Guide to the Richard Amero Collection MS 76

Finding aid prepared by Samantha Mills

San Diego History Center Document Collection

1649 El Prado, Suite 3

San Diego, CA, 92101

619-232-6203

April 13, 2017

Title: Richard Amero Collection

Identifier/Call Number: MS 76

Contributing Institution: San Diego History Center Document Collection

Language of Material: English

Physical Description: 70.0 Linear feet (298 files)

Date (inclusive): 1800-2004

Abstract: This collection contains nearly 300 binders of copied notes, reports, correspondence, articles, and other research material compiled by Richard Amero on many San Diego historical subjects, with an emphasis on the history of Balboa Park.

creator: Amero, Richard, 1924-2012

Biographical / Historical Notes

Richard Amero was born July 16, 1924. He spent his childhood in Gloucester, Massachusetts, where his father was a carpenter. Eager for him to break with the traditional family trade, his father kept Richard away from the carpenter tools. After being released from the army, Amero decided to enroll in Black Mountain College in 1946, where his main focus was literature. After a year at Black Mountain, he enrolled at Bard College.

After graduating from Bard, Amero moved to San Diego where he worked for a year at Convair in the defense industry and then in material management for forty years with the San Diego Gas and Electric Company. Though not a professional historian, Amero became enamored with the history of San Diego, particularly Balboa Park, and spent over 40 years compiling research material from numerous archives around the country and writing articles based on his research.

Amero was a member of the National Association for Olmsted Parks, the Trust for Public Lands, the San Diego Natural History Museum, the San Diego Historical Society, the San Diego Zoological Society, Friends of Central Park and other organizations. He wrote for newspapers and for the National Recreation Association, and contributed to several books on the history of Balboa Park. He collected information and wrote extensively until his death on December 22, 2012.

Scope and Content

This collection contains nearly 300 binders of copied notes, reports, correspondence, articles, and other research material compiled by Richard Amero on many San Diego historical subjects, with an emphasis on the history of Balboa Park. The copied research material was taken from archival collections in the Library of Congress, the Bancroft Library at the University of California in Berkeley, the Avery Fisher Library at Columbia University, libraries at Harvard and Cornell Universities, and the Olmsted Historical Site in Brookline, Massachusetts, among others. Richard Amero’s own articles and other local articles and theses are also included.

The collection also contains copies of letters written by architect Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue, landscape architects John Nolen and the brothers Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. and John Charles Olmsted. There are reports from the Bureau of Indian Affairs on the Indians of San Diego County, and articles and miscellaneous material on San Diego County Indians.

Other subjects include Mission San Diego de Alcala, Old Town, El Pueblo de Los Angeles State Historic Park, the Mexican-American War of 1846-1848, Horton Plaza Park, Balboa Park (including histories of the expositions and of individual museums) the United States Naval Hospital in Balboa Park, Mission Bay, International Workers of the World, San Diego public transportation and water procurement problems, San Diego Gas & Electric Company, and San Diego High School. There is also biographical information on well-known individuals, including singers Schumann-Heink and Galli-Curci, landscape architect Samuel Parsons, architect Frank P. Allen, Jr., San Diego pioneer Daniel Cleveland, aviation pioneer Glenn Curtiss, and San Diego entrepreneur “Charlie” Collier.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged in seventeen series:

Series I: San Diego Architecture (Buildings and Landscape);

Series II: John Nolen;

Series III: Biographies;

Series IV: San Diego History;

Series V: Expositions;

Series VI: Balboa Park History;

Series VII: Balboa Park Buildings, Gardens and Open Spaces;

Series VIII: Naval Hospital;

Series IX: Mission Bay;

Series X: Missions;

Series XI: Old Town;

Series XII: Indians;

Series XIII: Transportation in San Diego;

Series XIV: San Diego Gas and Electric;

Series XV: Horton Plaza;

Series XVI: The Mexican-American War;

Series XVII: Christmases in Early America.

Preferred Citation

Richard Amero Collection, MS 76, San Diego History Center Document Archives, San Diego, CA.

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. Restrictions may apply to material copied from other institutions.

Comments:

There are gaps in the binder numbering (missing: 68, 80, 98, 100, 101, 106, 113, 167, 196, and 224), however these numbers appear to have been skipped accidentally when the binders were originally created by Amero, because there is no chronological gap in content. There are also many instances of binders being split into volumes (e.g. 8a and 8b).

Supplementary to this collection, Richard Amero wrote additional articles on the history of Balboa Park and compiled a digital timeline of Balboa Park history from pre-1900 to 1999, which are available on the San Diego History Center website.

Processing Information

Collection processed by Laura McMahon in January 2008.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Amero, Richard, 1924-2012

California Pacific International Exposition (1935-1936:San Diego, Calif.).

