Guide to the Louis and Dolores Strahlmann Papers
MS 239
Finding aid prepared by Samantha Mills
Collection processed as part of grant project supported by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) with generous
funding from The Andrew Mellon Foundation.
San Diego History Center Document Collection
1649 El Prado, Suite 3
San Diego, CA, 92101
619-232-6203
February 28, 2013
Title: Louis and Dolores Strahlmann Papers
Identifier/Call Number: MS 239
Contributing Institution:
San Diego History Center Document Collection
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
6.5 Linear feet
(14 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1783-1986
Abstract: This collection consists of the personal papers of Louis and Dolores Strahlmann, as well as research materials they collected
in the 1920s-1930s regarding nineteenth century stagecoach lines and the Vallecito stagecoach station.
Language of Materials: Collection materials are in English, German, and Italian.
creator:
Strahlmann family
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The San Diego History Center (SDHC) holds the copyright to any unpublished materials. SDHC Library regulations do apply.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Samantha Mills on February 28, 2013.
Collection processed as part of grant project supported by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) with generous
funding from The Andrew Mellon Foundation.
Preferred Citation
Louis and Dolores Strahlmann Papers, MS 239, San Diego History Center Document Collection, San Diego, CA.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession numbers 970115 and 2002.029.
Arrangement
Collection is arranged into series:
Series I: Strahlmann Family Papers
Series II: Dolores Strahlmann Personal Papers
Series III: Louis Strahlmann Personal Papers
Series IV: Louis Strahlmann Academic Papers
Series V: Louis Strahlmann Military Papers
Series VI: Louis Strahlmann Medical Papers
Series VII: Louis and Dolores Strahlmann Research
Series VIII: Anza-Borrego Park Expansion
Series IX: Stagecoach Exhibits
Series X: Subject Files
Items within each series are arranged by subject.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Dolores Strahlmann's Diary #5 is detached from binding, Diary #11 has several pages detached from the binding, and Diary #2
and #3 have smudged pencil text.
Scope and Content
This collection consists of the personal papers and research materials of Louis and Dolores Strahlmann. Personal papers include
financial and legal documents, club memberships, and correspondence. Dolores’ papers include eleven of her diaries and several
fiction manuscripts. Louis’ papers include some of his academic papers from Harvard, military papers from his service in the
Army, and medical papers from his service in Boston, MA and San Diego, CA. Louis’ papers also include pamphlets and emergency
procedures for members of the local World War II Civilian Defense group. Several papers come from other members of the Strahlmann
family, including Edward Strahlmann, Louise Strahlmann, Hermann Strahlmann, Edmund Mayer, and Max Mayer.
Research materials relate to the history of San Diego County, stagecoach lines, and the Vallecito stagecoach station, and
include correspondence with pioneering stage drivers, their descendants, and other researchers, as well as numerous research
notes and some original nineteenth-century documents donated directly to the Strahlmanns.
This collection also contains correspondence related to the controversial expansion of Anza-Borrego Park, correspondence related
to the restoration of the Vallecito stagecoach station, exhibit cards from a presentation of Strahlmann research materials
hosted by the San Diego County Parks and Recreation Department, and finally a series of subject files containing pamphlets,
publications, maps, and other items that were of interest to the Strahlmanns.
Biographical / Historical Notes
Louis Strahlman was born in 1892 to Edward Strahlmann and Louise (Mayer) Strahlmann, both natives of Germany. Edward Strahlmann
(1840-1933) was a prominent pharmacist in San Diego and co-founder of the Strahlmann-Mayer Drug Company. Louis obtained a
medical degree from Harvard in 1917 and then served in the United States Army Reserve as First Lieutenant of the Medical Section
through World War I. In 1924 he became a surgeon for the San Diego Police Department, eventually obtaining the rank of Chief
Police Surgeon. He served the department until 1946, at which point he retired to devote his full time to private practice.
He was a member of numerous medical associations, including the San Diego County Medical Society, the California Medical Association,
and the American Medical Association. Louis was also active in the Exchange Club, the San Diego Historical Society, the Imperial
Highway Association, the Public Lands Protective League, and the San Diego Police Post of the American Legion, and was a medical
contact for San Diego’s Civilian Defense network during World War II. Additionally, he was a member of the German culture
societies Orden der Hermann’s Söhne (Order of the Sons of Hermann) and Nordamerikanischer Turnerbund (North American Gymnastic
Union). He died on May 12, 1952.
