The Aerial and Panoramic Photographs Collection is made up of photographs collected by the La Jolla Historical Society since the 1930s to use for historical research and reference. The Collection contains aerial and panoramic photographs in order of decade. The...

The Anson Mills Diaries Collection is made up of diaries written by Anson Peaslee Mills. In 1890 the Mills family moved to La Jolla and for the next fifty years were among the prominent citizens of the village. When Mr....

The Archie and Agnes Talboy Collection is made up of photographs, archival material and a scrapbook collected by the La Jolla Historical Society since the 1930s to use for historical research and reference. The Collection contains material dedicated to Archie...

The Architects Collection is made up of photographs and archival material collected by the La Jolla Historical Society since the 1930s to use for historical research and reference. Relevant architects that have been active in La Jolla each have a...

The Balmer School and La Jolla Country Day Collection is made up of photographs and archival material collected by the La Jolla Historical Society since the 1930s to use for historical research and reference. The Collection contains material reflecting the...

The Biographical Files Collection is made up of archival material, photographs and other documents and ephemera collected or created by the La Jolla Historical Society since the 1930s to use for historical research and reference. The Collection contains information on...

The Bird Rock Collection is made up of photographs and archival material collected by the La Jolla Historical Society since the 1930s to use for historical research and reference. The Collection contains material dedicated to the history of Bird Rock,...

The Bishop’s School Collection is made up of photographs, ephemera and archival material collected by the La Jolla Historical Society since the 1930s to use for historical research and reference. The Bishop’s School was organized in 1908 and opened, firstly,...

The Casa de Mañana Collection is made up of photographs, ephemera, and archival material collected by the La Jolla Historical Society since the 1930s to use for historical research and reference. In 1923, Isabel Morrison Hopkins came to La Jolla...

The Charles Schneider Photograph Collection consists of 4,673 negatives comprised of images related to La Jolla, California. Included are photographs of La Jolla architecture, businesses, scenery, homes, fashion, people, places, events and portraits.

The Children’s Pool Collection is made up of photographs and archival material collected by the La Jolla Historical Society since the 1930s to use for historical research and reference. The Collection contains information on the Children’s Pool in La Jolla,...

The Community Planning Collection is made up of archival material collected by the La Jolla Historical Society since the 1930s to use for historical research and reference. It includes materials concerning the La Jolla Community Planning Association and other related...

The Copley Press Collection is made up of photographs collected by the La Jolla Historical Society for historical research and reference. This collection consists of six photograph albums and 277 loose photographs showing the Copley Press office building addition construction...

The La Jolla Cove Collection is made up of photographs and archival material collected by the La Jolla Historical Society since the 1930s to use for historical research and reference. The Collection contains material dedicated to the history of the...

The Donor Based Collection is made up of photographs, ephemera and archival material collected by the La Jolla Historical Society since the 1930s to use for historical research and reference. This Collection consists of 72 separate Collections donated by a...

The Drury Lane Players Collection is made up of documents, photographs, ephemera, scrapbooks, artwork, and other archival material pertaining to the Drury Lane Players theatrical group and Friends of the Drury Lane Players. The theater group began in 1949 with...

The La Jolla Historical Society's Edythe Scripps Postcard Collection consists of 80 postcards comprised of fourteen linen cards, seventeen chromolithograph cards, twenty-one chrome cards, two black and white cards, and twenty-six real photo cards. See list of headings under "additional...

The General History of La Jolla Collection is made up of photographs, ephemera and archival material collected by the La Jolla Historical Society since the 1930s to use for historical research and reference. This material pertains to the history and...

The Girl Scouts Collection is made up of photographs, scrapbooks, booklets, ephemera, a diary and archival material collected by the La Jolla Historical Society since the 1930s to use for historical research and reference. The Collection contains material dedicated to...

The Granada Theatre Collection is made up of photographs and archival material collected by the La Jolla Historical Society since the 1930s to use for historical research and reference. The Collection contains material dedicated to the history of the Granada...

The Green Dragon Colony Collection is made up of photographs and archival material collected by the La Jolla Historical Society since the 1930s to use for historical research and reference. The Collection contains historical information on Anna Held Heinrich and...