Cleveland, Daniel

Collier, David Charles

Galli-Curci, Amelita, 1882-1963

Gill, Irving, 1870-1936

Goodhue, Bertram Grosvenor, 1869-1924

Mission San Diego de Alcala.

Morley, John

Nolen, John, 1869-1937

Olmsted, John Charles, 1852-1920

Panama-California Exposition (1915-1916: San Diego, Calif.).

Parsons, Samuel, 1844-1923

Perry, Allen W.

San Diego High School.

Schumann-Heink, Ernestine, 1861-1936

Scripps, E. W. (Edward Willis), 1854-1926

Scripps, Ellen Browning, 1836-1932

Sessions, Kate Olivia, 1857-1940

Wangenheim, Julius

Architecture -- California -- San Diego

Balboa Park (San Diego, Calif.)

Expositions -- California -- San Diego

Horton Plaza

Indians of North America -- California -- San Diego County

Mexican War, 1846-1848

Mission Bay (Calif.)

Missions -- California -- San Diego

Old Town (San Diego, Calif.)

San Diego (Calif.)

Transportation

Water

Series I: San Diego Architecture (Buildings and Landscape)

Volume 1

A.C. Martin; L.A. art/sculpture; S.D. Architects; Carleton M. Winslow, Sr.; Civic Center; Pacific Coast Highway; Sam Hamill; Frank L. Hope; Robert Mosher; William Templeton Johnson, 1868-1994

Volume 2

Articles on Frank P. Allen, Jr., architect, 1881-1943

Volume 3

Articles on Frank P. Allen, Jr., architect, 1911-1943

Volume 4

Articles on Irving Gill, architect, 1870-1936

Volume 5

Bertram Goodhue; Letters in Avery Library, Library of Congress, 1869-1924

Volume 6-1

Articles by and about Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue and Clarence Stein, 1905-1990

Volume 6-2

Articles by and about Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue and Clarence Stein, 1925-1990

Volume 7

Articles on Spanish and Spanish Colonial architecture, including the articles "Architectural Derivations of Panama-California Exposition Buildings" by Richard Amero, 1902-2004

Volume 8

"Architecture of the Panama-California Exposition," thesis by Carleton M. Winslow, Jr., 1976

Volume 8a

Articles on Mexican art and architecture, including school work and the essay "Continuing Artistic Trends in Mexican Art" by Richard Amero, 1974-1990

Volume 9

Landscape architecture: Samuel Parsons, Jr., and George Cooke, 1897-1942

Volume 10

"Memories of Samuel Parsons," a book edited by Mabel Parsons, 1926

Volume 11

Articles by and about John C. Olmsted, representing the Olmstead Brothers. Also, letters in the Library of Congress and the Marston File, 1910-1912

Volume 12

Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., letters in the Library of Congress and letter from Bertram Goodhue, 1915, 1947-1948

Volume 13

Pictures, maps, and correspondence concerning projects by the Olmsteds, 1904-1994

Volume 14a

The Master List of the Design Projects of the Olmsted Firm (bound copy), 1857-1950

Volume 14b

The Master List of the Design Projects of the Olmsted Firm (copy in folder), 1857-1950

Volume 15

Olmsted conferences information—hosted by the National Association for Olmsted Parks, 1996

Volume 16

National Association of Olmstead Parks, news and membership information, 1993-1999

Volume 32

Historic preservation in San Diego including: Balboa Theatre, Belmont Park, Horton Plaza, Hotel Del Coronado, Sherman Heights, and Victorian homes, 1959-1989

Volume 34

Opinion articles on San Diego landscape by James Britton II, Marilyn Hagberg, Richard Amero, Fay Frick, and W. Allen Perry, 1957-1984

Volume 267

Miscellaneous articles on city plans from around the world, including a copy of the book "Town and Square: From the Agora to the Village Green" by Paul Zucker, 1923-1997

Series II: John Nolen

Volume 17

Landscape Architecture/ City Planning: John Nolen: Bibliography, Articles by and about, Nolen plans, Influence on San Diego, and college thesis by John Loretz Hancock, 1869-1937, 1964

Volume 18

Articles on John Nolen and projects, including excerpt from Nolen’s book, "San Diego: A Comprehensive Plan for its Improvement," 1907-1997

Volume 19

John Nolen papers #2903 from the Carl A. Kroch Library at Cornell University consisting of correspondence re: Nolen’s projects, 1924-1929

Volume 267a

Dissertation by Kevan D. Frazier: "Big Dreams, Small Cities: John Nolen, the New South, and the City Planning Movement in Asheville, Roanoke, and Johnson City, 1907-1937," 2000

