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Ventura County Star - Free Press negative collection
MVC049  
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  • Conditions Governing Access
  • Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
  • Preferred Citation
  • Provenance/Source of acquisition
  • Processing Information
  • Biographical / Historical
  • Scope and Contents
  • Organization and Arrangement

  • Language of Material: English
    Contributing Institution: Museum of Ventura County
    Title: Ventura County Star Free Press negatives collection
    creator: Ventura County Star
    Identifier/Call Number: MVC049
    Physical Description: 169.24 Cubic Feet (190 boxes, 57 drawers)
    Date (inclusive): 1958 - 2001
    Abstract: The Ventura County Star was founded in 1925 by the John P. Scripps Newspaper Group. In approximately 1936, the Star acquired the Ventura Free Press, which was founded in 1875, and began publishing as the Ventura County Star-Free Press in 1938. In 1994, the newspaper dropped the Free Press and began publishing again as the Ventura County Star. Their headquarters are in Camarillo, California. The Ventura County Star-Free Press negatives collection consists of negatives from the paper's photograph archive. The negatives encompass the full spectrum of local daily news and topics reported on by the paper.
    Language of Material: Materials are in English.
    Physical Location: Portions of collection are stored off-site and advance notice may be required for timely retrieval. Please contact the Research Library reference desk prior to your visit.

    Conditions Governing Access

    PORTIONS OF COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Open for research. Negatives dated after May 19, 1984 and Boxes 183-190 are stored off-sit and requests to access those materials must be made in advance by contacting the Research Library staff.

    Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use

    Property rights to the physical object belong to the Museum of Ventura County. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where the museum does not hold the copyright.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Ventura County Star-Free Press negatives collection, (MVC049), Museum of Ventura County, Research Library, Ventura, California.

    Provenance/Source of acquisition

    Ventura County Star-Free Press; gift; 1984.

    Processing Information

    Collection processed by Rachel Hagar under the supervision of Krystell Jimenez, 2020.

    Biographical / Historical

    The Ventura County Star was founded in 1925 by the John P. Scripps Newspaper Group. In approximately 1936, the Star acquired the Ventura Free Press, which was founded in 1875, and began publishing as the Ventura County Star-Free Press in 1938. In 1994, the newspaper dropped the Free Press and began publishing again as the Ventura County Star. Their headquarters are in Camarillo, California.
    In 2015 the Journal Media Group acquired the Ventura County Star from the Scripps Newspaper. In April 2016 Group Gannet Co, Inc. acquired the newspaper and is the current owner of the Ventura County Star.

    Scope and Contents

    The Ventura County Star-Free Press negatives collection consists of negatives of news photographs collected by the Ventura County Star-Free Press. The negatives encompass the full spectrum of local daily news and topics reported on by the paper, including local government, politics, military conflicts, society, sports, fashion, the arts, crime, accidents, transportation, urban and suburban development, and human interest stories.

    Organization and Arrangement

    This collection has been arranged chronologically. Original order of materials has been maintained. The first three portions of the collection were arranged and described at the item level. The final series has been described at the box level only. Supplemental PDFs provide more detailed inventories of the first three series.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Newspaper archives
    Ventura County Star