Finding aid of the County Employee Photograph and Film Collection
Trista Raezer
Santa Clara County Archives
1875 Senter Road
San Jose, CA 95112-2527
Phone: (408) 755-7895
Fax: (408) 755-7897
URL: http://archives.sccgov.org
Email: Archives@ceo.sccgov.org
© 2008
Santa Clara County. All rights reserved.
Finding aid of the County Employee Photograph and Film Collection
Collection number: 2006-021
Santa Clara County Archives
San Jose, California
- Processed by:
- Trista Raezer
- Date Completed:
- 2008
- Encoded by:
- Trista Raezer
© 2008 Santa Clara County. All rights reserved.
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.
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
Box: 1
Series I:
Photographs,
circa 1950s-1980s
Physical Description: 4 folders
Series Scope and Content
This series contains photographs of county employees at events and parties.
Box/Folder: 1/1
Photographs presented by C. J. Neil MacPherson,
circa 1950s-1970s
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box/Folder 1/2
Community Leaders,
circa 1950s
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box/Folder 1/3
Community Events,
circa 1950s
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box/Folder 1/4
Pictures presented by Clara Viso, Personnel Department,
circa 1950s-1980s
Physical Description: 1 folder
Box: 1
Series II
Films,
1975-1979
Physical Description: 5 films
Series Scope and Content
This series contains films of a strike.
Box/Folder: 1/1
Memorandum,
May 3, 1979
Physical Description: 1 folder
Scope and Content Note
Memo from Chief Photographer, Eddie Chong, to C. J. MacPherson, Facilities Manager, on May 3, 1979. Memo explains Chong's
involvement in filming the strike at Berger Drive.
Box/Folder: 1/2-5
Film,
July 14-15, 1975
Physical Description: 4 films
Scope and Content Note
Films of picketers,strike graffiti and damage to building.