Guide to the Don Rivett collection
Margaret Janssen
Center for Sacramento History
551 Sequoia Pacific Blvd.
Sacramento, California 95811-0229
Phone: (916) 808-7072
Fax: (916) 264-7582
Email: csh@cityofsacramento.org
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Center for Sacramento History. All rights reserved.
Guide to the Don Rivett collection
Collection number: MS0080
Center for Sacramento History
Sacramento, CA
- Processed by:
- Margaret Janssen
- Date Completed:
- 2012
- Encoded by:
- Kim Hayden, 2020
© 2020 Center for Sacramento History. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Don Rivett collection
Dates: 1895-2007
Bulk Dates: 1960-2000
Collection number: MS0080
Creator:
Rivett, Donald (1917-2009)
Creator:
Rivett, Alfred Irving (1891-1974)
Collection Size:
9.63 linear feet (9 boxes)
Repository:
Center for Sacramento History
Sacramento, California 95811-0229
Abstract: The collection documents Sacramento amateur historian Don Rivett’s activities with local historical associations, employment
with Sacramento County Parks and Recreation, and his family. He had a hand in the creation of the Sacramento History Museum
and registering Old Sacramento as a historic landmark. Rivett was a member of the Historic Landmark Commission, Sacramento
History Center (now the Center for Sacramento History), Sacramento Pioneer Association and Foundation, and Sacramento County
Historical Society. Each organization has its own series that contains meeting minutes, membership information, newsletters,
brochures, clippings, ephemera, and material related to specific projects. County Parks and Recreation material documents
his work and projects, including work with buildings on the historic register. Material related to his family documents his
father Alfred “Irving” Rivett’s work with the California Division of Highways and various historical associations, his grandfather
Edgar Rivett, the family’s church activities, and various family members’ interests.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Access
Collection is open for research use.
Publication Rights
All requests to publish or quote from private manuscripts held by the Center for Sacramento History (CSH) must be submitted
in writing to csh@cityofsacramento.org. Permission for publication is given on behalf of CSH 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 patron.
No permission is necessary to publish or quote from public records.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item and/or item number], [box and folder number], Don Rivett collection, MS0080, Center for Sacramento
History.
Acquisition Information
Acquired from the Don Rivett family in 2010 (accession number 2010/019).
Processing Information
Processing and finding aid by Margaret Janssen, 2011-2012. Finding aid edited by Kim Hayden, 2020.
Biography / Administrative History
Don Rivett was a local amateur historian who worked with the Sacramento County Department of Parks and Recreation. Along with
his father, he was a member of the Sacramento Historic Landmarks Commission, the Sacramento County Historical Society, and
the Sacramento Pioneer Association. He also worked with docents at the Sacramento History Museum. Through his affiliation
with historical societies and his work at the county, Rivett helped to register Old Sacramento as a historic landmark.
Rivett was a descendent of a Sacramento pioneer family. His great-grandfather John Rivett came from England to California
at the beginning of the Gold Rush and set up shop in the mercantile business. By 1852, he’d sent for his fiancée, Sarah Cook,
and they were married in San Francisco then settled in Sacramento. The couple briefly returned to England to settle Sarah’s
father’s estate, and John died there from tuberculosis. They had three sons, one of which, Edgar Henry was Don Rivett’s grandfather.
Edgar Henry Rivett was born in England in 1859. He returned to Sacramento with his mother and brothers, where they lived off
the sale of John’s business, which had been sold to W. P. Fuller. Edgar and one of his brothers opened a printing business,
A. and E. Rivett, and later he worked for the post office, rising through the ranks to become postmaster in Oak Park. He and
his wife, Georgie McFarland Rivett, were married in 1885. They were members of the Westminster Presbyterian Church and Fremont
Presbyterian Church. Edgar died in 1952.
Their son Alfred Irving Rivett, known as Irving, was born in Sacramento in 1891. He also worked for the post office, first
as a bicycle courier then as a clerk. He attended University of Nevada where he earned a degree in engineering, then returned
to Sacramento. Irving married Ora Lea Lain in 1915 and began work for the California State Division of Highways as a draftsman.
They had two children, twins Donald and Dexter. Irving worked in Bay Area shipyards during World War I, resuming his work
with the Highway Division after the war. He ultimately became a safety engineer with that department, working on many road
safety campaigns and speaking to civic and educational groups all over the state. He later helped develop educational programs
for teachers of college and high school drivers’ education classes. Irving died in 1974 and Ora died in 1976.
Donald Irving Rivett was born in 1917 to Irving and Ora in the old Mercy Hospital on R Street. Rivett grew up near today’s
Franklin Boulevard and Broadway, and he spent his boyhood playing in Oak Park and Joyland. He briefly worked on the Mack ranch
south of town, where he learned to milk cows and drive a tractor. He started attending Sacramento High School, but when his
father was transferred by the State Division of Highways to Stockton, Rivett finished high school there and attended College
of the Pacific. He returned to Sacramento about 1938 and worked for the city in its recreation department, particularly at
Camp Sacramento. Part of his work with the city was to help manage the transient housing and soup kitchen. He worked part
time for the California State Fair and continued to do so for about 15 years before and after the war, sometimes as a tree
topper and laborer and then as assistant director of special events.
When World War II started in Europe, Rivett joined the army in 1941 and shipped overseas before Pearl Harbor, serving in Europe
and Africa. He served 10 campaigns with the infantry, including a commando unit, and finished his duty as an instructor with
the Foreign Legion. When the war ended in Europe, he was transferred to the Pacific theater, but Japan surrendered before
he was sent there.
After the war, Rivett married Virginia Moore in 1946. He held various jobs, first with Continental Chemical Company, then
the Junior Chamber of Commerce, and the City of Sacramento for eight years as a probation and parole officer. He worked for
the Associated Home Builders from the mid-1950s until 1970 when he accepted a job with the Sacramento County Department of
Parks and Recreation. He also worked with the Sacramento Symphony for a time in the 1950s through 1970.
Rivett retired in 1980, but remained busy with his membership in local historical groups. He died in 2009 in Sacramento.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection primarily documents Rivett’s membership and work with local historical organizations, specifically the Historic
Landmark Commission, Sacramento History Center (now known as the Center for Sacramento History), Sacramento Pioneer Association
and Foundation, and Sacramento County Historical Society.
Each historical organization has its own series, which typically contain meeting minutes, membership information, newsletters,
brochures, clippings, ephemera, and material related to specific projects, including historic landmarks, dedication ceremonies,
Old Sacramento, the Pioneer Bridge, and the Sacramento History Museum.