The Hiomi Nakamura Family Collection is made up of one family photograph album. Hiomi Nakamura spent most of his life living in La Jolla. His father came to La Jolla in 1910 and was a chef for J.D. Spreckles, the...

The Howard S.F. Randolph “La Jolla Year by Year” Papers, 1869-1951, document the correspondence and other materials used to research Randolph’s book on the history of La Jolla. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence to and from Mr....

The Island Architects Collection was donated to the La Jolla Historical Society from 2016 through 2020 by Tony Crisafi, Founding Principal Architect of Island Architects in La Jolla, California. As of 2022, Island Architects has built twenty-five plus years of...

The La Jolla Art Association Collection is made up of photographs, ephemera, and archival material collected by the La Jolla Historical Society since the 1930s to use for historical research and reference. The Association, one of the earliest in southern...

The La Jolla Civic Orchestra Association Collection is made up of photographs, programs, ephemera, directories, cookbooks, membership information, meeting minutes and archival material collected by the La Jolla Historical Society since the 1930s to use for historical research and reference....

The La Jolla Elementary School Collection is made up of photographs, scrapbooks, ephemera, archival material and a 1921 yearbook collected by the La Jolla Historical Society since the 1930s to use for historical research and reference. The La Jolla Elementary...

The La Jolla High School Collection is made up of photographs and archival material collected by the La Jolla Historical Society since the 1930s to use for historical research and reference. The material is divided into two Collections: 1920 –...

The La Jolla High School Collection is made up of photographs and archival material collected by the La Jolla Historical Society since the 1930s to use for historical research and reference. The material is divided into two Collections: 1920 –...

The La Jolla Players Collection is made up of three scrapbooks containing archival material and ephemera pertaining to the La Jolla Players theatrical group who put on plays, competitions, and workshops for the La Jolla community. Also included are newspaper...

The La Jolla Playhouse Collection is made up of photographs, ephemera and archival material collected by the La Jolla Historical Society since the 1930s to use for historical research and reference and includes materials from the La Jolla Summer Playhouse,...

The La Jolla Woman's Club and Socias Nuevas Club Collection is made up of archival material, scrapbooks, photographs, and ephemera. The Woman’s Club in La Jolla dates to 1894, when it was first called The Reading Club. Other names were...

The La Valencia Hotel Collection is made up of photographs and archival material collected by the La Jolla Historical Society since the 1930s to use for historical research and reference. The Collection contains material dedicated to the history of the...

The Las Patronas Collection is made up of photographs, ephemera and archival material collected by the La Jolla Historical Society since the 1930s to use for historical research and reference. Las Patronas began in 1947 in La Jolla, the concept...

The La Jolla Historical Society's Leopold Hugo Postcard Collection consists of 78 real photo postcards. All are printed on Cyko stock. Images include scenes from La Jolla’s coastline and street scenes. It is believed that the images were taken between...

The Library Association of La Jolla Collection is made up of photographs, ephemera and archival material collected by the La Jolla Historical Society since the 1930s to use for historical research and reference. The Association began when Florence Sawyer donated...

The La Jolla Historical Society’s Library is made up of over 800 books, periodicals and magazines collected or created by the La Jolla Historical Society since the 1930s to use for historical research and reference. The Library Collection specializes in...

The Little Folks Shop Collection is made up of photographs and archival material pertaining to the children’s clothing store that was located at 1012-14 Prospect Street from about 1940 through 1983. This store was a prominent shop in the village...

The Maps and Brochures of La Jolla and San Diego County Collection is made up of maps and brochures beginning in 1870, collected by the La Jolla Historical Society since the 1930s to use for historical research and reference. This...

The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego Collection is made up of photographs, ephemera and archival material collected by the La Jolla Historical Society since the 1930s to use for historical research and reference. The Museum began as a wish...

The Musical Arts Society of La Jolla Collection is made up of archival material, photographs and ephemera pertaining to the Society which was incorporated in 1941. The goal was to bring chamber music to La Jolla under the baton of...

The La Jolla Newspaper Collection is made up of bound and loose newspapers of La Jolla collected by the La Jolla Historical Society since the 1930s to use for historical research and reference. The Collection contains newspapers published in La...

