Guide to the Santa Barbara Public Library records SBHC Mss 128

Arranged and described by Santa Barbara Public Library staff under the direction of Jace Ryan Turner; finding aid prepared by Zachary Liebhaber, 2021.

UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections

University of California, Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara 93106-9010

Business Number: Phone: (805) 893-3062

Fax Number: Fax: (805) 893-5749

special@library.ucsb.edu

URL: http://www.library.ucsb.edu/special-collections

2021 May 11

Title: Santa Barbara Public Library records

Identifier/Call Number: SBHC Mss 128

Language of Material: English, Spanish; Castilian.

Contributing Institution: UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections

Physical Description: 50.24 Linear Feet (16 cartons, 23 flat boxes, 2 flat oversize boxes)

Creator: Santa Barbara Public Library

Date (inclusive): 1870s-2019

Abstract: This collection consists of the organizational records of the Santa Barbara Public Library, including annual reports, correspondence, clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, deeds and contracts, registers, circulation and catalog books, dating from the 1870s through the 2010s. Scrapbooks include a complete collection of Faulkner Gallery art exhbition catalogs, with press clippings, from 1929 to 1937, as well as some artifacts, artwork, and ephemera.

Physical Location: Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Property rights to the collection and physical objects belong to the Regents of the University of California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at the UCSB Library. All applicable literary rights, including copyright to the collection and physical objects, are protected under Chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code and are retained by the creator and the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns.

All requests to reproduce, quote from, or otherwise reuse collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB at special@ucsb.edu. Consent is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or their assigns for permission to publish where the UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Acquisition Information

Gift of the Santa Barbara Public Library, 2020.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of Item], Santa Barbara Public Library records, SBHC Mss 128. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Scope and Content

This collection consists of the organizational records of the Santa Barbara Public Library, including annual meeting reports, correspondence, clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, deeds and contracts, expansion and building proposals, hearings and reports, master plans, celebrations news releases, Black Gold reports, registers, acccession, circulation and catalog books, bibliographies, as well as Library branch records, dating from the 1870s through the 2010s. Scrapbooks include a complete collection of Faulkner Gallery art exhbition catalogs, with press clippings, from 1929 to 1941. The collection also includes some artifacts, artwork, and ephemera.

Scrapbooks and other records cover the Santa Barbara Public Library and its branches, including the Central Library, Eastside Library, Carpinteria Library, Montecito Library, Goleta Library, Solvang Library, and other branches. Annual meeting reports stretch from 1909 to 1977.

Library activities and programs covered include the Adult Literacy Program, the Children's Library, the Bookmobile, Children's Poster Week, and school visits throughout Santa Barbara County and the Central Coast region of California.

Arrangement

These records have been organized into the following series: Scrapbooks, Annual reports, Library history City, Library history County, Artwork and ephemera.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Annual reports

Artifacts (object genre)

Bibliographies

Catalogs (documents)

Clippings (information artifacts)

Contracts

Correspondence

Ephemera (general object genre)

Master plans (orthographic projections)

