 - Winfield Scott Wreck |
| 8/23/68 - Jesuit-Franciscan History |
| A3085/R7 |
| 9/11/68 - Kate Bell's Cactus Patch |
| 9/13/68 - Judge Robert B. Canfield |
| 9/16/68 - History of Stern's Wharf |
| 8/26-30/68 - Bailard Family Centennial; Bandit Jack Powers |
| A3086/R7 |
| 9/30/68 - Presidential Visits |
| 10/2/68 - Gypsy Camps in Santa Barbara |
| 10/4/68 - White Hills of Lompoc |
| 6/3/68 - Early Day Elections in Santa Barbara |
| 6/5/68 - Fremont's Sea Invasion |
| A3087/R7 |
| 10/18/68 - Lincoln House |
| 10/21/68 - Carrillo Adobe History |
| 10/23/68 - Ysabell Larkin Story |
| 10/25/68 - Santa Rosa Island |
| A3088/R7 |
| 2/5/69 - Santa Ines Spellings |
| 2/7/69 - Lending Libraries Ending |
| 2/10/69 - Story of "Caesar's Alley" |
| 1/1/69 - Ventura County Formed |
| 1/3/69 - Refugio Bay Smugglers |
| 1/6/69 - Ogan Family, Carpinteria |
| A3089/R7 |
| 3/3/69 - Los Alamos Quake |
| 3/4/69 - Santa Barbara's Early Nickelodeons |
| 3/5/69 - Rainfall for 100 Years |
| 3/6/69 - Painted Cave |
| 3/7/69 - Santa Barbara's First Woman Doctor |
| 2/8/69 - Colonel Otis Landmark House |
| 2/21/69 - Colonel Hollister's Animals |
| 2/24/69 - Daily Life in 1867 |
| A3090/R7 |
| 4/1/69 - April Fool Streetcar Stories |
| 4/2/69 - Early Hotel Rates in Santa Barbara |
| 4/3/69 - Diblee Mansion |
| 4/4/69 - Tour to Ballard |
| 4/7/69 - Easter Tragedy of 1904, Streetcar #16 |
| 2/12/69 - Oil Slick of 1769 |
| 2/14/69 - Hope Ranch Annex |
| 2/17/69 - The Great Squirrel Invasion |
| A3091/R7 |
| 7/22/69 - 7/28/69 |
| Tues. - Robbins St. History (502) |
| Wed. - Santa Barbara Lighthouse (503) |
| Thurs. - Hartnell Wedding (504) |
| Fri. - Cold Spring Tavern (505) |
| Mon. - Buried Treasure (506) |
| 8/5/68 - 8/9/68 |
| Closing of R.R. Gap (310) |
| First Fiesta Pequena (311) |
| Events of 1769 (312) |
| A3092/R7 |
| 10/14/69 -10/20/69 |
| Santa Barbara's First Telegraph (562) |
| The Picnic Oak (563) |
| Bootlegger's Trickery (564) |
| Moves of the "Historic Adobe" (565) |
| The "Santa Barbaran" Magazine (566) |
| 3/3/70 - 3/9/70 |
| Isla Vista's Past (662) |
| Robbins Legend (663) |
| Anapamu St. (664) |
| Solar Eclipse - 1923 (665) |
| Infantry Camp (666) |
| A3093/R7 |
| 12/16/69 - 12/22/69 |
| Gertrude Atherton in Santa Barbara (607) |
| King Albert's Santa Barbara Visit (608) |
| Chinese Laundry Era (609) |
| The Great Fire of 1889 (610) |
| The County Tour of 1914 (611) |
| 12/13-14/69 |
| Charles Lindbergh's Visit (627) |
| Painted Cave Sign (628) |
| A3094/R7 |
| 1/20/70 - 1/27/70 |
| Butterfly Trees (632) |
| Potter Hotel Cottage (633) |
| Sisquoc Asphalt Mine (634) |
| Volcano at Santa Barbara (635) |
| Indian Nomenclature (636) |
| 8/26/69 - 9/1/69 |
| Chautauqua Shows (527) |
| First Outdoor Movies (528) |
| Fremont Older Rescue (529) |
| Ovington Airport Dedication (530) |
| A3095/R7 |
| 4/21-27/70 |
| Colonel Hollister - Part 2 (697) |
| Colonel Hollister - Part 3 (698) |
| Colonel Hollister - Part 4 (699) |
| Colonel Hollister - Part 5 (700) |
| County's Gold Rushes (701) |
| 4/28/70 - 5/4/70 |
| Harry Langman Ranch (703) |
| Colonel Hollister's Gate (704) |
| Deer and Nail Story (705) |
| Museum of Natural History (706) |
| A3096/R7 |
| 5/26/69 - 6/1/69 |
| Corliss Murder (722) |
| Nelly Allyla - 100th Birthday (723) |
| Pueblo Lands of Santa Barbara (724) |
| Census of 1735 (725) |
| S. P. Roundhouse |
| 5/11/69 - 5/18/69 |
| Davey Brown - Mountaineer (712) |
| Walora Ranch (713) |
| Massini Adobe Murder (714) |
| Seasick Punishment (715) |
| Lottie Steffens Hollister (716) |