Volume 268

Dissertation by Stewart J. Wilson: "John Nolen: An Overview of His Career" 1982

Volume 269

Dissertation by John L. Hancock: "John Nolen and the American City Planning Movement: A History of Culture Change and Community Response, 1900-1940," 1964

Volume 270

Miscellaneous news articles on John Nolen and his projects in chronological order, 1909-2004

Series III: Biographies

Volume 20

Articles, pictures and a discography of Amelita Galli-Curci, 1882-1963

Volume 21

Chronology of opera singer Madame Schumann-Heink’s career, 1861-1910

Volume 22

Articles on Madame Schumann-Heink, 1911-1924

Volume 23

Articles on Madame Schumann-Heink, 1925-1932

Volume 24

Articles on Madame Schumann-Heink, 1933-1976

Volume 25

Miscellaneous information from newspapers, books, and encyclopedias on Madame Schumann-Heink, 1939-1980

Volume 26

List of recordings by Madame Schumann-Heink, including article on tribute singer, 1997

Volume 27

Articles on Daniel Cleveland, 1925-1964

Volume 28

Articles on and projects by Colonel D.C. Collier, 1871-1936

Volume 29

Articles on Colonel D.C. Collier, Collier Parks, and G. Aubrey Davidson, 1937-1983

Volume 30

Articles on Alonzo Erastus Horton and the Horton house, 1870-1967

Volume 31-1

Miscellaneous biographies including: Ed Fletcher, Charles F. Lummis, and George W. Marston, 1888-1986

Volume 31-2

Articles on John Morley, W. Allen Perry, E. W. Scripps, Ellen Browning Scripps, Kate Sessions, and Julius Wangenheim, 1887-1990

Series IV: San Diego History

Volume 37

Articles written by Winifred Davidson, including poems, Famous Firsts and Old Tales of the Southwest, 1931-1939

Volume 38

Romance of Old San Diego articles written by Winifred Davidson, and miscellanea, 1940-1944, 1949-1955

Volume 39

Overview of San Diego history, including a chronology, influential people, important events, and surveys, 1535-1976

Volume 40

San Diego history and newspapers before 1900, including surveys, statehood, Coronado, people, the Bulletin, Herald, Union, and Sun, 1887-1900

Volume 41

Articles on San Diego military affairs, including aviation school chronology, Fort Rosecrans, U.S.S. San Diego 7th Regiment, and the U.S. Marines, 1935-1970

Volume 42

Beginnings of aviation at North Island, 1910-1981

Volume 43

International Workers of the World, Street Speaking Ordinances, Arrests, Water Cure, Vigilantes, Stingaree, Emma Goldman, E.E. Kirk, M. Hoy, C. F. Lummis, J. Mosby, B. Reitman, A.R. Sauer, and H Weinstock, 1908-1915

Volume 45

San Diego planning, including communities, convention center, Embarcadero, Gaslamp Quarter, high rise, Horton Plaza renewal, marine areas, Memorial Bell Tower, Midway Canal, Mission Valley River Park, palm trees, public land use, rental housing, Seaport Village, and Shelter Island, 1966-1986

Volume 46

San Diego High School, also includes some information on Roosevelt Junior High School, 1873-1977

Series V: Expositions

Volume 47

The San Diego Expositions, 1909-1990

Volume 47a

The San Diego Expositions and Their Impact on Balboa Park. Book One. Includes: Samuel Parsons, Jr., making of the Panama-California Exposition, the exposition goes international, and “East Meets West” in Balboa Park, 1889-1915

Volume 48

The San Diego Expositions and Their Impact on Balboa Park. Book Two. Includes: Colonel Collier, the Museum of Art, the Ford Building in Balboa Park, Balboa Park Club, House of Hospitality, the Natural History Museum, the legacy of the 1935-1936 Exposition, and the history of the East Side of Balboa Park, 1884-1997

Volume 50

Plans for Expositions in San Diego: Overall Review midwinter, 1923, Mid 1930s, Cabrillo, “American Way of Life” in 1950, Permanent International Exposition, Fiesta Del Pacifico 1957-1959, 200th Birthday, Air/Space ’88, Soviet Arts Festival 1990, 1923-1990

Volume 51

Expositions: Paris 1855, Paris 1878, Chicago 1893, Omaha 1898, Paris 1900, Buffalo 1901, St. Louis 1904, and Portland 1905, 1855-1905

Volume 51a

Expositions: Jamestown 1907, Seattle 1909, Brussels 1910, Gulfport, Miss. 1916-1917, 1907-1917

Volume 52

Expositions: Brazil 1922, Philadelphia 1926, Long Beach 1928, Barcelona/Seville 1928, Paris 1931, Chicago 1933, Dallas 1936, New York 1939, San Francisco 1939, New York 1964, Montreal 1967, San Antonio 1968, and Vancouver 1986, 1920-1986