The collection also documents Rivett’s work with Sacramento County Parks and Recreation, particularly buildings on the historic
register, and to a lesser extent, his family, including an entire series of material collected or created by his father Alfred
“Irving” Rivett and his work with the California Division of Highways and various historical associations. The Other Rivett
family material focuses on Edgar Rivett, the family’s church activities, and various family members’ interests.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into 7 series:
- Series 1. Historic Landmark Commission, 1960-1972
- Series 2. Sacramento History Center, ca. 1972-1990, bulk 1985-1990
- Series 3. Sacramento Pioneer Association and Foundation, 1967-2007
- Series 4. Sacramento County Historical Society, 1960-2001
- Series 5. Sacramento County Parks and Recreation, 1915-2002, bulk 1965-1985
- Series 6. Alfred Irving Rivett, 1932-1974
- Series 7. Rivett Family interests and church activities, 1895-2001
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
California. Division of Highways
Center for Sacramento History
Historic Landmark Commission (Sacramento, Calif.)
Old Sacramento Historic District (Sacramento, Calif.)
Sacramento County (Calif.). Department of Parks and Recreation
Sacramento County Historical Society
Sacramento History Center
Sacramento History Museum
Sacramento Pioneer Association
Historic landmarks -- Sacramento (Calif.)
History -- Sacramento (Calif.)
History -- Societies, etc. -- Sacramento (Calif.)
Social life and customs – Sacramento (Calif.)
Series 1.
Historic Landmark Commission
1960-1972
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series contains records created or collected by Don Rivett when he was a member of the Sacramento Historic Landmark Commission,
from 1960 to 1972. The commission was founded by the City of Sacramento in 1953 to manage and collect artifacts for a Sacramento
history museum, advise city council on historic landmarks, study local sites for potential landmark status, and place historic
markers. Directors were appointed by city council, who approved the annual budget. The first museum, a joint venture with
the city and county, was located at Pioneer Hall on 7th Street in the 1960s. By 1969 the Commission was jointly funded by
the city and county. It disbanded in 1972, after which the city and county developed the Sacramento Museum and History Commission
as a new advisory group.
Material in this series includes correspondence; meeting minutes, packets, and agenda; membership rosters; resolutions and
bylaws; reports; guidelines for recommending landmarks and suggested landmarks; photographs; clippings; ephemera; brochures,
maps, and other documents related to federal and state historic registrations and dedication ceremonies in Old Sacramento;
and photographs and correspondence related to construction and dedication of the Pioneer Bridge.
Box 1, Folder 1
Correspondence
1957-07-1963-01
General
1957 was from State Library asking about family papers regarding John Rivett from the Gold Rush era; 1962 was when Irving
Rivett resigned from the Commission and recommended his son Don as a member
Box 1, Folder 2
Correspondence
1963-04-1965-06
Box 1, Folder 3
Correspondence
1965-07-1966-04
Box 1, Folder 4
Correspondence
1966-05-1969-05
Box 1, Folder 5
Correspondence
1969-06-1973-09
Box 1, Folder 6
Meeting Minutes
1957-03-1965-03
General
1957 was first meeting Don’s father attended as a new member
Box 1, Folder 7
Meeting Minutes
1965-04-1969-12
Box 1, Folder 8
Meeting Minutes
1970-01-1973-03
Box 1, Folder 9
Rosters and Organization
undated
Box 1, Folder 10
Report - “Statement of Policy” study
1972
Box 1, Folder 11
Reports
1964-1965
General
Reports include: “Old Sacramento: Its Historical Significance” (1964); “Basic List of Identified Sites” (1964); National
Association of Restoration Specialists (1965); Pony Express article; “16th Annual Wagon Train Caravan," Hiway 50 Association
(1965); Gold Rush article, Motorland (March-April 1966).
Box 1, Folder 12
Report - “Telling the Sacramento Story”
1960
General
One copy has hand-drawn map on back.
Box 1, Folder 13
Reports by Janice A. Woodruff
undated
General
Includes “Christmas in California Long Ago” and “Brief Information About Sacramento County”
Mapcase 20:04, Folder 1
Reports
undated
General
Includes Renewal booklet from Sacramento; “Preserving Historic America” by the Department of Housing and Urban Development
Box 1, Folder 14
Criteria used by Commission, and Landmarks
ca. 1955-1970
General
Includes “Report of Joint Committee to Recommend Artifacts Policy” (December 5, 1969); old and proposed new criteria; Statement
of Policy for State Historic Landmark Designation (undated); “Suggestions Concerning Possible Awards for Restoration and Maintenance
of Historic Structures in Sacramento” by Janice A. Woodruff; map of Sacramento historic markers; lists of landmarks in Sacramento
city and county; status report of landmarks in place or missing (up to 1964); proposal for historic marker for the Alhambra
Theater; worksheets for the Landmarks Survey
Box 1, Folder 15
Old Sacramento - Reports and Resolutions
undated
Box 1, Folder 16
Old Sacramento - Correspondence and Historical Research
undated
Box 1, Folder 17
Old Sacramento - City Council Notes and Ordinances
undated
General
Also includes information on a senate bill allowing local governments to establish historic districts
Box 1, Folder 18
Old Sacramento - Preparations for Dedication Ceremonies
1965-1966
Box 1, Folder 19
Pioneer Bridge
1964-1966
General
Includes newspaper articles about construction; minutes of Committee to Name the W-X Street Bridge (1965); dedication ephemera;
correspondence.
Box 1, Folder 20, Mapcase 20:04, Folder 1
Brochures, Other News Articles, and Invitations
ca. 1950-1990
General
Material is related to Sacramento's new harbor; new 29-30th Streets Freeway; “S.O.S.” or “Save Old Sacramento”; John Breuner
company; Steen’s Corner in Oak Park; Pony Express statue and wooden plaque; 28th Annual native Sons of the Golden West Public
Speaking Contest; the commission; historic landmarks; Old Sacramento development and specific buildings; Del Dayo historic
home; Folsom; Dr. Joseph McGowan; new convention center and history of the old city; Interstate 5 construction; Pioneer Bridge;
Capitol Mall and Capitol building; Sacramento redevelopment.
Series 2.
Sacramento History Center
ca. 1972-1990
1985-1990
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series is made up of material created or collected by Don Rivett when he was a board member of the Sacramento History
Center and a founder of the Sacramento History Museum. During the 1980s and 1990s, the history center was an offshoot of the
Sacramento Museum and History Commission. The organization started with an emphasis on museum collections, but a large donation
of county archives in 1976 shifted the focus, and the organization became the official archival repository for both the city
and county. The museum, at the time called the Sacramento History Center but now known as the Sacramento History Museum, was
built in Old Sacramento in 1985. Collections were stored in the Mayflower Building on 20th Street until a new storage building
was built on Sequoia Pacific Boulevard in 1990. The organization went through two name changes after its move to Sequoia Pacific:
the Sacramento Archives and Museum Collection Center (SAMCC), then, in 2009, the Center for Sacramento History.
