Sticky Wicket scrapbook, 1959-1964

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Summary

Title:
Sticky Wicket scrapbook
Dates:
1959-1964
Creators:
Jowers, Vic (Victor)
Abstract:
This scrapbook contains newspaper articles, menus, artwork and photographs documenting the Sticky Wicket café in Aptos, CA.
Extent:
2 Linear Feet 2 document boxes, 1 oversize flat
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Sticky Wicket scrapbook. MS 403. Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz.

Background

Scope and content:

This scrapbook documents the life and times of the Sticky Wicket café in Aptos, CA through newspaper articles, menus, artwork and photographs.

Biographical / historical:

The Sticky Wicket café was first opened on Cathcart Street, Santa Cruz on May 6, 1959 by Victor and Sidney Jackson Jowers. For the first couple of years it existed as the only bohemian coffee house in town. But due to location restrictions, the Jowers moved the Sticky Wicket to Mar Vista Drive, Aptos in 1961 where the café thrived. They established the coffee house as a place to have a cup of coffee, eat "exotic" foods, play a game of chess, and listen to nightly folk music. They added frequently changing art shows, free Thursday evening chamber music concerts and eventually a summer program of light opera at the New Vic Theatre.

In 1963, the State Highway Department started work on the Seacliff Beach interchange to make this section of the Cabrillo Highway a controlled access freeway. The old side roads including Mar Vista Drive were blocked requiring patrons to drive out of the way to get to the cafe. The results were disastrous and eventually led to the closing of the Sticky Wicket café on September 7, 1964.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Roy Rydell.
Processing information:

Processed by M. Carey in August 2014. EAD encoded finding aid by M. Carey.

Arrangement:

Prior to processing, the scrapbook was disassembled and the pages cut apart with the exception of a page or two. Subsequently the materials, clippings, artwork, photographs, have been organized into folders by page as they would have appeared originally.

The container list is also presented as the materials would have been found if the scrapbook pages had been left intact.

Separate PDF lists for "Clippings" & "Photographs" are attached to the finding aid under "Additional Collection Guides".

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
M. Carey
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2021-11-01 18:13:10 UTC .

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection open for research.

Terms of access:

Copyright for the items in this collection is owned by the creators and their heirs. Reproduction or distribution of any work protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the copyright owner. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether a use is fair use, and to obtain any necessary permissions. For more information see UCSC Special Collections and Archives policy on Reproduction and Use.

Preferred citation:

Sticky Wicket scrapbook. MS 403. Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz.

Location of this collection:
Special Collections and Archives, University Library
1156 High Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95064, US
Contact:
(831) 459-2547
speccoll@library.ucsc.edu
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