Peninsula Diary by Mayo Hayes O'Donnell for the Monterey Herald
Peninsula Diary columns are stored in four notebooks adjacent to the Elkinton collection in the former altar area of the library. The articles are organized topically in numbered folders within the four notebooks and are available to researchers with help from library volunteers. Dates of articles are added where available.
rev. 3/1/20
Folder 1. Adobes
Adobe Once Sold for $7.50 5/9/50 (de la Torre); The Adobe Tour; Adobe House Tour 7/27/56; Adobe Open House; An Old Salinas Adobe (El Sausal) 5/22/68; Bonifacio Adobe; Casa Gutierrez; A Fearless Lady (Rodriguez-Osio Adobe); Rodriguez Adobe 7/12/63; Kitchens of Old Adobes; Life and Death of an Adobe (Dutton Hotel) (Antonio Ramirez); The Old Hotel at Jolon; Monterey Adobes by Vera Stokes; Monterey’s Early Adobes; Restoring Casa Gutierrez 7/63; Casa Gutierrez Damaged by Fire 2/10/63; PD (topic Gutierrez House); The Old Gutierrez Adobe 7/28/50; Casa Matema-Glass House; The New Sancho Panza 11/1/66; Casa Soberanes Featured 2/18/63; Garner and Diaz Adobes
Folder 2. More Adobes
Norris Exhibit at Casa Serrano 12/29/64; Replica of an Old Hacienda; Old San Miguel Adobe 4/11/67; Restored with Restraint 8/17/51;
Restoring Casa Gutierrez 7/31/63; Plan for Island of Adobes; Saving an Adobe (Custom House); Saving the Adobes (Sanchez);
Ruined Adobes Restored (Vallejo) 8/27/56; Vallejo Family; There Are New Adobes Too 7/23/68; Making Adobe; Hacienda of the Week (Rancho San Lucas) 5/9/59; Making Adobe Bricks 2/6/59; Three Old Adobes (Cooper-Molera, Soberanes, La Porte); Early Architecture 6/23/50; Charles Underwood Adobe 4/27/66; Underwood Adobe; The Long Story Behind the Underwood Adobe; Vasquez Adobe 3/18/68
Early Residences (Soberanes, Field, Pombert, Kinlock)
Folder 3. Animals in California
Camels on Alvarado Street 4/3/52; All About Bears in Old Town; Camels vs Mules 4/4/52; Government Camel 4/7/52; Last of the Grizzlies;
Local Buffalo Stories; Monterey County Buffalo; Monterey Buffalo Were Ornery Beasts 4/25/40; When Buffalo Roamed;
Also see Noticias Vol. IV, No. 1, March 1960
Folder 4. Arts
Allied Arts Guild 9/11/57; Among the Artists: Circa 1913 10/65; Artists Mentioned in Cypress 2/8/54; Early Artist-Explorers; Bach’s Gold Dove with photo of dove; Monterey Artists: 1914 10/9/65; Bruno’s Earrings with photo of horse 2/5/37; Pictures of Old Monterey; Della Robbia Card Impressive 1/14/64; Eggshells Collected 11/11/68; City Beautification; Jewelry Masterpieces; Old Pictures Help Trace History of Monterey; Peninsula’s Past Great Painters 8/9/65; Resting Dancer 1/4/64; When the Artists Came 1954; Pioneer Peninsula Artists Honored in Carmel Gallery Show; Fifty Famous Faces, Mary, And Another Little Goose
Folder 5. Bandits
Black Bart, Bard; Career of Crime (Tiburcio Vasquez) 3/20/51; Dutch John Beset by Bandits; J.P. Morgan and Black Bart; Lynching Recorded in Old Diary 12/1/52; Monterey Murder Case; Wall-Williams Murder; The Punishment Fit the Crime; Research for Show at First Theater Discloses Cost of Nabbing Black “Bart”
Folder 6. Bells
All About Bells 5/65; Christmas Bells 12/22/65; El Camino Real Bells 1/2/58; He Rings the Mission Bells; Mission Bells Are Placed on U.S. 101 9/2/59; New Year’s Custom 1/4/62; Oldest Christian Dated Bell; The Voice of the Bells; The Story of the Bells
Folder 7. Biographies
Abbott, Carl (sheriff); Abbott, Carlisle: Recollections of a Pioneer 12/26/66; The Tragedy of Quirk, A Pennsylvania Democrat
Abrego, Don Jose; Alvarado, Juan Baptista: When Alvarado Fled 6/22/50; When Alvarado Fled; Mementoes of Gov. Alvarado
Ambris, Doroteo: Under a Large Oak Tree; The Bearded Padre; typewritten letter about Padre Ambris
About the Anthony Family; Aram, Joseph: Let us not Forget; Joseph and Sarah Aram
Folder 8. Biographies
Bechdolt, Fred 4/20/50 Monterey Herald front page; Berwick: The Old Berwick House 10/16/63; Berwick Orchard 10/24/51; Belcher: The Sanchez Estate Case 3/19/51; ‘The Big Eagle of Monterey’ 3/16/51; Bidwell, John: Runaway Sailors; California Colony; The Wrong Steer; California Carts; Medicine Man; The First Lawyer Had a Scheme
Folder 9. Biographies
Bingham, Lizzie: Last Chapter in Actress’ Life; Babes’ Drama Debut 5/24/67; Lizzie’s Other Roles; More About Lizzie Bingham; Pioneer Actress; A Remarkable Woman; Lizzie Bingham’s End; Birks, Millie: She Lived in the Custom House; Birks Collection; Invoices and Ledgers
Folder 10. Biographies
Bolton Family: A High-Spirited Girl Wins a High-Spirited Horse 10/18/63; A White Lace Dress from Paris 10/24/50; Escolastica Wins a Wager; Martha E. Bolton, Daughter of a Belle of Old Monterey, to be Feted at Party; Bonifacio, Maria: Senorita Maria Bonifacio 10/20/66; The Sherman Rose Garden 10/66; Sherman Rose; Bonifacio Adobe; The Sherman Rose Lady 10/8/57; Stoddard’s Recollections 10/24/66; A Visit to Dona Ignacia 9/22/50; Boston, Joseph: Foolish Agreement 2/13/51; Typewritten genealogy notes on Boston family; Dr. Burns: His Hobby is Californiana 2/52
Folder 11. Biographies
Canby, Major 2/29/56; Father Casanova’s Account Book; Colton Family: A Colton Letter; Colton and the Local Scene 7/28/52; Colton as Alcalde; Colton Journal 9/16/65; A Letter From Colton's Niece 5/8/50; Juanita Cooper to serve as ‘Duena’ at Merienda 1954; Cooper Ranch article 11/17/51 (McIntyre family); Men of Two Countries; Coronel family: Family of Fifteen 10/10/51; De Soto: Count was Link with Spanish Era 2/13/62; Dickinson Family: First Brick House 10/5/60; Notes on The Dickinson Family 6/18/62; A Lace Bonnet 6/19/62
Folder 12. Biographies
A Eulogy for Francis Doud 6/8/66; Gift of the Doud House; More About the Dutra Tract 5/18/50; Durein, Ted;
Escolle’s Flower Pots Played a Role in Monterey History; He Baked Flower Pots (Escolle) 4/4/50; Grade A Spareribs (Elizabeth Farnham); The Story of the Dutra Tract; Field Home Acquisition Considered 1/27/40; Stephen Clark Foster; Fling Biography (contains book reviews also); Traveling with Fr. Garces 2/23/66; The Old French House (Jean Girardin); Jessie Benton Fremont: Mrs. John C. Fremont, A California Hostess 5/2/50; Jesse Fremont 9/13/65; Jim Henry Gleason: More About Jim Gleason; Happy Ending 7/3/53; How to Learn Spanish 6/24/53; ‘This Discordant Mass’ 6/29/53; Gomez Rancho - Soldiers' Retreat 2/25/53; Gragg, Harriet Sargent; Gonzalez family photographs given to MHAA: Early Photographic Art 3/30/51; Greene, Henry: Astride the Silent Steed 3/11/52; Words to Old Songs; ‘Tin Can Harry’; Silent Steeds 2/4/65; Sketch Tells of Achievements of Harry A. Greene Monterey Herald 2/2/22; Greene, Mary: Easter in Mexico; Spanish Castle of Monterrey 11/20/59; Mary Greene to Continue on Job as Custom House Curator; Mary Greene off to Study in Mexico 8/18/58; Short article 1958; Mary Greene, Curator, will ‘Retire” to Travel 2/9/57; Letter from Mary to Mayo 7/23/66
Folder 13. Biographies
Hartnell: A Cigarillo From a Senorita 6/6/51; Wherever Pepper Grows 6/5/51; W.E.P. Hartnell's Will 11/29/57; Hastings, Lansford: Kind Words for a Bad Man 1/27/56; Hatton William & Kate written by Joe Hitchcock (4 short articles); Hill, Col. Henry (letter dated 9/27/1866) transcribed (typewritten); Hill, Louis: The Count de Monte Rey 8/27/62; Hitchcock, John: Old Fashioned Wedding 2/11/66; Hitchcock, Ralph: articles from Salinas Californian 1/16-17/64; Hollingsworth: John Hollingsworth 8/9/63; A Trial by Jury 9/4/50; Hoover, Lou and Herbert: A Letter From Mrs. Hoover 4/65; The Herbert Hoovers 4/66; various newspaper articles on Hoovers; Hopper, James: Carmel’s Hopper
Folder 14. Biographies
Jacks Family (mostly Margaret) (18 articles & 1 letter); Gifts of the Jacks Sisters 2/11/53; Some Sympathetic Repairs 6/7/51; Jacks Family Lore;
15 newspaper clippings re: Jacks sisters; Typewritten letter from Anne Fisher re: Margaret Jacks service to Red Cross 5/11/62
Folder 15. Biographies
Father Serra: The Serra Family; Acquiring Serra’s Birthplace 8/23/50; Fr. Serra Writes 8/18/50; The Mission’s First Harvest was Sparse 8/22/50; Mission Founder 10/5/55; Father Serra’s Birthplace 11/10/50; Gift of a House 11/3/58; News from Serra’s Birthplace 4/11/55
Folder 16. Biographies
James, Jesse: The Jesse James House 3/9/55; James, John (1 letter written by his grandson, Walter Chew); Jeffries, Thomas;
Jones, Thomas ap Catesby: All This and Monterey Too; The Commodore Who Dreamed Up a War 2/23/51; 3 misc. newspaper articles
Juana Maria: ’18 Years Alone’ 9/27/50; Note re: Nidever rescue of Juana Maria in 1853
Folder 17. Biographies
Kearney, Gov. Stephen: General Stephen Kearny; Gen. Kearny in California 12/27/50; King, Thomas Starr: Pioneer Minister 4/15/60; The Statue Standing in the Park 9/30/60; Kino, Rev. Fr. Eusebio: Father Kino Proves a Point; California’s Man-hating Amazons; Frontiers of New Spain 2/2/70
Folder 18. Biographies
Laing, Capt. James T.: In Their Place, An Orchard; Leese, Jacob (& granddaughter): The Firecracker Fun Went on All Night (from Millie’s Column); Pioneer of Pioneers 8/30/50: newspaper clipping from 7/59; Lick, James: A Solid Fortune Founded on a Dollar
Folder 19. Biographies
McGowan, Rev. James: On Beds of Ease and Roses 3/24/51; McKinlay, James: An Old Gentleman Covered with Money 4/12/51
Matthews, James Warren: Remembrance of Times Past; Meadows, the English Sailor 8/6/54 (topics: Cantua, Barretto, Alvarado families); Mossop, Victor: A Pioneer at Five 3/5/52
Folder 20. Misc. Topics
Untitled (stories from old books and manuscripts); “Bootlegged” Books in the 1880s; Back Roads to San Francisco 1/14/55;
Interesting Old Document 7/8/65; Preservation for Use; Projects, Gifts 5/5/65; And There was Light 3/31/52; Visiting 7/31/51;