Material in this series dates from circa 1972 to 1990, with the bulk from 1985 to 1990. It includes correspondence; meeting
minutes, packets, and agenda; member rosters and bylaws; newsletters; speaker presentations; museum support foundation records;
docent lists, training materials, recruitment efforts, and newsletters; brochures; and reports.
Box 1, Folder 21
Incorporation and Reorganization
undated
Box 1, Folder 22
Meeting Minutes
1985-1986
Box 1, Folder 25
Meeting Minutes
1989-01-1989-05
Box 2, Folder 1
Meeting Minutes
1989-06-1989-10
Box 2, Folder 2
Meeting Minutes
1989-11-1989-12
Box 2, Folder 3
Meeting Minutes
1990-01-1990-03
Box 2, Folder 4
Meeting Minutes
1990-04-1990-08
Box 2, Folder 5
Centerlines newsletter
1987-02-1990-07
Box 2, Folder 6
Timelines newsletter
1990-08-1993-11
Box 2, Folder 7
Interchange newsletter
1987-1988
Box 2, Folder 8
Friends of the Museum History and Membership
undated
Box 2, Folder 9
Friends of the Museum PAGE Newsletter
1972-09-1986-11
Box 2, Folder 10
Friends of the Museum Meetings and Bylaws
1985-02-1986-05
Box 2, Folder 11
Speakers Bureau, Community Presentations
undated
Box 2, Folder 12
"Centering" docents newsletter
1986-11-1988-12
Box 2, Folder 13
Docents Meetings, Parties, and Graduations
undated
Box 2, Folder 15
Docents Rosters
1984-1985
Box 2, Folder 16
Docent Council and Steering Committee
undated
Box 2, Folder 17
Docents Recruitment
undated
Box 2, Folder 19
Docents Training Materials
undated
Box 2, Folder 20
Docents Training Materials
undated
Box 2, Folder 21
Docents Training Materials, semester 1
undated
Box 2, Folder 22
Docents Training Materials, semester 2
undated
Box 2, Folder 23-24
Brochures and advertisements
undated
Series 3.
Sacramento Pioneer Association and Foundation
1967-2007
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series is made up of material created or collected by Don Rivett when he was a member of the Sacramento Pioneer Association.
Founded in 1854, the association restricted membership to those who had arrived in the city before the end of 1849. The group
built Pioneer Hall in 1868 on 7th Street, and members donated books and family heirlooms to create a library and museum. In
1873, the group changed its name to Sacramento Society of California Pioneers, and in 1891, they opened membership to the
children of members, forming an auxiliary called the Sacramento Society of Sons and Daughters of Pioneers. The auxiliary and
original association merged in 1909. In 1966, the group formed a trust with a foundation to manage it, and changed its name
to the Pioneer Memorial Trust and Sacramento Pioneer Foundation. In 1970, they changed the name back to the original Sacramento
Pioneer Association.
This series contains material for both the Sacramento Pioneer Association and its foundation. Association material include
member rosters, meetings minutes and records, newsletters, reports, brochures, and ephemera. Foundation material includes
meeting minutes and records, museum and docent records, and reports.
Box 2, Folder 26
Association Member Rosters and Organization
1976-1998
Box 2, Folder 27
Foundation Meetings and Minutes
1967-1970
Box 2, Folder 28
Association Meetings and Minutes
1970-2002
Box 2, Folder 29
Association Newsletters
1979-1989
Box 2, Folder 30
Association Newsletters
1990-1997; 2007
Box 3, Folder 1
Association Ephemera and Historical Articles
undated
General
Includes a menu from "Buckboard" restaurant; brochures and a Christmas card about Pioneer Hall; "Song of the Argonauts";
organization of the "Pioneer Society" in 1854; copy of "Day Book" page with signatures of Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and
William H. Taft; history of The Pacific Express; Sutter memorial booklet.
Box 3, Folder 2
Sacramento City and County Museum
1967-1994
General
Includes description and history of the museum; ephemera; articles; annual report (1986-1987); postcards.
Box 3, Folder 3
Sacramento City and County Museum, Docent Guide for History Center
undated
Box 3, Folder 4
Sacramento City and County Museum, Other Museum Information
1963-1984
General
"Research material about museums.
Series 4.
Sacramento County Historical Society
1960-2001
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series consists of material created or collected by Don Rivett when he was a member of the Sacramento County Historical
Society in the 1990s. The society was formed in 1953 and began producing its Golden Notes publication in 1954. Members held
monthly meetings, went on outings to historical places, and donated their time toward historic dedications and preservation.
Material includes society bylaws and rules; board meeting minutes and agenda; birthday celebration committee records; oral
history program records; records on the Old City Cemetery, Pioneer Burial Ground, and other historic cemeteries; copies of
Golden Nuggets publications with Rivett’s notes; Golden Notes research and publishing records; ephemera; clippings; and records
and photographs related to Old Sacramento’s preservation, restoration, and celebrations.
Box 3, Folder 5
Membership and organization records
ca. 1964-1997
General
Includes bylaws, standing rules, invitation, proposal to form a Council with other history-oriented civic groups, list of
board members (1997).
Box 3, Folder 6
Board Meetings
1995-2001
General
Includes handwritten and typed notes, minutes, agenda, calendars, meeting attachments, and meeting notices.
Box 3, Folder 7, Mapcase 20:04, Folder 2
Sacramento Birthday Celebrations Ephemera
1964-1995
Box 3, Folder 8
Sacramento Birthday Celebrations Minutes and Correspondence
1964-1969
General
Correspondence concerns membership appointments on board, inviting Mayor Marriott to a meeting, Henry Lynch's resignation
from a committee, and the Native Daughters of the Golden West.
Box 3, Folder 9
Oral history program
ca. 1995
Box 3, Folder 10
Old cemeteries
1998-2000
General
Contains committee meeting records; clippings; Old City Cemetery clippings and brochures; brochure for dedication of interment
of Dr. Benjamin Pendery at East Lawn; and material related to East Lawn, Catholic cemeteries in Sacramento, and the Pioneer
Burial Grounds.
