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Guide to the Woodland Opera House State Historic Park Collection

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Table of contents

Collection Contents

Box 1 : 1

Series 1. Correspondence 1973-1986

Physical Description: 1 file folder

Series Scope and Content Summary

Correspondence is arranged chronologically followed by undated items. Included are letters between opera house supporters, Department of Parks and Recreation, Yolo County Historical Society, a California State Senator, and architects.

Box 1 : 2

Series 2. Legal Documents 1903-1908, 1979-1982

Physical Description: 1 file folder

Series Scope and Content Summary

Arranged chronologically and includes a 1903 probate, a 1908 lease agreement, and correspondence between the Department of Parks and Recreation and Yolo County Historical Society. Included are titles for the Yolo County Historical Society and Lot 5, Block 2.

Box 1 : 3

Series 3. Financial Documents 1980

Physical Description: 1 file folder

Series Scope and Content Summary

Arranged chronologically and includes expense account information related to various services.

Box 1 : 4

Series 4. Histories 1969-1972, undated

Physical Description: 1 file folder

Series Scope and Content Summary

Arranged chronologically followed by undated material. Includes histories related to the opera house and the Elliot Building.

Box 1 : 5

Series 5. Research Notes 1870, 1971-1983, undated

Physical Description: 1 file folders

Series Scope and Content Summary

Arranged chronologically followed by undated material. Includes an 1870 Cache Creek Township Census, bibliographies, general research notes, drafts, articles, and sketches.

Box 1 : 6

Series 6. Ephemera 1983

Physical Description: 1 file folder

Series Scope and Content Summary

Arranged chronologically followed by undated material. Information includes a letter between the Department of Parks and Recreation and the Program Committee Co-Chair, flyers related to a 1983 Ethnology at Home Conference, a brochure, and flyer.

Box 1 : 7

Series 7. Photographic Materials 1984, undated

Physical Description: 1 file folder

Series Scope and Content Summary

Materials are separated by type and arranged chronologically followed by undated materials and include negatives and photographs. See Appendix A for a complete list.

Box 1 : 8 - 9

Series 8. Publications 1969-2000

Physical Description: 2 file folders

Series Scope and Content Summary

The first folder is arranged alphabetically by title and includes a brochure by the Yolo County Historical Society. The second folder is arranged alphabetically by title and includes newspaper clippings and journal articles.

Box 1 : 8

Yolo County Historical Society, Woodland Opera House 1969

Physical Description: 1 file folder

Box 1 : 9

Newspaper clippings 1973-2000

Physical Description: 1 file folder

Box 1 : 10

Series 9. Cartographic Material 1885-1906, 1952-1981, undated

Physical Description: 1 file folder

Series Scope and Content Summary

Maps are arranged chronologically and include Sanborn maps, sketch of archeological excavations, lot sketch, and drawing of property owned by D.M. Burns. See Appendix B for a complete list.

Box 2 : 1 - 3: 11

Series 10. Reports 1960-2010

Physical Description: 15 file folders

Series Scope and Content Summary

Reports are arranged alphabetically by first letter of the report to coincide with the Department Unit Data File System.

Box 2 : 1

A Note on Chinese and Opium Use September 27, 1982

Box 2 : 2

An Initial Evaluation of Cultural Resource Preservation Needs Associated with the Woodland Opera House Restoration Project August 19, 1980

Box 2 : 3

An Initial Evaluation of Cultural Resource Preservation Needs Associated with the Woodland Opera House Restoration Project, Preliminary Draft August 17, 1980

Box 2 : 4

California Archeological Reports No. 24: The Chinese Laundry on Second Street, Papers on Archeology at the Woodland Opera House Site 1984

Box 2 : 5

Case Studies of the Adaptive Reuse of Historic Adobe and Non-Adobe Buildings Using Public-Private Partnerships 2010

Box 2 : 6

Chinese at Woodland 1979

Box 2 : 7

Development Project Completion Report 1979

Box 2 : 8

General Plan 1979

Box 2 : 9

General Plan Preliminary 1980

Box 2 : 10

Historical Resource Inventory, Volunteer Workbook 1982

Box 2 :11

History Status Report April 29, 1982

Box 2 :12

Inventory of Features 1979

Box 2 :13

National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form 1971

Box 2 :14

National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination, Application for Historical Landmark 1971

Box 2 :15

Negative Declaration Downtown Design Plan January 9, 1986

Box 3 : 1

Opium Smoking Paraphernalia undated

Box 3 : 2

Overseas Chinese Ceramics Values July 21, 1983

Box 3 : 3

Parcel Description, Elliot Bldg. 1960

Box 3 : 4

Parcel Description, Opera House June 1, 1960

Box 3 : 5

Preliminary Report on Structural Condition and Building Code Compliance Scott- Elliott Building undated

Box 3 : 6

Woodland Opera House Feasibility Study 1971

Box 3 : 7

Woodland Opera House, Archeological Report, History Status Report 1980

Box 3 : 8

Woodland Opera House, Archeological Testing, Historic Research Program, Correspondence 1980

Box 3 : 9

Woodland Opera House Specifications for Restoration and Related Development 1980

Box 3 : 10

Woodland Opera House Specifications for Restoration and Related Development 1980

Box 3 : 11

Woodland Opera House State Historic Park, General Plan 1980

Collection Contents

Correspondence

Legal Documents

Financial Documents

Histories

Research Notes

Ephemera

Photographic Materials

Publications

Yolo County Historical Society, Woodland Opera House

Newspaper clippings

Cartographic Material

Reports