Town on a river

Item — Box: 16, item: 82

Identifier: 12

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The Pearl Chase Collection includes documents, correspondence, and photographs relating primarily to her activities with El Cuartel, El Presidio, the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation, historic preservation in Santa Barbara County, and includes a collection of her personal notes and papers relating to her broader philanthropic work.

The collection is divided into the following series

From the Collection:

El Cuartel- Press releases, purchasing information, staffing, exhibit and curatorial information, physical condition and restoration, and El Cuartel Committee meeting minutes.
Santa Barbara Trust and Presidio Park- SBTHP documents regarding legal issues, finances, dealings with state and local government entities, historic preservation state and national legislation, and related Trust correspondence from 1950-1982.
Santa Barbara Historic Survey- Site questionnaires, legislation, and Landmarks Committee documents.
Architectural Advisory Committee- Correspondence from the years 1925 to 1927.
Historic Preservation- Press clippings, historical essays, legislative documents, various committee meeting minutes and correspondence, materials relating to broader move supporting historic preservation in California and the U.S.
Santa Barbara Presidio- documents and correspondence relating to the restoration and rebuilding of El Presidio, including planning and execution stages.
Pearl Chase-Correspondence and Personal- Personal correspondence, records, receipts, and reprints of articles.
Adobes- Background information, maps, correspondence, and related information on historic adobes in Santa Barbara County
Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation (SBTHP)- President’s reports, meetings from monthly and annual meetings, articles of incorporation and by laws, correspondence, logos, maps, deeds, ephemera, membership lists, and financial and treasurer’s reports.
Miscellaneous
Scrapbooks and Binders
Lantern Slides—26 boxes (660 items) of black and white and colored lantern slides, 3 x 4 inches, of various trips taken by Pearl Chase from around 1914 to the mid 1920s. Subjects include: Boston, New York state, Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Washington DC, Oregon, and California. Many views of Santa Barbara include the 1925 earthquake, the harbor area, downtown, and individual houses. A large number of images are of Yosemite National Park.