E. M. Sheridan collection, circa 1800s-1900s MVC009
E. M. Sheridan collection
Manuscripts of E. M. Sheridan's Historical Writings, Volumes I thru VI
Notebook: Marked Volume VII, containing index and manuscript
Ms: "San Buenaventura: Rhymes of an Old California Mission Town," by E. M. Sheridan
Copy of ms. same as in Folder 1
Brown manila binder: 979.492 Clippings: Ventura County History
Ms: "Sheridan Writes of Pioneer Barber Shop of Old Ventura" (Ventura County Star), November 14, 1927
Ms: "Early Indian Inhabitants of Ventura" (Paper read by E. M. Sheridan at the Annual Picnic Gathering of Ventura Pioneers at Foster Park), May 22, 1926
Ms: 979.492 pam: "The Triangle 47 Years Ago," by E. M. Sheridan (Ventura County Star), August 11, 1930
Ms: "Mission Palms are Among Earliest Landmarks Here," by E. M. Sheridan (Star), September 17, 1930
Ms: "Cutlery of Jefferson Davis is Given to Pioneer Museum" (Article in Ventura County Star-Free Press), November 16, 1927
Ms: "Butterfield Stage Line's Branch Was Landmark Here," by E. M. Sheridan
News Clipping: "Walbridge in Early Times Stepped Off 84 Miles in Day," by E. M. Sheridan, undated
Ms: "Simi and Tapo in History 1883" (Sheridan's historical writings, vol. 1-3)
Ms: "Most Remarkable Indian Baskets Made at San Buenaventura Mission"
Ms: "In the Days of the Coach and Four," by E. M. Sheridan
Ms: "More Murder and What Lead Up to It," by E. M. Sheridan
Ms: "Ventura (County)-Schools (Old Avenue School and Hill School)" by E. M. Sheridan
Ms: "Early School and School Days in Ventura Avenue District. 1930," by E. M. Sheridan (R979.492)
Ms: "Corner-stone of Old Mill School Opened; Reveals Many Relics," by E. M. Sheridan
Ms: "Ventura's First Playhouse, built by J. M. Kaiser to be Razed," by E. M. Sheridan
News Clipping: "Santa Paula and Saticoy the Heart of the County in 1883," by E. M. Sheridan
Ms: "Banditry Rampant in Early Days in Ventura Territory," by E. M. Sheridan
Ms: "Hoopskirt Saves Her from Death in 1874 in Swollen Feather"
News Clipping: "36-inch Rain Here in '83-4: Ed Sheridan Gives Statistics for Early Days" (Star), December 28, 1927
Ms: "Rainless Period in Early Sixties," by E. M. Sheridan
News Clipping: "Hueneme in 1876 Was Lliveliest Port on the Southern Coast," by E. M. Sheridan
News Clipping: "Interesting Pioneer History Is Gold at Pioneer Luncheon," by E. M. Sheridan (Star), March 11, 1926
News Clipping: "Early Political Fight in County," by E. M. Sheridan, February 12, 1932
News Clipping: "How Ventura's First Election Went Off," by E. M. Sheridan, undated
Ms: "Ventura County Pioneers," by E. M. Sheridan
"Lease Taken on Lands of Adobe Club," by E. M. Sheridan (Star), October 16, 1926
"Sump Hole on Historic Site," by E. M. Sheridan (Star), October 19, 1926
Ms: "Ojai Rancho and Bits of its Interesting History," by E. M. Sheridan
Newspaper Clipping: "Ojai's First Boom Started in 1873 by Real Boomer, Surdorn," by E. M. Sheridan, December 29, 1927
Newspaper Clipping: "Sheridan Tells of Ojai's Roads in Old Days and Now," by E. M. Sheridan (Star), July 18, 1928
Ms: "Speaking of Newspaper Presses, Sheridan Tells of First One Brought Into County," by E. M. Sheridan
Ms: "Mission Reservoir," from Reminiscences of Ventura County, by E. M. Sheridan, vol. 3, article no. 5
