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Title: Sierra Madre historical archives collection
Dates: 1848-Present
Bulk Dates: 1907-1939
Collection number: consult repository
Creator:
Sierra Madre Historical Preservation Society
Creator:
Sierra Madre Public Library
Collection Size:
approximately 1,202.7 linear feet and 10 map case drawers
Repository:
Sierra Madre Historical Archives
Sierra Madre Public Library
Sierra Madre, CA 91024
Abstract: The Sierra Madre Historical Archives collects, preserves, and provides access to a variety of materials that tell the Sierra
Madre story: photographs, slides, postcards, scrapbooks, city directories, maps, letters, periodicals, posters, works of art,
sound recordings, moving images, and ephemera. The collection's subject area strengths include San Gabriel Mountain resorts
accessible via local trails and Sierra Madre art and artists.
Physical location: California Room, Sierra Madre Public Library
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Collection is open for research. Please contact the Archives to schedule an appointment.
Copyright restrictions may apply. All requests for permission to publish, quote, or reproduce materials from the Collection
should be submitted to the Associate Librarian-Archival Collection. A copy of the work in which collection materials are published
must be donated to the Archives.
[Identification of Item], 1848-Present, Sierra Madre historical archives collection, consult repository, Courtesy of the Sierra
Madre Historical Archives, Sierra Madre, California.
The collection is added to on an ongoing basis as materials are donated by community members, local organizations, former
residents, and those connected to Sierra Madre’s history.
Biography / Administrative History
The Sierra Madre Historical Society began collecting local history materials in 1931. In 1981, the Jameson Sierra Madre Room
was added to the Sierra Madre Public Library in order to house the rare books, California books, and archival collections
assembled by the Sierra Madre Historical Society. In 1991, the Preservation Society of Sierra Madre joined with the Historical
Society to form the Sierra Madre Historical Preservation Society. In 1999, the Sierra Madre Historical Preservation Society
entered into a formal agreement with the Sierra Madre Public Library to share ownership of the Sierra Madre Historical Archives.
The oldest materials in the collection are from 1848. Materials are donated to the collection on an ongoing basis.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection is composed of a wide variety of formats including: architectural drawings, artist files, artworks, audio recordings,
books, cultural artifacts, diaries, journals, personal papers, digital files, directories, ephemera, moving images, institutional
records, manuscripts, maps, memorabilia, microfiche and microfilm, newspaper clippings, newspapers, official records, oral
histories, photographs, postcards, printed works, prints and posters, rare books, serials, slides, and statistical data. The
collection covers the Sierra Madre and San Gabriel Mountains regions. Subject areas include artistic communities, businesses,
clubs and social organizations, church and religious organizations, community service organizations, education, health care
and retirement, horticulture and gardening, library history, natural disasters, people, politics and government, transportation,
wistaria vine, and veterans.
Materials have been organized into broad subject categories. Materials within a given category have been arranged in alphabetical
order. Items within folders are generally arranged in chronological order.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Sierra Madre (Calif.)
Sierra Madre (Calif.)--History.
San Gabriel Mountains (Calif.)
Tournament of Roses
Sierra Madre Community Nursery School
Sierra Madre Historical Society
Sierra Madre Oral History Project
Sierra Madre Public Library
Sierra Madre Civic Club
Sierra Madre Search and Rescue Team
Thompson, Wandalee, 1914-2004
Randall, Paula
Dewey, Alfred James
McCarthy, John Russell