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Oxnard Press Courier records, circa 1890-1990
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Series 1: Morgue circa 1890-1990 circa 1970-1990

Scope and Contents

This series consists of the Oxnard Press-Courier's morgue. It consists of clippings on both persons and subjects, mugs, photographs, and subject files. Original drawer labels are in an envelope or folder at the start of each section.
The morgue originally included 8 sets of cabinets: 2 cabinets containing clippings related to individuals; 4 cabinets containing clippings related to various subjects, events, or topics; 3 cabinets containing mugs, or portraits of people; 2 cabinets containing photographs that were in alphabetical order by name or topic; 2 cabinets containing photographs that were in chronological order by the year of publication or when an event occurred; 1 cabinet of miscellaneous photographs; 1 cabinet of photographs and assorted pamphlets and reference material; and 1 cabinet of what appeared to be subject files.

Arrangement

The cabinets were in no particular order but have been arranged here in alphabetical order for easy reference. The contents of cabinets that were part of a clear set were kept together and the contents of drawers have been boxed in original order. Each title represents one drawer.
 

[Clippings]

Arrangement

The morgue contained 2 sets of cabinets that contained clippings: 2 cabinets with clippings pertaining to persons and 4 cabinets with clippings pertaining to various subjects or events. They are in alphabetical order. Each title represents one drawer, and they are in original order.
The labels "Clippings (Persons)" and "Clippings (Subjects)" are not original and were created by the archivist for easy reference. Titles after the colon are the original labels. There is also an inventory with a listing of each envelope for the clippings available (see note for Other Finding Aids).
The last drawer for Clippings (Person) did not contain clippings, but negatives for photo assignments given to photographers for news stories. The envelopes are numbered from 110-70 through 1538-71, and are dated April 1970 - December 30, 1971. Many of the envelopes have cards attached with additional context and information on the images. There is not a complete run of envelopes and some numbers or dates may be missing.
Box 1

Clippings (Persons): Aa-Bi circa 1950-1990

Scope and Contents

Original drawer labels included at start of this section.
Box 2

Clippings (Persons): Bj-Car circa 1950-1990

Box 3

Clippings (Persons): Cas-Cz circa 1950-1990

Box 4

Clippings (Persons): Da-Ey circa 1950-1990

Box 5

Clippings (Persons): Fa-Gl circa 1950-1990

Box 6, Box 7

Clippings (Persons): Go-Ha circa 1950-1990

Box 7, Box 8

Clippings (Persons): He-It circa 1950-1990

Box 8

Clippings (Persons): Ja-Ru circa 1950-1990

Box 9

Clippings (Persons): La-Lo circa 1950-1990

Box 10

Clippings (Persons): Lu-Mcw circa 1950-1990

Scope and Contents

Original drawer labels included at start of this section.
Box 11

Clippings (Persons): Me-Ni undated

Box 12

Clippings (Persons): No-Py undated

Box 13

Clippings (Persons): Qu-Ry undated

Box 14

Clippings (Persons): Sa-Sq undated

Box 15, Box 16

Clippings (Persons): St-Ut undated

Box 16, Box 17

Clippings (Persons): Va-Zy undated

Box 17, Box 18

[Negatives and photo assignment envelopes] 1971 April - December 30

Scope and Contents

This label was created by the processing archivist. The drawer contained negatives of assignments given to photographers for news stories. Envelopes are numbered from 110-70 to 1538-71, and dated April 1970 - December 30, 1971. Many envelopes have cards attached with additional context and information about the images. It is not a complete run of envelopes and some numbers are missing. While these envelopes don't follow the order of the Clippings files, the original order they were found in has been maintained.
Box 18, Box 19

