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Hortense and R. Merritt Baker Photograph Album
Collection
Identifier: MS-0487
Scope and Contents
The Hortense and R. Merritt Baker Photograph Album, titled "Snapshots and Flashlights," documents the social and extra-curricular activities of Hortense and R. Merritt Baker from 1906 to 1909. The album includes candid and posed photographs of the Bakers, Sidney Frantz, and their friends play-acting and staging home-made theatrical productions; Manual Training High School athletic teams and events; as well as trips to Los Angeles, Salt Lake City,...
Dates:
1906-1909
John and Jane Adams Postcard Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0008
Scope and Contents
The John and Jane Adams Postcard Collection consists of over 100 years of history and communication through postcards. The postcards are diverse in size, format, and subject. The collection contains more than 4,500 postcards of San Diego County, and 8,500 postcards representing parts of the state of California and the development of California. Individual states in the U.S. as well as other countries of the world also have categories in the collection....
Dates:
1880-2007
Jane Adams Recipe and Menu Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0012
Scope and Contents
Jane Adams collected recipes and menus from hundreds of food manufacturers and locales. The collection has been separated into three sections, the largest being Fliers, Booklets, Cookbooks, and Topical, which is alphabetically filed, and which includes product/company fliers, topical information, and cookbooks by title. Handwritten Recipes and Cutouts includes handwritten recipes and clippings. Menus consists of menus, sorted by...
Dates:
1920-1959
Henry James Manuscript Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0411
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of fourteen outgoing letters from Henry James; one book review manuscript; one letter from William James; one letter from Henry James, Sr., and two letters presumed to be from Henry James, son of William James.
Dates:
1867-1912
John and Jane Adams Ephemera Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0384
Scope and Contents
The John and Jane Adams Ephemera Collection (1856-1996) offers a glimpse into some of the ways printed materials were used to capture the interest of American culture from the late 1800s through the late 1900s. Such a collection can be used to trace shifts in cultural norms, as these items of ephemera typically reflect the prevailing sentiments of the population for whom the materials were created. The subject matter of the ephemera in this collection...
Dates:
1856-1996; Majority of material found in 1880-1982
San Diego Scrapbook Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0419
Scope and Contents
Most of the eleven scrapbooks in this collection date from the early twentieth century and depict San Diego life through the various photographs, news clippings, and ephemera items within each one. Where discernible, the scrapbook creator has been noted; however, the creator is unknown in most scrapbooks. Any discernible named persons, places, events, and/or activities are summarized in the description of each individual scrapbook.
Dates:
1896-1940
John Adams Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0377
Scope and Contents
The John Adams Papers document Adams' publications and research, his years at San Diego State College as a professor, department chair, and University Archivist, his relationship with San Diego Union as book reviewer, and some limited parts of his personal life. The collection dates from approximately 1919-1982, with the bulk of documents created from the 1930s-1970s. The collection consists predominantly of publications and correspondence created during...
Dates:
1919-1987; Majority of material found in 1930-1979
John and Jane Adams Greeting Card Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0054
Scope and Contents
Greeting cards are arranged alphabetically by subject.
Dates:
1830-1970
John and Jane Adams Artwork Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0052
Scope and Contents
The collection contains a number of pieces of artwork (etchings, oil, watercolor, acrylic, and others) by early twentieth century American and European artists. A San Diego contingent of landscape artists is headed by Charles Arthur Fries (1854-1940), called the “Dean of San Diego Painters.” Ivan Messenger (1895-1983) was a member of the San Diego Moderns and was also a printmaker of some renown. Rounding out the San Diego scene is Helen Johnston Balfour (1847-1925) known for...
Dates:
1890-1936
G. Hamilton Hammon Scrapbooks
Collection
Identifier: MS-0408
Scope and Contents
The George Hamilton Hammon Scrapbooks collection consists of two scrapbooks compiled by Australian artist and San Diego resident George Hamilton Hammon. A green photograph album titled "Original handwritten poems and photographs" includes fair copies of original manuscript poems, handpainted vignettes of San Diego scenes, and several photographs. Most of the poems were composed in California, except the last, which was written in Sydney, Australia, and dated 1911. Of particular interest is a...
Dates:
1911 - 1939