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Tebbetts (George P. and Mary) memorial collection
Wyles Mss 15
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Title: George P. and Mary Tebbetts memorial collection
Identifier/Call Number: Wyles Mss 15
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Physical Description:
6 Linear Feet
(2 document boxes, 3 oversize boxes, 1 map cabinet folder, 3 revolvers, 2 chests)
Creator:
Tebbetts, Nathan A.
Date (inclusive): approximately 1830s-1950s
Abstract: Manuscripts, diaries, correspondence, photographs, ledgers/account books, scrapbooks, newspapers (including 1883-1885 Santa
Barbara
Daily Independent), papers and documents from the
San Francisco Examiner. Also, tape and partial transcript of recording by Nathan A. Tebbetts. Artifacts include three Colt revolvers.
Physical Location: Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library
Language of Material:
English
.
The collection is open for research. Some materials will require special handling. Please contact the Department of Special
Research Collections in advance to request access.
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Research Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish
or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Research Collections. Permission for publication
is given on behalf of the Department of Special Research Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
Donation by son, Nathan A. Tebbetts, 1968; additions from his wife, Alice Tebbetts, 1978-1979.
[Identification of Item], George P. and Mary Tebbetts memorial collection, Wyles Mss 15. Department of Special Research Collections,
UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
The Tebbetts were newspaper people, with close links to Thomas A. Storke (Santa Barbara News-Press). Despite the title of
the collection, much of the material relates to Nathan A. Tebbetts' life. Nathan grew up in Santa Barbara, but worked with
the
San Francisco Examiner for many years, mostly re resort advertising. His father, George P. Tebbetts, founded the SB
Daily and Weekly Independent, and the collection includes financial records of the paper in the 1880s and 1890s.
Collection contains materials previously identified as George P. and Mary Tebbetts memorial collection, SBHC Mss 42. Collection
contains materials previously identified as Nathan A. Tebbets autobiography, Wyles SC 238; Collection contains materials previously
identified as George P. and Mary Tebbetts memorial collection, Mss 163.
The collection contains manuscripts, including three diaries dating to 1856, 1863, and 1866, correspondence, photographs,
ledgers/account books, scrapbooks, newspapers (include 1883-1885 Santa Barbara
Daily Independent), papers and documents from the
San Francisco Examiner, and a tape and partial transcript of a recording by Nathan A. Tebbetts. Also nine black-and-white photographs of dirigibles,
mostly above San Francisco, including one of the Graf Zeppelin. Artifacts include three Colt revolvers, one framed oil painting,
and two wooden chests, apparently made at the Anna Blake School.
There also are numerous books from the collection, mainly 19th century works relating to California. These have been cataloged
individually and can be searched in the UCSB Library online catalog. Newspapers have been separated to the Special Collections
newspaper shelves.
No detailed container list presently is available.
Newspapers and numerous books from the collection, mainly 19th century works relating to California, have been cataloged and
can be searched in the UCSB Library online catalog.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
San Francisco examiner Daily independent (Santa Barbara, Calif.)Account books
Chests (case furniture)
Correspondence
Diaries
Ledgers (account books)
Manuscripts (documents)
Newspapers
Oil paintings (visual works)
Photographs
Revolvers (firearms)
Scrapbooks
Transcripts
Tebbetts, George P.
Tebbetts, Nathan A.
Tebbetts, Mary