Clippings (Subjects): A-An 1964-1993

Scope and Contents

Original drawer labels included at start of this section.
Box 19, Box 20

Clippings (Subjects): Ap-Be 1955-1987

Box 20, Box 21

Clippings (Subjects): Bi-Cala 1940-1986

Box 21, Box 22

Clippings (Subjects): Cali-Cama circa 1940s-1985

Box 22, Box 23

Clippings (Subjects): Cama-Chri 1958-1986

Box 23, Box 24

Clippings (Subjects): Chu - Community College 70s to 80s 1960-1985

Box 24, Box 25

Clippings (Subjects): Community Coll. District - Coy 60s 1964-1986

Box 25, Box 26

Clippings (Subjects): Cr-Dz 1960-1986

Box 26, Box 27

Clippings (Subjects): E 1967-1986

Scope and Contents

Original drawer labels included at start of this section.
Box 27, Box 28

Clippings (Subjects): F-Fl 1940-1986

Box 28, Box 29

Clippings (Subjects): Fo-Hei 1968-1986

Box 29, Box 30

Clippings (Subjects): Hel-Im 1965-1986

Box 30, Box 31

Clippings (Subjects): In-Lak 1958-1986

Box 31, Box 32

Clippings (Subjects): Lam-Li 1955-1986

Box 32, Box 33

Clippings (Subjects): Lo-Mon 1955-1986

Box 33, Box 34

Clippings (Subjects): Moo-Mz 1956-1985

Box 34, Box 35

Clippings (Subjects): N 1960-1986

Box 35

Clippings (Subjects): O-Ow 1950-1986

Box 36

Clippings (Subjects): Oxnard (A-Ci) 1950-1986

Scope and Contents

Original drawer labels included at start of this section.
Box 36, Box 37, Box 38

Clippings (Subjects): Oxnard (Ci-G) 1950-1986

Box 38

Clippings (Subjects): Oxnard (H-P) 1960-1987

Box 39

Clippings (Subjects): Oxnard (R-U) 1959-1986

Box 40

Clippings (Subjects): Oxnard (V-Z) - Pa.-Pleasant Valley Rd. 1964-1986

Box 41, Box 128

Clippings (Subjects): Pleasant Valley-S - Pop 1908-1986

Box 42, Box 43

Clippings (Subjects): Por 1940-1986

Box 43, Box 128

Clippings (Subjects): Pos-Ran 1950-1986

Box 44, Box 45

Clippings (Subjects): Rap-Rz 1950-1986

Box 45, Box 46

Clippings (Subjects): S-Sea 1950-1986

Scope and Contents

Original drawer labels included at start of this section.
Box 46, Box 47

Clippings (Subjects): Sec-Sl 1960-1986

Box 47, Box 48

Clippings (Subjects): Sm-St 1960-1986

Box 48, Box 49

Clippings (Subjects): Su-To 1965-1986

Box 49, Box 50

Clippings (Subjects): Tr-Ventura Community 1970-1986

Box 50, Box 51

Clippings (Subjects): Ventura County 1957-1987

Box 51

Clippings (Subjects): Ventura (D)-Vz 1953-1986

Box 52

Clippings (Subjects): W-Wea 1954-1986

Box 53

Clippings (Subjects): Web-Z circa 1890s - 1985

 

Mugs

Scope and Contents

Mug refers to photographs of individuals and not necessarily photographs of persons charged with crimes. The mugs include photographs from the Associated Press (AP), photographs taken of locals to be used in the public opinion poll features "ViewPoint," "Harbor Views," and "Plain Views," and photographs of local figures taken for news stories.

Arrangement

The morgue had 3 cabinets containing mugs: 1 cabinet of mugs taken from the Associated Press (AP), 1 cabinet of mugs used for opinion poll features, and 1 cabinet of mugs of local persons. The AP and local mugs are in alphabetical order by surname, and the opinion poll mugs are roughly in chronological order. All are in original order. Each title represents one drawer.
The opinion poll mugs have the names of interviewees written on the back of most of the photographs. See the inventories for more detailed descriptions (see note for Other Finding Aids). The original labels for the local mugs were faded or missing, and descriptive labels have been created by the archivist.
Box 53, Box 54