Olden Times articles (topics: Mayor Jacks 1910 & Bruton Sisters 1930); Beans for Breakfast; Red Pepper… of the Purest Kind; A Few Old News Items; PD (topic: Mrs. Millie Birks donation to MHAA); A Day for Playing Pranks; The Daguerreotype; Escolastica Wins a Wager; Old Salinas Families 7/29/66
Folder 21. Biographies
Nidever, George: Elusive Island Woman Sighted; George Nidever and ‘Brown Eyes’ 1/8/51; A Vain Search; End of a Saga; Norris, Thomas Wayne: A Letter dated 1847 12/26/50; Remembrances of the Past; Carmel’s Thomas Norris; 2 newspaper clippings; Nordhoff, Charles (letter dated 10/11/62 from his grandson)
Folder 22. Biographies
O’Connell, Daniel: newspaper clipping 9/5/53; Poem on a Door 3/7/50; untitled PD; O’Donnell, Mayo Hayes: newspaper clipping on grand opening of Valley National Bank (MHO honored); Returning Home 9/6/63; O’Donnell, William M. and Mayo Hayes: San Jose Mercury article on M/M O’Donnell’s purchase of the Santa Clara Journal 9/9/25; newspaper clipping on airplane trip to LA by M/M O’Donnell; Olden Times articles (MHO honored as Woman of the Year by Quota Club); Oliver, Myron: Myron Oliver, Monterey Civic Leader, Dies 2/2/67; Myron Oliver 3/6/47
Folder 23. Biographies
Partridge, William: Letter to Ohio; Revere, Joseph Warren: ‘A Ranchero Feat’ Reviewed; Lt. Revere’s Monterey Notes 4/2/65; Predictions From 1849; A Tour of Duty; Riley, General Bennett: newspaper clipping 3/30/65 “Two Paintings Given to the Custom House”; typewritten note on Bennett Riley; Riley’s Farewell 8/1/58; Roach, William: The Tables are Turned 3/14/51; A Share of $80,000 3/13/51; Near Whiskey Hill 3/21/51; Rodriguez: A Pajaro Landowner 4/19/50; Pioneer Rancher’s Will 4/20/50; A Fearless Lady 9/10/65; Rowland, John: ‘You Are Wise, Senor Rowland…’
Folder 24. Biographies
Sanchez, Jose Maria: A Bean Barrel Full of Gold-Dust 3/12/51;; Sanchez, Louis Adolfo: clipping titled L.A. Sanchez; Adolfo Sanchez;
Sanchez, Gil: clipping on the Sanchez Adobe; The Colorful Sepulvedas 9/7/53; Florencio Serrano 2/27/57; Briefing at Casa Serrano 9/26/65; Florencio and Rita 2/28/57; Smith, Jedediah: Jedediah Smith Meeting; Soto: Joaquin Soto’s Will 2/1/51; The Soto Adobe 1/31/51
Folder 25. Biographies
Stevenson, Robert Louis: The Fine Robert L. Stevenson Collection; Stevenson in Hawaii; A Unique Birthday Gift 7/19/67 (Stevenson House)
Stoddard, Charles Warren: Stoddard’s Visit; Stoddard’s Death; Stokes: Reliving the Past; A Paddle that Worked Both Ways; Tidball, Capt. Thomas: clipping 9/1/39 Capt. Tidball to be Honored by Nation; Tefft, Henry A.: Henry A. Tefft 1/28/58; Taylor, Alexander: California’s First Bibliographer; A Batch of Letters; Don’t Blame Me
Folder 26. Biographies
Tonner, Judge: Inquiry About Judge Tonner 8/6/66; Trescony, Alberto: Alberto Trescony; Vagnozzi, Mrs. Mary: A Link With the Past;
Vallejo: Through the Sacristy Door; Mariano Vallejo 5/26/65; Vasquez: An Old Scrapbook 5/20/68; Villagrana, Miguel: (typewritten letter 5/12/52); Monterey Duenna (folder 56); Vincent, Joshua S.: 2 small undated clippings; Funeral in 1847 10/29/51; In Pagandom and Christendom 10/? /51; Walker, Capt. Joseph: Old Mountain Trader; Watson, James “Santiago”: An Active English Settler 5/31/50; Watson Family: Watson Family 4/23/65; handwritten letter dated 9/1/195x; Willey, Samuel Hopkins: incomplete copy of PD; typewritten note;
Pioneer Protestant Preacher
Folder 27. Misc. Topic – Alvarado
Governor Alvarado’s Chair: Travels of a Famous Chair; Gov. Alvarado’s Clock 9/7/66; Mementoes of Gov. Alvarado 11/16/50; When Alvarado Fled 6/22/50; From Alvarado’s Library 10/27/61; The Alvarado Hundred 11/1/61; Monterey’s Alvarado Adobe 2/18/59; Alvarado Adobe 10/25/61
Folder 28. Biographies
Williams, E. L.: Monterey Bound 6/11/65; Some Travel Notes From 1849 6/9/65; ‘A Bad Man From Way Back’ 2/9/51; Ground Mustard and Gold Dust 2/5/51; Eight Dimes Equal One Dollar 2/6/51; Needle and Thread and Buckskin Breeches 2/7/51; An Old Spanish Custom 2/9/51; Dead Men Tell no Tales 3/15/51; Yorba, Don Thomas: More on Irvine Ranch; Yount, George C.: Napa Valley Pioneer; Chronicles of the West 6/10/66
Folder 29. Misc. Topic – Adobes
Old Adobes 12/15/50; More Local Adobes 12/18/59; Adobe vs. Frame House 10/10/50; History of the Abrego Adobe 4/27/50; Casa Abrego 7/7/61; Monterey’s Early Adobes 3/6/53; ‘adobes’ topic 12/14/49; The Sanchez Adobe 1/17/55; Our Old Adobes 3/2/56; The Castro Adobe 3/7/56; Boronda and Buelna Adobes 5/15/50; The Cooper Adobe; History of an Adobe; How the Casa Castro Adobe was Raffled Off in 1848 5/1/50; Monterey’s Casa Buelna 1/31/58; Castro Family Notes 4/21/58
Folder 30. Book Reviews
And What is Writ; Another Monterey Uncovered; Antiquarian Bookman; Best in Californiana; Birks Collection 10/21/64; Books of Early California; Books on Americana; Books of the Old West; California Imports; California Is a Booklet 3/68; Eighty Great Books; Forthcoming Books; Girl Scout Datebook; Happy Dusty Days 4/19/63; Eighty Great Books; Books of Early California; Early Day Dances and Music 1967; Old-Time Dances; The Hundredth Book 1/9/59; 100 Most Beautiful Rooms 1/14/59
Folder 31. Book Reviews
How to Tell a Valuable Book; In the Spanish Manner; A Magnificent Beach; More ‘Californiana’ Selections; A New Metropolis; Old Time Pageantry in Books; Random Notes; Random Reveries; Rare Books 5/29/61; ‘Worth a Thousand Words’; The Zamorano 80; ‘Having a Wonderful Time’; ‘Sam Brannon’; Tribute to Muir; A Saint May Rise (Look Magazine article review);
Folder 32. Book Reviews
Bancroft Library Makes This Year’s Choice; A Glowing Tribute 10/6/50; Lavish Rewards for Poet in 1850; ‘A Little Cupa’ 7/24/64;
A Note on New Books; Random Notes; A Rare Collector’s Item; Routes of Three Roses; The Sleepy Hollow of the Pacific 1965; Good Reading in Account Books
Folder 33. Branding Irons
Branding Iron History; Know Them by Their Brands 8/8/68; Lore of the Branding Iron 8/13/51; Who Has the Oldest Brand? 10/30/51
Folder 34. Calendars
Cards and Calendars 12/65; 1908 Calendar Usable Today 1964
Folder 35. California Towns and Cities
Benicia; Bodie 11/64; Columbia: Salute to Columbia; Formerly Hildreth’s Diggins; Fort Ross 6/28/57; Gonzales: Early Resident Tells of Days when Gonzales was ‘Horse and Hay Capital’ of California; ‘Old Timer’ Tells of the Escapades of Characters in Gonzales area in 1800s 1/56; Clyde Patton Concludes Reminiscences; Jamestown: newspaper article “Heart of Jamestown Ripped by $1 Million Night Blaze” 11/30/66; Fire Razes Old Jamestown’s Central Business District 11/30/66; Jimtown Fire Losses Listed; Mariposa: Southern Mother Lode Town; The Mother Lode Country; Ghost Towns; Mother Lode Gold 3/25/53; Through the Mother Lode 11/3/60; The Vanishing Mother Lode Trail 5/30/58; Morgan Hill was Burnett Township; Moss Landing: The City by the Slough; Nevada City: Old Mountain Towns 11/1/57; Pacific Grove: Early Day Pacific Grove 4/11/58; The Outcasts of Poker Flat; Rough and Ready 11/4/57; The Big Sur Story 5/19/66(w/letter from Bauman); Right Out of This World 3/14/52
Folder 36. California Towns and Cities
Sierra Pioneers (Drytown) 11/4/60; Sacramento’s Birthday 5/65; Living Like Spanish Dons (Santa Barbara) 8/19/63; Santa Clara Revisited;
Santa Cruz Fete 9//29/65; San Jose’s Early Days 3/7/55; The Old Sebastian Store (San Simeon) 5/4/60; Tassajara Springs; Beyond Rough and Ready is Timbuctoo; Watsonville – The First Hundred Years 7/2/52; Near Whiskey Hill; Santa Barbara’s Legitimacy
Folder 37. Constitution of California
Constitution’s Reporter 10/63; Convention Report 10/16/50; Emphatic ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; Monterey Preferred 10/17/50; A Perilous Journey 8/4/50; Solons Were Courageous 7/27/56; Statehood 7/23/56; 102 Years Ago
Folder 38. California Description
Mt. Hamilton; Fiddlesticks in the Maze; Redwood Memorial For Dag 2/19/62; Santa Lucia Mountains; Mt. Whitney or Mt. Churchill 9/6/65
Folder 39. California Firsts
California’s First Jury 9/10/63; Famous California Firsts; First Centennial; First Frame House 8/1/68; First Governor of California; The First Pianos 8/29/50; Old Pianos 7/30/65; More About Old Pianos 8/6/65; First Steamship Pioneers; More Steamship Pioneers; First Tourist in California 6/8/70; Meeting of Ayuntamiento 3/22/68; Our First Jury Trial 9/30/68; Some Famous ‘Firsts’ 8/7/68; Stirring Events Recorded 8/20/65; First Hospital; First Press; Some Famous 'Firsts'
Folder 40. California Historical Society
Benicia Excursion Set 9/22/65; Saving Yesterday
Folder 41. California History
Archives Approved; California and the War 12/1/61; California’s History Related by Dr. Hunt; California Conquest Related in Letters;
California’s “Migrant” Capital 12/20/57; The Civil War in California 10/9/61; Historical Bits; Other Julys in California 7/5/51; A Puzzle Solved 12/9/64; States ’76 Veteran Honored; They Slept On The Beaches That May Day; Three Centuries of History; The Story of California 12/3/65; Historical Conference; Pioneers in San Francisco 11/9/60; ‘Mr. California’ 3/3/54; September Days; The Visit of the Bishop 9/20/54
Folder 42. Celebrations
Admission Day 1966; Centennial Reporting 7/58; Centennial Voyage; Monterey’s 1st Centennial 2/68; Monterey’s Glorious 4th 1/31/67;
Monterey’s 100th Birthday 1/30/66; Our First Centennial 1969; Monterey’s 200th Birthday (flyer) 7/3/70; Pilgrims on Old Trail 4/28/64;
Yosemite’s Birthday; Christmas Story
Folder 43. Cemeteries
Church Cemeteries; Historic Names in Cemetery; They Gave a Ball to Beautify a Cemetery; Old Cemetery Epitaphs
Folder 44. Children
Children Enjoy History
Folder 45. Early Day Personages Not in Biographical Section
Cult Met in Joaquin Rocks; ‘The Poor, Deluded People’; The First 'Foreigner' 7/13/54 (topics: Cameron (Gilroy), Livermore, Hartnell, Spence, Gale, Cooper, Robinson, Bidwell)
Folder 46. Education
