Guide to the A.F. Schleicher scrapbooks Mss 337
Finding aid prepared by Wyatt Young and Zachary Liebhaber, 2017.
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara 93106-9010
special@library.ucsb.edu
2017 May 30
Title: A.F. Schleicher scrapbooks
Identifier/Call Number: Mss 337
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
7.02 linear feet
(6 flat boxes)
Creator:
Schleicher, A. F.
Date (inclusive): 1912-1929
Abstract: The A.F. Schleicher collection is a series of six large photograph scrapbooks and documents the life and travels of Schleicher
in the early 20th century.
Physical Location: Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Research Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish
or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Research Collections. Permission for publication
is given on behalf of the Department of Special Research Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of Item], A.F. Schleicher scrapbooks, Mss 337. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara
Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Acquisition Information
Library purchase, 2017.
Scope and Content
The A.F. Schleicher collection is a series of six large photograph scrapbooks and documents the life and travels of Schleicher
in the early 20th century.
"Gus" Schleicher was a prominent figure in the social fraternal Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, commonly
known as The Shriners. Schleicher was also involved in the Masonic fraternal organization for young men, the DeMolay, and
hosted numerous parties at his home in the hills of Mill Valley in Marin County, California, which he referred to as "Olympus."
He was an avid world traveler, and died in 1931 in a boating accident in Germany.
This collection has been organized chronologically and by subject matter of the scrapbooks, and includes over 2,000 hand-colored
and black-and-white photographs of Schleicher's travels and experiences. Inside of the scrapbooks, there are numerous annotations
denoting the names and dates of people and places in the photographs. The albums also document the development and additions
to his home in Mill Valley.
There are also numerous photographs of Yosemite Park in California.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Travel photography
Photograph albums
Scrapbooks
Flat-box 1
California and Travels to Europe
1912-1913
Flat-box 2
"Hoozoo in Shriner's Happy Land" - To Noble A.F. Schleicher with the Compliments of the Aloha Temple, A.A.O.M.S. Honolulu
1919
Flat-box 3
Swimming Pool Project and Trip to Asia
1919-1923
Flat-box 4
California and the South Seas
1923-1925
Flat-box 5
Tour of North Africa, Middle East, and Europe
1926-1927
Flat-box 6
Trips to Europe, Asia, and the Pacfic, Life in Mill Valley California
1928-1929
