Guide to the Witmer Family collection MS-27

Chris S. Ervin CA
Presidio Research Center
2020-03-30
215 East Canon Perdido St.
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
chris@sbthp.org


Language of Material: Spanish; Castilian
Contributing Institution: Presidio Research Center
Title: Witmer Family Collection
Identifier/Call Number: MS-27
Physical Description: 1 box
Date (inclusive): 1731-1931
Abstract: This collection of photos and publications belonged to Val Witmer and her family. It contains several portraits and group shots of family members, an oversized photo of the Cota Ranch, and a set of photos of Father Jose Godayol representing several periods in his life.

Scope and Contents

This collection of photos and publications belonged to Val Witmer and her family. There are several portraits and group shots of family members as well as an oversized photo of the Cota Ranch.
Another set of photos is of Father Jose Godayol. The photos of Godayol in this collection represent several periods in his life.
The publications are almost all of a religious nature and may have been passed down several generations. Two noteworthy sermons were written by the first bishop of California, Francisco Garcia Diego, and Joseph Alemany, first bishop of Monterey.

Biographical / Historical

Father Jose Godayol (1829-1902) was one of the first three novices received into the Franciscan Order in California in 1854. He was ordained as a priest in 1860 by Fr. Joseph Alemany in San Francisco. In 1876 he most likely went to Vich, Spain where he was born. Returning to the United States, Godayol was assigned to various dioceses including Phoenix, Arizona and the Pajaro Valley (Calif.) where he died in 1892.
Maria Valentine "Val" Witmer (1927-2014) was the daughter of Edith Cota of Santa Barbara and Baltazar Beltran of Mexico. She married Alexis Witmer and had three children.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged into two (2) series:
Series 1 - Photographs
Series 2 - Miscellaneous Publications

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Liana Thompson

Separated Materials

One (1) book Misionero parroquial, ò Sermones para todos los domingos del año, escritos en frances por Mr. Chevassu ... y traducidos al español por don Jacinto Lopez , transferred to library.

Processing Information

Collection processed by Chris S. Ervin CA on 2020-03-30

Preferred Citation

[Name of collection], [MS number], Presidio Research Center, Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation.

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Archivist and Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation Research Center 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 reader.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Witmer family
Godayol, Jose, Fr., 1829-1902

folder 1

Photographs

 

Rafaela Salmon Arreola 1864

Physical Description: 1 carte de visite, albumen print; 2.25 x 3.75 in.
 

Marie Valentine Beltran and Edith Cota Beltran

Physical Description: 1 b and w print ; 2.5 x 3.5 in.
 

Wedding photo of Edith Cota and Baltazar Beltran

Physical Description: 1 hand colored b and w print ; 7.5 x 9.75 in.
 

Group of costumed people in front of the Arlington Hotel during the first Fiesta celebration in Santa Barbara 1924

Physical Description: Color photocopy ; 8.5 x 11 in.
 

Jose Godayol, O.F.M. standing 1854-1860

Physical Description: 1 cabinet card ; albumen print ; taken by Hayward and Muzzall photographers, Santa Barbara, California
 

Jose Godayol, O.F.M. seated

Physical Description: 1 cabinet card ; albumen print ; taken by Morse's Palace of Art, Santa Francisco, California
 

Jose Godayol, O.F.M., standing

Physical Description: 1 carte de visite ; 2.25 x 4 in. ; taken by Sanchez in Vich, Spain
map-case Oversized photos

Cota Ranch, Val's Family

Physical Description: 1 b and w print, undated ; 11 x 14 in.
folder 2

Miscellaneous Publications

 

Carta Pastoral del Ilmo. y Rmo. Fr. José S. Alemany, O.P., Obispo de Monterey en Alta California 1851

 

Carta Pastoral que El Ilmo. y Rmo. Sr. D. Fr. Francisco Garcia Diego, primer Obispo de Californias 1840

 

Novena para los nueve dias de jornadas en honor de los santos peregrinos Jesus Maria y Jose. Con El Nuevo Rorro y el Wals de las golondrinas a lo divino, musica de la zarzuela "De Madrid a Paris." Editor Antonio Vanegas Arroyo.

General

In ink on cover: "D. de la Guerra-Mexico"
 

J. Jacobo Kienast y Comp. Guadalaxara. Direcciones para medidas.

 

Separated pages from Resumen instructivo que publica el Comisario de division del Exercito de operaciones sobre Tejas, by Miguel Barreiros,1837

Physical Description: 2 pages
map-case oversize documents

Indulgencias Que Se Ganan Andando El Santo Via Crucis. Reimpresias en Mexico: Por Joseph Bernardo de Hogal 1731

Physical Description: 1 page, printed on one side, 13 x 17 in.
oversize newspaper box 2N

2 issues of "The Tidings" 1921-1931