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Santa Barbara Legacy Reel Audio Tape Collection
AR.2022.003  
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  • Contributing Institution: Gledhill Library
    Title: Santa Barbara Legacy Reel Audio Tape Collection
    source: Santa Barbara Historical Museum
    Identifier/Call Number: AR.2022.003
    Physical Description: 98 Reels in 3 record storage boxes
    Date (inclusive): 1952-1977
    Abstract: The Santa Barbara Legacy Reel Audio Tapes Collection contains the earliest recordings of people and events of mid-20th century Santa Barbara historic preservation. From the 1950s into the 1970s, there was a concerted effort at the local, county, and state levels to raise awareness of Santa Barbara's storied past. During this period the Historical Society, as the Museum was then known, began a publications program, established a decade-long presence at the Santa Barbara Mission, and built a permanent museum in the heart of downtown. Through the efforts of its leaders, the historic El Pueblo Viejo district was established along with a spin-off organization that would reconstruct the Presidio, Santa Barbara's birthplace. This collection of reel-to-reel tapes documents many of the key events of this golden era of historic preservation in Santa Barbara.
    Condition Description: Audio tapes are in usable condition although the true physical condition and quality of the recordings are unknown until they are digitized and made accessible.
    Language of Material: English .

    Content Description

    Ninety-eighty (98) quarter-inch (1⁄4") reel-to-reel magnetic tapes of the earliest audio recordings made by the Santa Barbara Historical Society, now Santa Barbara Historical Museum. These tapes contain oral histories, lectures, meetings, celebrations, ceremonies, and music perfomances.

    Biographical / Historical

    The Santa Barbara Historical Society was formed in October 1932 to foster research and study of the history of the city and county of Santa Barbara. In 1943, the Society became a California non-profit corporation with exhibit and storage space in the tower room of the Santa Barbara County Courthouse. In the 1950s the Franciscans offered the Society office and exhibition space at the Santa Barbara Mission. It was during this period that curator W. Edwin Gledhill began documenting the Society's preservation efforts by means of audio recordings. The capturing of memories on reel-to-reel magnetic tape continued into the 1970s until others took over the Society's recording efforts using the newer and more compact technology of audio cassettes.

    Arrangement

    Tapes are arranged in chronological order by Created Date, then by first Interviewee, then by first Speaker, and finally by Title. See online items for listing of recordings.

    Processing Information

    The Santa Barbara Legacy Reel Audio Tape Collection was processed by Leslie A. Ervin and Chris S. Ervin CA from April to July 2022.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of tape], Santa Barbara Legacy Reel Audio Tape Collection, AR-2022-003, Gledhill Library, Santa Barbara Historical Museum, Santa Barbara, California.

    Conditions Governing Access

    Collection is open for research.

