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Elizabeth Borden Scrapbook
Item — item: scrapbook
Identifier: MS-31
Scope and Contents
This scrapbook was created by Elizabeth Borden in 1927, when she was 14 years old, to document and commemorate a trip she took to California with her mother to see her grandmother Holden. She took the train through Canada and visited many spots such as Lake Louise, Vancouver, San Francisco, Lake Tahoe, Chicago and Washington, DC. She spent over a month in Santa Barbara and much of the scrapbook includes memorabilia from there. Included in the scrapbook are postcards, menus, soap wrappers,...
Dates:
1927
Found in:
Presidio Research Center
El Paseo Scrapbooks
Collection
Identifier: MS-34
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of six scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings and ephemera about the El Paseo complex of buildings and shops (also known as Streets of Spain), including El Paseo Restaurant (also known as Restaurante del Paseo) and the El Presidio building across the street. Their provenance is unclear and they may have come from different donors. Five of the scrapbooks are of the same type and may have come to the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation when owner Irene...
Dates:
Existence: 1949 - 1966
Found in:
Presidio Research Center
Jeremy D. and John K. Hass Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-06
Abstract
This collection documents the early activities of the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation in partnership with California State Parks to reconstruct El Presidio de Santa Barbara. It includes correspondence, research materials and legal documents about property acquisition and management on land where the former presidio stood. It also includes administrative materials, such as minutes, correspondence, and policies collected by board members Jeremy D. Hass and his father John K....
Dates:
1853 - 1990; Majority of material found within 1958 - 1987
Found in:
Presidio Research Center
Santa Barbara Structure and Site Reports
Collection
Identifier: RG-07
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1990 - 2024
Found in:
Presidio Research Center
Barbara Whittaker scrapbooks
Collection
Identifier: MS-33
Dates:
1929-1956
Found in:
Presidio Research Center