Santa Clara School; Merged District Has Proud Heritage; Binding Out Children 6/29/50; Country Schools 4/19/65; Early School Days Recalled; Old School Compositions 3/25/57; Graves School 4/21/65; Our First Schools 9/11/57; Teacher’s Own Story 8/66;
School in Hawaii for Californians 4/17/68; First School Teacher 8/15/66; Early Day Island Schools 5/1/68; A Room Over the Calaboose;
50 Years of Teaching 7/22/55; St. Catherine’s Monterey Academy 11/1/67; The Old Convent n.d.; The Old Convent 7/27/62; Convent in Monterey; Long Trip to School 3/20/50; An Early School; Songs of Another Day 8/30/54 (St. Catherine's Academy)
Folder 47. Flags
What Are Our State Colors?; Captions for a Flag Story; Flags, Frogs and Bears 6/26/63; A Flag Raising 6/29/55; Flag Raising in California; Hawaiian Mystery 10/27/57; How the Jumping Frog Almost Became California’s Emblem; Jumping Frog Almost Made It As State Flag Emblem 7/3/63; Notes on The Flag-Raising 7/10/62; The Spanish Lion and the Mexican Serpent 10/3/51; Stars and Strip[e]s Hoisted
Folder 48. Flowers, Herbs, Trees and Tobacco
Trees and Gardens of Old Monterey 7/11/50; Some Notes on Local Trees 1950; What Makes the Dill in Dill Pickles? 1951; Treeless Streets; Sad Note Sounded in Valley; An Old Landmark Oak Tree is Misplaced 11/20/61; The Lost Oak Tree 11/6/68; Lilacs Keep Faith with Ideals; Monterey Pine is Truly “Local”; Rosemary for Remembrance 10/12/51; How to Keep Tobacco Dry; Potent Potatoes 3/12/52; Flora, Fauna and Fish Dragoons’ Buttons 4/1/52; Ancient Medicinal Herbs 2/7/58; Cypress Fairy Tale 4/64; Planting an Oak Tree 5/26/61; The Passing of an Oak 7/24/52; The Serra Oak; Monterey’s Serra Oak 9/2/60; A Local Arbor Day
Folder 49. Gold and Silver Mining
And the President Lived On; Carmel’s Lost Mine 9/20/68; Chapel in a Mine; Down the American River 6/11/52; Early Currency; Early Gold Coins 6/19/53; Every Bucketful of Earth; Following the Call of Gold; The Gold Fever 2/27/50; Gold-Digging in California and Women’s Rights 2/28/52; Gold Discovery Days 1/24/58; The Last Chance 4/14/52; Have You Seen the Elephant?; Mother Lode Gold; Nevada City: Past, Present; Old Mines 7/15/62; Pockets Full of Gold Dust 2/29/52; Silver in 1802; The Southern Planter 2/26/52; ‘Ten Commandments’ Gold Rush Days; With a Broomstick in a Jeweled Hand; Discovery of Gold; Gold Rush Merchant; Early Days in the Gold Mines; History of Old Mines at Lobos Told; A Pair of Hinges; Wapo Searched the Willows; A Letter From Sutter: I Can Pay in Pure Gold 2/6/50
Folder 50. Industries in Monterey
Pioneer Physicians; Sawmills, Flourmills, A Tale of Two Towns; Early Day Medicine 9/25/67; Early Medicine in West 10/4/67; Early Jewelers of Monterey 4/27/53; The Early Millers 9/4/50; Early Wine-Making; Hand Made Mantillas; New Oil, Old Paper; Old Gunsmiths; Pioneer Gunsmiths 10/3/50; Some Early Doctors; Early Country Doctor 4/13/50
Folder 50a. Printing
Ads That Ran in 1855; Travels of a Printing Press; California’s First Newspaper7/29/68; California’s First Newspaper 2/29/51; California’s First Newspaper; California’s First Press; When a Sailor Set the Type; $17,000 For Old Papers; The Californian; Papers, Petitions, and a Manifesto; Yesterday’s Newspaper; Front Page News, Circa 1848 7/8/53; From An Old Newspaper
Folder 50b. Printing
A Prank on Old Ames; Early Day Prospectus 4/2/68; Early Monterey Printing 3/68; First Newspaper 10/28/65; The First Press; First Printed Invitation 5/9/68; The Monterey Sentinel; Our First Newspaper 4/8/57; Perusing Old Papers 1/16/63; A Supply of Dollar Marks; Says My Mama; Rare Issue Displayed; The Press That Told The Story of the Gold Rush; Press Destroyed by Fire 9/26/56; Pioneer Press 1/29/52; The Noblest Feelings of a Sailor’s Heart
Folder 51. Jails
Specifications for a Jail 1965; Romantic, Glamorous 50’s 1965; Old Jail Plans 3/3/61; The Old Jail 1965; No Signs Left of Old Jails; More on the Jail 11/15/65; Monterey’s Other Jails 11/22/65; Jails in Old Monterey 3/1/61; Early Projects 11/5/64; Early Jailbirds 7/26/50; As a Jail of Solidity It Cannot be Surpassed 9/10/51
Folder 52. Landmarks and Historic Sites
The Moorish Cannon 9/10/68; About Monuments and Sites 2/26/52; The Cross at the Carmel River Mouth 12/8/50; El Toro Bridge 5/4/55;
First Monument to Lincoln; First Statue of Lincoln 2/4/53; Guarding the Gifts of History 9/30/64; A Job Well Done 7/14/65; Museum Exhibits 3/12/65; Save the Landmarks: 1903; Saving Landmarks; Seven Landmarks; A Tour of Historic Monuments 9/7/64; Whiling Away the Public Time; Wrangling Between City, State on Monterey Waterfront Nothing New 2/1/76; History and Art Group Considers Relocating Colton Hall Monument 10/5/55; Portola Cross at Carmel River to be Dedicated This Sunday 1944; Sites in Area Suggested as Historical Monuments; Old Sites Preserved; Historical Marker at Monterey Beach (Monterey Herald photo and caption 10/4/63); Historic Points 12/4/69; Historical Markers 12/12/50; Mystery Anchor 11/7/64; Serra Statue Unveiled in 1891 (also contains article on Cuartel); Old Sites Preserved
Folder 53. Libraries of Monterey County and State
Early Monterey Library 9/13/68; Early Visitors to Library; History of Libraries 11/18/66; Library Beginnings 12/5/66; Monterey County Libraries; Pioneer Librarian; Treasure Sale Coming Up 9/1/66
Folder 54. Lighthouse
The Changing Light 7/7/66; Pt. Pinos Lighthouse 8/27/54; Oldest Manned Light 8/17/64
Pt. Pinos Light; Point Sur Light 8/6/64
Folder 55. Maps
Old Maps; Maps of the Americas 2/12/58; California Island Was A Lop-sided Cornucopia 3/6/51
Folder 56. Merienda
A Beautiful Favorita 5/23/68; La Favorita (188th birthday of the city); This Year’s Merienda (183rd birthday of the city); Powers Awards 1965;
‘La Favorita’ Wed at Carmel Mission 6/12/57; A Social Diary: Merienda Plans 1952; Merienda Tradition Reviewed; Attendants to La Favorita and Their Family Trees 5/25/51; La Favorita’s Attendants Announced 5/29/50; Joint Birthdays; Monterey Duenna 6/29/55; La Favorita 5/20/57
Folder 57. Missions
Mission San Luis Rey; New Attraction at San Juan 6/22/66; Remembrances of Old San Juan Bautista; Souvenir Program; Our Lady of Belen; Founding of Carmel Mission; The Mission’s First Harvest was Sparse (Carmel);
Folder 58. Monterey’s Charter and Documents
City Seals Intrigue; Documents at Stake 7/56; Early Records Tell of City Business; For Official Seals; Framing the Charter 2/51; Monterey’s Charter; Monterey’s Seal 3/12/56; Preservation For Use; The Seal of Monterey 6/26/67; The Great Seal of Monterey 4/10/50
Folder 59. Monterey Clubs and Organizations
Book Club Founded 10/13/50; Some History of Local NDGW 10/30/50; September Meeting 1952; Organization of the BPWC 10/18/50;
History of Local BPWC 10/19/50; Another BPWC Anniversary 10/20/50; Native Daughters’ Local Club Formed 10/27/50; Monterey Women’s Club – 1910 8/30/68; Militant Garden Club 10/8/64; Invitation to a Monterey Ball 4/25/67; Happy Birthday; The Girl Scouts; Eggs for the Ball; Cascarone Ball 1948; Early Days of Monterey Woman’s Civic Club Told in Old Papers; Civic Club Had a Ball 6/66; Early Day Garnerings 8/16/68; The Zamorano Club
Folder 60. Monterey Clubs and Organizations – American Red Cross
Founders of Monterey Red Cross 11/18/59; Red Cross Work in Disasters of the Past 7/19/50; Seventy Years Old Without Fanfare 6/50; Red Cross to Aid 1/3/09; Red Cross Formed Here for War of ’98 7/18/50; A 40th Birthday 7/24/50; First Red Cross 11/6/59; Birth of the Red Cross 11/1/59; A Christmas Gift Suggestion 12/14/50; Background and Backbone of the American Red Cross
Folder 61. Monterey’s Early Days
An Old-World Street 8/31/50; The Atmosphere of Old Monterey 9/63; California Hospitality 6/19/66; Delightful Gardens 7/23/63
Early Monterey Gardens 12/27/62; Old ‘Tamalon Recipe 3/5/58; Early Day Dances and Music 7/12/67; First Days of Our City; First Days of Our City; A Great Tribute 7/15/68; Ill-Mannered Pioneers 9/18/68; Peninsula Hailed by G.Morris; A Building Boom; Old Building Ways, Prices 6/26/50; Architecture in Mexican Monterey; The Study Plan; W.R. Hutton Early Surveyor 5/22/50; undated short article on barrel organ; The Age of Gracious Living 9/2/53; Early Days of Monterey 3/4/53
Folder 62. Monterey’s Famous Guests
Famous Guest; La Perouse Visits Monterey; Visitors From Chicago 7/25/55; With Due Honors to All; Distinguished Visitors
Folder 63. Monterey’s First Wharves
Monterey’s First Wharves (part 1) 4/2/59; Falling Down Wharves (part 2) 4/3/59
Folder 64. Monterey – Fish, Otters and Whales
The Early Whalers 4/20/53; Fernando Pedro Recalls ...; The Life of a Whaling Man’s Wife 11/7/50; Monterey Whaling Industry 8/30/68; The Old Whalers; Old Whaling Station; Storms and Whales; Storms, Whales 11/1/65; Whalebone As Decoration; Whales Leave Monterey 4/22/53; Second Part of Tale; The Old Whaling Station 3/8/68; Whalebone in Monterey
Folder 65. Monterey’s Historical Buildings
The Allen House 4/2/69; Buildings of Old Monterey 2/21/68; Buildings: 1734 2/28/68; Gift of the Doud House 10/30/67; A Historic Brick 3/6/62; History of Local Presidio Is Reviewed in Connection With Army Day Observance 4/6/32; Historic Spots 1/29/64; Kimball Hotel 10/14/60; Mrs. Milton Little 10/17/60; Memories of Mariposa 2/3/54; Monterey Presidio in 1792 6/9/50; Monterey’s Elegant Spa 10/23/57;
More About Mariposa Hall 1/27/54; The Old Washington Hotel; The Pacific Building 7/5/50; Mr. Little’s Houses 7/21/50; Defense of Monterey 1956; Presidio History 3/9/59; The Washington Hotel; Our Early Spanish Fort; The Presidio Chapel; Judas Night; Building Fort Mervine 11/14/61; Saved the Perry House 9/8/66; Important Dates for Presidio Hill 11/5/61; Capitular Hall 3/26/65; Capitular Hall 1962;