Photographs

Programs

Scrapbooks

Works of art

Santa Barbara Public Library -- Archives

Scrapbooks

flat-box 1

Faulkner Gallery 1929-1931

flat-box 2

Faulkner Gallery 1932-1933 September

flat-box 3

Faulkner Gallery 1933 October-1935

flat-box 4

Faulkner Gallery 1936-1937

flat-box 5

Faulkner Gallery 1938-1941

flat-box 6

Central Library 1923-1946

flat-box 7

Central Library 1947

flat-box 8

Central Library 1948 1949

flat-box 9

Central Library 1950-1952

flat-box 10

Central Library 1953 January-June

flat-box 11

Central Library 1953 July-December 1954 January-March

flat-box 12

Central Library 1954 April-December

flat-box 13

Central Library 1955

flat-box 14

Central Library 1956

flat-box 15

Central Library 1957 1958

flat-box 16

Central Library 1959

flat-box 17

Central Library 1960

flat-box 18

Central Library 1961 1962

flat-box 19

Central Library 1963

flat-box 20

Central Library 1964-1966

flat-box 21

Central Library 1967 1968

flat-box 22

Carpinteria Library 1930s-1970s

flat-box 23

Eastside Library 1967-1990s

Annual reports

box 24

1909-1955

box 25

1955-1977

Library history City

box 26

Catalog of Books 1885

box 26

Accession Book 1892-1906

box 26

Gift book and pamphlets 1896-1899

box 26

Early library cards and bookplates 1881

box 26

Contracts and deeds I 1888-1950s

box 26

Contracts and deeds II 1888-1950s

box 26

Santa Barbara Public Library building, 14 East Carrillo St. 1888

box 26

Building and furniture, Carrillo St., and Anapamu St. 1892-1917

box 26

Booklist 1913

box 26

Checkbook 1916-1918

box 26

Building correspondence, Anapamu St. 1914-1916

box 26

Building correspondence, Anapamu St. 1914-1918

box 26

Building correspondence and cancelled checks, Anapamu St. 1917

box 27

Register of Borrowers 1917

box 27

Circulation record books 1931-1941

box 27

Circulation record books 1941-1950

box 27

California Library Assoc - FBL correspondence 1936 1937

box 27

California Library Assoc - Annual Meeting - Yosemite 1937

box 27

California Library Assoc - Public Relations Committee 1936 1937

box 27

California Library Assoc - Public Relations Committee releases 1936 1937

box 27

California Library Assoc - FBL letters, programs, clippings 1934-1937

box 28

WPA - Federal Writer's Project correspondence 1940 1941

box 28

Survey and recommendations, UC Berkeley 1941

box 28

Employee records 1934-1940

box 28

Employee records 1941-1945

box 28

Employee records 1946-1948

box 28

Employee records 1949 1950

box 28

Employees clippings 1940s-1990s

box 29

Employees classification survey 1950s

box 29

Employees - miscellaneous

box 29

Employee - Sara Plummer 1870s

box 29

Employee - Frances Linn 1906-1941

box 29

Employee - William E. Hinchliff 1961 1962

box 29

Statistics 1948-1950

box 29

Improvement Plan by Dr. Deutsch 1951

box 29

Remodel reports by architects 1955

box 29

Bronze plaque, Della and Callie Chambers 1957

box 29

Edson A. Smith - photo collection donor 1930s

box 29

Peter Riedel (family donated book and photos) - landscape architect undated

box 29

Library photos (copier)

box 29

Library photos

box 29

Library Tour photos (copier)

box 29

Library plans, maps and drawings

box 30

Clippings 1872-1899

box 30

Clippings 1900-1916

box 30

Clippings 1917

box 30

Clippings 1918 - 1919

box 30

Clippings 1920s

box 30

Clippings 1930s

box 30

Clippings 1940s

box 30

Clippings 1950s

box 30

Clippings 1960s

box 30

Clippings 1970s

box 30

Clippings 1980s

box 30

Clippings 1990s

box 30

Clippings 2000-2019

box 30

Clippings - Santa Barbara News Press and Santa Barbara Independent 1999 July 4 2014