The Obituaries Collection is made up of archival material collected by the La Jolla Historical Society to use for historical research and reference. This Collection includes selected obituaries from the 20th and 21st centuries of prominent community members and people...

The Optimist Club of La Jolla & Opti-Mrs. Club Collection consists of photographs, ephemera, archival material, documents, scrapbooks, and objects relating to the Clubs. The Clubs were philanthropic community-building organizations benefiting La Jolla. Optimist International is an international service club...

The Parking Collection is made up of archival material collected by the La Jolla Historical Society since the 1930s to use for historical research and reference. This Collection contains newspaper clippings, memorandums, letters and reports relating for automobile parking issues...

The Photograph Album and Scrapbook Collection is made up of seventeen scrapbooks and photograph albums of general La Jolla topics and includes archival material, photographs, documents, and ephemera. The topics pertain to the history and heritage of La Jolla, California,...

The La Jolla Post Office Collection is made up of photographs, ephemera and archival material collected by the La Jolla Historical Society since the 1930s to use for historical research and reference. This Collection includes information on preserving the Post...

The La Jolla Historical Society's General Postcard Collection consists of over 800 postcards comprised of linen cards, chromolithograph cards, chrome cards, black and white cards, real photo cards and hand-colored real photo cards. The collection is housed in four boxes...

The Pottery Canyon | Rodriguez Family Collection is made up of photographs and archival material used for historical research and reference. The Collection contains material dedicated to the history of the Rodriguez Family in Pottery Canyon, the subsequent issues with...

The Railroads, Street Cars, Trains, and Trolleys Collection is made up of photographs and archival material collected by the La Jolla Historical Society since the 1930s to use for historical research and reference. The Collection contains material dedicated to the...

The La Jolla Recreation Center (Community House) Collection is made up of photographs, scrapbooks, ephemera and archival material collected by the La Jolla Historical Society since the 1930s to use for historical research and reference. The Center, a gift of...

The Red Rest and Red Roost (“Neptune”) Collection is made up of photographs, ephemera and archival material collected by the La Jolla Historical Society since the 1930s to use for historical research and reference. Built in 1894, the Cottages are...

The Restaurant Collection is made up of photographs, ephemera, menus and archival material collected by the La Jolla Historical Society since the 1930s to use for historical research and reference. This Collection contains archival material pertaining to restaurants in La...

The Salk Institute for Biological Studies Collection is made up of photographs, ephemera and archival material collected by the La Jolla Historical Society since the 1930s to use for historical research and reference. This Collection contains information on the Institute...

The San Diego City Schools Collection is made up of a series of directories for San Diego City Schools for each calendar year dated 1931-1938, 1941-61, and 1969-1970. This material pertains to the history and heritage of La Jolla, California;...

The San Diego County Medical Society Collection is made up of archival material collected by the La Jolla Historical Society since the 1930s to use for historical research and reference. This collection consists of nine directories dating from 1963 to...

The Save Our Heritage Organization (SOHO) Collection is made up of photographs, ephemera and archival material collected by the La Jolla Historical Society since the 1930s to use for historical research and reference. SOHO is a private member-based non-profit that...

The Scripps Elementary School Collection is made up of photographs, yearbooks, scrapbooks and archival material collected by the La Jolla Historical Society to use for historical research and reference. The Collection contains material dedicated to the history of the School....

The Scripps Family Collection is a compilation of correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and brochures regarding Scripps family members and organizations created by or supported by the Scripps Family. The collection contains significant correspondence of the Ellen Browning Scripps Commemoration...

The Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) Collection is made up of books, photographs, ephemera, and archival material collected by the La Jolla Historical Society since the 1930s to use for historical research and reference. Additional photographs of the SIO and...

The Scripps Medical Institutions Collection is made up of documents, photographs, ephemera, and other archival material. On July 28, 1916, Samuel T. Gillespie opened the La Jolla Sanitarium at Kline House on Prospect Street. In 1918, Ellen Browning Scripps integrated...

The Shoreline Collection is made up of photographs and archival material collected by the La Jolla Historical Society since the 1930s to use for historical research and reference. This Collection consists of mostly photographs with some newspaper articles and documents/reports....