Dolores Strahlmann was born Dolores M. Akers in Washington on March 17, 1892. Her parents were William Akers and Emily L.
(Pier) Akers. Dolores came to Southern California in her youth to enter the movie industry. By 1920 she was writing screenplays
for La Carmen Productions and newspaper briefs as a special correspondent for the Hollywood motion picture studios. She found
occasional work as a dancer or movie stand-in, and by the mid-1920s she was a conductor at the Southern Studio of Dancing
in San Diego. She wrote screenplays and Western pulp stories under the names Dolores Brown and Dolores Lopez. Later she was
active in the Women’s Auxiliary of the San Diego County Medical Society, the Public Lands Protective League, and the San Diego
Historical Society. Dolores died on May 23, 1972.
Louis and Dolores married on August 14, 1926. This was Louis’s first marriage and Dolores’s second. They owned a ranch in
Mission Valley, but their primary residence was at 211 West Laurel Street. Through the 1920s and 1930s, they conducted extensive
research into the history of San Diego County, stagecoach lines, and the Vallecito stagecoach station. Dolores corresponded
with numerous pioneers, their descendants, and other Western researchers and wrote the bulk of their research notes. They
collected original artifacts from many of their correspondents and briefly used their home as a museum. As a result of their
research they were able to spearhead the restoration of the Vallecito stagecoach station, which was reopened as a museum in
the Anza-Borrego State Park.
Separated Materials
Photographs were previously separated to the SDHC Photograph Collection.
Ephemera, newspapers, and other printed materials were previously separated to the SDHC Ephemera Collection, SDHC Newspaper
Collection, and SDHC Printed Materials Collection, respectively. Photocopies of the front page of the separated materials
remain in this collection.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
American Medical Society.
Exchange Club.
Harvard University.
Imperial Highway Association.
Massachusetts Medical Society.
North American Gymnastic Union.
Order of the Sons of Hermann.
Public Lands Protective League.
San Diego (Calif.). Police Dept.
San Diego County (Calif.). Parks and Recreation Dept..
San Diego Historical Society.
Strahlmann family
Strahlmann, Dolores
Strahlmann, Louis
Sun Dial Motion Picture Company.
United States. Office of Price Administration.
Advertising
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park (Calif.)
Boston (Mass.)
Brochures
Civil defense
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Correspondence
Diaries
Dogs -- Pedigrees
Emergency public utility services
Gold mines and mining
History -- Research
Maps
Medical appointments and schedules
Medicine
Military orders
Military regulations
Museum exhibits
Pony express
Propaganda
Receipts (Acknowledgements)
San Diego (Calif.)
Stagecoach lines
Stagecoach stations
Surgeons
Vallecito Station (Calif.)
World War, 1939-1945
Series I:
Strahlmann Family Papers
Box-folder 1:1
Correspondence (some in German),
1913 April 24-1942 November 5
Box-folder 1:2
Correspondence,
1943 March 17-1950 September 6 and undated
Box-folder 1:3
Finances: automobile care,
1921 December 31-1944 May 2 and undated
Box-folder 1:4
Finances: expense books,
1907-1918 and undated
Includes:
Six small books listing expenditures
Box-folder 1:5
Finances: insurance,
1921 August 13-1950 June 9
Box-folder 1:6
Finances: real estate,
1924 -1952 and undated
Includes:
Construction estimate with diagrams, October 5, 1951 (in Oversize F4D1)
Box-folder 1:7
Finances: receipts, checks, and bank statements,
1897 April 15-1969 November 1 and undated
Box-folder 1:8
Finances: utilities,
1914 March 23-1934 August 15
Box-folder 1:9
Finances: war economy,
1942-1944 and undated
Includes:
Pamphlets
Office of Price Administration forms
War Department forms regarding tenancy, rent, and rations
Box-folder 1:10
Legal papers,
1916 May 4-1960 March 14
Includes:
Estate papers of Louise Strahlmann, Edward Strahlmann, and Max Mayer
Subpoenas
Application for a zoning ordinance variance
Papers for a court case against the Strahlmanns
Box-folder 1:11
Clubs and organizations,
1939 August 14-1947 September 6 and undated
Includes:
Edward Strahlmann’s membership certificate for the Orden der Hermann’s Sohne (Order of the Sons of Hermann), 1894 (in German)
Box-folder 1:12
Family dogs,
1927-1946
Includes:
Pedigrees for Arabella Brown 1st and Doloris Dude-ette (in Oversize F4D1)
Box-folder 2:1
Houseguest logbook,
1939-1942
Box-folder 2:2
Miscellanea,
1869-1959 and undated
Includes:
Notes
Ledger pages (in German)
Prospectus for the Sun Dial Motion Picture Company
Announcement of the death of Hermann Strahlmann
Patent design by Edmund Mayer and Edward Strahlmann
Series II:
Dolores Strahlmann Personal Papers
Box-folder 2:3
Diary 1,
1930 August 11-1931 September 11
Scope and Content
Typed journal entries describing vacation road trips through Flagstaff, Grand Canyon, Mesa Verde National Park, the Painted
Desert, Zuni villages, Roswell, and Carlsbad Caverns. Text correlates to entries from Diary 2.