Mugs: AP (A-B, B-C) undated

Scope and Contents

Original drawer labels included at start of this section.
Box 54, Box 55

Mugs: AP (D-E, F-G) undated

Box 55, Box 56

Mugs: AP (H-J, K-L) undated

Box 56, Box 57

Mugs: AP (M, N-Q) undated

Box 58, Box 59

Mugs: AP (R-S, S-T) undated

Box 59

Mugs: AP (U-Z) undated

Box 59, Box 60

Mugs: ViewPoint 1981 January 4 - 1989 March

Scope and Contents

Original drawer labels included at start of this section.
Box 60, Box 61

Mugs: Plain Views 11-9-98 [and] ViewPoints 11-9-98 circa 1989-1992

Box 61, Box 62

Mugs: Harbor Views circa 1960s-1990

Box 62

[Additional mugs] undated

Box 62, Box 63

Mugs: [Local] Aarstatd, Dr. - Hyndman, Brian circa 1940s-1990

Scope and Contents

Original drawer labels included at start of this section.
Box 64, Box 65

Mugs: [Local] Ichard, Richard H. - Szabo Ronald circa 1940s-1990

Box 65

Mugs: [Local] Taft, Norman - Zumwalt, Willis H., Rev. circa 1940s-1990

 

Pix [alphabetical]

Scope and Contents

The last drawer in the second cabinet was also labeled "Pix". However, the materials are not photographs and are actually maps of Ventura County, the region, and California. It also included printing plates for an image of a map.

Arrangement

The morgue had 2 cabinets labeled "Pix" and containing photographs that were arranged based on subject, event, or name (both of corporations and individuals). They are in alphabetical and original order. Each title represents one drawer.
Box 91, Box 66

Photographs: Pix A-B [alphabetical] 1950-1991

Scope and Contents

Original drawer labels included at start of this section.
Box 66, Box 67, Box 68

Photographs: Pix C-E [alphabetical] 1950-1990

Box 68, Box 69, Box 70

Photographs: Pix F-L [alphabetical] 1950-1990

Box 70, Box 71

Photographs: Pix M-N [alphabetical] 1950-1990

Box 71, Box 72, Box 128

Photographs: Pix O-R [alphabetical] 1950-1991

Scope and Contents

Original drawer labels included at start of this section.
Box 72, Box 73, Box 74

Photographs: Pix S [alphabetical] 1950-1993

Box 74, Box 75, Box 128

Photographs: Pix T-Z [alphabetical] 1950-1994

Box 75

Photographs: [Maps of county and region] 1950-1993

 

Photos [chronological]

Arrangement

The morgue had 2 cabinets of photographs labeled "PHOTOS". They contained images taken for various features and stories printed in the paper. The Photo folders are labeled by month and include headings such as PC, Auto, Business, Sports, PC Mag. They are organized chronologically. Each title represents one drawer. The original titles and labels are reproduced here. Some of the drawers were missing labels and labels were created based on the labels of other drawers.
Box 76, Box 77

Photographs (chronological): Photos 1987 and 1992 circa 1987-1992

Scope and Contents

Original drawer labels included at start of this section.
Box 77, Box 78

Photographs (chronological): Photos 1985-1986 circa 1985-1986

Box 78, Box 79

Photographs (chronological): [Photos 1984-1983] circa 1984-1983

Scope and Contents

The drawer title is in brackets because it was created by the archivist based on the original titles of the other drawers.
Box 80

Photographs (chronological): Photos 1981-1982; 1973, 1975, Progress circa 1973-1982

Box 81, Box 82

Photographs (chronological): Photos 1988 circa 1988

Scope and Contents

Original drawer labels included at start of this section.
Box 82, Box 83

Photographs (chronological): Photos 1989 circa 1989

Box 83, Box 84

Photographs (chronological): Photos 1990 circa 1990

Box 84, Box 85

Photographs (chronological): [Photos 1991] circa 1991

 

[Photographs: miscellaneous]