Volume 53

Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition, Seattle 1909, 1909

Volume 54

San Francisco Panama-Pacific Exposition 1915, 1915

Volume 55

Dallas, Texas Centennial Exposition, 1936

Volume 84

“Post Mortem” on the Panama-California Exposition, 1916

Volume 103

California Pacific International Exposition, 1935-1936

Volume 107

California Pacific International Exposition, Miscellaneous Data, Book One, 1937-1987

Volume 108

California Pacific International Exposition, Miscellaneous Data, Book Two, 1935-1937

Volume 109

The U.S. Navy Participation in 1935-1936 Exposition, 1935

Volume 275

Excerpts from numerous books on world’s fairs and expositions, including fairs in Chicago, San Diego, Mississippi, Paris, Brazil, Philadelphia, Long Beach, Spain, Cleveland, San Francisco, New York, Seattle, and Montreal, 1851-1998

Volume 176a

Box of slides on the Panama-California Exposition and other expositions, undated

Series VI: Balboa Park History

Volume 49

“Balboa Park: Fairy City or Country Park?” by Amero, 1978, 1995

Volume 56

Balboa Park history sources including: Architectural Record, Artes de Mexico, Avery Library, Sylvester Baxter, Bibliography-Gen., California Garden, CA Register of Historic Landmarks, Library of Congress, Los Angeles Public Library, San Diego Historical Society, San Diego Magazine, San Diego Public Library, and the San Diego Union Statistics, undated

Volume 57

List of sources Amero contacted, including correspondence from archives in California and the National Archives, 1995

Volume 58

General articles by: William E. Smythe, Daniel Cleveland, Leroy A. Wright, H.C. Hopkins, George W. Marston, Jerry MacMullen, Robert Horn and others, 1918-1977

Volume 59

News articles and maps on Balboa Park, 1868-1899

Volume 60

News articles on Balboa Park, 1900-1904

Volume 61

News articles on Balboa Park, 1905-1906

Volume 61a

News articles on Balboa Park, 1907-1908

Volume 62

News articles on Balboa Park, 1909

Volume 63

News articles on Balboa Park, 1910

Volume 64

News articles on Balboa Park, 1911 January-February

Volume 64a

News articles on Balboa Park, 1911 March-June

Volume 65

News articles on Balboa Park, 1911 July-December

Volume 66

News articles on Balboa Park, 1912

Volume 67

News articles on Balboa Park, 1913

Volume 69

News articles on Balboa Park, 1914 January-June

Volume 70

News articles on Balboa Park, 1914 July-December

Volume 71

News articles on Balboa Park and the Panama-California International Exposition, 1915 January-February

Volume 72

News articles on Balboa Park and the Panama-California International Exposition, 1915 March-May

Volume 73

News articles on Balboa Park and the Panama-California International Exposition, 1915 June-July

Volume 74

News articles on Balboa Park and the Panama-California International Exposition, 1915 August-September

Volume 74a

News articles on Balboa Park and the Panama-California International Exposition, 1915 October-December

Volume 75

List of sources contacted by Amero, including the National Archives, PCIE, 13th Band Coast Artillery, Letters, and the 21st Infantry Regiment, 1994

Volume 76

News articles on Balboa Park and the Panama-California International Exposition, 1916 January-February

Volume 76a

News articles on Balboa Park and the Panama-California International Exposition, 1916 March

Volume 77

News articles on Balboa Park and the Panama-California International Exposition, 1916 April-May

Volume 78

News articles on Balboa Park and the Panama-California International Exposition, 1916 June-August

Volume 79

News articles on Balboa Park and the Panama-California International Exposition, 1916 September-November

Volume 81

News articles on Balboa Park and the Panama-California International Exposition, 1916 December

Volume 82

Magazine articles on Balboa Park and the Panama-California International Exposition, 1910-1914

Volume 83

Magazine articles on Balboa Park and the Panama-California International Exposition, 1915-1916

Volume 85

Index of articles on the Isthmus and New Mexico Building, 1914-1935

Volume 86

News articles on Balboa Park, 1917 January-June

Volume 87

News articles on Balboa Park, 1917 July-December

Volume 88

News articles on Balboa Park, 1918 January-June

Volume 89

News articles on Balboa Park, 1918 July-December

Volume 90

News articles on Balboa Park, 1919

Volume 91

News articles on Balboa Park, 1920

Volume 92

News articles on Balboa Park, 1921-1923

Volume 92a

News articles on Balboa Park, 1924-1925

Volume 93

News articles on Balboa Park, 1926-1927

Volume 94

News articles on Balboa Park, 1928-1929

Volume 95

News articles on Balboa Park, 1930-1932

Volume 95a

News articles on Balboa Park, 1933

Volume 96

News articles on Balboa Park, 1934

Volume 97

News articles on Balboa Park and the California Pacific International Exposition, 1935 January-May