box 30

Clippings - Santa Barbara Independent 1918 November 15-21

box 30

Clippings - Board of Trustees 1940s-1990s

box 30

Clippings - Public Libraries "Friends" 1940s-1990s

box 30

Clippings - Public Library funds 1950s-1990s

box 30

Ship Library 1925

box 30

Miscellaneous I, various dates

box 30

Miscellaneous II, various dates

box 31

Miscellaneous III, various dates

box 31

Western Woman Magazine 1931

box 31

1925 Earthquake damage to Central Library

box 31

Ephemera - jokes 1930s-1950s

box 31

Ephemera - postcards, brochures, etc. undated

box 31

Ephemera - bibliographies undated

box 31

Public service announcements I, magnetic tape, various sizes undated

box 31

Public service announcements I, magnetic tape, various sizes undated

box 31

Public service announcements I, magnetic tape, various sizes undated

box 32

Faulkner Gallery - history, misc. undated

box 32

Faulkner Gallery - artists lists 1930-1941

box 32

Faulkner Gallery - clippings I undated

box 32

Faulkner Gallery - clippings II undated

box 32

Faulkner Gallery - photos/drawings undated

box 32

Faulkner Gallery - construction 1929

box 32

Faulkner Gallery - artist applications 1975-1977

box 32

Reading Court Mural Competition 1958

box 32

Reading Court Mural Competition - Joseph Knowles 1958

box 32

Reading Court Mural Competition - Standish Backus Jr. 1958

box 32

Reading Court Mural Competition - Peake/Warshaw 1958

box 32

Peake - Warshaw mural removal and conservation 1977-1983

box 32

Peake / Warshaw mural - clippings 1959-1980s

box 32

Don Freeman mural, illustrations, books, etc. 1970-1989

box 32

Herter murals 1937-1983

box 32

Faulkner sunburst mural - restoration 1978-1983

box 32

Typanium - main entrance 1923-1979

box 32

European tapestries 1965-1984

box 32

Japanese prints 1965-1982

box 32

Art In The Library - miscellaneous undated

box 32

Bookmobile - history, schedules, miscellaneous 1940s-2007

box 32

Bookmobile - clippings 1940s-1970s

box 32

Bookmobile - plans 1955 1956 1973

box 32

Black Gold reports 1967-1970

box 32

Black Gold Conversion Project 1973-1975

box 32

Black Gold miscellaneous 1960s-1980s

box 32

Black Gold clippings 1960s-2000s

box 32

1960s - Miscellaneous

box 32

1960s - Library Services Study, Watson Plan

box 32

1960s - Library Master Plan consultants 1964-1966

box 32

1960s - Library Master Plan 1962-1965

box 33

1970s - Miscellaneous

box 33

1970s - Newsletters 1974-1976

box 33

1970s - Samuel Gerson memorial donations, collection, bio

box 33

1970s - Annual Meeting 1970

box 33

1970s - Divisional Annual Reports 1970 1971

box 33

1970s - News releases 1972-1974

box 33

1970s - Correspondence with City and SBPL 1973 1974

box 33

1970s - Robert Hart correspondence 1973 1974

box 33

1970s - Library expansion proposals 1974

box 33

1970s - Library correspondence 1974 1975

box 33

1970s - News releases 1975

box 33

1970s - Structural design and feasibility study 1975

box 33

1970s - News releases 1976

box 33

1970s - Library Expansion, reports, notices, hearings 1974-1976

box 33

1970s - Library expansion, EIR 1975 1976

box 33

1970s - Library rehabilitation and expansion, EIR's 1976

box 33

1980s - Miscellaneous, various dates

box 33

1990s - Miscellaneous, various dates

box 33

1990s - Calendars, various dates

box 34

2000s - Miscellaneous 2000-2019

box 34

2000s - Calendars 2000-2010

box 34

2000s - Charley Drake 2005

box 34

Adult Literacy - History and clippings 1980s-1990s

box 34

Adult Literacy - Miscellaneous I 1980s-2000s

box 34