Gold Under the Stairs (Allen House); Just Around the Corner from Fremont Street 4/19/51; Casa Pacheco, Pacific Bldg. 5/10/50; Cost of the Larkin House 3/8/57; First Brick House 4/6/51 and 10/5/60; The Bohemia Saloon; Fleas, Livestock and Soap Root; Laying the Stones in Sloat Memorial 1/2/50; Union Saloon (topic) 5/31/50; Iron-Sheathed House
Folder 65a. French Consulate
Moving the Consulate 12/9/59; For the Glory of France; The Consulate Today 8/10/50; A Fiery Frenchman 8/8/50; Reconstructing the French Consulate 1/30/60; The French Consulate 8/7/50; The Old French Consulate 11/3/66; A Consul Reports 8/9/50
Folder 66. Monterey’s Historic Buildings – Colton Hall
Colton Hall; Colton Hall Courthouse 8/12/68; Colton Hall Museum 2/69; Colton Hall Museum 2/69; The Colton Hall School 3/15/68; Council Worries of 1850 3/14/68; Crisis Averted 11/3/65; As We Meet Again 9/13/61; Documents on Display; Early Meeting at Colton Hall; Where Did the Wall Go? 1968; Visiting; Splendid View of the Bay 3/28/52; Colton Hall School Days 2/13/50; Adios to the Old Relic 3/27/52;
Folder 67. Monterey’s Historic Buildings – Custom House
Building the Custom House; Custom House 9/25/64; Custom House Commotion 4/5/51; The Custom House (2 separate articles: 4/3/57 & 7/7/50); Custom House Plaza 8/4/67; Custom House Anniversary (article & photo: 7/29/64); Custom House Still Stands; The Custom House in 1893; Saving an Adobe; Showered With Gifts 3/16/55; Trader’s Trick 4/4/51; Custom House Still Stands 8/1/68
Folder 68. Monterey History
Anda!; Battle of Natividad (2 separate articles: 2/23/53 & 11/5/66); A Burned Capitol 7/25/56; California Letter, 1846 2/20/68; Cheerless Habitations 10/13/66; The Constructive Days; Four Centuries of Januaries 1/26/51; Frontiers of New Spain 4/2/70; Let’s Believe 2/9/67;
Monterey Attacked; Monterey City Hall; Monterey’s Glorious 4th 2/1/67; Monterey History Repeats Itself; Monterey Holds A Romantic Array of History; Monterey’s Incorporation 1/25/51; October Days in Monterey; Old Monterey 12/9/60 Pirate Invasion Ends 12/3/62; Port of Collection; Portola’s Trek 6/21/57; For the Glory of France; A Letter About Old Monterey; Spanish Records; Warm Reception for Discovery 6/6/50; You Can’t Die in Monterey 1951; Bound for Sacramento; At a Snail’s Pace; 100-Year Old ”Issues”; June is Important; Bull and Bear Fight; Who Has the Treasure?; Mr. Larkin’s Cane; PD (topic: 1846 letter written by Henry Mellus) 12/49; Historic Monterey 12/26/62; Imports of 1846; Month of March 3/5/51; A Mixed Set of Americans; History at the Beach 3/27/59; Proposal to Name Monterey Plaza After Jules Simoneau 1/10/69; No Interest or Taxes in Those Halcyon Days 3/9/51; Early Day Trade in Monterey; Old Home Raffled by Diaz; The Story of a Battle 11/21/58 (Natividad); Tribute to Both Sides 11/24/58 (Natividad); In 1846 10/25/51; A Bonnet for a Bride 1952; City Status; Monterey Attacked (Bouchard) 11/30/62; The Reliz Trail 6/25/54 (topics: trail to gold country; San Antonio Mission)
Folder 69. Monterey History and Art Association
An Exhibit of Note; An Historical Meeting 11/24/67; Expedition Art; Historic Gifts 7/15/58; Monterey Foundation 5/28/51; Spanish Exhibit;
When Land Was Cheap; Official Compliment; A Busy First Year; Henry Jones Elected President of History & Art Assoc. 2/63; Historic Gifts 5/31/65; History Group 4/28/65; Five Goals; Historical Merit Award 2/28/62; The Path of History 7/4/67; Mementoes; Thank You Note;
California Historical Society: Historical Association Roster 1/16/51; Wanted: Pioneers 1/17/51; The History and Art Assn. 10/24/60; Old Treasures; More about History and Art Association 2/2/50; Untitled article PD 1/6/50 on MHAA board meeting; History, Art Assn. Elects Stanton 2/2/65; MHAA Chairmen Are Appointed 1965; The Little Wax Figures and the Spanish Sash
Folder 70. Monterey Legends
Fleas, Livestock and Amole 10/28/63; A Skull, A Spring, A Tree; How Twain Missed a Gold Mine; Tales of Old Monterey 7/68; In Pagandom and Christendom; Washerwoman’s Canyon; Irene, the Speckled Hen; Some Old Legends 9/8/50; A Judge’s Top Hat; Symbols of a Vanquished Era; Our Own Monterey Jack Cheese
Folder 71. Monterey Recreation
The Ball Park 8/1/50; History of Monterey Ball Park 11/14/68; Early Baseball Teams; Monterey Was Once a Good Baseball Town 11/13/68
Folder 72. Monterey and California Indians
An Old Indian Duck Decoy; ’18 Years Alone’; Elusive Island Woman Sighted; End of a Saga; George Nidever and ‘Brown Eyes’; The Story of Old Gabriel 10/3/67; Trial of the Chumash Indians 5/23/66; A Vain Search; When Life Was Cheap; No Liquor for the Indians; Rare Indian Baskets
Folder 73. Monterey Museums
The Curators Hold a Conference; Museum Board Plans Party 5/15/68; Harbor Maritime Museum 3/24/65; A Museum Conference; More Adventures in The South; National Trust
Folder 74. Place Names of California
California’s Place Names; The Old Names Were the Best; Paraiso Springs 1965; Place Names Traced to Grants 7/31/50; Those Quaint Names 1968
Folder 75. Postal Service
Carrying the Mail 3/6/68; Centennial of the ‘Jackass Mail’; Days of the Overland Mail; Dougherty Tires of Old Stories (Monterey’s postmaster history; ~1938); Early California Mails; Early California Postal Service (Southern California Rancher 8/57); The Washtub Mail Dispensed News in Old Monterey; A Faint Prospect of Profit 7/13/51; Fame, Via Postal Route; Monterey Had The First P.O.; Our First Mail 10/29/65
PD (topic: mail delivery)
Folder 76. Ranchos
The Early Ranchos; Eleven Square League 8/7/51; The Legend of El Toro Ranch Is Retold 8/28/62; Mexican Grants 7/68; 121-Year-Old Los Coches 10/16/64; At Tejon Ranch 4/2/52; Santa Clara Ranchos 2/69; Other Land Grants (topics: Littlejohn, Chaves, de la Torre); Other Early Ranches (topics: Puenta del Monte, San Vicente, Sausal, Las Salinas, Los Coches, Los Ojitos); A Complicated Land Title
Folder 77. Sea Voyages
Another Early Impression 6/2/50; Asleep in the Deep; The ‘Barbarian’ 3/31/65; A Discriminating Shopper; A Gem of History; The Last Cask Was Aboard; Log of the Julia Ann; Malaspina Expedition (info for 2 articles); More on Menzies Journal 6/8/50; More Steamship Pioneers; A Mystery Ship Arrives 1/9/51; Narrative of a Voyage; Pioneers at Sea; The Sea and the Shore 2/26/68; A Ship Was Badly Needed; Spanish Consternation at Alien Ship; The Early Navigators 10/14/68;
Folder 78. Ship Natalia
Mystery of the Natalia 8/20/68; More On the Ship Natalia 8/23/68; Napoleon’s Ship Natalia; A Piece of Polished Wood From Napoleon’s Natalia; The Wreck of the Good Ship Natalia; Natalia’s Grave in Monterey Bay
Folder 79. Places of Historic Interest Other Than Monterey Bay
Pioneer Place in 1907; The Montgomery Block 2/2/53; Elegance of Another Day; Mystery of South Seas
Folder 80. State Pioneer Society
Clearing the Road; An Elegant Banner; Even Before Gold; Gallant Galaxy of Heroes; The Germ of a New State 5/7/52; History Society Conference 7/2/56; The Pioneers Dedicate a Plaque by Robert O’Brien 8/51; Red Woolen Shirts; The Seemly Impossible; The Sudden Empire . . . California
Folder 81. Sugar Wars in California
California Sugar; California’s Sugar; The Sugar Beet 10/13/54; More on the Sugar Beet; The ‘Sugar War’ 12/13/54
Folder 82. Theater in California
The Early Theater 6/13/55; Leasing a Theater 6/20/50; Lizzie’s Other Roles; The Long Ago Theater 6/7/68; Monterey’s First Theater 7/29/68;
Monterey’s Theaters – 1908 10/20/65; Stories of Old-Time Thespians 5/9/67; Theater in Old Monterey 7/17/68; A Theatrical Performance 12/17/62; Theater Program of 1924; Theatrical Travels in Early Days Full of Their Own Drama 5/22/67; Lizzie Bingham, Pioneer Actress; Monterey Woman, 96, Tells Truth of Shocking Scandal (not PD); The First “First Theater’; First Theater Reminisces 10/26/55
Folder 83. Tour of the Eastern States
The America of Booth Tarkington; The Badlands of Dakota; Churches of Old Boston Town; A Guided Tour 9/12/64; Heroes, Authors, and Mrs. Goose; ‘I Never Met a Man I Didn’t Like’; Jarndyce and Jarndyce; ‘Know Your Own State’; Land of the Midnight Ride; More About Greenfield Village; New England: Antiquity and Charm; The Old Home of Paul Revere; ‘One If By Land; Two If By Sea’; A Sad Departure From Boston; Sing a Song of Sixpence . . . 1/25/68; Tour of Buffalo Bill Country; A Visit to Greenfield Village; Where ‘Orphant Annie’ Lived 10/10/52; Yes, There Really Was a Mother Goose 12/23/64 (article and letter from Mary Trimmer Baldwin)
Folder 84. Tours – Local
Museum Tour Includes Monterey; A Stroll In Old Town 9/4/64; Take a Carriage; To Tour Monterey
Folder 85. Tours – Mexico
Chihuahua 12/14/53; Cuernavaca 12/4/52; Fine Arts and Old Pyramids 11/27/53; Glamorous Guadalajara 12/9/53; Queretaro 12/2/53; On to Mexico City 11/16/53; Reunion in Guanajuato 12/11/53; San Miguel 12/7/53; A Visit to Tucson 11/7/55
Folder 86. Transportation
The Cannonball Express; Contribution to Aviation 4/3/53; The Del Monte Arrives 10/8/62; The Del Monte Express 2/2/66; The Famous Cable Cars; Freight Rates in Old Days; Markers for Stage Stations 8/17/53; Monterey in 1879 10/27/54; The Old Del Monte Express 10/5/62; Railroad Saga 10/25/54 (2 c.); A Sight to Behold 10/11/59; The Stagecoach 5/15/57; Stagecoach Rediscovered 10/19/51; Early Transportation 3/9/53; Early Monterey Railway 5/60; The Monterey Railroad; The Narrow Gauge; How They Completed the Railroad on Time 11/1/54; Ancient Engines Rescued 6/26/64; Dining On The Flatcars 5/2/60; Historic Trail to Monterey Is Re-discovered 11/26/49
Folder 87. Western Coast
California Coast: 1842 10/3/66; Crater Lake 7/5/57; Oregon 7/1/57; How Monterey Looked in 1842; Sir George Not Impressed with Monterey in 1842 5/26/50; Off the Coast of Monterey
Folder 88. Miscellaneous
The Dore Vase; Drake ‘Firsts’ 6/27/62; Fans and Frames; Lacy Fans; A Medallion From West Point 11/7/52; The Story Behind ‘End of the Trail’;