Volume 99

News articles on Balboa Park and the California Pacific International Exposition, 1935 June-August

Volume 102

News articles on Balboa Park and the California Pacific International Exposition, 1935 September-December

Volume 104

News articles on Balboa Park and the California Pacific International Exposition, 1936 January-February

Volume 104a

News articles on Balboa Park and the California Pacific International Exposition, 1936 March-April

Volume 105

News articles on Balboa Park and the California Pacific International Exposition, 1936 May-June

Volume 105a

News articles on Balboa Park and the California Pacific International Exposition, 1936 July-September

Volume 105b

News articles on Balboa Park and the California Pacific International Exposition, 1936 October-December

Volume 110

News articles on Balboa Park, 1937-1938

Volume 111

News articles on Balboa Park, 1939-1940

Volume 112

News articles on Balboa Park, 1940-1945

Volume 112a

"Guide to Balboa Park" booklet from 1941 and summary of articles on WWII, 1941-1942

Volume 114

San Diego Military Sites in Balboa Park—information from the Nation Archives, Pacific Southwest Region, 1946-1947

Volume 115

News articles on Balboa Park, 1948-1949

Volume 116

News articles on Balboa Park, 1950-1951

Volume 117

News articles on Balboa Park, 1952-1953

Volume 118

News articles on Balboa Park, 1954-1955

Volume 118a

News articles on Balboa Park, 1956-1957

Volume 119

News articles on Balboa Park, 1958-1959

Volume 120

News articles on Balboa Park, 1960-1961

Volume 121

News articles on Balboa Park, 1962-1964

Volume 122

News articles on Balboa Park, 1965-1968

Volume 122a

News articles on Balboa Park, 1969

Volume 123

News articles on Balboa Park, 1970-1973

Volume 123a

News articles on Balboa Park, 1974-1975

Volume 124

News articles on Balboa Park, 1976-1977

Volume 125

News articles on Balboa Park, 1978-1979

Volume 126

News articles on Balboa Park, 1980-1983

Volume 127

News articles on Balboa Park, 1984-1985

Volume 128

News articles on Balboa Park, 1986

Volume 129

News articles on Balboa Park, 1987 January-June

Volume 129a

News articles on Balboa Park, 1987 July-December

Volume 130

Bond review task force report and City Manager’s report on Balboa Park Master Plan, 1987

Volume 131

News articles on Balboa Park, 1988

Volume 132

News articles on Balboa Park, 1989

Volume 133

News articles on Balboa Park, 1990-1991

Volume 134

News articles on Balboa Park, 1992

Volume 135

News articles on Balboa Park for 1993, and Homelessness in Balboa Park, 1993

Volume 136

News articles on Balboa Park, 1994-1995

Volume 137

News articles on Balboa Park for 1996, and the Kate Sessions Statue, 1996

Volume 138

News articles on Balboa Park, 1997-1998

Volume 139

News articles on Balboa Park, 1999

Volume 186

Miscellaneous Balboa Park news articles including statutes, taxes, allocations, elections, indexes, and history summaries, 1937-1996

Volume 187

Miscellaneous Balboa Park history, including ballots, general plan, ordinances/codes, state statutes, and city clerk documents, 1903-1987

Volume 177

Balboa Park Citizens Study Committee Final Report, 1957

Volume 178

Balboa Park Master Plan by Harland Bartholomew and Associates and news articles about the plan, 1960-1972

Volume 179

Balboa Park Master Plan, a review of the ad hoc committee of the Balboa Park Committee, 1976

Volume 180

San Diego Park and Recreation Study: an assessment of needs, 1975

Volume 181

Balboa Park Florida Canyon Master Plan by Steve Halsey and Associates, 1976

Volume 188

Park and Recreation Board report: Balboa Park’s 20 Year Needs List, 1988

Volume 189

Articles, comments, and reviews of the Balboa Park Master Plan by the Pekarek Group, 1981-1988

Volume 190

Balboa Park Development and Management Plan draft by the Pekarek Group, 1983

Volume 191

Balboa Park Development and Management Plan preliminary report, part V. Figures, 1983

Volume 192

Balboa Park Environmental Impact Report for Development and Management Plan. Final Draft, 1986

Volume 193

Balboa Park Environmental Impact Report for Development and Management Plan. Draft Report, 1986

Volume 194

Appendix for the Environmental Impact Report for the Balboa Park Development and Management Plan, 1986

