Finding aid of the Waddingham Slide Collection and Papers
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Finding aid of the Waddingham Slide Collection and Papers
Collection number: MSS 260
Holt-Atherton Department of Special CollectionsUniversity of the Pacific Library
Stockton, California
- Encoded by:
- Shan Sutton
© 2006 University of the Pacific. All rights reserved.
Title: Waddingham slide collection and papers
Dates: 1950-1980
Collection number: MSS 260
Creator:
Waddingham, Francis
Collection Size:
15 linear feet
Repository:
University of the Pacific. Library. Holt-Atherton Dept. of Special Collections
Stockton, California 95211
Abstract: Slides, photograph, and documents on a variety of California topics and locations.
Physical location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Collection open for research.
Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Waddingham slide collection and papers. MSS 260. Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific
Library.
Biography / Administrative History
Francis Waddingham taught physics and photography at Westchester High School, Los Angeles, Calif. (1950-1980). His wife, Gladys,
taught foreign languages at Inglewood, Calif. High School. Both were active in southern California and state historical societies.
Francis Waddingham used his skills as a photographer to document their interest in California hotels, scenery and early buildings.
Francis and Gladys Waddingham gave frequent slide lectures to local historical and service organizations.
Scope and Content of Collection
Box 1 contains slides, picture postcards and scripts describing Gold Rush country in east central California. Boxes 2 and
3 contain slides, correspondence, clippings relating to California hotels and restaurants. Box 4 contains materials on western
hotels outside California. Box 5 contains printed materials on California water issues. Box 6 contains photographs of California
sierra and desert wilderness. Boxes 7-14 contain slides of historic homes, hotels, railroad cars, stage coaches, ships, harbors,
mines and water projects arranged alphabetically by county.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Hotels - California - Photographs
Architecture - California - Photographs
Mines and mineral resources - California - Photographs
California - Pictorial works
California - Description and travel