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Ernst Zinner Manuscript Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0279
Scope and Contents
The Ernst Zinner Manuscript Collection documents Zinner's work as an astronomer and scientist at the Remeis Astronomical Observatory in Bamberg, Germany. The collection dates from 1818-1981, with the bulk of documents created in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and consists of almanacs, articles, clippings, correspondence, photographs and other materials. The collection has three major series: Vertical Files, Remeis...
Dates:
1818-1981; Majority of material found in 1880-1920
San Diego and Coronado Ferry Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0200
Scope and Contents
The small San Diego and Coronado Ferry Collection consists of five items, and documents selected financial operations of the company from early in its long history. It consists of three financial ledgers, one report, and one broadside. The first ledger dates from 1907 to 1916 and includes detailed information on capital, payrolls, expenses, dividends, cash charges, and taxes. Part of this ledger is devoted to bookkeeping for specific jobs and projects, such...
Dates:
1907-1937
League of Women Voters of San Diego Records
Collection
Identifier: MS-0017
Scope and Contents
The League of Women Voters of San Diego Records (1937-1998) document the League’s programs in voter service, citizen education, action and advocacy programs. The collection also includes documents created by the state-level organization, League of Women Voters of California (LWV-CA), and the national organization, the League of Women Voters of the United States (LWV-US). The collection contains a wide variety of documents, including meeting agendas and...
Dates:
1937-1998; Majority of material found in 1950-1989
San Diego Public Information Office Records
Collection
Identifier: MS-0450
Scope and Contents
The San Diego Public Information Office Records documents the establishment of an information service for San Diego and the daily responsibilities of the Public Information Office (PIO) in the county. The collection consists of community liaising program files, correspondence, memorandums, financial reports, and purchase orders documenting the management and daily responsibilities of the PIO. The collection also includes news releases written and released by...
Dates:
1971-1978; Majority of material found in 1976-1978
Mona Mitchell Theater Program Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0166
Scope and Contents
The Mona Mitchell Theater Program Collection dates from 1925 – 1991, and documents theatrical productions especially in New York City throughout those years, particularly the 1930s. Alphabetized by production title, the collection consists mainly of theater programs, but also includes newspaper clippings relevant to a particular production. Any clippings relevant to a particular show are filed with that production's program. The collection includes programs...
Dates:
1925-1991; Majority of material found in 1925-1950
San Diego Center for Children Photograph Collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0451
Scope and Contents
This small collection consists of sixteen photographic negatives of the San Diego Center for Children. Photos of the interior and exterior of the Balboa Park building, designed by Irving Gill, are included, as well as photographs of children and their adult caretakers. The images date from the late 1920s or 1930s.
Dates:
circa 1920s and 1930s
Thomas F. Larwin San Diego Trolley Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0540
Scope and Contents
The Thomas F. Larwin San Diego Trolley Collection documents the development of the San Diego Trolley in the early 1980s, and expansion of trolley service through the early 2000s. The collection includes news and press clippings; reports on national developments in light rail transit (LRT) systems; Metropolitan Transit Development Board (MTDB) correspondence, memoranda, and news; MTDB newsletters. Also present is a large collection of 35mm color photographs...
Dates:
1976-2007
Robert M. Briggs Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0453
Scope and Contents
The Robert M. Briggs Papers (1943-2004) document Brigg's military duty during the Second World War and his paintings and personal writings. Highlights include Briggs' scrapbook of photographs, newspaper clippings, sketches, and watercolors of fellow servicemen, local Okinawans, landscapes, and battleships during World War II. Briggs drew many of the sketches rapidly while under enemy fire and painted them in later. Filed alphabetically, the collection...
Dates:
1943-2004; Majority of material found in 1943-1945
Old San Diego Architectural Control Board Records
Collection
Identifier: MS-0179
Scope and Contents
The Old San Diego Architectural Board Records (1943-1974) document the planning, preservation, and development of Old Town State Historic Park. Highlights include the review drafts for the overall design of Old Town, including landscaping, lighting, street furniture, and signs. The collection consists of by-laws, correspondence, meeting minutes, photographs, maps, resolutions, reports, plans, ordinances, and newspaper clippings, and primarily dates from 1968...
Dates:
1943-1974; Majority of material found in 1968-1971
James B. Pearce Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0182
Scope and Contents
The James B. Pearce Papers (1924-1963) primarily document the advertising activities and real estate listings of Pearce's real estate company, H. Pearce "Ranches Only." Of particular interest is the first issue of the Lemon Grove Empire (1928), a rare newspaper about the area's agricultural activities, and scrapbook of Pearce's real estate listings. Arranged alphabetically, the collection includes correspondence,...
Dates:
1924-1963