Volume 182

Balboa Park Eastside Precise Plan: Planning Concepts and Eastside Communities, Goals, Objectives and Recommendations, 1989

Volume 183

Balboa Park Central Mesa Precise Plan, 1989

Volume 195

Balboa Park Master Plan by Estrada Land Planning, Inc., 1989

Volume 197

Appendix to the Balboa Park Central Mesa Precise Plan. Final Draft, 1991

Volume 184

Balboa Park National Register of Historic Places, 1973-1996

Volume 185

Balboa Park landscape, gardens, water, roads/parking, safety, and impact on the economy, 1922-1998

Volume 271

Balboa Park studies to address parking, circulation, and land use challenges, 2003-2004

Volume 272

Draft Report of the Balboa Park Study by Jones & Jones Architects and Landscape Architects addressing parking, circulation and land use challenges. 2004

Volume 273

News articles on Balboa Park, 2000

Volume 274

Excerpts from the book "New Iberian World: A documentary history of the discovery and settlement of Latin America to the early 17th century" by John H. Parry and Robert G. Keith. Includes biographical narrative of Vasco Nunez de Balboa, 1984

Volume 175a

Slides on Balboa Park, activities, buildings, and exposition, undated

Series VII: Balboa Park Buildings, Gardens, and Open Spaces

Volume 140

News articles on the Administration Building in Balboa Park, 1911-1990

Volume 141

News articles on the Administration and Automotive buildings in Balboa Park, 1924-1989

Volume 142

News articles and photographs of the New Mexico Building (1915) and the Palace of Education (1935) in Balboa Park, 1914-1990

Volume 143

News articles and photographs of the Botanical Building, Campfire Girls Building, and Casa de Balboa in Balboa Park, 1915-1999

Volume 144

News articles on Casa del Prado in Balboa Park, Book One, 1914-1967

Volume 145

News articles on Casa del Prado in Balboa Park, Book Two, 1968-1969

Volume 145a

News articles on the Cabrillo Bridge and Cabrillo Freeway, 1915-2004

Volume 145b

News articles on the Cabrillo Bridge and Caltrans, 1941-2001

Volume 146

News articles on the Federal Building (Hall of Champions) in Balboa Park, 1935-1998

Volume 147

News articles on the Fine Arts Gallery and the Museum of Art from 1900-1916, Book One, 1900-1916

Volume 148

News articles on the Fine Arts Gallery and the Museum of Art from 1917-1959, Book Two, 1917-1959

Volume 149

News articles on the Fine Arts Gallery and the Museum of Art from 1960-1979, Book Three, 1960-1979

Volume 150

News articles on the Fine Arts Gallery and the Museum of Art from 1980-1989, Book Four, 1980-1989

Volume 151

News articles on the Fine Arts Gallery and the Museum of Art from 1990-1995, Book Five, 1990-1995

Volume 152

News articles of the Fine Arts Gallery and the Museum of Art from 1996-1998, Book Six, 1996-1998

Volume 153

News articles on Florida Canyon, 1935-1998

Volume 154

News articles on the Ford Building (Aerospace Museum), the Globe Theatre, and the Gymnasium, 1936-1994

Volume 155

News articles on the Home Economy, Café of the World, and the American Legion, 1912-1968

Volume 156

News articles on the House of Charm, 1914-1997

Volume 157

News articles on the House of Hospitality, 1922-1998

Volume 158

News articles on the House of Pacific Relations and Morley Field (Velodrome), 1934-1996

Volume 159

News articles on the Indian Village and Painted Desert, 1900-1990

Volume 160

Master’s Thesis by Nancy Murcko Petitti on the Japanese Friendship Garden, 1994

Volume 161

Master Site Plan for the San Diego Japanese Friendship Garden, 1986

Volume 162

News articles on the Japanese Exhibits/ Gardens/ Relations, the Tea House in the House of the Pacific Relations, and the Friendship Garden, 1912-1994

Volume 163

News articles on the Japanese Friendship Garden, 1995-1999

Volume 164

News articles on Japanese Gardens outside of San Diego, 1944-1997

Volume 165

"Hakone Garden," a book by Tanso Ishihara and Gloria Wickham about the Japanese garden in Saratoga California, 1974

Volume 166

"The Japanese Influence in America," a book by Clay Lancaster, 1963

Volume 168

News articles and pictures on the Museum of Man, 1915-2001

Volume 169

News articles on the Museum of Natural History, Book One, 1881-1998

Volume 170

News articles on the Museum of Natural History, Book Two, 1917-1989

Volume 171

News articles on the Museum of Natural History, Book Three, 1990-1998

Volume 172

News articles on the Reuben H. Fleet Space Theater (Science Center), 1936-1998

Volume 173

News articles and photographs of Roosevelt Jr. High, Boy and Girl Scout Camps, the Spanish Village, and Spreckels Organ Pavilion, 1913-2001