    Conditions Governing Use

    Property rights reside with the Santa Barbara Historical Museum. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head Archivist of the Gledhill Library.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Adobe houses
    Architecture
    Architecture, Spanish colonial
    Archival materials
    Audiotapes
    Awards
    Beekeepers
    California -- History
    City planning
    Donner Party
    Gold mines and mining
    Historic preservation
    Monterey (Calif.)
    Oil spills
    Old Spanish Days Fiesta
    Oral histories
    Painting
    Santa Barbara (Calif.) -- History
    Santa Barbara Earthquake, Calif., 1925
    Shipping
    Shipwrecks
    Stagecoaches
    State Street (Santa Barbara, Calif.)
    Transportation
    Abraham, Jane Cushing Miller, 1882-1963
    American Film Manufacturing Company
    Birabent, Soledad Rochin, 1864-1960
    Blakley, Jim (Elwood R.), 1924-2008
    Bradbury, Edwin Perley, 1883-1971
    Carrillo, E. J. (Edward John)
    Chase, Pearl, Miss, 1888-1979
    Conner, Elbert S., Mr., 1897-1979
    Covarrubias, Maria Aurora, 1879-1966
    Curletti, Rosario Andrea, Miss, 1913-1986
    Curletti, Rosario Andrea, Miss, 1913-1986
    Dentzel, Carl S.
    Eisner, Simon, 1907-1999
    Ellis, Anna Blake (Anna Blake Lincoln), 1904-2003
    Erickson, Helen Louise Cooper, 1891-1979
    Gebhard, David, Dr., 1927-1996
    Geiger, Maynard J., 1901-1977
    Geiringer, Bernice Abrams Shapiro, 1918-2001
    Gledhill, Edwin, 1888-1976
    Gledhill, Edwin, 1888-1976
    Gould, Samuel B. (Samuel Brookner), 1910-1997
    Greenwell, Arthur Merry, 1893-1962
    Greenwell, Grace Cavalleri, 1882-1967
    Harrison, Gail, Miss
    Hass, Jeremy Dennis, 1936-2014
    Hollister, J. J., Jr. (John James), 1901-1961
    Hollister, J. J., Sr. (John James), 1870-1961
    Hoyt, Robert Ingle, 1913-1985
    Hvolboll, Elizabeth Erro, 1930-2018
    Jackson, W. Turrentine (William Turrentine), 1915-2000
    Kimberly, Jennie, Miss, 1874-1964
    Kimberly, Jennie, Miss, 1874-1964
    Kroll, Frances Cooper, 1887-1972
    Lincoln, Annie Merton Stanwood, 1867-1955
    Mahood, Ruth I. (Ruth Ione)
    Monsen, Courtenay, 1893-1976
    Morris, Ben Mitchel, 1920-2016
    Muir, John, 1838-1914
    Neasham, Vernon Aubrey, Dr., 1908-1982
    Newlin, Marguerite Mae Carver, 1878-1970
    O'Donnell, Mayo Hayes, 1892-1978
    Oglesby, Richard Edward, Dr., 1931-
    Olmstead, Vesta A., 1863-1961
    O'Neill, Owen (Owen Hugh), 1873-1967
    Otte, William L. (William Louis), 1871-1957
    Overbaugh, Marjorie Greenwell
    Overbaugh, Roy F., 1882-1966
    Overbaugh, Roy F., 1882-1966
    Peck, Luisa (Louise Parrott), 1887-1958
    Peck, Luisa (Louise Parrott), 1887-1958
    Perceval, Don Louis, 1908-1979
    Phelan, Leontine Birabent, 1892-1994
    Phelan, Robert Vincent, 1884-1966
    Phillips, Michael J., 1876-1932
    Pierce, Charles T.
    Pierce, Hiram Charles, 1860-1906
    Pierce, Hiram Charles, 1860-1906
    Poett, Mercedes Dibblee, Mrs., 1877-1969
    Pomeroy, Hugh R. (Hugh Reynolds), 1899-1961
    Price, Francis B., Sr., 1890-1965
    Price, Francis B., Sr., 1890-1965
    Rafferty, Max (Maxwell Lewis), 1917-1982
    Richter, M. C. (Max Clemens), 1884-1973
    Rickard, John T., Judge (John Treloar), 1913-2000
    Rogers, Cameron, 1900-1971
    Ruiz, Russell A. (Russell Antonio), 1925-1988
    Ruiz, Russell A. (Russell Antonio), 1925-1988
    Sahyun, Melville, Dr., 1895-1977
    Santa Barbara Historical Museum
    Santa Barbara Presidio (Santa Barbara, Calif.)
    Santa Barbara State Normal School
    Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation
    Smith, Dick, 1920-1977
    Smith, Dick, 1920-1977
    Spalding, Georgiana (Georgiana Ysabel Lacy), 1877-1959
    Sweetser, Paul G. (Paul Greene), 1893-1977
    Sweetser, Paul G. (Paul Greene), 1893-1977
    Tompkins, Walker A. (Walker Allison), 1909-1988
    Tompkins, Walker A. (Walker Allison), 1909-1988
    Toporeck, Dorothy Holmes, 1907-1993
    Toporeck, Dorothy Holmes, 1907-1993
    Weld, Dorothy Appleton (Dorothy Everard Appleton), 1878-1965
    Wells, Fargo & Company
    Wheelwright, Jane Hollister, 1905-2004
    Wheelwright, Jane Hollister, 1905-2004
    Wheelwright, Joseph B., 1906-1999
    Whitney, Ted (John Edward), 1879-1960