Description
Collection consists of 5 born-digital items, 23 35mm Kodak film slides, correspondence between Penny Andersen (donor) and
George Bergstrom, 1 newspaper clipping relating to Lloyd Mitchell and Dorothy Mitchell. Lloyd McIntyre (Lefty) Mitchell (January
10, 1907-August 20, 1987) served as Escondido’s Chief of Police for nine years (1947-1956) and as Escondido City Manager for
twelve years (1956-1968). Mitchell was the longest-serving City Manager as of 1986.The Boys and Girls Club of Escondido is
named for him.
Background
Lloyd McIntyre (Lefty) Mitchell (January 10, 1907-August 20, 1987) served as Escondido’s Chief of Police for nine years (1947-1956)
and as Escondido City Manager for twelve years (1956-1968). Mitchell was the longest-serving City Manager as of 1986. Mitchell
was a member of the Escondido Rotary Club, the Escondido Boys and Girls Club, the Conservative Order of Good Guys, and Masonic
Lodge, and the Escondido Historical Society.
Dorothy Ann (Dottie) Mitchell ne. McLaughlin (May 9, 1909 – January 12, 2009) was an avid volunteer, awarded the Very Visible
Volunteer award at the Children’s Hospital and Health Center. She was also a volunteer with the Orange Glen Home and School
Club, the Escondido High School Parent’s Club, Town and Country, Boys Club Auxiliary, Girls Club Auxiliary, Escondido Historical
Society, Angels Auxiliary for Patio Playhouse, and the Trinity Episcopal Church of Escondido. Lloyd and Dorothy Mitchell,
parents of collection donor Penny Andersen, were nominated by the Board of Directors of the Escondido Historical Society for
the Times-Advocate Mr. and Mrs. Escondido Award in the citizenship award program on July 12, 1986.
The Mitchells moved to Escondido in 1933 and Lefty, along with Charlie Weseloh were the driving force in starting the Escondido
Boys and Girls Club in the 1940s. Lloyd Mitchell obtained $12 million dollars from the federal Bureau of Reclamation to build
Mitchell’s Ditch in the mid-1960s. Photos of the aqueduct’s construction in this collection are now part of the Escondido
River ditch that bisects the City of Escondido for 7 miles through town.
https://thecoastnews.com/escondido-salutes-legend-lefty-mitchell/
Materials in the collection are in excellent condition. Some staining from paperclip used to fasten correspondence (025-027).
Ink stains on envelope (028-029). Newspaper clipping is yellowed with age and is creased from being folded (030). Buffer paper
in Kodak slide box is in original condition with folds (035). Slides are in excellent condition. 001 has some spotting original
to the slide. Graining is original to slides (015-018).
All materials in the collection have been digitized. 35mm film (001-023) were scanned using an Epson V600 scanner and slide
tray. Images scanned at 600 dpi with 24-bit color. Color correction applied using Epson Professional settings. Medium backlight
corrections were applied to slides 015-017 to correct darkness in original scans. Correspondence and newspaper clipping are
kept in sheet protectors to avoid damage (024-029). The Kodak slides box is kept in an archival envelope that has been hole-punched
to be held within the 3-ring binding to avoid damage from slipping (033-035).
Restricted items have been put to the back of the archival box (031-032).