Women Given Recognition 2/27/53; There will be no Alleys; Clearing the Road; Mark of Gratitude; O (Barefoot) Pioneers!; Originally Dubbed ‘Gigling’; A Sherman Letter
Folder 1. Adobes
Adobe Once Sold for $7.50 5/9/50 (de la Torre); The Adobe Tour; Adobe House Tour 7/27/56; Adobe Open House; An Old Salinas Adobe (El Sausal) 5/22/68; Bonifacio Adobe; Casa Gutierrez; A Fearless Lady (Rodriguez-Osio Adobe); Rodriguez Adobe 7/12/63; Kitchens of Old Adobes; Life and Death of an Adobe (Dutton Hotel) (Antonio Ramirez); The Old Hotel at Jolon; Monterey Adobes by Vera Stokes; Monterey’s Early Adobes; Restoring Casa Gutierrez 7/63; Casa Gutierrez Damaged by Fire 2/10/63; PD (topic Gutierrez House); The Old Gutierrez Adobe 7/28/50; Casa Matema-Glass House; The New Sancho Panza 11/1/66; Casa Soberanes Featured 2/18/63; Garner and Diaz Adobes
Folder 2. More Adobes
Norris Exhibit at Casa Serrano 12/29/64; Replica of an Old Hacienda; Old San Miguel Adobe 4/11/67; Restored with Restraint 8/17/51;
Restoring Casa Gutierrez 7/31/63; Plan for Island of Adobes; Saving an Adobe (Custom House); Saving the Adobes (Sanchez);
Ruined Adobes Restored (Vallejo) 8/27/56; Vallejo Family; There Are New Adobes Too 7/23/68; Making Adobe; Hacienda of the Week (Rancho San Lucas) 5/9/59; Making Adobe Bricks 2/6/59; Three Old Adobes (Cooper-Molera, Soberanes, La Porte); Early Architecture 6/23/50; Charles Underwood Adobe 4/27/66; Underwood Adobe; The Long Story Behind the Underwood Adobe; Vasquez Adobe 3/18/68
Early Residences (Soberanes, Field, Pombert, Kinlock)
Folder 3. Animals in California
Camels on Alvarado Street 4/3/52; All About Bears in Old Town; Camels vs Mules 4/4/52; Government Camel 4/7/52; Last of the Grizzlies;
Local Buffalo Stories; Monterey County Buffalo; Monterey Buffalo Were Ornery Beasts 4/25/40; When Buffalo Roamed;
Also see Noticias Vol. IV, No. 1, March 1960
Folder 4. Arts
Allied Arts Guild 9/11/57; Among the Artists: Circa 1913 10/65; Artists Mentioned in Cypress 2/8/54; Early Artist-Explorers; Bach’s Gold Dove with photo of dove; Monterey Artists: 1914 10/9/65; Bruno’s Earrings with photo of horse 2/5/37; Pictures of Old Monterey; Della Robbia Card Impressive 1/14/64; Eggshells Collected 11/11/68; City Beautification; Jewelry Masterpieces; Old Pictures Help Trace History of Monterey; Peninsula’s Past Great Painters 8/9/65; Resting Dancer 1/4/64; When the Artists Came 1954; Pioneer Peninsula Artists Honored in Carmel Gallery Show; Fifty Famous Faces, Mary, And Another Little Goose
Folder 5. Bandits
Black Bart, Bard; Career of Crime (Tiburcio Vasquez) 3/20/51; Dutch John Beset by Bandits; J.P. Morgan and Black Bart; Lynching Recorded in Old Diary 12/1/52; Monterey Murder Case; Wall-Williams Murder; The Punishment Fit the Crime; Research for Show at First Theater Discloses Cost of Nabbing Black “Bart”
Folder 6. Bells
All About Bells 5/65; Christmas Bells 12/22/65; El Camino Real Bells 1/2/58; He Rings the Mission Bells; Mission Bells Are Placed on U.S. 101 9/2/59; New Year’s Custom 1/4/62; Oldest Christian Dated Bell; The Voice of the Bells; The Story of the Bells
Folder 7. Biographies
Abbott, Carl (sheriff); Abbott, Carlisle: Recollections of a Pioneer 12/26/66; The Tragedy of Quirk, A Pennsylvania Democrat
Abrego, Don Jose; Alvarado, Juan Baptista: When Alvarado Fled 6/22/50; When Alvarado Fled; Mementoes of Gov. Alvarado
Ambris, Doroteo: Under a Large Oak Tree; The Bearded Padre; typewritten letter about Padre Ambris
About the Anthony Family; Aram, Joseph: Let us not Forget; Joseph and Sarah Aram
Folder 8. Biographies
Bechdolt, Fred 4/20/50 Monterey Herald front page; Berwick: The Old Berwick House 10/16/63; Berwick Orchard 10/24/51; Belcher: The Sanchez Estate Case 3/19/51; ‘The Big Eagle of Monterey’ 3/16/51; Bidwell, John: Runaway Sailors; California Colony; The Wrong Steer; California Carts; Medicine Man; The First Lawyer Had a Scheme
Folder 9. Biographies
Bingham, Lizzie: Last Chapter in Actress’ Life; Babes’ Drama Debut 5/24/67; Lizzie’s Other Roles; More About Lizzie Bingham; Pioneer Actress; A Remarkable Woman; Lizzie Bingham’s End; Birks, Millie: She Lived in the Custom House; Birks Collection; Invoices and Ledgers
Folder 10. Biographies
Bolton Family: A High-Spirited Girl Wins a High-Spirited Horse 10/18/63; A White Lace Dress from Paris 10/24/50; Escolastica Wins a Wager; Martha E. Bolton, Daughter of a Belle of Old Monterey, to be Feted at Party; Bonifacio, Maria: Senorita Maria Bonifacio 10/20/66; The Sherman Rose Garden 10/66; Sherman Rose; Bonifacio Adobe; The Sherman Rose Lady 10/8/57; Stoddard’s Recollections 10/24/66; A Visit to Dona Ignacia 9/22/50; Boston, Joseph: Foolish Agreement 2/13/51; Typewritten genealogy notes on Boston family; Dr. Burns: His Hobby is Californiana 2/52
Folder 11. Biographies
Canby, Major 2/29/56; Father Casanova’s Account Book; Colton Family: A Colton Letter; Colton and the Local Scene 7/28/52; Colton as Alcalde; Colton Journal 9/16/65; A Letter From Colton's Niece 5/8/50; Juanita Cooper to serve as ‘Duena’ at Merienda 1954; Cooper Ranch article 11/17/51 (McIntyre family); Men of Two Countries; Coronel family: Family of Fifteen 10/10/51; De Soto: Count was Link with Spanish Era 2/13/62; Dickinson Family: First Brick House 10/5/60; Notes on The Dickinson Family 6/18/62; A Lace Bonnet 6/19/62
Folder 12. Biographies
A Eulogy for Francis Doud 6/8/66; Gift of the Doud House; More About the Dutra Tract 5/18/50; Durein, Ted;
Escolle’s Flower Pots Played a Role in Monterey History; He Baked Flower Pots (Escolle) 4/4/50; Grade A Spareribs (Elizabeth Farnham); The Story of the Dutra Tract; Field Home Acquisition Considered 1/27/40; Stephen Clark Foster; Fling Biography (contains book reviews also); Traveling with Fr. Garces 2/23/66; The Old French House (Jean Girardin); Jessie Benton Fremont: Mrs. John C. Fremont, A California Hostess 5/2/50; Jesse Fremont 9/13/65; Jim Henry Gleason: More About Jim Gleason; Happy Ending 7/3/53; How to Learn Spanish 6/24/53; ‘This Discordant Mass’ 6/29/53; Gomez Rancho - Soldiers' Retreat 2/25/53; Gragg, Harriet Sargent; Gonzalez family photographs given to MHAA: Early Photographic Art 3/30/51; Greene, Henry: Astride the Silent Steed 3/11/52; Words to Old Songs; ‘Tin Can Harry’; Silent Steeds 2/4/65; Sketch Tells of Achievements of Harry A. Greene Monterey Herald 2/2/22; Greene, Mary: Easter in Mexico; Spanish Castle of Monterrey 11/20/59; Mary Greene to Continue on Job as Custom House Curator; Mary Greene off to Study in Mexico 8/18/58; Short article 1958; Mary Greene, Curator, will ‘Retire” to Travel 2/9/57; Letter from Mary to Mayo 7/23/66
Folder 13. Biographies
Hartnell: A Cigarillo From a Senorita 6/6/51; Wherever Pepper Grows 6/5/51; W.E.P. Hartnell's Will 11/29/57; Hastings, Lansford: Kind Words for a Bad Man 1/27/56; Hatton William & Kate written by Joe Hitchcock (4 short articles); Hill, Col. Henry (letter dated 9/27/1866) transcribed (typewritten); Hill, Louis: The Count de Monte Rey 8/27/62; Hitchcock, John: Old Fashioned Wedding 2/11/66; Hitchcock, Ralph: articles from Salinas Californian 1/16-17/64; Hollingsworth: John Hollingsworth 8/9/63; A Trial by Jury 9/4/50; Hoover, Lou and Herbert: A Letter From Mrs. Hoover 4/65; The Herbert Hoovers 4/66; various newspaper articles on Hoovers; Hopper, James: Carmel’s Hopper
Folder 14. Biographies
Jacks Family (mostly Margaret) (18 articles & 1 letter); Gifts of the Jacks Sisters 2/11/53; Some Sympathetic Repairs 6/7/51; Jacks Family Lore;
15 newspaper clippings re: Jacks sisters; Typewritten letter from Anne Fisher re: Margaret Jacks service to Red Cross 5/11/62
Folder 15. Biographies
Father Serra: The Serra Family; Acquiring Serra’s Birthplace 8/23/50; Fr. Serra Writes 8/18/50; The Mission’s First Harvest was Sparse 8/22/50; Mission Founder 10/5/55; Father Serra’s Birthplace 11/10/50; Gift of a House 11/3/58; News from Serra’s Birthplace 4/11/55
Folder 16. Biographies
James, Jesse: The Jesse James House 3/9/55; James, John (1 letter written by his grandson, Walter Chew); Jeffries, Thomas;
Jones, Thomas ap Catesby: All This and Monterey Too; The Commodore Who Dreamed Up a War 2/23/51; 3 misc. newspaper articles
Juana Maria: ’18 Years Alone’ 9/27/50; Note re: Nidever rescue of Juana Maria in 1853
Folder 17. Biographies
Kearney, Gov. Stephen: General Stephen Kearny; Gen. Kearny in California 12/27/50; King, Thomas Starr: Pioneer Minister 4/15/60; The Statue Standing in the Park 9/30/60; Kino, Rev. Fr. Eusebio: Father Kino Proves a Point; California’s Man-hating Amazons; Frontiers of New Spain 2/2/70
Folder 18. Biographies
Laing, Capt. James T.: In Their Place, An Orchard; Leese, Jacob (& granddaughter): The Firecracker Fun Went on All Night (from Millie’s Column); Pioneer of Pioneers 8/30/50: newspaper clipping from 7/59; Lick, James: A Solid Fortune Founded on a Dollar
Folder 19. Biographies
McGowan, Rev. James: On Beds of Ease and Roses 3/24/51; McKinlay, James: An Old Gentleman Covered with Money 4/12/51
Matthews, James Warren: Remembrance of Times Past; Meadows, the English Sailor 8/6/54 (topics: Cantua, Barretto, Alvarado families); Mossop, Victor: A Pioneer at Five 3/5/52
Folder 20. Misc. Topics
Untitled (stories from old books and manuscripts); “Bootlegged” Books in the 1880s; Back Roads to San Francisco 1/14/55;
Interesting Old Document 7/8/65; Preservation for Use; Projects, Gifts 5/5/65; And There was Light 3/31/52; Visiting 7/31/51;
Olden Times articles (topics: Mayor Jacks 1910 & Bruton Sisters 1930); Beans for Breakfast; Red Pepper… of the Purest Kind; A Few Old News Items; PD (topic: Mrs. Millie Birks donation to MHAA); A Day for Playing Pranks; The Daguerreotype; Escolastica Wins a Wager; Old Salinas Families 7/29/66