Box 3, Folder 11
Golden Nuggets records
1986-1998
Box 3, Folder 12
Golden Notes records
1965-1995
Box 3, Folder 13, Mapcase 20:04, Folder 2
Ephemera and Research Articles
ca. 1965-1999
General
Includes a postcard of a street scene with trolley at 7th and K Street, Sacramento; fliers for Pony Express, California Pioneer
Living Memorial, Sacramento County Historical Society, Gold Country Tour (1993); Christmas card with reproductions of Hutching’s California
Magazine illustrations (1988); typed list of Sacramento Historic Landmarks; copy of Sutter’s deed to John Sutter Jr.; news
clippings and articles; cartoons from Sac Bee “Our Town” series, for Elk Grove, Isleton, Courtland, and Galt; “California
Sketches” newspaper pictures of famous local buildings; chronology of Sacramento history; reproduction of reader’s letter
about Sacramento in 1856 to newspaper “The Boston Cultivator” about Sacramento; history journals; fliers and brochures about
plaque dedication ceremonies, restaurants, Sacramento and Woodland museums, and Stanford-Lathrop home; copy of “Diary of William
H. Kilgore”; photocopy of Frank Christy’s history of the SCHS since its' founding; newspaper article about Caroline Wenzel
(1968)
Box 3, Folder 14
Old Sacramento, Morse Building Restoration
1968
General
"Includes an invitation from Sacramento Redevelopment Agency to the dedication ceremony; “Old Sacramento Exchange” newsletter
from redevelopment agency about Morse; typed history of the Morse Building"
Box 3, Folder 15
Old Sacramento, Big Four Building
1966-1969
General
Includes meeting minutes, including minutes of the Big Four Ground Breaking Ceremony Committee; news article; ground breaking
ceremony flyers.
Box 3, Folder 16, Mapcase 20:04, Folder 2
Old Sacramento, Trains
1968-1999
General
Contains clippings and articles; material related to the creation of a train museum in Old Sacramento; Railfair ephemera;
“Save the Depot Coalition” plea letters to Sacramento County Historical Society (1999); various train ephemera; replica map
of California Pacific Railroad in the 19th century.
Box 3, Folder 17, Mapcase 20:04, Folder 2
Old Sacramento, Golden Spike Celebration
1963-1969
General
Contains ephemera; correspondence; Citizens Committee meeting minutes; clippings and articles; special edition from Sacramento
Bee, May 4, 1969, “The Golden Spike” Centennial Edition
Box 3, Folder 18, Mapcase 20:04, Folder 2
Old Sacramento, Development
1964-1998
General
Includes articles and clippings about steamboats, the Delta King, the Historical Landmarks Commission's approval of Old City
Plan, and demolition and construction in Old Sacramento; city resolution and county ordinance; postcard and walking tour maps
for Old Sacramento; programs for Dedication of Old Sacramento as National Historic Landmark; Sacramento Redevelopment Agency
booklet on Old Sacramento; correspondence; “Sidewalk History Pioneer Sites of Old Sacramento” published by City of Sacramento;
blueprint of proposed development of Old Sacramento, pre-Train Museum (moved to Oversize file) "
Box 3, Folder 19, Mapcase 20:04, Folder 2
Old Sacramento, Development, Reports
1960-1965
General
Reports include Redevelopment Plan for Proposed Capitol Mall Extension (1960); Security Title Company quarterly booklet,
with Old Sacramento article (1965); two copies (one revised) of V. Aubrey Neasham’s booklet, “Old Sacramento: A Reference
Point in Time,” (1965)
Box 3, Folder 20
Old Sacramento, Development, Reports
1964
General
Contains the Consultant’s report “Old Sacramento Historic Area and Riverfront Park” by Candeub, Fleissig & Associates
Box 3, Folder 21
Old Sacramento, Development, Reports
1960
General
“Old Sacramento: A Report on Its Significance …” by Division of Beaches and parks, Department of Natural Resources, State
of California; and
Mapcase 20:04, Folder 2
Old Sacramento, Development, Reports
1960
General
“Historic Old Sacramento” by Sacramento Redevelopment Agency
Box 3, Folder 22
Old Sacramento, photographic slides (possibly taken by Frederic Heitfeld)
undated
Mapcase 20:04, Folder 2
Maps, blueprints, and oversized items
undated
General
Contains large posters, two reproductions about train celebration anniversaries (one is Union Pacific Platte Valley Route
leaving Omaha May 10, 1869, and the other is Salt Lake City Great Event May 10, 1969; map of Old Sacramento and blueprints
of building elevations for restored building there.
Series 5.
Sacramento County Parks and Recreation
1915-2002
1965-1985
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series documents Don Rivett’s work with the Sacramento County Parks and Recreation Department, where he was employed
from 1970 to 1980. Material includes an early park history, county employee rosters, memoranda, area studies, draft nominations
and filings for buildings on the historic register, maps, correspondence, maps and reports about the Delta, reports and park
histories, and records related to specific projects, including the department’s historical sites advisory committee and various
task forces, the redevelopment and restoration of Old Sacramento, and the American River Parkway, Cosumnes River parks, and
other parks
Box 4, Folder 1
History of Sacramento City Parks, Laws for County Parks
undated
General
Includes a history of Sacramento City Parks; page from an institute agenda with partial list of city parks; diagram by Walt
Ueda of a traffic barrier; Sacramento County Park Ordinance for County Code, Chapter 9.36; definitions used in map analysis;
layout of county Branch Center on Kiefer Boulevard; notice to Sacramento County retired employees about cost of living increases
Box 4, Folder 2
Personnel of County Parks and Recreation
1970-2002
General
Includes correspondence, employee rosters, and newsletters. Much of the correspondence is related to retirees.
Box 4, Folder 3
County Parks
ca. 1960-1980
General
Maps and lists of local parks, acreage of county parks either owned or managed (1972); brochures about specific county parks;
nature trail books for Ancil Hoffman Park; “Planning Your Playground” by J. E. Burke Company; Summer Recreation Bulletin for
Davis 1963, and brochure on campfire rules.