Volume 174

News articles and photographs of the Science and Education Building, 1914-1957

Volume 174a

News articles on the Palisades Building, Photographic Arts Building, miniature train, and recreation center, 1932-1998

Volume 174b

News articles on the Starlight Bowl, Timken Museum of Art, the San Diego Zoological Society, and Olympic Training, 1916-1998

Volume 174c

News articles on the War Memorial Building, 1937-1995

Volume 198

Balboa Park Leases on: the Aerospace Museum, Museum of Art, Art Conservation Center, Automotive Museum, Hall of Champions, Old Globe Theater, Historical Society, Museum of Man, Natural History Museum, Center for Photographic Arts, Model Railroad Museum, Planetarium, Star-Light Opera, and the Junior Theater, 1980-1989

Volume 199

Balboa Park Lease Permits, Rentals, Clubs and Organizations in Morley Field, 1975-1992

Volume 276

San Diego Zoo and its plans for expansion. Includes the article “The San Diego Zoo and Its Place in Balboa Park” by Richard Amero, 1999-2004

Volume 277

Pictures, brochures and articles on the Spreckels Organ Pavilion and other organs, 2002

Volume 175b

Box of slides on Florida Canyon and surrounding areas, undated

Volume 176b

Box of slides on Balboa Park plans and buildings, undated

Series VIII: Naval Hospital

Volume 200

Department of the Navy, Draft of Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed Regional Medical Center, 1978

Volume 201

"The U.S. Naval Hospital Complex in Balboa Park," a report for the Historic American Buildings Survey. The Design and Construction of the Original Hospital Complex, 1920-1937

Volume 202

Miscellaneous articles on the Naval Hospital, 1916-1959

Volume 203

News articles on the Naval Hospital, 1960-1978

Volume 204

Naval Hospital Alternative Site Study, 1978

Volume 205

Naval Hospital Report by Comptroller General: Cost Data of Two Alternative Sites, 1975

Volume 206

News articles on the Naval Hospital, 1979

Volume 206a

News articles on the Naval Hospital, 1980-1982

Volume 206b

News articles on the Naval Hospital, 1983-1989

Series IX: Mission Bay

Volume 207

News articles on Mission Bay, Book One, 1800-1949

Volume 208

News articles on Mission Bay, Book Two, 1950-1959

Volume 209

News articles on Mission Bay, Book Three, 1960-1969

Volume 210

News articles on Mission Bay, Book Four, 1970-1979

Volume 211

News articles on Mission Bay, Book Five, 1980-1985

Volume 212

News articles on Mission Bay, Book Six, 1986-1989

Series X: Missions

Volume 227

Articles on missions in general, including Mission San Diego de Alcala. Including the essays "The Survival of the Mission Indians" and "In Defense of Father Serra" by Richard Amero, 1853-1992

Volume 228

News articles on the Mission San Diego de Alcala, 1900-1985

Volume 229

News articles on the Mission San Diego de Alcala, 1986-1992

Volume 230

Report by USD faculty and students: "The History and Architecture of Mission San Diego de Alcala 1769-1965." Accompanied by the news article "Report on Mission is Disputed," 1988

Series XI: Old Town

Volume 231

Maps and news articles on El Pueblo de Los Angeles State Historic Park, 1925-1982

Volume 232

Photographs of the re-dedication of San Diego Old Town’s Mason Street School, 1955

Volume 233

San Diego Old Town Studies by the California Department of Parks and Recreation, 1966-1972

Volume 234

Resource Management Plan and General Development Plan for Old Town San Diego, 1977

Volume 235

News articles on the Bandini Family, Josefa Carrillo de Fitch, Rancho Guajome, and the Presidio, 1849-1989

Volume 236

News articles on Old Town San Diego, 1861-1986

Volume 237

News articles on Old Town San Diego, 1900-1920

Volume 238

News articles on Old Town San Diego, 1930-1939

Volume 239

News articles on Old Town San Diego, 1940-1959

Volume 240

News articles on Old Town San Diego, 1960-1968

Volume 241

News articles on Old Town San Diego, 1969

Volume 242

News articles on Old Town San Diego for 1970-1979, and an essay "An Old Tin Box: Time Capsule to San Diego’s Past" by Coyer and Moriarty of USD, 1970-1979

Volume 243

News articles on Old Town San Diego, 1980-1984

Volume 244

News articles on Old Town San Diego, 1985-1994

Volume 245

List of Resources on Old Town from the Bancroft Library, National Archives, Texas Societies, San Diego County Historical Days, Inc., Early California History course, Old San Diego Project. Includes a Historical Survey of Old Town Plaza 1966, 1849-1966