Ms: "Delighted with Mission Replica," by E. M. Sheridan
Ms: "Ventura Mission Aqueduct," by E. M. Sheridan
Newspaper Clipping: "Tells Piru Canyon Gold Tale Dating Back to Days of '76," by E. M. Sheridan (Star), 1927
News Clippings: "Ventura County Historic Landmarks," by E. M. Sheridan, ca. 1930
Ms: "Ten Historic Spots," by E. M. Sheridan
News Clippings: "Ten Historic Spots," by E. M. Sheridan
News Clippings: "Sheridan Urges Marking of Landmarks Over State," (Star, Aug. 9, 1929); "Historic Spots in Ventura and Throughout the County Will Be Officially Marked," (Free Press, May 24, 1932)
News Clipping: "Hi, Ho, Come to the Fair; First Exhibit was in 1877," 1940
News Clipping: "El Rio Has Had Many Names Since Becoming Cross-Roads," by E. M. Sheridan (Star), July 18, 1929
Ms: "Ventura's First Playhouse, Built by J. M. Kaiser,to be Raised"
News Clipping: "Former Ventura Man Tells of Early-Day Lynching Here," by E. M. Sheridan, undated
News Clipping: "Presbyterians to Observe Building of Early Church," by E. M. Sheridan (Star), September 20, 1925
News Clipping: "El Rio Had Many Names During Its Old, Interesting Career," by E. M. Sheridan (Star), 1927
Ms: "How Indians Propitiated the Rain God Here in Olden Days," by E. M. Sheridan
Ms: "A Bit of Indian History"
Ms. "Indians Were Many and Left Many Relics in the Sespe Country"
News Clipping: "Painted Cave on Santa Crus Island to Attract Tourists" (Star), September 10, 1928
News Clipping: "Brush Fire on Santa Cruz Id. Ravaging Land" (Star), Sept. 21, year not given
News Clipping: "Sea Scout Ship To Visit Island" (Santa Paula Review), March 13, 1931
News Clipping: "Explorers Searching for Hermit on Island" (Santa Paula Review), June 23, 1931
News Clipping: "The Lost Woman of San Nicolas," by E. M. Sheridan (Courier), August 10, 1927
News Clipping: "Sheriff Says Anacapa Is. Good Site for Prison" (P. N.), August 13, 1931
Ms: "No. 7--Rancho Camulos, Home of 'Ramona'"
Ms: "Bells on Camulos Ranch Has Interesting History"
News Clippings: "Ysidro Obiols Was Leader in His Day" (Post, Nov. 5, 1927); "W. D. Bonestel Has Precious Watch" (Post, Oct. 27, 1922)
Ms: "Herman Keene Makes a Good Record as Killer of Lions," by E. M. Sheridan
Ms: "Reginaldo Del Valle Prominent in Early California History"
News Clipping: "Selwyn L. Shaw Passes Away at his Home Today," by E. M. Sheridan (Star), June 1, 1952
Ms: Biographical Sketch of E. M. Sheridan
Ms: "Notable Pioneer of Ventura County Died of Kitten Bite" (Biography of E. Bradley) (Ventura County Star), November 16, 1927
Ms. "First American Fruit Producer in California," by E. M. Sheridan (Biography of G. G. Briggs)
News Clipping and Ms: "Don Jose Arnaz" (History of Arnaz School) by E. M. Sheridan, undated
Ms: "Sketch of the Sanchez Family and Sale of Del Norte Rancho"
Ms: "A Bit of Indian History"
News Clipping: "Joy Ride to San Fernando Was Jolly, Two-day Affair," by E. M. Sheridan (Star), March 29, 1929
Ms: "San Buenaventura, The Mission, Ventura," read by E. M. Sheridan at a meeting of college women, May 10, 1924
Ms: "Beginning of Oxnard is Told by Man Who Visited it in '98," by E. M. Sheridan (Ventura County Star, page 4), October 22, 1927
Ms: "Indian Baskets Made at San Buenaventura Mission"
Ms: "Delighted With Mission Replica"