Box 4, Folder 4
Folsom Area
undated
General
Includes a map of City of Folsom with Proposed Development of Natoma area and a booklet about riding trails around Folsom
Lake State Park, “Sacramento – Squaw Valley Secondary Trail” (1952)
Box 4, Folder 5
El Dorado Hills
undated
General
Includes Preliminary Geological Study of El Dorado Hills by Reinard Brandley, Consulting Civil Engineer; “El Dorado Hills
Voice of the Village” newsletter (July 1963); Recreational Park and Playground Planning Guide for El Dorado Hills
Mapcase 20:04, Folder 3
El Dorado Hills, map of initial development
undated
Box 4, Folder 6
Rancho Murieta
1978-1985
General
Includes correspondence from Walt Ueda requesting Don to research and summarize previous work on the Rancho Murieta agreement
(July 1985); conveyance agreement and river access easements in Rancho Murieta (December 1978)
Box 4, Folder 7
American River, Save the River Campaign,
ca. 1964
General
Includes Save the American River Association (SARA) brochure and membership application (1964); Sunset Magazine article
re-print, “How the American River was ‘Saved’” (October 1964)
Mapcase 20:04, Folder 3
American River, Save the River Campaign, topographical map of Desolation Valley, showing upper canyon of South Fork American
River, ca. 1964
Box 4, Folder 8
American River, News and Brochures
1972-1978
Box 4, Folder 9
American River, Environmental Reviews
1973
General
Includes the preliminary “Vegetation and Wildlife Report” by Environmental Assessment Engineering; four memoranda bound
into one report: “Angler Access – Lower American River,” “Required Fishing Access – American River Parkway,” Historic Resources
of the American River Parkway,” and “American River Parkway, An Archaeological Perspective”
Box 4, Folder 10
American River, Project Reviews
1973-1974
General
Includes “Return to the River Report” (April 1973); draft “American River Parkway General Review Program Study Report I”
(September 1973); "American River Parkway Review” journal (April 1974)
Box 4, Folder 11
American River, Project Reviews, 1977
General
"Includes “An Unusual Challenge – American River Parkway” by Don Nance and Walt Ueda, Journal of the Urban Planning and Development
Division (July 1977); “Preliminary Lower American River Waterway Management Plan” by State of California, Resources Agency,
Department of Fish and Game "
Box 4, Folder 12
American River, History Plan, Contents and Pre-History
undated
General
"Includes Don’s notes and editing comments; History Plan, Title Page and Contents; History Plan, chapter on Pre-History
"
Box 4, Folder 13
American River, History Plan, Hispanic and Pre-Conquest chapters
undated
Box 4, Folder 14
American River, History Plan, Gold Rush and Transportation chapters
undated
Box 4, Folder 15
American River, History Plan, Floods and Agriculture chapters
undated
Box 4, Folder 16
American River, History Plan, Industry and Land Colonization chapters
undated
Box 4, Folder 17
American River, History Plan, final chapter on the Parkway and Bibliography
undated
Box 4, Folder 18
American River, Parkway Plan and Maps
1968-1976
General
Includes “American River Parkway” book, Parts One and Two, prepared by Sacramento County Planning Department (1968); map
of “Jedediah Smith National Recreation Trail, American River Parkway” (July 1976); “River Running Map of the American River
Parkway” brochure by the State of California, Resources Agency, Department of Boating and Waterways
Mapcase 20:04, Folder 3
American River, "Plan for American River Parkway" map
undated
General
Undated, but map was created after I-5 was built and CSUS was still called “State College”
Box 4, Folder 19
American River, “A Proposal: North Fork American Wild and Scenic River” book by USDA Forest Service
undated
Box 4, Folder 20
Cosumnes River, book and map
1963-1965
General
Includes “Cosumnes River Division Initial Phase, Central Valley Project” by US Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife
Service (1963); map of Cosumnes River Project, eastern section (June 1965)
Box 4, Folder 21
Cosumnes River, report, “Preliminary Study Report II, A Draft Resource Conservation Plan for the Cosumnes River Basin” by
Jones & Stokes Associates
1974
Box 4, Folder 22
Cosumnes River, additional reports
ca. 1962-1974
General
Includes “Preliminary Study Report III, Implementation Strategies for the Cosumnes River Basin” by Jones & Stokes Associates
(1974); “Addendum… Phase I: Resources of the Cosumnes River Basin, A Data Base” by Jones & Stokes Associates, 1974; “Rivers
of California” booklet, excerpt from PG&E Progress (1962)
Mapcase 20:04, Folder 3
Cosumnes River, Resource Conservation Plan map
undated
Box 4, Folder 23
Historical Sites and Advisory Committee,
ca. 1970-1975
General
Includes correspondence and memos; list of recognized historic sites and Indian mounds; clippings; recommendation for Historic
Site recognition for Sutter’s Landing (1970); research documents, news articles, and draft recommendation for the Sacramento
Valley Railroad Historic District; design for historic marker for town of Locke, Sacramento County; examples of other California
county ordinances for historic preservation
Box 4, Folder 24
Task Force, Airport Entrance Beautification
1971-1974
General
Includes member lists; correspondence; meeting agenda and minutes; articles; county codes for Sign Regulations chapter 16,
and definitions; “Entrance to the Capitol – Interstate 5 Corridor Beautification Project” report; map of Sacramento with pictures
of airport shown and a radius map of travel time to the airport (1971)
Box 4, Folder 25
Task Force, Open Space
1974-1975
General
Includes “Report of the Open Space Task Force” by Department of Parks and Recreation, draft copy with edits (January 28,
1974); draft copy of county policy regarding open spaces as per the 1973 General Plan (January 28, 1975); proposal for Open
Space uses (January 29, 1975); Methods to finance proposed Open Space Maintenance District (January 29, 1975)
Box 4, Folder 26
Task Force, Natural Streams
ca. 1970-1980
General
Memos; drafts of “Natural Streams Plan” by Department of Planning and Community; draft zoning regulations on natural streams;
agenda for Board of Supervisors meeting and proposed presentation on Natural Streams (July 24, 1980); “Sacramento Profile:
A Contemporary Guide to Sacramento’s Monuments, Playgrounds & Waterways, Including Maps, Pictures & Historical Background”
book (1971)
Mapcase 20:04, Folder 3
Task Force, Natural Streams, "Stream boundaries for Cripple Creek and Arcade Creek" map, 1980
1980
Box 4, Folder 27
Task Force, Cultural Heritage Resources
1975-1976
General
Includes task force members roster; reports; outline and goals for task force; archaeology presentation; county reports,
books.
Box 4, Folder 28
Task Force, Tree Preservation Ordinance
1981
General
Although the ordinance was finalized after Don left the department, his papers indicated he had started work on the project,
so these records are included in the Task Force section. Includes correspondence, final draft of ordinance; “Oaks, Our Heritage
Trees” booklet by County Parks and Recreation
Box 4, Folder 29
Task Force, Sacramento Environmental Management
1972-12
General
“Sacramento County Environmental Studies: Volume Two, Sacramento County’s Physical Environment,” with Don marked as a representative
for Director Malcolm at Parks and Recreation
Mapcase 20:04, Folder 3
Topographical maps used in county task forces, for places including: New Hope (with Thornton), Florin, Sacramento East, Buffalo
Creek, Carbondale, Folsom, Sloughhouse, Elk Grove, Bruceville, Lodi, Galt, Cosumnes river channel.
