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Chaiclin family collection of negatives, circa 1905-1958
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Contributing Institution:
Museum of Ventura County
Title: Chaiclin family collection of negatives
Creator:
Chaiclin family
Identifier/Call Number: MVC088
Physical Description:
2.57 Cubic Feet
(2 boxes)
Date (inclusive): circa 1905 - 1958
Abstract: Joseph "Dick" Chaiclin was born in Connecticut in 1934, but moved to Ventura in the 1960s. He worked for the county until
retiring in 2000. His father Abraham Chaiclin was an electrical and telephone engineer for Western Electric and Bell Laboratories.
Dick passed away in 2009 in Oxnard at the age of 75. This collection consists largely of negatives and photographs of the
Chaiclin family, and Dick's childhood and youth.
Physical Location: COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Stored off-site and advance notice is required for timely retrieval. Please request materials
2-3 days in advance. Researchers MUST make a research appointment on the
Research Library website . Please make a note of the box numbers or container you are requesting."
Language of Material:
English
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Open for research. Advance requests can be made to Research Library staff via email.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
Property rights to the physical object belong to the Museum of Ventura County. Literary rights, including copyright, have
not been determined. Contact the Research Library for further information: library@venturamuseum.org.
[Identification of item], Chaiclin family collection of negatives, (Collection MVC088), Museum of Ventura County, Research
Library, Ventura, California.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Audrey Chaiclin; gift; 2013.
Processed by Krystell Jimenez, 2023.
Our collections are processed using MPLP methods so that we can prioritize access for users and identify potential priorities
for more detailed processing. If while using our collections you think there is something that should be added or amended
in the finding aid, we welcome your input. You can notify staff in the reading room or send us an email at library@venturamuseum.org.
Be sure to include the collection number and name and the box number you were working with in your email.
Joseph "Dick" Chaiclin was born in Stamford, Connecticut on May 10, 1934. He spent his childhood in Flushing, New York with
his parents and two older sisters, Judy and Sue. His parents were Esther and Abraham Chaiclin. Abraham served in the Navy
Reserve during World War I and worked as an electrical and telephone engineer for Western Electric and Bell Laboratories.
Abraham was also involved in the installation and testing of Bell Telephone's trans-Atlantic transmissions in 1927, which
predated the first trans-Atlantic telephone cable. Prior to the inauguration of the first trans-Atlantic telephone cable in
1956, calls between North America and Europe were radio based.
Both Dick and his sisters attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he studied geology. After college, he joined
the United States Air Force. In 1968, Dick married Audrey. The couple moved to Ventura, where he worked for the county until
retiring in 2000. The couple had a son and a daughter. He passed away on September 6, 2009, in his home in Oxnard, California,
at the age of 75.
This collection consists largely of glass slide negatives, photographs, and negatives taken by the Chaiclin family. Additional
materials include photo albums, a daybook, correspondence, and ephemera. The images are largely of family gatherings and trips,
portraits, the Chaiclin children, camping trips, and Abraham Chaiclin's military service during World War I and his career
as an engineer for Western Electric.
This collection has no series and original order has been maintained. Negatives and photographs that were enveloped together
have been kept together and the original labels rewritten. Sets of negatives have been assigned alpha-numerical IDs to make
identification easier. However, these were created by the archivist and are not original. Some glass negatives have had to
be filed separately for preservation, but this has been noted and they have the same IDs as the negatives they were originally
boxed with.
A more detailed description and inventory for the negatives is available in this
Chaiclin Negatives Inventory document.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Family records
Photography of children
Photography of families
Family recreation
Chaiclin family