Box-folder 12:1
Diary 2,
1930 August 11-1938 August 30
Scope and Content
A travel diary describing vacation road trips with Doctor and Uncle Max. 1930 “Trip to Carlsbad Caverns” typed up for Diary
1. 1933 “Mother Lode Trip” through Convict Lake, San Joaquin River, Maraposa Grove, San Andreas, Lake Tahoe, Reno, Carson
City, Death Valley, and Barstow. 1934 “Mother Lode Trip No. 2” through Warner’s Ranch, Mojave Desert, Stanislaus River, Volcano,
Sierra City, Whiskey Diggings, and up to Santa Cruz and Monterey. 1935 “Boulder Dam Trip” through Sequoia, Grant National
Park, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Oregon countryside, Fort Bragg, and back down through Oakland and Hollywood. 1938 trip
through Ventura, Monterey, Napa, San Francisco, Placerville, Reno, Rawhide, Dayton, and then back through Kelsey and Modesto.
Box-folder 12:2
Diary 3,
1931 August 23-September 15
Scope and Content
A travel diary describing 1931 trip through Yuma, Apache Junction, Roosevelt Dam, Gallup, Albuquerque, Espanola, Colorado
Springs, Denver, Salt Lake, and Big Pine. This diary also includes several pages of notes and contact information for potential
research sources.
Box-folder 12:3
Diary 4,
1934 January 1
Scope and Content
A daily diary with only one entry: lunch and gambling in Tijuana.
Box-folder 12:4
Diary 5,
1935 January 1-1939 October 20
Scope and Content
A daily diary divided into three small sections: January 1935 section describing Dolores’s life at home and a few research
notes about the Emerys and Lassators; October 1939 section describing a short vacation to the San Francisco Fair and their
ranch in Mason Valley; February 1936 section referring to meetings regarding a police affair.
Box-folder 12:5
Diary 6,
1936 July 8-1937 July 29
Scope and Content
A travel diary describing two vacation road trips: July 1936 trip with Doctor and Dad through Las Vegas, Zion, Wyoming, Yellowstone
National Park, and Nevada; July 1937 trip with Doctor and Uncle Max through San Bernardino, Mammoth Lakes, Aurora, Green Creek,
Nine Mile Ranch, and through Nevada again. This diary also contains a page of notes about Lucky Bay Mine.
Box-folder 13:1
Diary 7,
1945 January 1-April 12
Scope and Content
A daily diary describing Dolores’s life at home: housework, shopping, arranging meals around Doctor’s erratic work schedule,
trips to the ranch and museum to clean and renovate, and taking care of distraught family members after the death of Lillie.
Box-folder 13:2
Diary 8,
1947 January 1-June 6
Scope and Content
A daily diary describing Dolores’s life at home: visiting with friends and family, housekeeping, gardening, and weekends working
at the ranch and the museum. From April 22 to May 8, Dolores and Louis take an extended vacation at their ranch, where they
continue repainting and tending orchards.
