Guide to the Postcard Collection MS.467

Maureen Carey, Kate Dundon
University of California, Santa Cruz
2018
1156 High Street
Santa Cruz 95064
speccoll@library.ucsc.edu


Language of Material: English
Contributing Institution: University of California, Santa Cruz
Title: Postcard Collection
source: Sawyer, Preston, 1899-1968
Identifier/Call Number: MS.467
Physical Description: 21.6 Linear Feet 61 boxes
Date (inclusive): circa 1870-1990

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Property rights for this collection reside with the University of California. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. The publication or use of any work protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use for research or educational purposes requires written permission from the copyright owner. Responsibility for obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user. For more information on copyright or to order a reproduction, please visit guides.library.ucsc.edu/speccoll/reproduction-publication.

Preferred Citation

Postcard Collection. MS 467. Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Much of this collection originates from the Preston Sawyer Collection, which was purchased by the UCSC Library in 1965. The collection has been supplemented by donations of postcards from local historian Esther Rice, and others.

Biographical / Historical

Preston Sawyer (1899-1968) was a collector, writer, and photographer who lived in Santa Cruz, CA in the first half of the 20th century.

Scope and Contents

This collection contains postcards and postcard packets from the Santa Cruz area, California counties, the United States, and some international locations.

Additional Collection Guide

An inventory to the collection is available: MS 467 inventory 

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Postcards
Sawyer, Preston, 1899-1968