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Title: Spa History Project
Dates: 1994-1995
Accession number: A2005.003
Creator:
Agua Caliente Cultural Museum
Collection Size:
2 linear feet
Repository:
Agua Caliente Cultural Museum
Palm Springs, California 92262
Abstract: Administrative records and surrogate research materials created and/or collected by Agua Caliente Cultural Museum staff members
in preparation for the Spa History exhibit. Administrative records include drafts of exhibit texts and notes. Research materials
include surrogate newspaper articles, photographs, negatives, and correspondence collected from various sources. This exhibit
outlined the history of the Agua Caliente Hot Spring and explained the legislative and political background behind the development
of the Mineral Spring Parcel. Materials created and/or collected between June 1994 and June 1995."
Physical location: Stored off site. Advance notice required for access.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Collection is open for research.
Ownership of the physical collection belongs to the Agua Caliente Cultural Museum. Literary rights, including copyright, are
retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright
and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where the Agua Caliente Cultural Museum does not
hold the copyright.
[Identification of item], Spa History Project, A2005.003, Agua Caliente Cultural Museum.
Loan.
Biography / Administrative History
Reproductions of historical materials, ephemera, and exhibit text drafts created and/or collected between June 1994 and June
1995 by Agua Caliente Cultural Museum staff members in preparation for the Spa History exhibit. The exhibit was placed on
display at the Spa Hotel in downtown Palm Springs and summarized the history of the Agua Caliente Hot Spring and business
development surrounding this Tribal resource.
Scope and Content of Collection
Administrative records and surrogate research materials created and/or collected by Agua Caliente Cultural Museum staff members
in preparation for the Spa History exhibit. Materials include photographs, ephemera, news articles, and exhibit text drafts.
Some photographs obtained from the Spa Hotel; some surrogate research materials, including historical correspondence, press
releases, and news articles may have been obtained from the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians. Created and/or collected
between June 1994 and June 1995.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection.
Olinger, Vyola
Prieto, Dora
Miguel, Eileen
Patencio, Albert
Chino, Pedro
Banowit, Sam
Simpson, Raymond
Hill, Leonard
Ernst, Roger
Emmons, Glenn
Lee, Rex
Kunkel, Fred
Jackson, R.W.
Siva, Corinne
Dee, Karolyn
Harris, Henry
Curtiss, Shelley S.
Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians
Agua Caliente Cultural Museum
Spa Hotel
Palm Springs Spa
Our Lady of Guadalupe Church
Roman Catholic Bishop of San Diego
United States Geological Survey
Palm Springs
Section 14
Cahuilla
Native American
Agua Caliente Hot Spring
Agua Caliente Bathhouse
H.R. 6060
H.R. 6053
S. 2396
Termination
Mineral Spring Parcel
Indian Avenue
Indian Canyon Drive
Fox Sculpture