Guide to the Edson Smith photograph collection SBHC Mss 126
Collection processed by Santa Barbara Public Library staff under the direction of Jace Ryan Turner. Finding aid prepared by
Zachary Liebhaber, 2020.
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara 93106-9010
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2020 July 13
Title: Edson Smith photograph collection
Identifier/Call Number: SBHC Mss 126
Language of Material:
English.
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Physical Description:
16.75 Linear Feet
(10 cartons, 3 flat boxes)
Creator:
Smith, Dick (1920-1977)
Creator:
Hoffman, Charles A. (1872-)
Source:
Smith, Edson (Edson Ashley) (1877-1947)
Source:
Santa Barbara Public Library
Date (inclusive): 1870s-1940s
Physical Location: Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library
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.
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.
[Identification of Item], Edson Smith photograph collection, SBHC Mss 126. Department of Special Research Collections, UC
Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
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.
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.
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.
Many of these photographs have been digitized and are available for online viewing.
Calisphere: https://calisphere.org/collections/26896/
Black Gold Digital Collections
http://www.luna.blackgold.org/luna/servlet/blackgold~9~9
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Santa Barbara (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Photographs
Santa Barbara (Calif.) -- History -- 19th century -- Photographs
Santa Barbara County (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Photographs
Santa Barbara County (Calif.) -- History -- 19th century -- Photographs
Photographs
Negatives (photographs)
Smith, Edson (Edson Ashley) (1877-1947)
Santa Barbara Public Library
box 3
350-460
box 7
box 8
1837-2299
box 9
box 10
flat-oversize 11, flat-oversize 12
Oversize 1