Box 4, Folder 30
Planning and Redevelopment, Old Sacramento Reports
ca. 1958-1965
General
Includes “Old Sacramento, A Report on its Significance …” by Carroll Hall and Hero Eugene Rensch, Division of Beaches and
Parks, Department of Natural Resources for California, (1958); “Progress Report on Planning for the Historic Restoration of
Old Sacramento” from Charles DeTurk to Jesse Unruh, Speaker of the Assembly (March 1964); “Old Sacramento State Historic Park
Study” from Fred Jones to Jesse Unruh, Speaker of the Assembly (March 1965)
Box 4, Folder 31
Planning and Redevelopment, Maps
ca. 1915-1965
General
Includes Sacramento Park Board map of Sacramento, “General Plan for Park System” (1915); Sacramento County with county parks
noted; multiple different maps of Sacramento County Sacramento County (one has blue lines for streams and red lines for boundaries);
Sacramento County, “Major Regional Day Use Recreational Areas” (May 1965); Sacramento County elementary school and high school
districts, with attached list of contacts and school statistics; Sacramento County with existing, adopted, and proposed highways
overdrawn in red pencil
Mapcase 20:04, Folder 3
Planning and Redevelopment, Maps
1965-1978
General
Includes Sacramento County, general plan map (1965); Sacramento downtown, with folder from Sacramento Redevelopment Agency
(1968); maps, aerial photographs of Sacramento (ca. 1971); Sacramento Metro Airport and downtown (1972); bikeways in Sacramento
(1978)
Box 4, Folder 32
Planning and Redevelopment, Reports
1973-1976
General
Includes environmental Impact Report for Proposed Revision of the Sacramento County General Plan (January 1, 1973); “Historic
Civil Engineering Landmarks of Sacramento and Northeastern California” (November 1976)
Box 5, Folder 1
Delta Correspondence and Memos
1962-1977
General
Material is related to Uses of Water report (1962); proposed fish release stations; authorities over the Delta, Army Corps
of Engineers versus State of California, (March 1974); Delta settlements and Chinatowns; Delta Action Plan (July 1977)
Box 5, Folder 2
Delta Advisory Planning Council, Reports
1974-1975
General
Delta Plan Supplement report (May 1974); Status Report (June 1975); Delta Plan Summary (March 1975)
Box 5, Folder 3
Delta Advisory Planning Council, Reports
undated
General
Delta Plan Technical Supplement, Chapter III, Delta Natural Resources
Box 5, Folder 4
Delta Advisory Planning Council, Reports
ca. 1976
General
Final Delta Action Plan (July 1976) and drafts
Box 5, Folder 5
Delta Advisory Planning Council, Reports
General
Delta Plan Technical Supplement, I. Delta Agriculture and Soils; Delta Plan Technical Supplement, II. Delta Historic Resources
Box 5, Folder 6
Delta - Federal report: Pacific Southwest Water Plan,
1964-01
Box 5, Folder 7
Delta - Federal Publications
1976-1977
General
Includes Publications by the U.S. Army Corps Engineers: California Water Resources Development (1977); Commitment to Excellence:
A History of the Sacramento District, 1929-1973 (1976)
Box 5, Folder 8, Mapcase 20:04, Folder 3
Delta - State Publications
ca. 1969-1973
General
Includes Department of Water Resources, California State Water Project, Summary (1969); Department of Fish and Game, Ecological
Studies of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Estuary (June 1972); Resources Agency, Protected Waterways (Initial Elements) (February
1971) (see MC 20:04, Folder 1 for associated waterways use map); Department of Fish and Game, Maintenance of Fish and Wildlife
in the Sacramento – San Joaquin Estuary in Relation to Water Development (April 1973)
Box 5, Folder 9
Delta - State Publications
1976-1978
General
Resources Agency, Delta Master Recreation Plan (September 1976); Governor’s Commission to Review California Water Rights
Law, Final Report, (December 1978) (includes insert of “environs” Vol. 2 No. 1, which is an environmental law newsletter published
by Students of King Hall School of Law)
Box 5, Folder 10
Delta - State Department of Fish and Game, Plan for Protection and Restoration of Sacramento – San Joaquin Delta Fish and
Wildlife Habitat
1980-07
Box 5, Folder 11
Graduate Thesis, Medical Needs of the People of the Sacramento Delta Area, Berkeley
1955
Box 5, Folder 12
Delta - County Action Plan, drafts
Box 5, Folder 13
Delta - Material for Proposed Study Course and Tour
General
Includes handwritten notes; draft History chapter, copy, from County Action Plan; bibliography from Natural History and Ecology
of the Sacramento – San Joaquin Delta; organism lists for Delta Ecology – plants, fish, mammals, reptiles, birds (meeting
place and time on the fish list); draft EIR for Ranch Seco; “Beach Lake Wetlands” report; information leaflet for Sacramento
Science Center, “California’s Sacramento – San Joaquin Delta”
Box 5, Folder 14
Delta - Maps and Articles, ca. 1940-1980
General
Includes Delta maps by Sears Sport Shop or Outdoor Trails, alphabetical from Antioch Bridge to Clarksburg to Suisun Bay;
Delta fishing access maps and article about shad by Sears Sports Shop; brochures about Brannan Island and Franks Tract; articles
about Shasta Dam, Delta, Peripheral Canal, and Chinese role in the Delta (1945-1976)
Mapcase 20:04, Folder 3
Delta, large Delta Region maps that fold into their own booklets
Box 5, Folder 15
Other Reports, Gibson Ranch and Interpreter’s Guide
Box 6, Folder 1
Other Reports, untitled history of archaeological exploration in Central Valley and Sacramento County
Box 6, Folder 2
Other Reports, unpublished manuscript, “A History of San Juan Meadows,” Donald Stafinbil, presented to Dr. Edward H. Howes for
History 101 class, January 1968
Series 6.
Alfred Irving Rivett
1932-1974
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series is made up of material created or collected by Alfred Irving Rivett, Don Rivett’s father. Material is related
to his employment with the California Division of Highways; involvement with the California State Employee Association (CSEA),
Retired State Government Employees Association (RSGEA), and American Society of Safety Engineers-Sacramento Chapter; work
with local historical organizations; and historical interests.
California Division of Highways material includes safety campaigns and posters, correspondence, presentations, training materials,
California historic landmarks map development records, Quarter Century Club records, photographs of employees and events,
meeting and event records, and material from Irving’s retirement.
Material related to his work with historical organizations includes Historic Landmarks Reports from 1932 to 1959; Historic
Landmarks Commission papers and brochures; Sacramento County Historical Society correspondence, agenda, rosters, and ephemera;
and various California historical organizations’ conference records.
Material related to his specific historical interests include books and reports on Old Sacramento and California; ephemera
and photographs from the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition at San Francisco and 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition; World
War II clippings, publications, maps, and postcards; and other newsletters, ephemera, and clippings.