News Clipping: "When the 1877 Oil Boom Hit Ventura and Prices Went Up," by E. M. Sheridan (Star), March 20, 1927
News Clipping: "Banditry Rampant in Early Days in Ventura Territory," by E. M. Sheridan, September 1, 1930
News Clipping: "Speaking of Newspaper Presses, Sheridan Tells of First One Brought Into County: It's Big Step from Machine of That Day to This," by E. M. Sheridan), undated
Ms: "Ventura County in the Early Sixties," by E. M. Sheridan
Ms: "Plenty of Game in Ventura County in the Olden Days," by E. M. Sheridan
Ms: "A Bit of Indian History"
Ms: "The Reyes Family"
Ms: (Untitled) from undated talk to Kiwanians on the subject of Olden Ventura by E. M. Sheridan
Ms: "Address at the Fair," undated
Ms: "Corner-stone of the Old Hill School Opened; Reveals Many Relics"
Ms: "Herman Keene Makes a Good Record as Killer of Lions," by E. M. Sheridan
News Clipping: "Herman Keene Makes a Good Record as Killer of Lions," by E. M. Sheridan, undated
News Clippings:
"W. H. Stuart Passes Away," by E. M. Sheridan (Star), August 6, 1927
"Walbridge in Early Times Stepped Off 84 Miles in Day," by E. M. Sheridan (Star), August 4, 1927
"J. R. Willoughby in Great Sea Disaster in Argonaut Days," by E. M. Sheridan (Star), February 3, 1928
"The Lost Woman of San Nicolas Island," by E. M. Sheridan (County Star), July 19, 1929
Ms: "Butterfield Stage Line's Branch Was Landmark Here," by E. M. Sheridan
Ms: "Indians Were Many and Left Many Relics in the Sespe Country"
Ms: "Most Remarkable Indian Baskets Made at San Buena-ventura Mission"
Ms: "Woman Tells of Colonization of the Great Simi Valley," by E. M. Sheridan
Ms: "Emilio Ortega Writes an Interesting Chapter of Old Ventura History"
Ms: "Lots of Trouble in Settling Colonia Rancho Boundaries," by E. M. Sheridan
Ms: "True Story of How Uncle Tom Newby Killed by Lion in Bare-hand Fight"
Ms: Paper read by E. M. Sheridan at the Annual Picnic Gathering of Ventura Pioneers at Foster Park, May 22, 1926
Ms: "California First with Rough Riders: Only Two Survive"
Ms: Early Ventura Photographs, shown at Chamber of Commerce "Old Timers Dinner," November 17, 1938
News Clipping: "Dr. Bard Had His Troubles with Bulls in Early Days," by E. M. Sheridan (Star), October, 26, 1968
Ms: "Walbridge in Early Times Stepped Off 84 Miles in Day," by E. M. Sheridan
Historical Scrapbook of Ventura County, by E. M. Sheridan
Loose manuscript from unspecified document, page 37
Notebooks containing Historical Writings by E. M. Sheridan, Volumes 1 thru 10 (R979.492)
Notebook 1: "Reminiscences of Ventura County," Volume 1, by E. M. Sheridan
Notebook 2: "Ventura County History," Volume I, by E. M. Sheridan
Notebook 3: "Ventura County History," Volume I, by E. M. Sheridan
Notebook 4: "Reminiscences of Ventura County," Volume 1-A, by E. M. Sheridan
Notebook 5: "Pioneer History of Ventura County," Volume V, by E. M. Sheridan
Notebook 6: "Pioneer History of Ventura County," Volume V, by E. M. Sheridan
Notebook 7: "Ventura County Pioneers," Volume VI, by E. M. Sheridan
Notebook 8: "Ventura County Pioneers," Volume VI, by E. M. Sheridan
Notebook 9: "Pioneer History of Ventura County and Pioneers," by E. M. Sheridan (VII)
Notebook 10: "Pioneers, History, and Bits of Interest in Ventura County," by E. M. Sheridan (VIII)
Notebook 11: "Reminiscences of Ventura County," Volume 1, by E. M. Sheridan