Box-folder 13:3
Diary 9,
1948
Scope and Content
A pocket-sized book labeled “The Year 1948,” contains a few shopping list notes and two undated diary entries about camping
out by the desert Hot Springs.
Box-folder 13:4
Diary 10,
1952 July 5
Scope and Content
A travel diary with only one entry, mentioning intention to pass through Klamath Falls.
Box-folder 13:5
Diary 11,
undated
Scope and Content
A daily diary describing a trip around Southern California with Tony, Claude, and Chet searching for work. The entries run
from April 30 through August 17 of an unspecified year. The group drives from city to city living out of their car or in camping
grounds. The boys periodically find work in packing plants, orchards, and later a naval base in San Diego. They are frequently
ill, fixing car problems, and bemoaning life as “tramps and hobos.” She periodically sends packages home to her grandparents
and Addie. She finally finds work as a dancer at a questionable establishment and struggles to find legitimate work in the
motion picture business.
Box-folder 2:4
Manuscripts,
undated
Includes:
“The North and Southwest: A Country Turned Upside Down”
“The Charm of a Pioneer Ranch”
Box-folder 2:5
Manuscript fragments,
undated
Box-folder 2:6
Manuscript fragments,
undated
Box-folder 2:7
Correspondence,
1921 October 7-1943 April 2
Box-folder 2:8
Correspondence,
1944 January 5-1960 September 19 and undated
Box-folder 2:9
Clubs and organizations,
1936 April 19-1963 May 24 and undated
Includes:
Papers from the El Centro Chamber of Commerce and the San Diego Historical Society, as well as assorted membership cards.
Box-folder 2:10
Christmas lists,
1937-1960 and undated
Box-folder 2:11
Miscellanea,
1920 July 10-1938 May 12 and undated
Includes:
Newspaper clippings
Fingerprint sheet for "Dolly Brown"
Series III:
Louis Strahlmann Personal Papers
Box-folder 2:12
Correspondence,
1914 July 18-1951 August 8 and undated
Box-folder 2:13
Clubs and organizations,
1923-1950 and undated
Scope and Content
Certificate designating Louis Strahlmann as a Patron of the Archives of the Smithsonian Institution, undated
Radio Telephone Operator License, November 30, 1936
Membership certificate for the Orden der Hermann’s Söhne (Order of the Sons of Hermann), San Diego Loge No. 22, April 24,
1922 (in German)
Two membership certificates for the Nordamerikanischer Turnerbund (North American Gymnastic Union), July 1900 and June 1908
(in German)
Box-folder 3:1
Clubs and organizations: Exchange Club,
1926-1941 and undated
Box-folder 3:2
Clubs and organizations: Imperial Highway Association,
1934 October 10-1937 October 1 and undated
Box-folder 3:3
Newspaper articles,
1938 January 2-1940 June 2 and undated
Series IV:
Louis Strahlmann Academic Papers
Box-folder 3:4
High School graduation,
1910
Box-folder 3:5
Harvard University papers,
1911-1939 and undated
Includes:
Medical Degree, June 21, 1917 (in Oversize F4D1)
Science Degree, June 26, 1920 (in Oversize F4D1)
Certificate of Completion for Dr. Charles Ireland’s Course in Physical Therapy, October 27, 1928 (in Oversize F4D1)
Box-folder 3:6
Lecture notes: Chemistry 6,
1912
Box-folder 3:7
Lecture notes: Comparative Literature and Chemistry 8,
undated
Box-folder 3:8
Lecture notes: Comparative Literature and Chemistry 8,
undated
Box-folder 3:9
Lecture notes: Spanish,
undated
Series V:
Louis Strahlmann Military Papers
Box-folder 3:10
Certificates of Military Service,
1917 December 19-1929 December 10
Includes:
Certificate appointing Louis Strahlmann to First Lieutenant in the Medical Section of the Officers’ Reserve Corps of the Army,
dated December 19, 1917 (in Oversize F4D1)
Box-folder 3:11
Correspondence and special orders,
1918 February 2-1919 February 28
Box-folder 3:12
Correspondence and special orders,
1919 March 1-1927 June 3 and undated
Box-folder 3:13
Medical Section: papers,
1918 October 5-1937 September 1 and undated
Box-folder 3:14
Medical Section: notepad,
1918 December 28-1919 February 15
Box-folder 3:15
Military regulations: "What A Soldier Should Know,"
