Guide to the Tubbs Family Photographs
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The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Note
Geographical (By Place)--California--Los Angeles Area
Guide to the Tubbs Family Photographs
Collection number: MS-R53
Special Collections and Archives
The UCI Libraries
University of California
Irvine, California
Contact Information
- Special Collections and Archives
- The UCI Libraries
- P.O. Box 19557
- University of California
- Irvine, California 92623-9557
- Phone: (949) 824-3947
- Fax: (949) 824-2472
- Email: spcoll@uci.edu
- URL: http://www.lib.uci.edu/rrsc/speccoll.html
- Processed by:
- Processed by Laura Clark Brown and Irene Wechselberg in 1997. Finding aid revised by Adrian Turner.
- Date Completed:
- 2001
- Encoded by:
- Adrian Turner
© 2001 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Tubbs family photographs,
Date (inclusive): 1882-1904
Collection number: MS-R053
Creator:
Tubbs family
Extent:
0.7 linear feet (1 box and 1 oversize folder)
Repository:
University of California, Irvine. Library. Special Collections and Archives.
Irvine, California 92623-9557
Abstract: This collection consists of 67 photographs (albumen and silver gelatin prints) documenting Orange County cities, Santa Catalina
Island, coastal and surrounding areas, and Tubbs family events and homes. The collection includes photographs of President
Benjamin Harrison's whistle-stop tour through Santa Ana in 1891 and three Southern California coastal missions: San Juan Capistrano,
San Luis Rey, and Santa Barbara. Two photographs show the opening of the Santa Ana Valley Irrigation Company's (SAVI) 700
foot siphon in Olive on April 14, 1892, a significant event which brought water to the farms of Tustin, Orange, and Santa
Ana. Other photographs depict World War I draftees from Orange County.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and
their heirs. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.
Preferred Citation
Tubbs Family Photographs. MS-R53. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Mabel Louise Tubbs, 1973.
Processing History
Processed by Laura Clark Brown and Irene Wechselberg in 1997. Finding aid revised by Adrian Turner in 2001.
Biography
Lewis W. Tubbs, judge and rancher, moved from Iowa to California in 1849 to pursue a mining venture. He returned to Iowa shortly
thereafter, establishing himself as a stock and grain producer. Volney V. Tubbs (b. 1868), one of Lewis's six sons and daughters,
followed the path of his father and moved to California in 1887 or 1888. He settled in Tustin and was active in agricultural
and civic affairs. He served on the Board of Directors of the Santiago Orange Association and was also chairman of the Board
of Exemption during World War I. He married Lillian M. Dixson and had four children, including Dixson Tubbs and Mabel Louise
Tubbs, the donor of this collection.
For further biographical information, see Samuel Armor's
History of Orange County, California (Los Angeles: Historic Record Co., 1921), 987-988.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
This collection consists of 67 photographs (albumen and silver gelatin prints) documenting Orange County cities, Santa Catalina
Island, coastal and surrounding areas, and Tubbs family events and homes. The collection includes photographs of President
Benjamin Harrison's whistle-stop tour through Santa Ana in 1891 and three Southern California coastal missions: San Juan Capistrano,
San Luis Rey, and Santa Barbara. Two photographs show the opening of the Santa Ana Valley Irrigation Company's (SAVI) 700
foot siphon in Olive on April 14, 1892, a significant event which brought water to the farms of Tustin, Orange, and Santa
Ana. Other photographs depict World War I draftees from Orange County.
A majority of these photographs are mounted on printed cards and were taken by the Santa Ana-based photographer B.F. Conaway.
Photographs are arranged by city or regional area, followed by images documenting Southern California coastal missions.
Separation Note
The following pamphlet was removed from this collection and cataloged separately:
- Santa Ana Board of Trade.
Orange County, California, 1891: history, soil, climate, resources, advantages (Santa Ana: The Board, 1891).
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Tubbs family--Photograph collections.
Mission San Juan Capistrano--Photographs.
San Luis Rey Mission (Calif.)--Photographs.
Santa Barbara Mission--Photographs.
Orange County (Calif.)--Photographs.
Orange County (Calif.)--Archival resources.
Santa Catalina Island (Calif.)--Photographs.
Avalon (Calif.)--Photographs.
Laguna Beach (Calif.)--Photographs.
Santa Ana (Calif.)--Photographs.
Tustin (Calif.)--Photographs.
Genres and Forms of Material
Photographic prints--California--Orange County--19th century.
Other Index Terms Related to this Collection
Tubbs, Mabel Louise, former owner.
Collection Contents
Box 1 : 1-15
Cities and regional areas
Box 1 : 2
Corona Del Mar (Rocky Point), 1904
Box 1 : 3-5
Laguna Beach and Laguna Canyon
Box 1 : 4
Lawn tennis grounds, 1889
Box 1 : 5
Scenes of beach, Laguna Hotel, and Laguna Camp, 1895 and undated
Box 1 : 6
Newport Bay, sailing and sunset scenes, 1901-1902
Box 1 : 8
Olive, opening of SAVI siphon, 1892
Box 1 : 9
San Diego, "marriage place of 'Ramona' at Old San Diego," undated
Box 1 : 10
Main St., Bridle Path, and "I.O.O.F. Parade," 1891 and undated
Box 1 : 11
President Benjamin Harrison, 1891 April 23
Folder XOS
World War I draftees' group portraits, posing in front of Court House, panoramic photographs, undated.
Physical Description:
5 items.
Box 1 : 13
Harbor views, 1889 and undated
Box 1 : 14
Houses, including house of Lewis W. Tubbs, 1888 and undated
Box 1 : 15
Tennis grounds and Main St., 1889 and undated
Box 1 : 16
San Juan Capistrano, undated
Box 1 : 18
Santa Barbara, images of building and group portrait of friars, ca. 1882