Box 7, Folder 1
Employee Organizations, CSEA Breakfast Club, Reunions
ca. 1932-1955
General
Includes memos on the formation, the first member roster, and minutes from the first meeting; organization rules; meeting
minutes; invitations; newspaper clippings; event program and show script from 1933 annual meeting; 20-year reunion planning
records, program, clippings, correspondence, and photographs' 32-year reunion records
Mapcase 20:04, Folder 4
Employee Organizations, CSEA Breakfast Club, 20-year reunion article
1952-07
General
“The Sacramentan” magazine with article about 20-year reunion
Box 7, Folder 2
Employee Organizations, CSEA Breakfast Club, Griddle Newsletter
ca. 1933-1950
General
Includes printer's template; issues of the newsletter, including the last issue; Irving’s collection of cartoons for selected
“Griddle” newsletters; draft newsletter with Irving's pencil marks
Box 7, Folder 3
Employee Organizations, CSEA Luncheon Club
ca. 1933-1964
General
Includes club constitution, rules, and membership rosters; newsletters; clippings; memos; event programs
Box 7, Folder 4
Employee Organizations, Luncheon Club, Correspondence
1933-1946
Box 7, Folder 5
RSGEA, Retired State Government Employees Association
1957-1972
General
Includes constitution and bylaws (with drafts); ballots, dues forms, and membership applications; meeting agenda; correspondence;
clippings; newsletters; ephemera
Box 7, Folder 6
California State Employee Association (CSEA) Anti-Warrant Campaign
1938-1939
General
Includes an initiative description; argument against “warrants” by California State Chamber of Commerce; clippings, including
a magazine article by Upton Sinclair against the initiative; correspondence; memos; notes
Box 7, Folder 7
Employee Organizations, CSEA
1933-1949
General
Includes correspondence; meeting minutes; ballot and election results; newsletters and newspapers; clippings; ephemera
Box 7, Folder 8
Employee Organizations, CSEA
1950-1959
General
Includes correspondence; newsletters and newspapers; clippings; ephemera; membership cards
Box 7, Folder 9
American Society of Safety Engineers - Sacramento Chapter
General
Includes notes on efforts to join and then start a new chapter; clippings and articles; reports; correspondence; ephemera;
bylaws
Box 7, Folder 10
California Division of Highways Quarter Century Club
1939-1974
General
Includes club constitution; correspondence; clippings; newsletters; ephemera
Box 7, Folder 11
California Division of Highways Co-Workers and Other Photos
ca. 1922-1955
Box 7, Folder 12
California Division of Highways Employee Meetings and Retirements
ca. 1952-1969
General
Includes clippings; ephemera; correspondence
Box 7, Folder 13
California Division of Highways, Irving’s Retirement
ca. 1964-1974
General
Includes clippings; correspondence; ephemera; newsletters; Sons in Retirement (SIR) rosters; Capital City SIRculars
Box 7, Folder 14
California Division of Highways, Safety Campaigns
ca. 1938-1955
General
Includes brochures; correspondence; memos; newsletters; clippings and magazine articles; “State Employees Accident Prevention
Committee” meeting notice
Box 7, Folder 15
California Division of Highways, Safety Posters
1938-1943
General
Contains safety bulletins about blocking traffic, eye injuries, back safety, and conjunctivitis
Box 7, Folder 16
California Division of Highways, Other, Correspondence
1912-1954
General
In addition to correspondence about a shipment of vehicles, costs to repair rental equipment and safety devices, and replacement
of a Sacramento River ferry this folder also includes a USDA book "Soil Survey: Sacramento Area California" (an associated
map is at MC 20:04, folder 4).
Box 7, Folder 17
CA Division of Highways, Presentations
1938-1942
General
Includes correspondence about Irving's presentations and speaking engagements; meeting agenda; memos; newsletters; and notes
Box 7, Folder 18
CA Division of Highways, Presentations
1943-1946
General
Includes correspondence about Irving's presentations and speaking engagements; programs; memos; and clippings
Box 7, Folder 19
CA Division of Highways, Presentations
1947 – 1948
General
Includes correspondence about Irving's presentations and speaking engagements; a list of suggested readings; ephemera
Box 7, Folder 20
CA Division of Highways, Presentations
1949-1955
General
Includes correspondence about Irving's presentations and speaking engagements; ephemera
Box 7, Folder 21
CA Division of Highways, Training Taken
1941-1949
General
Descriptions of courses; diploma; correspondence; notes. Courses include FBI War Traffic School, War Training / Industrial
Safety Engineering and Principals of Safety Engineering, First Western Institute for Traffic Training, Traffic Engineering,
Spotlighting Traffic Safety.
Box 7, Folder 22
CA Division of Highways, Historic Landmarks California map development
1932-1950
General
Includes correspondence; list of historic markers; list of historic sites around Sacramento
Box 7, Folder 23
Historic Landmarks Reports
1932-1933
Box 7, Folder 24
Historic Landmarks Reports
1934-1935
Box 7, Folder 25
Historic Landmarks Reports
1936-1938
Box 7, Folder 26
Historic Landmarks Reports
1939-1940
Box 7, Folder 27
Historic Landmarks Reports
1941-1947
Box 7, Folder 28
Historic Landmarks Reports
1948-1949
Box 7, Folder 29
Historic Landmarks Reports
1950-1951
Box 7, Folder 30
Historic Landmarks Reports
1952-1959
Box 8, Folder 1
Historic Landmarks Commission papers and brochures
1960-1964
General
Ephemera; city council meeting minutes; ordinances; the book "Telling the Sacramento Story by the Preservation and Enchantment
of Historic Landmarks"
Box 8, Folder 2
Sacramento County Historical Society
1959-1964
General
Includes member roster; speech by Ted Baggelman about the architecture and history of Old Sacramento; event ephemera; monthly
Bulletin; Golden Notes from June 1954; Sacramento Garden and Arts Center brochures; correspondence; photographs and negatives
Box 8, Folder 3
Conferences of California Historical Societies
1957-1960
General
Presentation by J. A. Hussey; conference minutes, officers, and by-laws; handwritten notes; newsletters; California Historian
magazine with notes (March 1960)
Box 8, Folder 4
History, Books and Reports
1958-1960
General
"Old Sacramento: A Report on its Significance… Parts 1 and 2 (1958, 1960); California Historian magazine (December 1959)
with Irving’s notes in pencil on the back
Box 8, Folder 5
Panama-Pacific Exposition at San Francisco
1914-1915
General
Guidebooks and photographic negatives from exposition showing buildings, crowds, statues
Box 8, Folder 6
Panama-Pacific Exposition at San Francisco prints, 1915
1915
General
32 prints (10” x 7.5”) showing buildings, water, night lights, and statuary
Box 8, Folder 7
Panama-Pacific Exposition at San Francisco prints, 1915
1915
General
28 prints (10” x 7.5”) showing gardens, people, buildings
Box 8, Folder 8
Golden Gate International Exposition ephemera, 1939
General
Parking fee stub; auto pass; two tickets to the Elephant Train; exposition guide from Chevron with map and pictures; bulletin
with pictures and map from Standard Oil;
Box 9, Folder 9
World War II, 1936-1945
General
Includes propaganda; articles; photos; postcard
Mapcase 20:04, Folder 5
World War II-era newspapers, 1936-1945
Box 8, Folder 10
Other Interests
ca. 1920-1955
General
Includes articles; booklets; postcards; advertisements; ephemera. Material is related to wire recordings; California; the
proposed San Francisco Bay Bridge; General Mills; photography and illustration; Lions Club
Mapcase 20:04, Folder 4
Maps
ca. 1920-1955
General
Topographical maps; map of Fair Oaks and downtown Sacramento (1954); USDA soil maps; topographical map of Camp Roberts; topographical
map of Bradley, California, showing Camp Roberts military reservation (1950); Landmarks and Monuments map, CA Division of
Highway/State Chamber of Commerce (1940); topographical map showing Desolation Wilderness and Highway 50, California Department
of Water Resources (1955); Sacramento area soil survey map (1941); “brown line” map of California with numbered sites of
historical landmarks; map of California and Nevada showing locations of Buick dealerships (1923); map showing progress of
World War II in the Pacific.