Folder 21. Biographies
Nidever, George: Elusive Island Woman Sighted; George Nidever and ‘Brown Eyes’ 1/8/51; A Vain Search; End of a Saga; Norris, Thomas Wayne: A Letter dated 1847 12/26/50; Remembrances of the Past; Carmel’s Thomas Norris; 2 newspaper clippings; Nordhoff, Charles (letter dated 10/11/62 from his grandson)
Folder 22. Biographies
O’Connell, Daniel: newspaper clipping 9/5/53; Poem on a Door 3/7/50; untitled PD; O’Donnell, Mayo Hayes: newspaper clipping on grand opening of Valley National Bank (MHO honored); Returning Home 9/6/63; O’Donnell, William M. and Mayo Hayes: San Jose Mercury article on M/M O’Donnell’s purchase of the Santa Clara Journal 9/9/25; newspaper clipping on airplane trip to LA by M/M O’Donnell; Olden Times articles (MHO honored as Woman of the Year by Quota Club); Oliver, Myron: Myron Oliver, Monterey Civic Leader, Dies 2/2/67; Myron Oliver 3/6/47
Folder 23. Biographies
Partridge, William: Letter to Ohio; Revere, Joseph Warren: ‘A Ranchero Feat’ Reviewed; Lt. Revere’s Monterey Notes 4/2/65; Predictions From 1849; A Tour of Duty; Riley, General Bennett: newspaper clipping 3/30/65 “Two Paintings Given to the Custom House”; typewritten note on Bennett Riley; Riley’s Farewell 8/1/58; Roach, William: The Tables are Turned 3/14/51; A Share of $80,000 3/13/51; Near Whiskey Hill 3/21/51; Rodriguez: A Pajaro Landowner 4/19/50; Pioneer Rancher’s Will 4/20/50; A Fearless Lady 9/10/65; Rowland, John: ‘You Are Wise, Senor Rowland…’
Folder 24. Biographies
Sanchez, Jose Maria: A Bean Barrel Full of Gold-Dust 3/12/51;; Sanchez, Louis Adolfo: clipping titled L.A. Sanchez; Adolfo Sanchez;
Sanchez, Gil: clipping on the Sanchez Adobe; The Colorful Sepulvedas 9/7/53; Florencio Serrano 2/27/57; Briefing at Casa Serrano 9/26/65; Florencio and Rita 2/28/57; Smith, Jedediah: Jedediah Smith Meeting; Soto: Joaquin Soto’s Will 2/1/51; The Soto Adobe 1/31/51
Folder 25. Biographies
Stevenson, Robert Louis: The Fine Robert L. Stevenson Collection; Stevenson in Hawaii; A Unique Birthday Gift 7/19/67 (Stevenson House)
Stoddard, Charles Warren: Stoddard’s Visit; Stoddard’s Death; Stokes: Reliving the Past; A Paddle that Worked Both Ways; Tidball, Capt. Thomas: clipping 9/1/39 Capt. Tidball to be Honored by Nation; Tefft, Henry A.: Henry A. Tefft 1/28/58; Taylor, Alexander: California’s First Bibliographer; A Batch of Letters; Don’t Blame Me
Folder 26. Biographies
Tonner, Judge: Inquiry About Judge Tonner 8/6/66; Trescony, Alberto: Alberto Trescony; Vagnozzi, Mrs. Mary: A Link With the Past;
Vallejo: Through the Sacristy Door; Mariano Vallejo 5/26/65; Vasquez: An Old Scrapbook 5/20/68; Villagrana, Miguel: (typewritten letter 5/12/52); Monterey Duenna (folder 56); Vincent, Joshua S.: 2 small undated clippings; Funeral in 1847 10/29/51; In Pagandom and Christendom 10/? /51; Walker, Capt. Joseph: Old Mountain Trader; Watson, James “Santiago”: An Active English Settler 5/31/50; Watson Family: Watson Family 4/23/65; handwritten letter dated 9/1/195x; Willey, Samuel Hopkins: incomplete copy of PD; typewritten note;
Pioneer Protestant Preacher
Folder 27. Misc. Topic – Alvarado
Governor Alvarado’s Chair: Travels of a Famous Chair; Gov. Alvarado’s Clock 9/7/66; Mementoes of Gov. Alvarado 11/16/50; When Alvarado Fled 6/22/50; From Alvarado’s Library 10/27/61; The Alvarado Hundred 11/1/61; Monterey’s Alvarado Adobe 2/18/59; Alvarado Adobe 10/25/61
Folder 28. Biographies
Williams, E. L.: Monterey Bound 6/11/65; Some Travel Notes From 1849 6/9/65; ‘A Bad Man From Way Back’ 2/9/51; Ground Mustard and Gold Dust 2/5/51; Eight Dimes Equal One Dollar 2/6/51; Needle and Thread and Buckskin Breeches 2/7/51; An Old Spanish Custom 2/9/51; Dead Men Tell no Tales 3/15/51; Yorba, Don Thomas: More on Irvine Ranch; Yount, George C.: Napa Valley Pioneer; Chronicles of the West 6/10/66
Folder 29. Misc. Topic – Adobes
Old Adobes 12/15/50; More Local Adobes 12/18/59; Adobe vs. Frame House 10/10/50; History of the Abrego Adobe 4/27/50; Casa Abrego 7/7/61; Monterey’s Early Adobes 3/6/53; ‘adobes’ topic 12/14/49; The Sanchez Adobe 1/17/55; Our Old Adobes 3/2/56; The Castro Adobe 3/7/56; Boronda and Buelna Adobes 5/15/50; The Cooper Adobe; History of an Adobe; How the Casa Castro Adobe was Raffled Off in 1848 5/1/50; Monterey’s Casa Buelna 1/31/58; Castro Family Notes 4/21/58
Folder 30. Book Reviews
And What is Writ; Another Monterey Uncovered; Antiquarian Bookman; Best in Californiana; Birks Collection 10/21/64; Books of Early California; Books on Americana; Books of the Old West; California Imports; California Is a Booklet 3/68; Eighty Great Books; Forthcoming Books; Girl Scout Datebook; Happy Dusty Days 4/19/63; Eighty Great Books; Books of Early California; Early Day Dances and Music 1967; Old-Time Dances; The Hundredth Book 1/9/59; 100 Most Beautiful Rooms 1/14/59
Folder 31. Book Reviews
How to Tell a Valuable Book; In the Spanish Manner; A Magnificent Beach; More ‘Californiana’ Selections; A New Metropolis; Old Time Pageantry in Books; Random Notes; Random Reveries; Rare Books 5/29/61; ‘Worth a Thousand Words’; The Zamorano 80; ‘Having a Wonderful Time’; ‘Sam Brannon’; Tribute to Muir; A Saint May Rise (Look Magazine article review);
Folder 32. Book Reviews
Bancroft Library Makes This Year’s Choice; A Glowing Tribute 10/6/50; Lavish Rewards for Poet in 1850; ‘A Little Cupa’ 7/24/64;
A Note on New Books; Random Notes; A Rare Collector’s Item; Routes of Three Roses; The Sleepy Hollow of the Pacific 1965; Good Reading in Account Books
Folder 33. Branding Irons
Branding Iron History; Know Them by Their Brands 8/8/68; Lore of the Branding Iron 8/13/51; Who Has the Oldest Brand? 10/30/51
Folder 34. Calendars
Cards and Calendars 12/65; 1908 Calendar Usable Today 1964
Folder 35. California Towns and Cities
Benicia; Bodie 11/64; Columbia: Salute to Columbia; Formerly Hildreth’s Diggins; Fort Ross 6/28/57; Gonzales: Early Resident Tells of Days when Gonzales was ‘Horse and Hay Capital’ of California; ‘Old Timer’ Tells of the Escapades of Characters in Gonzales area in 1800s 1/56; Clyde Patton Concludes Reminiscences; Jamestown: newspaper article “Heart of Jamestown Ripped by $1 Million Night Blaze” 11/30/66; Fire Razes Old Jamestown’s Central Business District 11/30/66; Jimtown Fire Losses Listed; Mariposa: Southern Mother Lode Town; The Mother Lode Country; Ghost Towns; Mother Lode Gold 3/25/53; Through the Mother Lode 11/3/60; The Vanishing Mother Lode Trail 5/30/58; Morgan Hill was Burnett Township; Moss Landing: The City by the Slough; Nevada City: Old Mountain Towns 11/1/57; Pacific Grove: Early Day Pacific Grove 4/11/58; The Outcasts of Poker Flat; Rough and Ready 11/4/57; The Big Sur Story 5/19/66(w/letter from Bauman); Right Out of This World 3/14/52
Folder 36. California Towns and Cities
Sierra Pioneers (Drytown) 11/4/60; Sacramento’s Birthday 5/65; Living Like Spanish Dons (Santa Barbara) 8/19/63; Santa Clara Revisited;
Santa Cruz Fete 9//29/65; San Jose’s Early Days 3/7/55; The Old Sebastian Store (San Simeon) 5/4/60; Tassajara Springs; Beyond Rough and Ready is Timbuctoo; Watsonville – The First Hundred Years 7/2/52; Near Whiskey Hill; Santa Barbara’s Legitimacy
Folder 37. Constitution of California
Constitution’s Reporter 10/63; Convention Report 10/16/50; Emphatic ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; Monterey Preferred 10/17/50; A Perilous Journey 8/4/50; Solons Were Courageous 7/27/56; Statehood 7/23/56; 102 Years Ago
Folder 38. California Description
Mt. Hamilton; Fiddlesticks in the Maze; Redwood Memorial For Dag 2/19/62; Santa Lucia Mountains; Mt. Whitney or Mt. Churchill 9/6/65
Folder 39. California Firsts
California’s First Jury 9/10/63; Famous California Firsts; First Centennial; First Frame House 8/1/68; First Governor of California; The First Pianos 8/29/50; Old Pianos 7/30/65; More About Old Pianos 8/6/65; First Steamship Pioneers; More Steamship Pioneers; First Tourist in California 6/8/70; Meeting of Ayuntamiento 3/22/68; Our First Jury Trial 9/30/68; Some Famous ‘Firsts’ 8/7/68; Stirring Events Recorded 8/20/65; First Hospital; First Press; Some Famous 'Firsts'
Folder 40. California Historical Society
Benicia Excursion Set 9/22/65; Saving Yesterday
Folder 41. California History
Archives Approved; California and the War 12/1/61; California’s History Related by Dr. Hunt; California Conquest Related in Letters;
California’s “Migrant” Capital 12/20/57; The Civil War in California 10/9/61; Historical Bits; Other Julys in California 7/5/51; A Puzzle Solved 12/9/64; States ’76 Veteran Honored; They Slept On The Beaches That May Day; Three Centuries of History; The Story of California 12/3/65; Historical Conference; Pioneers in San Francisco 11/9/60; ‘Mr. California’ 3/3/54; September Days; The Visit of the Bishop 9/20/54
Folder 42. Celebrations
Admission Day 1966; Centennial Reporting 7/58; Centennial Voyage; Monterey’s 1st Centennial 2/68; Monterey’s Glorious 4th 1/31/67;
Monterey’s 100th Birthday 1/30/66; Our First Centennial 1969; Monterey’s 200th Birthday (flyer) 7/3/70; Pilgrims on Old Trail 4/28/64;
Yosemite’s Birthday; Christmas Story
Folder 43. Cemeteries
Church Cemeteries; Historic Names in Cemetery; They Gave a Ball to Beautify a Cemetery; Old Cemetery Epitaphs
Folder 44. Children
Children Enjoy History
Folder 45. Early Day Personages Not in Biographical Section
Cult Met in Joaquin Rocks; ‘The Poor, Deluded People’; The First 'Foreigner' 7/13/54 (topics: Cameron (Gilroy), Livermore, Hartnell, Spence, Gale, Cooper, Robinson, Bidwell)
Folder 46. Education
Santa Clara School; Merged District Has Proud Heritage; Binding Out Children 6/29/50; Country Schools 4/19/65; Early School Days Recalled; Old School Compositions 3/25/57; Graves School 4/21/65; Our First Schools 9/11/57; Teacher’s Own Story 8/66;