1917
Box-folder 4:1
Military lectures,
1917 September 21-1918 January 31
Box-folder 4:2
Military lectures,
1918 February 10-September 30
Box-folder 4:3
Military lectures,
1925 March 23-May 28
Box-folder 4:4
Miscellanea,
1918 September 25-1925 December 21 and undated
Includes:
Receipts
Lists of property and personnel
Handwritten notes
Series VI:
Louis Strahlmann Medical Papers
Box-folder Oversize F4D1
Certificates of Medical Service,
1917 July 12-1920 October 27
Includes:
Certificate of Registration in Medicine in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, July 12, 1917
Certificate of Service as House Officer at Boston City Hospital, July 2, 1917-September 26, 1918
Certificate of Service as House Officer at the Carney Hospital in Boston, November 1920
Physician’s and Surgeon’s Certificate for the State of California, October 27, 1920
Box-folder 4:5
Medical Associations,
1921-1950 and undated
Includes:
Certificate of Membership in the Massachusetts Medical Society, May 6, 1920 (in Oversize F4D1)
Box-folder 4:6
Medical Practice: receipt of payment,
1937 March 1-1939 January 7
Box-folder 4:7
Medical Practice: appointment ledger,
undated
Scope and Content
A ledger listing patient names, appointment time slots, and whether or not “paid.” Entries note the day of the week, but not
the month or year.
Box-folder 4:8
Medical supplies,
1946-1952 and undated
Box-folder 4:9
Medical treatments,
1920 November 19-1942 January 24 and undated
Box-folder 5:1
Civilian defense: correspondence,
1941 September 18-1942 January 31 and undated
Box-folder 5:2
Civilian defense: "Plan of Emergency Medical Defense Service,"
1942 February 1
Box-folder 5:3
Civilian defense: emergency aid stations,
1941 December 18 and undated
Includes:
Chart of “Organization of Local Emergency Medical Services” received from the S.D. Defense Council (in Oversize F4D1)
Box-folder 5:4
Civilian defense: recommended first aid supplies,
1941 September 22-December 23 and undated
Box-folder 5:5
Civilian defense: medical training booklets,
1941-1942 and undated
Series VII:
Louis and Dolores Strahlmann Research
Box-folder 14:1
Dolores Strahlmann Research Journal 1,
1938 January 11
Scope and Content
Spiral bound notebook containing entries from the diary of Mrs. Emery, wife of Captain William Emery, copied by Dolores Strahlmann
on January 11, 1938 (original diary entries dated 1868-1896).
Box-folder 14:2
Dolores Strahlmann Research Journal 2,
undated
Scope and Content
A physician’s pocket-sized ledger filled with research notes on stage lines, old prospecting towns, the Pony Express, Overland
Mail Route, the Butterfield family, and history of camels in the Colorado desert.
Box-folder 14:3
Dolores Strahlmann Research Journal 3,
undated
Scope and Content
Pocket-sized notebook filled with research notes on mining camps, prospecting towns, stage lines (including hand-drawn routes),
Arizona history, the Pony Express, Bret Harte, and the Gold Rush. This journal also contains a list of contacts.
Box-folder 14:4
Dolores Strahlmann Research Journal 4,
undated
Scope and Content
A small memo book partially filled with contact information and notes on descendants of historical figures.
Box-folder 14:5
Dolores Strahlmann Research Journal 5,
undated
Scope and Content
Refillable memo pad from the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company filled with contact information (including many correspondents
represented below), research notes on stage routes, and text copied from memorial stones.
Box-folder 14:6
Dolores Strahlmann Research Journal 6,
1935 and undated
Scope and Content
A small memo book partially filled expenses from a road trip in 1935, and research notes on Peter Labeck, “flags that have
flown over California,” Volcano Park, and contact information for correspondents.
Box-folder 14:7
Dolores Strahlmann Research Journal 7,
undated
Scope and Content
Pocket notebook partially filled with lists of sources (newspapers, books, photographers), and research notes on the Butterfield
route.
