Arata Family Collection mssArata
Finding aid prepared by Gina C Giang.
The Huntington Library
2017
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San Marino, California 91108
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Finding aid last update on January 12, 2022, by Maggie Hughes.
Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: Arata family collection
Creator:
Arata family
Identifier/Call Number: mssArata
Physical Description:
10.7 Linear Feet
(2 boxes, 2 oversize folders)
Date (inclusive): 1859-1953
Abstract: The Arata family collection consists of
papers, printed ephemera, and photographs related to the Arata family, especially, María
Antonio Jimeno de Arata.
Language of Material: Materials are in English and
Spanish.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item]. Arata family collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino,
California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Allen and Martha Arata, October 2017.
Biographical / Historical
The Arata family was a Spanish (possibly Basque) family that came to Santa Barbara,
California in the 19th century. Juan Arata married María Antonia Jimeno (d. 1928), daughter
of an acting governor of Alta California, Manuel Jimeno. The Aratas have a Californio
heritage that their prominence in Santa Barbara politics and business only accented.
Scope and Contents
The material in this collection was created and collected by the Arata family, especially
María Antonia Jimeno de Arata. It consists of books, maps, papers, photographs, and printed
ephemera. The papers include writings and poetry, possibly written by María Antonia Jimeno
de Arata. There are booklets, pamphlets, and photographs related to Santa Barbara,
California and the 1925 Santa Barbara earthquake. There are also numerous pamphlets related
to the United States National Forest Service and National Park Service in California. The
scrapbook mostly contains postcards acquired by the family's travel on the Panama Pacific
Line and images from the 1925 Santa Barbara earthquake.
Note:
Some of the postcards in the scrapbook are loose. The two books in this collection
are "La Mujer Catolica" and "Southern California" issued by Southern California Panama
Exposition Commission.
There are two oversize folders at the end of the collection. The first folder consists of
three photographs, possibly of María Antonia Jimeno de Arata and another woman. The second
folder is a trigonometric survey entitled "Entrance to San Francisco Bay" by A.D. Bache.
Processing Information
Processed by Gina C Giang in 2017.
Existence and Location of Copies
Arrangement
Arranged by material type.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Historic sites
Missions, Spanish -- California
Santa Barbara Earthquake, Calif., 1925
California -- Description and travel
San Francisco (Calif.)
Santa Barbara (Calif.)
Notebooks
Pamphlets
Photographs
Arata, María Antonia Jimeno de
Arata family
United States. National Forest Service
United States. National Park Service
Panama-California Exposition (1915 : San Diego,
Calif.)
Box 1, Folder 1
Booklets -- [Santa Barbara, (Calif.)], (1913-1925)
Scope and Contents
Los Adobes Antiguos de Santa Barbara compliments of Arthur E. Ogilvy; The
Planting of the Cross of Santa Barbara by Junipero Serra, 1713-1784 [plays (performed
works)]; Romances of the Mission Bells by Calpet Gasoline; and Santa Barbara Souvenir
with Earthquake Pictures published by Copeland's Bookshop
Box 1, Folder 2
Books -- La Mujer Catolica, Barcelona, (1884)
Scope and Contents
In Spanish
Box 1, Folder 3
Books -- Southern California Comprising the Counties of Imperial, Los
Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Ventura issued by Southern
California Panama Expositions Commission, (1915)
Box 1, Folder 4
Cards (information artifacts) -- María Antonio Jimeno de Arata,
(1923-1928)
Scope and Contents
Included: Adela Arata de Voorhees [letter] from Paula -----; Mary Charlotte
Arata [arrival announcement]; notes; postcard; and reception [notes]
Box 1, Folder 5
Clippings (information artifacts) -- Western Family, (1953)
Scope and Contents
Article entitled "Western forest camping"
Box 1, Folder 6
Letters (correspondence) -- Arata family, (1922-1928)
Scope and Contents
In Spanish
From María Ade Arata and R.J. Arata
Box 1, Folder 7
Maps -- United States. National Forest Service, (1940-1947)
Scope and Contents
Fire Prevention Maps
Included: Cleveland National Forest, 1947; Los Angeles National Forest, 1947; Los
Padres National Forest, 1947; San Bernardino National Forest, 1946 and 1947; and
National Forests of California, 1940
Box 1, Folder 8
Notebooks -- [María Antonio Jimeno de Arata], (1923)
Scope and Contents
Two notebooks in Spanish
Poetry and writings
Box 2, Folder 1
Pamphlets -- The Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District, (1933)
Scope and Contents
The Golden Gate Bridge History & Principal Characteristics
Box 2, Folder 2
Pamphlets -- Panama-California Exposition (1915 : San Diego, Calif.),
(1915)
Box 2, Folder 3
Pamphlets -- United States. National Forest Service and United States.
National Park Service, (1935-1953)
Scope and Contents
Included: Joshua National Monument, 1952; El Dorado National Forest, 1940;
Inyo National Forest, 1935; Klamath National Forest, 1936; Lassen National Forest,
1940; Los Angeles National Forest, 1941; Los Padres National Forest, 1939; Mendocino
National Forest, 1936; Modoc National Forest, 1941; Plumas National Forest, 1940;
Sierra National Forest, 1942; Tahoe National Forest, 1937; Trinity National Forest,
[undated]; Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Park, 1940, 1946, 1949, 1952, 1953; and
directions to campgrounds
Box 2, Folder 4
Photographs -- Arata family, (1880-1934)
Scope and Contents
Included: Alfredo Robinson; Augustias Hannibal Arata; Angustias de la Guerra y
Jimeno, Santiago R. Jimeno, and Enrique Jimeno; Caesar C. Arata; Elana A. Robinson;
Enrique Jimeno; Jose Antonio Jimeno; Juan de la Guerra and Porforio Jimeno; Juan
Arata; María Antonio Jimeno de Arata; and Rumaldo Pacheco
Box 2, Folder 5
Photographs -- Panama-California Exposition (1915 : San Diego, Calif.),
(1915)
Scope and Contents
Included: One postcard
Box 2, Folder 6
Photographs -- Santa Barbara, (Calif.), (1915-1925)
Scope and Contents
Included: George Vorhees and Santa Barbara Earthquake, Calif., 1925
Box 2, Folder 7
Programs (documents) -- Old Mission Santa Barbara, (1927)
Scope and Contents
Pageant and Placing of Memorial Tablet to Celebrate Completion of
Restoration
Two copies
Box 2, Folder 8
Programs (documents) -- Old Spanish Days in Santa Barbara,
(1926-1927)
Scope and Contents
Included: Ribbon
Box 2, Folder 9
Prospectuses -- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company,
(1930)
Scope and Contents
Grand Canyon Outings
Box 2, Folder 10
Prospectuses -- Northern Pacific Railway Company, [undated]
Scope and Contents
The Picturesque Bad Lands of North Dakota Include Them on Western
Itineraries!; Through the American Rockies on the Northern Pacific; Rivers - For 1406
Miles On the Route of the "North Coast Limited"
Box 2, Folder 11
Scrapbooks -- Arata family, (1925)
Scope and Contents
Primarily postcards from Panama Pacific Line via Panama Canal and Havana and
Santa Barbara Earthquake, Calif., 1925
Folder Oversize folder 1
Photographs -- [María Antonio Jimeno de Arata], [before 1928]
Scope and Contents
Three photographs
Folder Oversize folder 2
Trigonometric survey -- Entrance to San Francisco Bay by A.D. Bache, U.S.G.S.,
(1859)
Scope and Contents
Framed