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Finding aid of the County Employee Photograph and Film Collection
2006-021  
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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Access
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Processing Information
  • Scope and Content of Collection
  • Arrangement
  • Indexing Terms

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: County employee photograph and film collection
    Dates: 1956-1979
    Bulk Dates: 1956-1958
    Collection number: 2006-021
    Collector: Ott, Marilyn
    Collection Size: .5 cubic foot
    Repository: Santa Clara County Archives.
    San Jose, CA 95112-2527
    Abstract: The County Employee Photograph and Film Collection consist of photographs of county employees and films of a strike at the Berger Drive county building in 1975. The photographs include employees at county events and parties.
    Physical location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult Archives staff.
    Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English

    Access

    Collection is open for research.

    Publication Rights

    The Archives can claim physical ownership only for some collections. Users are responsible for securing permission of the copyright holder for publication or quotation.

    Preferred Citation

    County employee photograph and film collection, 2006-021, Santa Clara County Archives.

    Processing Information

    This collection was processed by Trista Raezer working under NHPRC grant RA-10047-07, the Santa Clara County Archives Project. A fuller account of the grant project is available at the Archives website.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    The County Employee Photograph and Film Collection consist of photographs of county employees and films of a strike at the Berger Drive county building from 1975.
    The photographs were donated by C. J. Neil MacPherson, Facilities Manager and Parks and Recreation Director, and Clara Viso, a Personnel Department employee. The photographs include county events, parties and portraits. Important figures included in the photographs are: Ed Levin, Executive Officer Robert Sorensen, City Manager Dutch Hamann, Supervisor Sam Della Maggiore, Controller Ed Glaeser, and Executive Officer Paul Yarborough.
    There are four films of a strike at the Berger Drive county building from 1975. The black and white films include footage of picketing and graffiti and damage to buildings.

    Arrangement

    This collection is arranged into two series, Photographs and Films.

    Indexing Terms

    The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
    Events
    Film
    Group portraits
    Parties
    Personnel departments--Employees
    Photographs
    Portraits
    Santa Clara County (Calif.)
    Strikes and lockouts