Arrangement

The morgue had 1 cabinet of miscellaneous photographs. Each title represents one drawer. The first drawer contained foldered photographs in alphabetical order and a second set of folders containing clippings and photos arranged by subject. The second drawer contained photographs of community, political, military, and law enforcement figures; files on popular TV shows; and crime files containing police sketches, court photos, etc.
The last two drawers contained mixed files of photographs, clippings, and papers related to various news stories. There is no discernible order to these last two drawers. They are largely related to Port Hueneme, but are not limited to this. The last drawer contained several copies of the Port Hueneme Pilot newspaper.
Box 86, Box 87

Photographs (Miscellaneous): Mag Picture File circa 1980s

Scope and Contents

Original drawer labels included at start of this section.
Box 87, Box 88

Photographs (Miscellaneous): 5x7 and 8x10 pictures of circa 1950s-1980s

Box 89, Box 90

Photographs (Miscellaneous): [Miscellaneous photographs and clippings] circa 1970s-1980s

Box 89, Box 90, Box 91, Box 65

Photographs (Miscellaneous): [Miscellaneous photographs and clippings] circa 1960s-1982

Scope and Contents

Box 65 contains negatives with images of St. John Lutheran's League, circa 1960. They are in very poor condition.
 

Photographs and pamphlets

Scope and Contents

The morgue had 1 cabinet labeled "Photos, Pamphlets 1941-1966". These cabinets contain a combination of photographs, notes, reports, clippings, and research on various topics.

Arrangement

Each title represents one drawer. They are arranged in alphabetical order. The last and fourth drawer was empty.
Box 91, Box 92

Photos and pamphlets: 1941-1966 approx. A-K circa 1941-1966

Scope and Contents

Original drawer labels included at start of this section.
Box 92, Box 93

Photos and pamphlets: 1941-1966 approx. L-O circa 1941-1967

Box 93

Photos and Pamphlets: 1941-1966 approx. P-Z circa 1941-1968

 

[Subject files]

Scope and Contents

This morgue had 1 cabinet of what appeared to be subject files, including reference on various subjects. Materials were arranged in alphabetical order, and each title represents one drawer.
The first drawer contains papers related to the Ventura County Board of Supervisors, including reports, pamphlets, meeting minutes and agendas, and clippings. The second drawer was empty. The third drawer contained papers used for reference and related to various countries, including pamphlets, promotional materials created by tourism boards and ministries, photographs, and maps. The fourth drawer is a continuation of the previous drawer, with the addition of materials that focus on states and cities within the U.S.A.
Box 94, Box 95, Box 128

Subject files: Ventura Co. A-Grand Jury Board of Supervisors to '59 circa 1930-1966

Scope and Contents

Original drawer labels included at start of this section.
Box 95, Box 96, Box 97

Subject files: Countries circa 1948-1969

Box 97

Subject files: Cities-States circa 1950-1969

 

Series 2: Negatives 1982 August - 1993 July 18

Scope and Contents

This series includes negatives from the Oxnard Press-Courier. The negatives were originally housed in yellow boxes. All items from the same box have been kept together in original order. They are in rough chronological order. Many of the negatives have cards attached that detail the news story or column the image is related to, description of the image, date it was taken, and photographer it was assigned to. The titles represent the way the original boxes were labeled, but dates have been added for a more precise description of the boxes' date ranges.
Box 98

