Smith (Edson) photograph collection, 1870s-1940s

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Summary

Title:
Edson Smith photograph collection
Dates:
1870s-1940s
Creators:
Smith, Dick (1920-1977), Hoffman, Charles A. (1872-), Smith, Edson (Edson Ashley) (1877-1947), and Santa Barbara Public Library
Abstract:
3,100 early photographs of Santa Barbara County dating from the 1870s-1940s.
Extent:
16.75 Linear Feet (10 cartons, 3 flat boxes)
Language:
English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], Edson Smith photograph collection, SBHC Mss 126. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

The Edson Smith Photograph collection contains nearly 3100 early images of Santa Barbara County dating from the 1870s-1940s, many of which were collected by Santa Barbara native, and long-time resident, Edson A. Smith (1877-1947). The photographs capture historic buildings, adobes, houses, views of State Street, cultural landmarks, local dignitaries, and many events including early Fiesta parades, the arrival of the first Southern Pacific train in Santa Barbara in 1887, and the Santa Barbara Earthquake on June 29, 1925.

Acquisition information:
Gift of the Santa Barbara Public Library, 2019. Many of these photographs were digitized for online viewing by the Santa Barbara Public Library, with funding for the project provided by John C. Woodward.
Processing information:

Photographs have been arranged into boxes consecutively, by identification. Box labels include the number range contained within each box. This number range is recorded in the finding aid in the basic information subrecord. Files have been arranged by box.

Oversize photographs have been removed into flat boxes. The idenfication numbers of these photographs have been indicated on box labels, as well as in the finding aid in the file-level note subrecord. Some negatives were removed for cold storage. The identification numbers of these negatives have been indicated on box labels, as well as in the finding aid in the file-level note subrecord.

Physical location:
Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Collection processed by Santa Barbara Public Library staff under the direction of Jace Ryan Turner. Finding aid prepared by Zachary Liebhaber, 2020.
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-01-26 12:42:36 -0800 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

Access to the original materials restricted due to physical condition. Digital copies held by the Santa Barbara Public Library and may be publicly viewed online on Black Gold Digital Collections and the University of California's Calisphere.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the collection and physical objects belong to the Regents of the University of California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at the UCSB Library. All applicable literary rights, including copyright to the collection and physical objects, are protected under Chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code and are retained by the creator and the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns. All requests to reproduce, quote from, or otherwise reuse collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB at special@ucsb.edu.

Consent is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or their assigns for permission to publish where the UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], Edson Smith photograph collection, SBHC Mss 126. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:
UC Santa Barbara Library
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
Contact:
(805) 893-3062
special@library.ucsb.edu
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