Box-folder 14:8
Dolores Strahlmann Research Journal 8,
undated
Scope and Content
Spiral-bound notebook filled with contact information, notes from newspaper and magazine articles, and research notes on Civil
War soldiers. Several of the pages with contact information are headed “Dr.’s Notes.”
Box-folder 14:9
Dolores Strahlmann Research Journal 9,
undated
Scope and Content
Pocket notebook partially filled with research notes on gold mining in Julian, the Gold Rush more generally, General John
A. Sutter, Casa de Macado, and Father Junipero Serra.
Box-folder 5:6
Acquisition records,
1935 September 9-1941 April 2 and undated
Box-folder 5:7
Anza-Borrego, Vallecito, and Carrizo,
undated
Box-folder 5:8
Bailey, Drury D.,
1925-1935 and undated
Box-folder 5:9
Banning, George H.,
1934 July 1-1935 December 5
Box-folder 5:10
Banning, George H.,
1936 September 3-1941 July 24 and undated
Box-folder 5:11
Banning, William,
1934 June 16-1939 December 2
Box-folder 5:12
Barclay, Blair,
1936 January 26-March 8
Box-folder 5:13
Bellon, Walter,
1940-1944
Includes:
History of the San Diego County Park System compiled by Bellon
Report on the locations of Spanish and Mexican ranchos
“(Historical) Map of San Diego County” originally attached to the report on the locations of Spanish and Mexican ranchos (in
Oversize F4D1)
Box-folder 5:14
Bergman, Harry H.,
1934 June 17-1936 January 29
Box-folder 5:15
Biographical sketches,
undated
Box-folder 5:16
California History,
undated
Box-folder 5:17
Conkling, Roscoe P.,
1935 July 3-1947 December 3
Box-folder 6:1
Contact information,
undated
Box-folder 6:2
Couts, Susan,
1884-1950 and undated
Includes:
Original correspondence from Susan to her father and sister
Handwritten notes
Article about Cave Couts
Box-folder 6:3
Davis, Samuel H.,
1860 April 4-1865 November 14 and undated
Includes:
Letters from John Austin to Samuel H. Davis, and Samuel H. Davis to his family, regarding their experiences during the Civil
War.
Box-folder 6:4
Davis, William T.,
undated
Includes:
Manuscript for a Western pulp story, “Jim’s Secret,” by William T. Davis, and an editor’s note suggesting improvements.
Box-folder 6:5
Dodge, F. E.,
1934 February 5-1936 October 22
Box-folder 6:6
Echols, C. G.,
1938 February 8-December 3
Box-folder 6:8
Ernest Henry: finances,
1896 January 15-1918 December 20
Box-folder 6:9
Ernest, Henry: finances,
undated
Box-folder 6:10
Ernest, Henry: legal papers,
1907 November 4-1909 October 7 and undated
Box-folder 6:11
Ernest, Henry: Nevada Mining Companies,
1909 April 10-1910 February 4 and undated
Box-folder 6:12
Giddings family,
1860 August 8-1955 December 9 and undated
Box-folder 6:13
Gross, Mrs. Fred,
1938 January 8-1944 March 17
Box-folder 6:14
Hook, Rebecca,
1891 September 14-1895 December 7
Includes:
Original correspondence to Rebecca Hook regarding her claim on the Indian Depredation Act.
Box-folder 6:15
Humphreys, Alphonso: corresondence,
1938 October 1-1941 July 4 and undated
Box-folder 7:1
Humphreys, Alphonso: autobiography introduction,
undated
Box-folder 7:2
Humphreys, Alphonso: autobiography pages 101-200,
undated
Box-folder 7:3
Jasper, James A.,
1934 June 9-November 4
Box-folder 7:4
Johnson, Mary,
undated
Includes:
One letter in Italian from a mother to her daughter, donated to the Strahlmanns by Mary Johnson.
