Santa Barbara Mission
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Pablo de la Portilla Journal
Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-11
Abstract
Handwritten pages dated June 27, 1824 from a journal created by Captain Don Pablo de la Portilla, describing an expedition that left the Santa Barbara Presidio on June 4, 1824 to find and return neophyte Indians who had left Mission Santa Barbara earlier that year.
Dates:
1824-06-27
Found in:
Presidio Research Center
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Pablo de la Portilla Journal
Den, Bell, and Luton Families Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-07
Abstract
The papers of the Den, Bell, and Luton Families are focused largely on land ownership by brothers Nicholas and Richard Den, early settlers of Santa Barbara and Los Angeles, and their heirs. They highlight the transition in land tenure during the Mexican period and early years of California statehood as well as the inner operations of land and oil development in Santa Barbara County during the first part of the twentieth century.
Dates:
1784 - 1974
Gloria Forsyth Papers
Collection — Box: SB-01, Folder: 1
Identifier: MS-19
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of one folder of correspondence, notes, minutes and other miscellaneous publications related to Pearl Chase, several activities of the Plans and Planting Committee of the Community Arts Association of Santa Barbara, and Mrs. Forsyth's role as a member of the committee. Topics covered in these papers include: an article about Santa Barbara's civic pride and historic preservation, reprinted from Reader's Digest (1940); Santa Barbara...
Dates:
1940 - 1988; Majority of material found within 1963 - 1972
Found in:
Presidio Research Center
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Gloria Forsyth Papers