School in Hawaii for Californians 4/17/68; First School Teacher 8/15/66; Early Day Island Schools 5/1/68; A Room Over the Calaboose;
50 Years of Teaching 7/22/55; St. Catherine’s Monterey Academy 11/1/67; The Old Convent n.d.; The Old Convent 7/27/62; Convent in Monterey; Long Trip to School 3/20/50; An Early School; Songs of Another Day 8/30/54 (St. Catherine's Academy)
Folder 47. Flags
What Are Our State Colors?; Captions for a Flag Story; Flags, Frogs and Bears 6/26/63; A Flag Raising 6/29/55; Flag Raising in California; Hawaiian Mystery 10/27/57; How the Jumping Frog Almost Became California’s Emblem; Jumping Frog Almost Made It As State Flag Emblem 7/3/63; Notes on The Flag-Raising 7/10/62; The Spanish Lion and the Mexican Serpent 10/3/51; Stars and Strip[e]s Hoisted
Folder 48. Flowers, Herbs, Trees and Tobacco
Trees and Gardens of Old Monterey 7/11/50; Some Notes on Local Trees 1950; What Makes the Dill in Dill Pickles? 1951; Treeless Streets; Sad Note Sounded in Valley; An Old Landmark Oak Tree is Misplaced 11/20/61; The Lost Oak Tree 11/6/68; Lilacs Keep Faith with Ideals; Monterey Pine is Truly “Local”; Rosemary for Remembrance 10/12/51; How to Keep Tobacco Dry; Potent Potatoes 3/12/52; Flora, Fauna and Fish Dragoons’ Buttons 4/1/52; Ancient Medicinal Herbs 2/7/58; Cypress Fairy Tale 4/64; Planting an Oak Tree 5/26/61; The Passing of an Oak 7/24/52; The Serra Oak; Monterey’s Serra Oak 9/2/60; A Local Arbor Day
Folder 49. Gold and Silver Mining
And the President Lived On; Carmel’s Lost Mine 9/20/68; Chapel in a Mine; Down the American River 6/11/52; Early Currency; Early Gold Coins 6/19/53; Every Bucketful of Earth; Following the Call of Gold; The Gold Fever 2/27/50; Gold-Digging in California and Women’s Rights 2/28/52; Gold Discovery Days 1/24/58; The Last Chance 4/14/52; Have You Seen the Elephant?; Mother Lode Gold; Nevada City: Past, Present; Old Mines 7/15/62; Pockets Full of Gold Dust 2/29/52; Silver in 1802; The Southern Planter 2/26/52; ‘Ten Commandments’ Gold Rush Days; With a Broomstick in a Jeweled Hand; Discovery of Gold; Gold Rush Merchant; Early Days in the Gold Mines; History of Old Mines at Lobos Told; A Pair of Hinges; Wapo Searched the Willows; A Letter From Sutter: I Can Pay in Pure Gold 2/6/50
Folder 50. Industries in Monterey
Pioneer Physicians; Sawmills, Flourmills, A Tale of Two Towns; Early Day Medicine 9/25/67; Early Medicine in West 10/4/67; Early Jewelers of Monterey 4/27/53; The Early Millers 9/4/50; Early Wine-Making; Hand Made Mantillas; New Oil, Old Paper; Old Gunsmiths; Pioneer Gunsmiths 10/3/50; Some Early Doctors; Early Country Doctor 4/13/50
Folder 50a. Printing
Ads That Ran in 1855; Travels of a Printing Press; California’s First Newspaper7/29/68; California’s First Newspaper 2/29/51; California’s First Newspaper; California’s First Press; When a Sailor Set the Type; $17,000 For Old Papers; The Californian; Papers, Petitions, and a Manifesto; Yesterday’s Newspaper; Front Page News, Circa 1848 7/8/53; From An Old Newspaper
Folder 50b. Printing
A Prank on Old Ames; Early Day Prospectus 4/2/68; Early Monterey Printing 3/68; First Newspaper 10/28/65; The First Press; First Printed Invitation 5/9/68; The Monterey Sentinel; Our First Newspaper 4/8/57; Perusing Old Papers 1/16/63; A Supply of Dollar Marks; Says My Mama; Rare Issue Displayed; The Press That Told The Story of the Gold Rush; Press Destroyed by Fire 9/26/56; Pioneer Press 1/29/52; The Noblest Feelings of a Sailor’s Heart
Folder 51. Jails
Specifications for a Jail 1965; Romantic, Glamorous 50’s 1965; Old Jail Plans 3/3/61; The Old Jail 1965; No Signs Left of Old Jails; More on the Jail 11/15/65; Monterey’s Other Jails 11/22/65; Jails in Old Monterey 3/1/61; Early Projects 11/5/64; Early Jailbirds 7/26/50; As a Jail of Solidity It Cannot be Surpassed 9/10/51
Folder 52. Landmarks and Historic Sites
The Moorish Cannon 9/10/68; About Monuments and Sites 2/26/52; The Cross at the Carmel River Mouth 12/8/50; El Toro Bridge 5/4/55;
First Monument to Lincoln; First Statue of Lincoln 2/4/53; Guarding the Gifts of History 9/30/64; A Job Well Done 7/14/65; Museum Exhibits 3/12/65; Save the Landmarks: 1903; Saving Landmarks; Seven Landmarks; A Tour of Historic Monuments 9/7/64; Whiling Away the Public Time; Wrangling Between City, State on Monterey Waterfront Nothing New 2/1/76; History and Art Group Considers Relocating Colton Hall Monument 10/5/55; Portola Cross at Carmel River to be Dedicated This Sunday 1944; Sites in Area Suggested as Historical Monuments; Old Sites Preserved; Historical Marker at Monterey Beach (Monterey Herald photo and caption 10/4/63); Historic Points 12/4/69; Historical Markers 12/12/50; Mystery Anchor 11/7/64; Serra Statue Unveiled in 1891 (also contains article on Cuartel); Old Sites Preserved
Folder 53. Libraries of Monterey County and State
Early Monterey Library 9/13/68; Early Visitors to Library; History of Libraries 11/18/66; Library Beginnings 12/5/66; Monterey County Libraries; Pioneer Librarian; Treasure Sale Coming Up 9/1/66
Folder 54. Lighthouse
The Changing Light 7/7/66; Pt. Pinos Lighthouse 8/27/54; Oldest Manned Light 8/17/64
Pt. Pinos Light; Point Sur Light 8/6/64
Folder 55. Maps
Old Maps; Maps of the Americas 2/12/58; California Island Was A Lop-sided Cornucopia 3/6/51
Folder 56. Merienda
A Beautiful Favorita 5/23/68; La Favorita (188th birthday of the city); This Year’s Merienda (183rd birthday of the city); Powers Awards 1965;
‘La Favorita’ Wed at Carmel Mission 6/12/57; A Social Diary: Merienda Plans 1952; Merienda Tradition Reviewed; Attendants to La Favorita and Their Family Trees 5/25/51; La Favorita’s Attendants Announced 5/29/50; Joint Birthdays; Monterey Duenna 6/29/55; La Favorita 5/20/57
Folder 57. Missions
Mission San Luis Rey; New Attraction at San Juan 6/22/66; Remembrances of Old San Juan Bautista; Souvenir Program; Our Lady of Belen; Founding of Carmel Mission; The Mission’s First Harvest was Sparse (Carmel);
Folder 58. Monterey’s Charter and Documents
City Seals Intrigue; Documents at Stake 7/56; Early Records Tell of City Business; For Official Seals; Framing the Charter 2/51; Monterey’s Charter; Monterey’s Seal 3/12/56; Preservation For Use; The Seal of Monterey 6/26/67; The Great Seal of Monterey 4/10/50
Folder 59. Monterey Clubs and Organizations
Book Club Founded 10/13/50; Some History of Local NDGW 10/30/50; September Meeting 1952; Organization of the BPWC 10/18/50;
History of Local BPWC 10/19/50; Another BPWC Anniversary 10/20/50; Native Daughters’ Local Club Formed 10/27/50; Monterey Women’s Club – 1910 8/30/68; Militant Garden Club 10/8/64; Invitation to a Monterey Ball 4/25/67; Happy Birthday; The Girl Scouts; Eggs for the Ball; Cascarone Ball 1948; Early Days of Monterey Woman’s Civic Club Told in Old Papers; Civic Club Had a Ball 6/66; Early Day Garnerings 8/16/68; The Zamorano Club
Folder 60. Monterey Clubs and Organizations – American Red Cross
Founders of Monterey Red Cross 11/18/59; Red Cross Work in Disasters of the Past 7/19/50; Seventy Years Old Without Fanfare 6/50; Red Cross to Aid 1/3/09; Red Cross Formed Here for War of ’98 7/18/50; A 40th Birthday 7/24/50; First Red Cross 11/6/59; Birth of the Red Cross 11/1/59; A Christmas Gift Suggestion 12/14/50; Background and Backbone of the American Red Cross
Folder 61. Monterey’s Early Days
An Old-World Street 8/31/50; The Atmosphere of Old Monterey 9/63; California Hospitality 6/19/66; Delightful Gardens 7/23/63
Early Monterey Gardens 12/27/62; Old ‘Tamalon Recipe 3/5/58; Early Day Dances and Music 7/12/67; First Days of Our City; First Days of Our City; A Great Tribute 7/15/68; Ill-Mannered Pioneers 9/18/68; Peninsula Hailed by G.Morris; A Building Boom; Old Building Ways, Prices 6/26/50; Architecture in Mexican Monterey; The Study Plan; W.R. Hutton Early Surveyor 5/22/50; undated short article on barrel organ; The Age of Gracious Living 9/2/53; Early Days of Monterey 3/4/53
Folder 62. Monterey’s Famous Guests
Famous Guest; La Perouse Visits Monterey; Visitors From Chicago 7/25/55; With Due Honors to All; Distinguished Visitors
Folder 63. Monterey’s First Wharves
Monterey’s First Wharves (part 1) 4/2/59; Falling Down Wharves (part 2) 4/3/59
Folder 64. Monterey – Fish, Otters and Whales
The Early Whalers 4/20/53; Fernando Pedro Recalls ...; The Life of a Whaling Man’s Wife 11/7/50; Monterey Whaling Industry 8/30/68; The Old Whalers; Old Whaling Station; Storms and Whales; Storms, Whales 11/1/65; Whalebone As Decoration; Whales Leave Monterey 4/22/53; Second Part of Tale; The Old Whaling Station 3/8/68; Whalebone in Monterey
Folder 65. Monterey’s Historical Buildings
The Allen House 4/2/69; Buildings of Old Monterey 2/21/68; Buildings: 1734 2/28/68; Gift of the Doud House 10/30/67; A Historic Brick 3/6/62; History of Local Presidio Is Reviewed in Connection With Army Day Observance 4/6/32; Historic Spots 1/29/64; Kimball Hotel 10/14/60; Mrs. Milton Little 10/17/60; Memories of Mariposa 2/3/54; Monterey Presidio in 1792 6/9/50; Monterey’s Elegant Spa 10/23/57;
More About Mariposa Hall 1/27/54; The Old Washington Hotel; The Pacific Building 7/5/50; Mr. Little’s Houses 7/21/50; Defense of Monterey 1956; Presidio History 3/9/59; The Washington Hotel; Our Early Spanish Fort; The Presidio Chapel; Judas Night; Building Fort Mervine 11/14/61; Saved the Perry House 9/8/66; Important Dates for Presidio Hill 11/5/61; Capitular Hall 3/26/65; Capitular Hall 1962;
Gold Under the Stairs (Allen House); Just Around the Corner from Fremont Street 4/19/51; Casa Pacheco, Pacific Bldg. 5/10/50; Cost of the Larkin House 3/8/57; First Brick House 4/6/51 and 10/5/60; The Bohemia Saloon; Fleas, Livestock and Soap Root; Laying the Stones in Sloat Memorial 1/2/50; Union Saloon (topic) 5/31/50; Iron-Sheathed House