Box-folder 7:5
Kimball, Mrs. Don,
1940 October 28
Box-folder 7:6
Krempkau, William B.,
1923 June 22-1953 December 30 and undated
Box-folder 7:7
Mason family,
1942 March 29-1986 June 12
Box-folder 7:8
McBain, Belle,
1938 January 27-1941 March 17 and undated
Box-folder 7:9
Metherell-Stevens family,
1900-1914 and undated
Includes:
Original correspondence between members of the Metherell-Stevens family
Box-folder 7:10
Mormon Battalion,
undated
Box-folder 7:11
Nicholson, M. D.,
1937 March 1-1938 July 29
Box-folder 7:13
Pony Express,
1938 May 20 and undated
Includes:
Winners of the West bulletin issues dated June 1938 and July 1938 (two copies) (in Oversize F4D1)
Box-folder 7:14
"The Prospect Hole" (manuscript),
undated
Box-folder 7:15
Quayle brothers,
1913 May 20-October 8
Box-folder 7:16
Rose, Noah,
1934 April 21-1937 November 28
Box-folder 7:17
Rose, Noah,
1938 January 9-1950 March 27 and undated
Box-folder 7:18
San Diego history,
undated
Box-folder 7:19
"San Diego's Old Town" (manuscript),
undated
Box-folder 7:20
"The Sinking of the Steamer Central America" (article),
1857
Box-folder 7:21
St. John, Silas,
1939-1941 and undated
Box-folder 7:22
Stagecoach: drviers,
1914 September 14-1950 February 23 and undated
Box-folder 7:23
Stagecoach: Butterfield Line,
1934 February 22-1958 October 4 and undated
Box-folder 7:24
Stagecoach: Great Overland Southern Route,
1942 July 9-1944 December 15
Box-folder 7:25
Stagecoach: San Antonio and San Diego Mail Line,
1860 January 4-1958 October 5 and undated
Box-folder 7:26
Stagecoach: Histories and newspaper clippings,
1937 January 3-1957 January 16 and undated
Box-folder 7:27
Stephens, Kate,
1935 July 3-1939 December 10 and undated
Box-folder 8:1
Stevens, Arthusa Dye,
1936-1937
Box-folder 8:2
Stevens, Arthusa Dye,
1938 January 17-1941 March 10 and undated
Box-folder 8:3
Sweetland, William and Philena,
1876 February 19-1879 March 2
Includes:
Photocopies and transcripts of Sweetland correspondence, possibly made by the San Diego County Parks and Recreation Department.
Box-folder 8:4
Swycaffer, Jeff,
1938 January 20-1942 December 28
Box-folder 8:5
Taylor, May,
1936 September 5-1940 March 12
Box-folder 8:6
Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. Charles,
1933 January 25
Includes:
Report to the American Consulate about the disappearance of the Thompsons in Tijuana
Box-folder 8:7
Vallecito history: notes,
1932-1939 and undated
Box-folder 8:8
Vallecito history: newspaper clippings,
1934 February 3-1953 March 1 and undated
Box-folder 8:9
Williams, J. H.,
1936 February 18-1937 October 30 and undated
Box-folder 8:10
Williams, Loduska (Mulkins),
1934 October 19-26 and undated
Box-folder 8:11
Woodward, Arthur,
1934 June 12-1935 October 7
Box-folder 8:12
General research correspondence,
1933 February 13-1934 December 22
Box-folder 8:13
General research correspondence,
1935 March 25-December 21
Box-folder 8:14
General research correspondence,
1936 January 1-May 30
Box-folder 9:1
General research correspondence,
1936 June 4-December 30
Box-folder 9:2
General research correspondence,
1937 January 2-June 29
Box-folder 9:3
General research correspondence,
1937 July 6-December 14
Box-folder 9:4
General research correspondence,
1938 January 16-December 15
Box-folder 9:5
General research correspondence,
1939 January 9-1944 June 7
Box-folder 9:6
General research correspondence,
1947 February 10-1960 March 21 and undated
Box-folder 9:7
Miscellaneous collected documents,
1859-1891
Includes:
1864 letter in German
Correspondence of W.A. Skidmore, M.L. Phillips, and George Brown
Receipts
Copy of a land grant for James Mason
Mining records from John Booker
Lists of property of Theadore Howard and Sarah Lassator
Box-folder 9:8
Miscellaneous research notes,
undated
Series VIII:
Anza-Borrego Park Expansion
Box-folder 9:9
Correspondence,
1938 October 22-1939 April 14
Box-folder 9:10
Correspondence,
1939 May 8-1947 June 4
Box-folder 9:11
Congressional Proceedings,
1931 February 18-1945 April 2 and undated
Includes:
Assembly bills sponsored by the State Park Commission as well as informational materials gathered to discourage their passage.