Adult Literacy - Miscellaneous II 1980s-2000s

box 34

Children's Book Week - Poster contest 1975

box 34

Children's Services undated

box 34

Children's Room criticisms 1980

box 34

New Children's Library 2014 2015

box 34

Children's Library clippings undated

box 34

Women's Fund grant 2012

box 34

Mesa Branch Library (proposed) 1976

box 34

Hospital Branch Library 1919-1960s

box 34

Eastside Branch Library application 1969 March 3

box 34

Eastside Branch Library - Construction 1968-1971

box 34

Eastside Branch Library - Construction specifications 1972 January 3

box 35

Eastside Branch Library - Furniture and landscape specifications 1972

box 35

Eastside Branch Library - Construction 1972 1973

box 35

Eastside Branch Library - Martin Luther King Wing 1972-1974

box 35

Eastside Branch Library - Miscellaneous undated

box 35

Eastside Branch Library - Fire records 1980 1981

box 35

Eastside Branch Library - clippings undated

box 35

Centennial celebration 2017

box 35

Centennial celebration, Jace's binder 2017

box 35

Library proclamations and certificates 1982-2017

box 35

Biography of a Library - Prep materials, Piri Korngold undated

box 35

Biography of a Library - Piri Korngold correspondence undated

box 35

Biography of a Library (books), by Piri Korngold 1990

Library history County

box 36

Research and Development of County Library System 1908-1915

box 36

Calif. Branch Library signs - correspondence 1915 1916

box 36

Calif. Branch Library sign orders 1916

box 36

Branch Manual / Instructions to Custodian 1915 1936

box 36

County Free Library Organizing in California by Harriet Eddy 1909-1918

box 36

Reports and articles 1910-1920s

box 36

Northern California Writers Project 1931 1932 1940 1941

box 36

Miscellaneous 1911-1944

box 36

History undated

box 36

Maps undated

box 36

Clippings undated

box 36

Gerson Report and Study of County Library System 1958-1962

box 36

Gerson - Zone 1 reports 1962 1963

box 36

County Libraries Advisory Committee 1960-1971

box 36

Council Action - correspondence 1974-1976

box 36

Aguaje School, Lompoc 1914-1920

box 36

Agricola School, Santa Maria 1919 1920

box 36

Alcatraz - Associated Oil Co. Gaviota 1914-1919

box 36

Alcatraz School Gaviota 1914-1920

box 36

Arlight Naval Radio Station Point Arguello 1918-1920

box 36

Ballard School Ballard 1914-1920

box 36

Bell School Los Alamos 1914-1920

box 36

Betteravia - Union Sugar Co. Betteravia 1911-1920

box 36

Betteravia School Betteravia 1914-1920

box 36

Bicknell School Bicknell 1918-1920

box 36

Blochman School Sisquoc 1914-1920

box 36

Bonita School Santa Maria 1915-1920

box 36

Buellton Branch Buelton 1960s

box 36

Caliente School Maricopa 1919 1920

box 36

Carpinteria Branch Carpinteria 1912-1920

box 37

Carpinteria Branch Carpinteria 1960s-2000s

box 37

Carpinteria clippings Carpinteria 1960s-2000s

box 37

Carpinteria High School / Grammar School Carpinteria 1914-1920

box 37

Careaga School Bicknell 1915-1918

box 37

Casmalia Branch Casmalia 1917-1919

box 37

Casmalia School Casmalia 1914-1920

box 37

Cathedral Oaks School Santa Barbara 1915-1919

box 37

Celite Products Company Lompoc 1919 1920

box 37

Chicquero School Lompoc 1918-1920

box 37

College School Santa Ynez 1914-1918

box 37

Concepcion Station 19, Southern Pacific RR Concepcion 1914-1919

box 37

Cuyama Branch Maricopa 1914-1960s

box 37

Cuyama School Maricopa 1915-1920

box 37

Den School Naples 1916-1920

box 37

Doheny School Sisquoc 1916-1920

box 37

Dome Oil Sisquoc 1914-1920

box 37

Garey School Santa Maria 1916-1920