Series 7.
Rivett Family interests and church activities
1895-2001
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series documents three generations of the Rivett family’s church activities and various interests. Included is material
related to Edgar Rivett and his involvement with missionary societies and the Improved Order of Red Men, the family’s involvement
with the Fremont Presbyterian Church, financial records, and a transcript of Don Rivett’s oral history. A large part of this
series is made up of clippings and ephemera related to various family members’ interests, such as the Grand Electric Carnival
of 1895, California State Fair, Crocker Art Museum, Gold Country and the Sierra foothills, history, Native Americans, Natomas
Station, the Sacramento Civil War Round Table, and the Sacramento Symphony Association.
Box 9, Folder 1
Edgar Rivett: Missionary Societies
ca. 1890-1952
General
Contains Presbyterian newsletters; religious booklets; proverbs books; articles; ephemera; correspondence from missionaries;
other correspondence
Box 9, Folder 2
Edgar Rivett: Grand Electric Carnival of 1895
1895; ca. 1950-1970
General
Original invitation with envelope; articles from 1950s and 1970s.
Box 9, Folder 3
Edgar Rivett: Ephemera
1949-1952
General
Includes an obituary notice for Georgie Rivett(1949); clippings about the new Colonial District Post Office; Improved Order
of Red Men (IOORM) correspondence; C. M. Goethe brochure about keeping the race pure; memorial service booklet for Edgar,
signed by family and friends; National Association of Retired Civil Employees correspondence
Box 9, Folder 4
Correspondence, Church Life, and Bills
1911-1969
General
Newspaper clipping, “Minstrels at High School” (ca. 1911); postcards (one shows ruins of San Francisco in 1906); certification
card that states Irving is accredited to teach (1928); Fremont Church bulletins and newsletters; church event programs and
brochures; clippings; list of church pastors; correspondence; medical and tax bills; car purchase contract; vacation arrangements;
notes and news clipping about Georgie Rivett’s mother Mahala McFarland; handwritten poem.
Box 9, Folder 5
Don Rivett's oral history
1989
General
Interview is by Charlie Duncan
Box 9, Folder 6
Interests (American Revolution Bicentennial)
1973-1976
General
Articles and ephemera in Sacramento and California's bicentennial celebrations Sacramento American Revolution Bicentennial
Commission 1974
Box 9, Folder 7
Interests (ArmyWeek1947)
1947
General
Includes photographs, correspondence, parade instructions, and clippings.
Box 9, Folder 8
Interests (California State Fair)
General
Includes ephemera and Maid of California Contest schedule of events, and schedule of radio and TV appearances.
Box 9, Folder 9
Interests (Commerce)
ca. 1947-1969
General
Material related to the Associated Home Builders, Junior Chamber of Commerce, and other correspondence and publications.
Box 9, Folder 10
Interests (Crocker Art Museum)
1983-1984
General
Contains Crocker Art Museum Docent Handbook and ephemera
Box 9, Folder 11
Interests (Environmental)
1950-1991
General
Includes non-inclusive runs of the Sierra Club Bulletin (1950-1958), PG and E Progress (1966-1969), and the Sacramento Audubon
Society’s “The Observer” (1990-1992); newsletters, and a map of California Nature Conservancy Preserves
Box 9, Folder 12
Interests (Foothills/Gold Country)
1959-1999
General
Books, articles, and brochures on the Gold Rush and Gold Country.
Box 9, Folder 13
Interests (History)
ca. 1989
General
Includes correspondence from Effie Yeaw Nature Center regarding the Western Festival, newsletters, and ephemera
Box 9, Folder 14
Interests (Hosting Foreign Diplomats)
1970
General
Contains correspondence
Box 9, Folder 15
Interests (Native Americans)
General
Includes brochure from State Indian Museum; articles and advertisements about Native American arts and crafts; article about
archeology; drawing of a totem face; “State Indian Museum, Occasional Papers No. 1”; “Indians of San Joaquin County” booklet
Box 9, Folder 16
Interests (Natomas Station)
undated
General
Research notes and lists of Gold Rush era place names for Natomas Station villages and street names
Box 9, Folder 17
Interests (Outdoor Activities)
undated
General
Contains outdoor trails maps; fishing pamphlets and magazine clippings; California State Park System brochure; U.S. Department
of the Interior, Federal Assistance Institute packet
Box 9, Folder 18
Interests (Sacramento Civil War Round Table)
1988-1989
General
Newsletters and meeting announcements
Box 9, Folder 19
Interests (Sacramento Symphony Association)
1961-1969
General
Contains Symphony League Gold Country Tour information; membership lists; Junior Symphony Orchestra correspondence, newsletters,
blank forms, concert programs; Concerts for Young People correspondence, notes, programs, and flier; newspaper clipping announcing
Rivett as the new assistant manager of the symphony
Box 9, Folder 20
Interests (Travel)
1935-1970
General
Postcards, pamphlets and brochures, magazines, and ephemera
Box 9, Folder 21
Interests (Veterans of Foreign Wars)
ca. 1947-1984
General
Includes a VFW Post 85 roster (1984), newsletters, and ephemera
Box 9, Folder 22
Ephemera
ca. 1942-2001
General
Includes a French can label for rations of baby peas (ca. 1942); magazine cover for the California Retired Teachers Association
(June/July 2001); and other ephemera
