MS 262 Herbert L. Minshall Papers
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- San Diego History Center Document Collection
- Creator
- Minshall, Herbert L., 1912-
- Title
- Herbert L. Minshall Papers
- ID
- MS 262
- Date [inclusive]
- 1929-1938
- Extent
- 0.25 Linear feet (1 box)
- Language
- English
- Abstract
- The collection consists of examples of commercial projects as well as some original artwork by Herbert L. Minshall.
Preferred Citation
Herbert L. Minshall Papers, MS 262, San Diego History Center Document Collection, San Diego, CA.
Biographical / Historical Notes
Herbert L. Minshall was born on August 23, 1912, in Marietta, Ohio, and came to San Diego with his family two years later in 1914. Herbert grew up with a love of the natural world and developed an early interest in art and archaeology. After high school, he spent a few years working as a commercial artist, but then attended the California Maritime Academy, graduating as a third mate in the Merchant Marines. Minshall resumed his art career in the late 1930s and married Henrietta Rau in 1938. A few years later, he joined the U.S. Navy Reserves as a naval officer and served in the Atlantic and Pacific theaters during World War II. After his service, Minshall attended San Diego State University and the University of Southern California, earning a bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in fine art, respectively. For more than 20 years, he taught art history, drawing, and painting at local San Diego colleges. Minshall retired in 1969 and spent the following decades pursuing his personal interests in human prehistory and painting. He considered himself a nonprofessional archaeologist and wrote many papers and books on the subject. Minshall’s books include Glimpse of the Sea (1970), Yonder and the Sea (1973), The Broken Stone (1976), Window on the Sea (1980), and Buchanan Canyon: Ancient Human Presence in the Americas (1989). He was also civically engaged, being a member of San Diego Art Guild, Audubon Society, and Ducks Unlimited, as well as a supporter of the San Diego Zoo. In 1982, Herbert’s wife Henrietta passed away, and in 1983, he married Mary Ladd Saul. Herbert L. Minshall passed away on September 23, 1991, at age 79.
Scope and Content
This collection is comprised of commercial projects by Herbert L. Minshall including advertisements, logos, programs, stationary, proofs, menus, magazine clippings, and posters. There are also examples of his original artwork of sketches and watercolors. Additionally, there is a high school yearbook, “The Grey Castle,” from 1929.
Arrangement
Collection is arranged by subject.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
San Diego History Center Document Collection January 8, 2013
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.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession number 2003.018.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Sandra Kirkwood on January 8, 2013.
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)
- Agua Caliente Turf Club.
- Del Mar Turf Club.
- New Paris Inn.
- Red Sail Inn.
- U.S. Grant Hotel (San Diego, Calif.).
- United Polytechnical Institute.
Geographic Name(s)
- Balboa Park (San Diego, Calif.)
- Del Mar (Calif.)
- San Diego (Calif.)
Personal Name(s)
- Minshall, Herbert L., 1912-
Subject(s)
- Art
- Commercial art
- Painting
Collection Inventory
| Box-folder | ||||
| Trade Magazine Illustrations, 1938 and undated
Includes: Horse and Plow Santa Chicken Ducks in Flight Cow Jumping Over the Moon Annual Meeting Notice, 1938 San Diego Poultry Journal, No. 339, June 10, 1938 San Diego Poultry Journal, No. 352, December 25, 1938 Eat Vitagold |
1:1 | |||
| Advertisements, Logos, and Stationary, 1938 and undated
Includes: United Polytechnical Institute Logo Trailer Cities Ltd. Logo Kosher Cosmetics Label, 1938 Golden Pack Prune Label Ad for LeRoy Carroll and Son Engravers Crofton Ranch Stationary Drawing of Bellhop The Fact-o-graph by Willis Werner Knoxage Mountain Springwater Ad for Dal’s and Dixon Silver Five Pieces of Chinaware Five Pieces of Dixon Silver Ad for Universal Boot Shops Ad for Del Monte Tomato Juice |
1:2 | |||
| Programs and Badges, 1938 and undated
Includes: Agua Caliente Turf Club Badge, 1938 Agua Caliente Turf Club Press Badge #105, 1938 Del Mar Turf Club Official Program Proof Chonita Program, 1938 |
1:3 | |||
| Menus, 1938 and undated
Includes: New Paris Inn Red Sail Inn Grant Hotel Coffee Shop, 1938 (in Oversize F4D1) |
1:4 | |||
| Posters, undated
Includes: “Visit Your Zoo”, San Diego Zoo “Ride… Park Bridle Paths”, Balboa Park Riding Academy (in Oversize F4D1) “Deep Sea Fishing”, Star and Crescent Boat Company (in Oversize F4D1) |
1:5 | |||
| Original Artwork, 1932 and undated
Includes: Sketch of a Three Gabled House Portrait of a Lady Watercolor of Two Duck Heads Old Man with a Bucket Watercolor of Capri, 1932 (in Oversize F4D1) |
1:6 | |||
| Miscellaneous Illustrations, undated
Includes: Drawing of Three Females with Flowers and Fruit Reduced facsimile of Three Females with Flowers and Fruit Text block “Gulbransen Aristocrat” Twelve Sporting Vignettes Ten Comic Vignettes |
1:7 | |||
| “The Grey Castle” (high school yearbook), 1929 | 1:8 | |||
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