This box contains: a scrapbook with newspaper clippings and ephemera highlighting the political life of George A. Newell, Jr., mayor of Ventura in the 1930s, 1930-1940; a scrapbook containing newspaper clippings regarding various county issues with an index; a scrapbook containing newspaper clippings and ephemera, largely of Ojai, collected by Fannie A. Ayers, circa 1897–1946; two ledgers of a handwritten account in Spanish of Mexican history by Juan E. Pico, circa 1881; a notebook of Ricard's notes for his research on Ventura County placenames, undated; a scrapbook of newspaper clippings of social events and community announcements, 1890–1913; a binder of newspaper clippings mostly related to Hueneme and Oxnard, 1930-1940; a scrapbook of newspaper clippings on the 2nd Annual Ventura Street Fair, circa 1902; and a scrapbook of newspaper clippings from local papers, circa 1890s.

This box contains Herbert Ricard's notes and research. This includes notes from his research on placenames within Ventura County, correspondence related to local history, photographs and clippings related to local councils, clipping and notes on the Ventura Street Fair of 1902, index cards with placenames, and a small notebook with notes on placenames.

This box contains an index that Ricard created for placenames in Ventura County. They are largely in alphabetical order and are recorded on index cards.