Box-folder 9:12
Agriculture and Irrigation Reports,
1934-1935 and undated
Box-folder 9:13
Expansion Advisory Reports,
1940 and undated
Box-folder 9:14
Publicity,
1938 October 12-1958 March 24 and undated
Includes:
Informational pamphlet about Anza State Park
Newspaper clippings
Series IX:
Stagecoach Exhibits
Box-folder 9:15
Correspondence: Vallecito Station employment,
1934 February 15-1939 October 4
Box-folder 10:1
Correspondence: Vallecito Station restoration,
1930 May 24-1934 April 26
Box-folder 10:2
Correspondence: Vallecito Station restoration,
1934 May 28-December 31
Box-folder 10:3
Correspondence: Vallecito Station restoration,
1935 January 8-December 28
Box-folder 10:4
Correspondence: Vallecito Station restoration,
1936 February 6-1937 December 31
Box-folder 10:5
Correspondence: Vallecito Station restoration,
1938 January 5-1949 May 17 and undated
Includes:
Hand-drawn map of Vallecito Station layout (in Oversize F4D1)
Box-folder 10:6
San Diego County Parks and Recreation: exhibit cards,
undated
Box-folder 10:7
San Diego County Parks and Recreation: item tags and labels,
undated
Box-folder 10:8
San Diego County Parks and Recreation: item tags and labels (photocopies),
undated
Box-folder 10:9
Automotive,
1936-1949 and undated
Box-folder 10:10
Backcountry,
1930 December 4-1958 January 2 and undated
Box-folder 10:11
Battle of San Pasqual,
undated
Box-folder 10:13
Business industries,
1906-1951 and undated
Includes:
Certificate of filing of Articles of Incorporation for the Southern California Gem Company, July 23, 1906
Box-folder 10:14
Investment opportunities,
1926-1950 and undated
Includes:
August 5, 1926 issue of
Wall Street Iconoclast (in Oversize F4D1)
Box-folder Oversize F4D1
Maps,
1935-1938 and undated
Includes:
“R.O.F.S. Map No. 523… last survey of Carrizo Creek,” December 1935
Blackburn’s Map of San Diego County with notations, 1935
Map of “Vallecitos and Carriso Units Selections,” with notations, June 1938
Three piece photocopy of “Official Map of San Diego County 1889” gifted by San Diego Gas & Electric Co.
Map of City of San Diego, “Dist. 30 Linda Vista,” printed by Rodney Stokes Co. Inc., with notations
Box-folder 10:15
Maps (hand-drawn),
1937 September 25 and undated
Box-folder Oversize F4D1
Newspapers,
1783 November 7-1917 November 24
Includes:
Three issues of the Rural World, dated October 27, 1917; November 17, 1917; and November 24, 1917
Reproduction of the New York Morning Post dated November 7, 1783
Reproduction of the New York Herald dated April 16, 1865
Box-folder 11:1
Politics,
1917-1947 and undated
Includes:
Pamphlet from the National Home and Property Owners Foundation, October 1, 1946 (in Oversize F4D1)
Box-folder 11:2
Product advertising,
1941-1951 and undated
Includes:
Flyer for Lumarith transparent plastic (in Oversize F4D1)
Box-folder 11:3
Propaganda,
1940-1950 and undated
Box-folder 11:4
Recreation,
undated
Includes:
Pages from instructional book describing how to build a model stagecoach (in Oversize F4D1)
Box-folder 11:5
Religious pamphlets,
1941-1951 and undated
Box-folder 11:6
San Diego Court House Bell,
1939 April 14-December 20
Box-folder 11:7
Travel: California,
1933-1939 and undated
Box-folder 11:8
Travel: United States,
1934-1969 and undated
Includes:
May 6, 1938 issue of the
Museum Bulletin, published by the Frontier Times Museum in Texas (in Oversize F4D1)
Box-folder 11:9
Travel: International,
1934-1969 and undated
Box-folder 11:10
World War II,
1944-1945 and undated