| |
| A3097/R7 |
| 6/9/70 - 6/15/70 |
| Altar Candles at the Mission (732) |
| Campbell Ranch Auction (733) |
| Santa Barbara Botanic Gardens (734) |
| Covarrubias Family (735) |
| Drought of 1864 (736) |
| 6/16/70 - 6/22/70 |
| First Lemon Ranch (737) |
| East Beach Story (738) |
| First Negro in Santa Barbara (739) |
| Presidio Boys Trick (740) |
| Last Stagecoach Station (741) |
| A3098/R7 |
| 6/23/70 - 6/29/70 |
| Santa Barbara's First Negro - Martha Formey (742) |
| Magaret Baylor Story (738) |
| The Lockeed Brothers (744) |
| Murder of Tom Meehan (745) |
| Anniversary of 1925 Earthquake (746) |
| 6/30/70 - 6/31/70 |
| The Great Vaccinator (747) |
| First United States Mail in Santa Barbara (748) |
| A3099/R7 |
| 7/1/70 - 7/6/70 |
| First United States Mail in Santa Barbara - continued
(748) |
| Potter Theatre (749) |
| Fairview Ranch Story (750) |
| John Williams Train Ride (751) |
| 1/29/69 - Santa Barbara Flood of 1914 (387) |
| 1/31/69 - Mrs. Robert Bliss (388) |
| 2/3/69 - Milo Potter's Hotel (389) |
| 5/5/70 - KKK in Santa Barbara (707) |
| 5/6/70 - Stowe Ranch History (708) |
| 5/7/70 - The Ketcham Ranch (709) |
| 5/8/70 - Year of the Tango (710) |
| A3100/R7 |
| 7/7/70 - 7/13/70 |
| George Williams Ranch (752) |
| Santa Barbara's Last Bull Fight (753) |
| Slavery in Goleta (754) |
| Greatest Manhunt - Santa Barbara (755) |
| First Traffic Fatality - Santa Barbara (756) |
| 7/14/70 - 7/20/70 |
| Los Olivos Country Store (757) |
| Mirasol Hotel Sale (758) |
| A3101/R7 |
| 7/16/70 - 7/20/70 |
| Protestant Church History (759) |
| Missing Mission Bells (760) |
| Bennett Sisters Debut (761) |
| 7/21/70 - 7/24/70 |
| Montecito Estates (7620 |
| Last Stage Driver (763) |
| Treasure Near Zaca Lake (764) |
| Mystery Brick Tunnel (765) |
| A3102/R7 |
| 7/28/70 - 8/3/70 |
| Santa Barbara's Russian Colony (767) |
| F. F. Peabody Story (768) |
| Santa Barbara's Livery Stable (769) |
| Mosher's Oil Lease (770) |
| Kate Den's Turtle (771) |
| The Queen of Goleta (772) |
| Saint Francis Dam Disasters - 1928 (773) |
| A3103/R7 |
| 8/6/70 - 8/10/70 |
| Wild Horse Roundups (774) |
| Great White Fleet Visit (775) |
| Don Carlos Carrillo (776) |
| 8/11/70 - 8/17/70 |
| Oil Well Fire of 1942 - Sam Masher's Ranch (777) |
| Betteravia Burned Down (778) |
| De La Guerra's "Servant" - "Fiesta"
(779) |
| Sloyd School (780) |
| A3104/R7 |
| 8/18/70 - 8/24/70 |
| First Telephone (782) |
| Glendessary Mansion (783) |
| Railroad Celebration 1887 (784) |
| Mrs. Stuyvescant's [sic] Train - 1901 (785) |
| Otter Hunters 1790's (786) |
| 10/27/70 - 11/2/70 |
| Comandacia California's Capitol (832) |
| Old Maud Oil Well (833) |
| Hosmer Adobe (834) |
| Goleta's First Ten Houses (835) |
| Montecito's Country Theatre (836) |
| A3105/R7 |
| 8/25/70 - 8/31/70 |
| Slippery Rock (787) |
| State and Anapamu Streets (788) |
| Lost Dillon Lane and Cemetery (789) |
| Veronica Springs (790) |
| First Photograph in Santa Barbara (791) |
| 6/2/70 - 6/8/70 |
| Concepcion Arguello Romance (727) |
| California's Betsy Ross (728) |
| Tragedy of the Queen Ship (729) |
| Beginnings of the Biltmore (730) |
| How Cabrillo Died (731) |
| A3106/R7 |
| 10/19/70 |
| [Contents not listed] |
| A3107/R7 |
| 10/20/70 - 10/26/70 |
| Bates Carriage Shop (827) |
| Lewis T. Burton - First Yankee Mayor (829) |
| Santa Barbara Hippies of 1850's (830) |
| Santa Barbara's First Circus (Las Maromas) (831) |
| 11/3/70 -11/16/70 |
| Past Election Days (837) |
| Santa Barbara's Town Mascot (838) |
| Walnut Association Quits (839) |
|