MS 20 Hotel Raymond Register
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- San Diego History Center Document Collection
- Creator
- Hotel Raymond.
- Title
- Hotel Raymond Register
- ID
- MS 20
- Date [inclusive]
- 1910 August 31-1923 May
- Extent
- 1.5 Linear feet (1 box)
- Language
- English
- Abstract
- This collection contains one register from Hotel Raymond for the dates August 31, 1910-May 1923, listing guests’ names and their city, military base, or naval ship of residence.
Preferred Citation
Hotel Raymond Register, MS 20, San Diego History Center Document Collection, San Diego, CA.
Biographical / Historical Notes
Hotel Raymond was located at 1512 H Street in San Diego, CA. H Street became Market Street around 1914 and the Hotel’s address changed to 614 Market Street. From 1908 to 1920, Mrs. Susan A. Patterson was the proprietor of the Hotel Raymond. (San Diego City Directories). From 1921 to 1943 Hotel Raymond was managed by Geo D. Wagner. In 1944 Hotel Raymond became The Challenger, managed by Mrs. A.E. Gaines.
In San Diego City Directories, the Hotel was classified under furnished rooms, hotels and lodging houses. The Hotel was at times referred to as The Raymond or Raymond Hotel in addition to Hotel Raymond.
Scope and Content
The collection contains one register from the Hotel Raymond with dates August 31, 1910 to May 1923. The register format consists of columns for date, guest name, address, and room number. The information has been filled in using ink and graphite. Surrounding the columns are advertisements that repeat throughout the register, including advertisements for local businesses and medical services such as a hospital, bank, restaurants, laundry, messenger, and real estate services.
Guests typically list city of residence in the address column. The majority of hotel guests hailed locally from Southern California as well as much of the western United States including the Alaska and Hawaii territories. Other guests traveled from as far as Canada, northern Mexico, Germany, London, Australia, France and Managua, Nicaragua. In addition to listing cities of residence in the address column, a large number of hotel guests list military affiliations such as military bases and naval ships (see Controlled Access Headings/Subject and Indexing Terms for detailed listing of naval ships). Some of the military bases recorded in the register include U.S.N.A.S. (United States Naval Air Station, also listed as North Island in register), U.S.N. (United Stated Navy), Naval Base San Diego, Camp Kearny, Fort Rosecrans, Rockwell Field, and Camp Howard.
Arrangement
The pages in the register generally follow chronological order, although some date discrepencies and lack of year notations are evident.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
San Diego History Center Document Collection October 25, 2011
1649 El Prado, Suite 3
San Diego, CA, 92101
619-232-6203
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The San Diego History Center (SDHC) holds the copyright to any unpublished materials. SDHC Library regulations do apply.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Alison Hennessey on October 20, 2011.
Collection processed as part of grant project supported by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) with generous funding from The Andrew Mellon Foundation.
Controlled Access Headings
Corporate Name(s)
- Albany (Ship).
- Annapolis (Ship).
- Aroostook (Gunboat).
- Babbitt (Ship).
- Beaver (Ship).
- Brant (Ship).
- Brooklyn (Ship).
- Buffalo (Ship).
- Bulmer (Ship).
- California (Battleship : BB-44).
- Celtic (Ship).
- Charleston (Cruiser).
- Chattanooga (Cruiser).
- Cleveland (Protected Cruiser).
- Colorado (Battleship).
- Crane (Ship).
- Cuyama (Ship).
- DeLong (Ship).
- Dent (Ship).
- Denver (Ship).
- Dorsey (Ship).
- Doyen (Ship).
- Elliot (Ship).
- Evans (Ship).
- Frederick (Ship).
- Gillis (Ship).
- Hancock (Ship).
- Hart (Ship).
- Henderson (Transport).
- Hotel Raymond.
- Howard (Ship).
- Hull (Ship).
- Ingraham (Ship).
- Iris (Ship).
- Iroquois (Ship).
- Kennison (Ship).
- Koka (Ship).
- Ludlow (Ship).
- MacDonough (Ship).
- MacKenzie (Ship).
- Maryland (Cruiser).
- McCawley (Ship).
- McCormick (Ship).
- McDermut (Ship).
- Meade (Ship).
- Melville (Ship).
- Meyer (Ship).
- Milwaukee (Ship).
- Minneapolis (Ship).
- Minnesota (Ship).
- Montana (Armored Cruiser).
- Montgomery (Ship).
- Moody (Ship).
- O’Bannon (Ship).
- Ohio (Ship).
- Omaha (Cruiser : CL-4).
- Oregon (Battleship).
- Palmer (Ship).
- Pennsylvania (Battleship).
- Pittsburgh (Ship).
- Prairie (Ship).
- Preble (Ship).
- Pueblo (Ship).
- Pyro (Ship).
- Raleigh (Ship).
- Ramsay (Ship).
- Renshaw (Ship).
- Rizal (Ship).
- Roper (Ship).
- Salem (Ship).
- San Diego (Ship).
- Saratoga (Ship).
- Schley (Ship).
- South Dakota (Ship).
- Stewart (Ship).
- Swasey (Ship).
- Talbot (Ship).
- Tarbell (Ship).
- Thornton (Ship).
- Tingey (Ship).
- Truxtun (Ship).
- Turner (Ship).
- Twiggs (Ship).
- United States. Army.
- United States. Navy.
- Vestal (Ship).
- Vicksburg (Ship).
- Ward (Destroyer).
- Wasmuth (Ship).
- Waters (Ship).
- Whipple (Destroyer).
- Wickes (Ship).
- Wood (Ship).
- Woolsey (Ship).
- Worden (Ship).
- Yarnall (Ship).
- Yorktown (Ship).
- Young (Ship).
Geographic Name(s)
- Camp Howard
- Camp Kearny
- Fort Rosecrans
- Naval Air Station North Island (Calif.)
- Rockwell Field
- San Diego (Calif.)
Subject(s)
- Hotels — California
- Navy-yards and naval stations
Comments
There are significant discrepancies for the dates entered next to guest names in the register. In most cases, the year is not supplied and there are chronological inconsistencies throughout the register. It is possible that rows left blank on the register pages were used at a later time in an effort to fill up the register before using a new one.
Collection Inventory
| Hotel register, 1910 August 31-1923 May
Scope and Content: See Controlled Access Headings/Subject and Indexing Terms for detailed listing of naval ships listed as residence for many registered guests. |
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