August-September 1982 1982 October 1-30

Box 98

October 1982 1982 August - September 16

Box 99

December 1982 1982 November 7, December 4 - 1983 January 2

Box 99

February 1983 1983 February 1 - 28

Box 99

June 1983 1983 June 2 - 30

Box 100

July 1983 1983 June 1 - July 31

Box 100

August 1983 1983 August 1 - 31

Box 100

November 1983 1983 November

Box 100

December 1983 1983 December 1 - 1984 January 4

Box 101

March 1984 1984 March 2 - 30

Box 101

April 1984 1984 April 2 - 30

Box 101

June 1984 1984 June 2 - 29

Box 102

July 1984 1984 July 2 - 31

Box 102

September 1984 1984 August 31 - September 29

Box 102

December 1984 1984 December 1 - 1985 January 1

Box 102, Box 103

January 1985 1985 January 2 - 28

Box 103

March 1985 1985 March 1 - 31

Box 103

May 1985 1985 May 1 - 31

Box 103, Box 104

September 1985 1985 August 31 - September 30

Box 104

October 1985 1985 October 1 - 31

Box 104

November 1985 1985 November 1 - 30

Box 105

March 1986 1986 March 1 - 31

Box 105

April 1986 1986 April 1 - 30

Box 105, Box 106

May 1986 1986 May 1 - June 1

Box 106

June 1986 1986 June 1 - 30

Box 106

July 1986 1986 July 1 - 31

Box 107

August 1986 1986 August 1 - September 1

Box 107

October 1986 1986 October 1 - November 1

Box 107, Box 108

December 1986 1986 December 1 - 31

Box 108

March 1987 1987 March 2 - 31

Box 108

April 1987 1987 April 1 - 30

Box 109

May 1987 1987 May 1 - 28

Box 109

August 1987 1987 August 1 - 31

Box 109

September 1987 1987 September 1 - 30

Box 110

October 1987 1987 October 2 - 31

Box 110

February 1988 1988 February 1 - 29

Box 110, Box 111

April 1988 1988 April 1 - 30

Box 111

May 1988 1988 May 2 - 31

Box 111

July 1988 1988 July 1 - 31

Box 111, Box 112

August 1988 1988 August 1 - 31

Box 112

September 1988 1988 September 1 - 30

Box 112

February 1989 1989 February 1 - 28

Box 113

April - May 1989 1989 April 1 - May 11

Box 113

May-June 1989 1989 May 12 - June 20

Box 114

June-July 1989 1989 June 21 - July 31

Box 114

August-September 1989 1989 August 1 - September 11

Box 115

September-October 1989 1989 September 12 - October 18

Box 115

October-November 1989 1989 October 19 - November 30

Box 116

February 1990 1990 February 1 - 28

Box 116

March 1990 1990 March 1 - 31

Box 116

April 1990 1990 April 2 - 30

Box 117

May 1990 1990 May 1 - 31

Box 117

June 1990 1990 June 1 - 30

Box 117

July 1990 1990 July 2 -31

Box 118

August 1990 1990 August 1 - 31

Box 118

September 1990 1990 September 1 - 28

Box 118, Box 119

October 1990 1990 October 1 - 31

Box 119

November 1990 1990 November 1 - 30, June 1

Box 119

January 1991 1991 January 1 - 31

Box 119, Box 120

February 1991 1991 February 1 - 28

Box 120

April 1991 1991 April 3 - 29

Box 120

May 1991 1991 May 1 - 31

Box 121

June 1991 1991 June 1 - 29

Box 121

September 1991 1991 September 2 - 30

Box 121, Box 122

November 1991 1991 November 1 - 30

Box 122

December 1991 1991 December 2 - 31

Box 122

January 1992 1992 January 1 - 31

Box 123

March 1992 1992 March 1 - 31

Box 123

July 1992 1992 July 1 - 22

Box 124

October 1992 1992 October 1 - 31

Box 124

December 1992 1992 November, December 1 - 31

Box 124, Box 125

January 1993 1992 December 29 - 1993 January 30

Box 125

February 1993 1993 February 1 - 29

Box 125

February / March 1993 1993 February - March

Box 126

March 1993 1993 March 1 - 30

Box 126

April - May 1993 1993 April 18 - May 15

Box 126, Box 127

May 1993 1993 May 16 - June 5

Box 127

June 1993 1993 June 3 - 30

Box 127

June - July 1993 1993 June 28 - July 18

Box 128

Loose materials: Souvenir Edition of Press Courier 1983 June 28

Scope and Contents

This box contains 3 copies of the 80th anniversary Souvenir Edition of the Press Courier.
Box 128

Nameplate: Member Port Hueneme Chamber of Commerce 1975

Scope and Contents

This nameplate was found in an empty cabinet drawer. It's not clear who it belonged to or what items it is related to in the collection.