Series XII: Indians

Volume 246

General Information on Indians, including Prehistoric Mission Reservation, Laws and Treaties, Course Outlines, Housing, and the Sherman School, 1867-1983

Volume 246a

Articles on Helen Hunt Jackson’s "Ramona" and the Ramona Pageant, 1889-1990

Volume 247

San Diego Indians, including Cupeno, Warner Ranch, Charles Lummis and the Sequoya League, "The Survival of the Mission Indians" by Richard Amero, and the Temecula Massacre, 1840-1987

Volume 248

News articles and book excerpts on San Diego Indians from 1850-1859, 1851-1976

Volume 249

News articles and book excerpts on San Diego Indians from 1860-1879, 1860-1986

Volume 250

News articles and book excerpts on San Diego Indians, 1880-1889

Volume 251

News articles and book excerpts on San Diego Indians, 1900-1902

Volume 252

News articles and book excerpts on San Diego Indians, 1903

Volume 253

News articles and book excerpts on San Diego Indians, including "Three Grains of Corn" by Charles Lummis, reports by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, "The Relief of Campo" by Wayland Smith, and The Sequoya League, 1880-1905

Volume 254

Articles on San Diego Indians, including Kelsey’s Report of Special Agent for California Indians, the death of Vinon Vurro, Resignation of Duncan D. McArthur, Winter fiestas, and Opposition to San Pasqual Reservation, 1906-1910

Volume 255

"Eviction at Kupa" an essay by Richard Amero, undated

Volume 256

News articles on San Diego Indians, 1911-1914

Volume 257

News articles on San Diego Indians, 1915-1929

Volume 258

"The History of Warner’s Ranch and its Environs" by Joseph J. Hill, 1927

Volume 259

News articles on San Diego Indians, 1930-1939

Volume 260

News articles on San Diego Indians, 1940-1959

Volume 261

News articles on San Diego Indians, 1960-1969

Volume 262

News articles on San Diego Indians in the 1970s, including the San Diego Union series on Indian health in 1972, the Majel Indian Center land suit against Vista Irrigation District, and the Cupa eviction, 1970-1979

Volume 263

News articles on San Diego Indians in the 1980s including water rights, archaeological findings, reburials, bingo, the death of Steve Ponchetti, David Whitehorse, stealing from graves, Edward H. Davis, photographs, the death of Roscinda Nolasquez, Jerry Boisclair, and sand-mining, 1980-1989

Volume 264

News articles on San Diego Indians, 1990-1994

Volume 265

News articles on the Pueblo de Acoma, Pueblo Indians, and the Santa Fe Art Museum, 1890-1924

Volume 266

Miscellaneous news articles on American Indians, including articles by Barry Fell, and on prehistoric times, 1968-1980

Series XIII: Transportation in San Diego

Volume 33

Articles on railroad stations in San Diego, 1912-1989

Volume 44

Transportation systems in early San Diego, including cable cars, horse cars, mule trains, overland mail, plank roads, railroad schemes, San Diego and Arizona, Stage Coaches, Street Cars, Trolleys, and Wells Fargo, 1904-1986

Series XIV: San Diego Gas and Electric (SDG&E)

Volume 35

Articles on the operations of San Diego Gas and Electric, 1880-1959

Volume 36

Articles on the operations of San Diego Gas and Electric, 1960-1989

Series XV: Horton Plaza

Volume 213

News articles on Horton Plaza, 1869-1899

Volume 214

News articles on Horton Plaza, general and early bands, 1875-1998

Volume 215

News articles on Horton Plaza, 1900-1905

Volume 216

News articles on Horton Plaza, 1906-1908

Volume 217

News articles on Horton Plaza, 1909-1919

Volume 218

News articles on Horton Plaza, 1920-1949

Volume 219

News articles on Horton Plaza, 1950-1977

Volume 220

News articles on Horton Plaza, including the Environmental Impact Report of 1984 and the supplement to the EIR, 1978-1984

Volume 221

The Halprin Plan for Horton Plaza, 1984

Volume 222

News articles on Horton Plaza, 1985-1990

Volume 222a

"Horton Plaza Park: Where People Meet and Opposites Collide" an essay by Richard Amero, 1995

Volume 223

News articles on Horton Plaza, 1990-1996

Series XVI: The Mexican-American War

Volume 225

The Mexican-American War in Baja California an essay by Richard Amero accompanied by maps and news articles, 1846-1848

Series XVII: Christmases in California

Volume 226

"Christmases in California," an essay by Richard Amero in "The Journal of San Diego History." Accompanied by news articles about Christmases in California, 1980