Content Description
Biographical / Historical
Arrangement
Processing Information
Preferred Citation
Conditions Governing Access
Conditions Governing Use
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