Folder 65a. French Consulate
Moving the Consulate 12/9/59; For the Glory of France; The Consulate Today 8/10/50; A Fiery Frenchman 8/8/50; Reconstructing the French Consulate 1/30/60; The French Consulate 8/7/50; The Old French Consulate 11/3/66; A Consul Reports 8/9/50
Folder 66. Monterey’s Historic Buildings – Colton Hall
Colton Hall; Colton Hall Courthouse 8/12/68; Colton Hall Museum 2/69; Colton Hall Museum 2/69; The Colton Hall School 3/15/68; Council Worries of 1850 3/14/68; Crisis Averted 11/3/65; As We Meet Again 9/13/61; Documents on Display; Early Meeting at Colton Hall; Where Did the Wall Go? 1968; Visiting; Splendid View of the Bay 3/28/52; Colton Hall School Days 2/13/50; Adios to the Old Relic 3/27/52;
Folder 67. Monterey’s Historic Buildings – Custom House
Building the Custom House; Custom House 9/25/64; Custom House Commotion 4/5/51; The Custom House (2 separate articles: 4/3/57 & 7/7/50); Custom House Plaza 8/4/67; Custom House Anniversary (article & photo: 7/29/64); Custom House Still Stands; The Custom House in 1893; Saving an Adobe; Showered With Gifts 3/16/55; Trader’s Trick 4/4/51; Custom House Still Stands 8/1/68
Folder 68. Monterey History
Anda!; Battle of Natividad (2 separate articles: 2/23/53 & 11/5/66); A Burned Capitol 7/25/56; California Letter, 1846 2/20/68; Cheerless Habitations 10/13/66; The Constructive Days; Four Centuries of Januaries 1/26/51; Frontiers of New Spain 4/2/70; Let’s Believe 2/9/67;
Monterey Attacked; Monterey City Hall; Monterey’s Glorious 4th 2/1/67; Monterey History Repeats Itself; Monterey Holds A Romantic Array of History; Monterey’s Incorporation 1/25/51; October Days in Monterey; Old Monterey 12/9/60 Pirate Invasion Ends 12/3/62; Port of Collection; Portola’s Trek 6/21/57; For the Glory of France; A Letter About Old Monterey; Spanish Records; Warm Reception for Discovery 6/6/50; You Can’t Die in Monterey 1951; Bound for Sacramento; At a Snail’s Pace; 100-Year Old ”Issues”; June is Important; Bull and Bear Fight; Who Has the Treasure?; Mr. Larkin’s Cane; PD (topic: 1846 letter written by Henry Mellus) 12/49; Historic Monterey 12/26/62; Imports of 1846; Month of March 3/5/51; A Mixed Set of Americans; History at the Beach 3/27/59; Proposal to Name Monterey Plaza After Jules Simoneau 1/10/69; No Interest or Taxes in Those Halcyon Days 3/9/51; Early Day Trade in Monterey; Old Home Raffled by Diaz; The Story of a Battle 11/21/58 (Natividad); Tribute to Both Sides 11/24/58 (Natividad); In 1846 10/25/51; A Bonnet for a Bride 1952; City Status; Monterey Attacked (Bouchard) 11/30/62; The Reliz Trail 6/25/54 (topics: trail to gold country; San Antonio Mission)
Folder 69. Monterey History and Art Association
An Exhibit of Note; An Historical Meeting 11/24/67; Expedition Art; Historic Gifts 7/15/58; Monterey Foundation 5/28/51; Spanish Exhibit;
When Land Was Cheap; Official Compliment; A Busy First Year; Henry Jones Elected President of History & Art Assoc. 2/63; Historic Gifts 5/31/65; History Group 4/28/65; Five Goals; Historical Merit Award 2/28/62; The Path of History 7/4/67; Mementoes; Thank You Note;
California Historical Society: Historical Association Roster 1/16/51; Wanted: Pioneers 1/17/51; The History and Art Assn. 10/24/60; Old Treasures; More about History and Art Association 2/2/50; Untitled article PD 1/6/50 on MHAA board meeting; History, Art Assn. Elects Stanton 2/2/65; MHAA Chairmen Are Appointed 1965; The Little Wax Figures and the Spanish Sash
Folder 70. Monterey Legends
Fleas, Livestock and Amole 10/28/63; A Skull, A Spring, A Tree; How Twain Missed a Gold Mine; Tales of Old Monterey 7/68; In Pagandom and Christendom; Washerwoman’s Canyon; Irene, the Speckled Hen; Some Old Legends 9/8/50; A Judge’s Top Hat; Symbols of a Vanquished Era; Our Own Monterey Jack Cheese
Folder 71. Monterey Recreation
The Ball Park 8/1/50; History of Monterey Ball Park 11/14/68; Early Baseball Teams; Monterey Was Once a Good Baseball Town 11/13/68
Folder 72. Monterey and California Indians
An Old Indian Duck Decoy; ’18 Years Alone’; Elusive Island Woman Sighted; End of a Saga; George Nidever and ‘Brown Eyes’; The Story of Old Gabriel 10/3/67; Trial of the Chumash Indians 5/23/66; A Vain Search; When Life Was Cheap; No Liquor for the Indians; Rare Indian Baskets
Folder 73. Monterey Museums
The Curators Hold a Conference; Museum Board Plans Party 5/15/68; Harbor Maritime Museum 3/24/65; A Museum Conference; More Adventures in The South; National Trust
Folder 74. Place Names of California
California’s Place Names; The Old Names Were the Best; Paraiso Springs 1965; Place Names Traced to Grants 7/31/50; Those Quaint Names 1968
Folder 75. Postal Service
Carrying the Mail 3/6/68; Centennial of the ‘Jackass Mail’; Days of the Overland Mail; Dougherty Tires of Old Stories (Monterey’s postmaster history; ~1938); Early California Mails; Early California Postal Service (Southern California Rancher 8/57); The Washtub Mail Dispensed News in Old Monterey; A Faint Prospect of Profit 7/13/51; Fame, Via Postal Route; Monterey Had The First P.O.; Our First Mail 10/29/65
PD (topic: mail delivery)
Folder 76. Ranchos
The Early Ranchos; Eleven Square League 8/7/51; The Legend of El Toro Ranch Is Retold 8/28/62; Mexican Grants 7/68; 121-Year-Old Los Coches 10/16/64; At Tejon Ranch 4/2/52; Santa Clara Ranchos 2/69; Other Land Grants (topics: Littlejohn, Chaves, de la Torre); Other Early Ranches (topics: Puenta del Monte, San Vicente, Sausal, Las Salinas, Los Coches, Los Ojitos); A Complicated Land Title
Folder 77. Sea Voyages
Another Early Impression 6/2/50; Asleep in the Deep; The ‘Barbarian’ 3/31/65; A Discriminating Shopper; A Gem of History; The Last Cask Was Aboard; Log of the Julia Ann; Malaspina Expedition (info for 2 articles); More on Menzies Journal 6/8/50; More Steamship Pioneers; A Mystery Ship Arrives 1/9/51; Narrative of a Voyage; Pioneers at Sea; The Sea and the Shore 2/26/68; A Ship Was Badly Needed; Spanish Consternation at Alien Ship; The Early Navigators 10/14/68;
Folder 78. Ship Natalia
Mystery of the Natalia 8/20/68; More On the Ship Natalia 8/23/68; Napoleon’s Ship Natalia; A Piece of Polished Wood From Napoleon’s Natalia; The Wreck of the Good Ship Natalia; Natalia’s Grave in Monterey Bay
Folder 79. Places of Historic Interest Other Than Monterey Bay
Pioneer Place in 1907; The Montgomery Block 2/2/53; Elegance of Another Day; Mystery of South Seas
Folder 80. State Pioneer Society
Clearing the Road; An Elegant Banner; Even Before Gold; Gallant Galaxy of Heroes; The Germ of a New State 5/7/52; History Society Conference 7/2/56; The Pioneers Dedicate a Plaque by Robert O’Brien 8/51; Red Woolen Shirts; The Seemly Impossible; The Sudden Empire . . . California
Folder 81. Sugar Wars in California
California Sugar; California’s Sugar; The Sugar Beet 10/13/54; More on the Sugar Beet; The ‘Sugar War’ 12/13/54
Folder 82. Theater in California
The Early Theater 6/13/55; Leasing a Theater 6/20/50; Lizzie’s Other Roles; The Long Ago Theater 6/7/68; Monterey’s First Theater 7/29/68;
Monterey’s Theaters – 1908 10/20/65; Stories of Old-Time Thespians 5/9/67; Theater in Old Monterey 7/17/68; A Theatrical Performance 12/17/62; Theater Program of 1924; Theatrical Travels in Early Days Full of Their Own Drama 5/22/67; Lizzie Bingham, Pioneer Actress; Monterey Woman, 96, Tells Truth of Shocking Scandal (not PD); The First “First Theater’; First Theater Reminisces 10/26/55
Folder 83. Tour of the Eastern States
The America of Booth Tarkington; The Badlands of Dakota; Churches of Old Boston Town; A Guided Tour 9/12/64; Heroes, Authors, and Mrs. Goose; ‘I Never Met a Man I Didn’t Like’; Jarndyce and Jarndyce; ‘Know Your Own State’; Land of the Midnight Ride; More About Greenfield Village; New England: Antiquity and Charm; The Old Home of Paul Revere; ‘One If By Land; Two If By Sea’; A Sad Departure From Boston; Sing a Song of Sixpence . . . 1/25/68; Tour of Buffalo Bill Country; A Visit to Greenfield Village; Where ‘Orphant Annie’ Lived 10/10/52; Yes, There Really Was a Mother Goose 12/23/64 (article and letter from Mary Trimmer Baldwin)
Folder 84. Tours – Local
Museum Tour Includes Monterey; A Stroll In Old Town 9/4/64; Take a Carriage; To Tour Monterey
Folder 85. Tours – Mexico
Chihuahua 12/14/53; Cuernavaca 12/4/52; Fine Arts and Old Pyramids 11/27/53; Glamorous Guadalajara 12/9/53; Queretaro 12/2/53; On to Mexico City 11/16/53; Reunion in Guanajuato 12/11/53; San Miguel 12/7/53; A Visit to Tucson 11/7/55
Folder 86. Transportation
The Cannonball Express; Contribution to Aviation 4/3/53; The Del Monte Arrives 10/8/62; The Del Monte Express 2/2/66; The Famous Cable Cars; Freight Rates in Old Days; Markers for Stage Stations 8/17/53; Monterey in 1879 10/27/54; The Old Del Monte Express 10/5/62; Railroad Saga 10/25/54 (2 c.); A Sight to Behold 10/11/59; The Stagecoach 5/15/57; Stagecoach Rediscovered 10/19/51; Early Transportation 3/9/53; Early Monterey Railway 5/60; The Monterey Railroad; The Narrow Gauge; How They Completed the Railroad on Time 11/1/54; Ancient Engines Rescued 6/26/64; Dining On The Flatcars 5/2/60; Historic Trail to Monterey Is Re-discovered 11/26/49
Folder 87. Western Coast
California Coast: 1842 10/3/66; Crater Lake 7/5/57; Oregon 7/1/57; How Monterey Looked in 1842; Sir George Not Impressed with Monterey in 1842 5/26/50; Off the Coast of Monterey
Folder 88. Miscellaneous
The Dore Vase; Drake ‘Firsts’ 6/27/62; Fans and Frames; Lacy Fans; A Medallion From West Point 11/7/52; The Story Behind ‘End of the Trail’;
Women Given Recognition 2/27/53; There will be no Alleys; Clearing the Road; Mark of Gratitude; O (Barefoot) Pioneers!; Originally Dubbed ‘Gigling’; A Sherman Letter