box 37

Gaviota Branch Gaviota 1913-1920

box 37

Gibraltar Dam / North Portal Los Padres National Forest 1914-1919

box 37

Goleta Branch Goleta 1960s-1970s

box 37

Goleta Branch clippings Goleta undated

box 37

Goleta School Goleta 1914-1920

box 37

Guadalupe School Guadalupe 1919 1920

box 37

Homestead School Pattiway 1920

box 37

Honda School Concepcion 1916-1920

box 37

Hope School Santa Barbara 1914-1919

box 37

Jalama School Jalama 1919 1920

box 37

Jonata School Solvang 1914-1920

box 37

Laguna School Santa Maria 1915-1919

box 37

Lakeview School Santa Maria 1919 1920

box 37

La Mesa School Santa Barbara 1918 1919

box 37

La Patera School Goleta 1917-1920

box 37

Las Cruces School Gaviota 1917-1919

box 37

Lompoc Branch Lompoc 1912-1920

box 38

Los Alamos Branch Los Alamos 1914-1920

box 38

Los Alamos School Orby 1915-1920

box 38

Los Olivos Branch Los Olivos 1915-1920

box 38

Los Olivos School Los Olivos 1918-1920

box 38

Lynden School Lompoc 1917-1920

box 38

Martin School Santa Maria 1914-1919

box 38

Miguelito School Lompoc 1918-1920

box 38

Mission School Mission Canyon 1915

box 38

Montecito Branch Montecito 1896-1959

box 38

Montecito Branch Montecito undated

box 38

Montecito Branch clippings Montecito undated

box 38

Montecito Branch Project undated

box 38

Naples 1914-1918

box 38

Newlove School Orcutt 1914-1920

box 38

Nojoqui Gaviota 1918 1919

box 38

Ocean School Carpinteria 1918-1920

box 38

Orcutt Branch Orcutt 1914-1920

box 38

Orcutt Branch Orcutt 1940s-1960s

box 38

Orcutt School 1914-1920

box 38

Orella School Refugio Canyon 1914-1920

box 39

Ortega School Montecito/Summerland 1914-1920

box 39

Pinal / Dome Oil Company Orcutt 1911-1920

box 39

Pine Grove School Orcutt 1914-1920

box 39

Pleasant Valley School Santa Maria 1918 1919

box 39

Purisima School Lompoc 1920

box 39

Ramona School Sisquoc 1916-1920

box 39

Riconda School Lompoc 1918-1920

box 39

Root Camp (Station 23) Pattiway 1912-1920

box 39

San Julian School Rancho San Julian 1914-1920

box 39

Santa Maria Branch Santa Maria 1911-1920

box 39

Santa Maria Branch 1950s-1960s

box 39

Santa Maria School 1912-1920

box 39

Santa Rita School Lompoc 1915-1920

box 39

Santa Rosa School Lompoc 1916-1920

box 39

Santa Ynez Branch Santa Ynez 1911-1920

box 39

Santa Ynez Branch undated

box 39

Santa Ynez High School 1914-1920

box 39

Sisquoc 1914-1919

box 39

Solvang Branch Solvang 1911-1920

box 39

Solvang Branch 1940s-2000s

box 39

Solvang Branch, clippings undated

box 39

Summerland 1950s-1970s

box 39

Summerland School 1915-1919

box 39

Surf (Station 22) Surf 1915-1919

box 39

Tepusquet School Santa Maria 1919 1920

box 39

Wasioja School Wasioja 1914-1920

box 39

Ynez School Solvang 1913-1920

flat-oversize 40, flat-oversize 41

Artwork and ephemera

General Note

Includes two original Don Freeman posters, "Norman the Doorman" from the Solvang Library, which have been filed in map-cabinet drawer.

Wooden wall plaque - Townley Room

Brass wall plaque - Catherine B. Townley donation

Centennial Celebration Poster 1917-2017

3 original art works by Don Freeman

Original artwork by Roger Bradfield

Large color photo of library founatin 1980's

Scrapbook, 1949 (original) - also listed with scrapbooks Series I

Scrapbook original leather cover, 1948

Scrapbook original plastic cover, 1947

Book Record, 1912-1952

General Report, 1913-1930

Record of Branches, 1910 - 1917

Newspaper April 16, 1911 Cover Story

Newspaper August 28, 1914 Cover Story, $50,000 Carnegie Grant

Don Freeman posters