The Sports Collection is made up of photographs, scrapbooks, baseball scorebooks, ephemera and archival material collected by the La Jolla Historical Society since the 1930s to use for historical research and reference. Sports covered in this Collection include baseball, bicycling,...

The St. James by-the-Sea Episcopal Church Collection is made up of photographs and archival material collected by the La Jolla Historical Society since the 1930s to use for historical research and reference. The first Episcopal Church services in La Jolla...

The Street Files Collection is made up of archival material, photographs and other documents and ephemera collected or created by the La Jolla Historical Society since the 1930s to use for historical research and reference. The Collection contains information on...

The Strongly Oriented for Action (SOFA) Collection is made up of photographs, ephemera and archival material collected by the La Jolla Historical Society since the 1930s to use for historical research and reference. SOFA was a non-profit, local organization whose...

The Subject Files Collection is made up of archival material, photographs and other documents and ephemera collected or created by the La Jolla Historical Society since the 1930s to use for historical research and reference. The Collection contains information on...

The Subject Files Collection (Large) is made up of archival material, photographs and other documents and ephemera collected or created by the La Jolla Historical Society since the 1930s to use for historical research and reference. The Collection contains information...

The Theater Collection is made up of photographs, ephemera and archival material collected by the La Jolla Historical Society since the 1930s to use for historical research and reference. This Collection includes information on early theaters such as the Orient...

The Thomas Shepherd Collection was donated to the La Jolla Historical Society by Thomas Shepherd’s wife, Ruth, in 1992. Shepherd is recognized as a Master Architect by the City of San Diego. Born in Wisconsin in 1897, he studied architecture...

The Torrey Pines Collection is made up of photographs, ephemera, and archival material collected by the La Jolla Historical Society since the 1930s to use for historical research and reference. This Collection contains information pertaining to many Torrey Pines subjects...

The Torrey Pines Elementary School Collection is made up of photographs, yearbooks and archival material collected by the La Jolla Historical Society to use for historical research and reference. The Collection contains material dedicated to the history of the School....

The Traffic Collection is made up of photographs and archival material collected by the La Jolla Historical Society since the 1930s to use for historical research and reference. This Collection holds information on traffic issues and concerns in La Jolla...

The Unicorn Theatre, Mithras Bookstore & Green Tiger Press Collection is made up of photographs, posters, books and archival material collected by the La Jolla Historical Society since the 1930s to use for historical research and reference. The Green Tiger...

The University of California San Diego Collection is made up of photographs, ephemera, and archival material collected by the La Jolla Historical Society since the 1930s to use for historical research and reference. This Collection contains information pertaining to academic...

The University of California San Diego, Chancellor’s House Collection is made up of photographs, historical reports and archival material collected by the La Jolla Historical Society to use for historical research and reference. This Collection pertains to the historical and...

The USS La Jolla (SSN 701) Collection is made up of photographs, ephemera and archival material collected by the La Jolla Historical Society since the 1930s to use for historical research and reference. USS La Jolla (SSN-701), a Los Angeles-class...

The Windemere Cottage Collection is made up of photographs and archival material collected by the La Jolla Historical Society since the 1930s to use for historical research and reference. Admirers of La Jolla's architectural and cultural heritage were deeply saddened...

The Wisteria Cottage Collection is made up of archival material, photographs and ephemera pertaining to the La Jolla Historical Society’s Wisteria Cottage Historic Landmark. Located on the corner of Prospect Street and Eads Avenue in the heart of the Scripps/Gill...

The World War I and II Collection is made up of photographs, artifacts, multi-media, ephemera, oral histories and archival material collected by the La Jolla Historical Society since the 1940s to use for historical research and reference. Topics include La...

The World War I and World War II Military Camps (Callan, Matthews, Kearny) Collection is made up of documents, photographs, ephemera and other archival material pertaining to three World War I and World War II military camps located in La...

The La Jolla Historical Society’s Yearbook Collection is made up of over 150 yearbooks collected by the La Jolla Historical Society since the 1930s to use for historical research and reference. The Yearbook Collection dates from 1917 through the present...