MS 76 Richard Amero Collection
Table of Contents
- Summary Information
- Biographical / Historical Notes
- Scope and Content
- Arrangement
- Administrative Information
- Controlled Access Headings
- Comments:
- Collection Inventory
- San Diego Architecture (Buildings and Landscape)
- John Nolen
- Biographies
- San Diego History
- Expositions
- Balboa Park History
- Balboa Park Buildings, Gardens, and Open Spaces
- Naval Hospital
- Mission Bay
- Missions
- Old Town
- Indians
- Transportation in San Diego
- San Diego Gas and Electric (SDG&E)
- Horton Plaza
- The Mexican-American War
- Christmases in California
Summary Information
- Repository
- San Diego History Center Document Collection
- Creator
- Amero, Richard, 1924-2012
- Title
- Richard Amero Collection
- ID
- MS 76
- Date [inclusive]
- 1800-2004
- Extent
- 70.0 Linear feet (298 files)
- Language
- English
- Abstract
- This collection contains nearly 300 binders of copied notes, reports, correspondence, articles, and other research material compiled by Richard Amero on many San Diego historical subjects, with an emphasis on the history of Balboa Park.
Preferred Citation
Richard Amero Collection, MS 76, San Diego History Center Document Archives, San Diego, CA.
Biographical / Historical Notes
Richard Amero was born July 16, 1924. He spent his childhood in Gloucester, Massachusetts, where his father was a carpenter. Eager for him to break with the traditional family trade, his father kept Richard away from the carpenter tools. After being released from the army, Amero decided to enroll in Black Mountain College in 1946, where his main focus was literature. After a year at Black Mountain, he enrolled at Bard College.
After graduating from Bard, Amero moved to San Diego where he worked for a year at Convair in the defense industry and then in material management for forty years with the San Diego Gas and Electric Company. Though not a professional historian, Amero became enamored with the history of San Diego, particularly Balboa Park, and spent over 40 years compiling research material from numerous archives around the country and writing articles based on his research.
Amero was a member of the National Association for Olmsted Parks, the Trust for Public Lands, the San Diego Natural History Museum, the San Diego Historical Society, the San Diego Zoological Society, Friends of Central Park and other organizations. He wrote for newspapers and for the National Recreation Association, and contributed to several books on the history of Balboa Park. He collected information and wrote extensively until his death on December 22, 2012.
Scope and Content
This collection contains nearly 300 binders of copied notes, reports, correspondence, articles, and other research material compiled by Richard Amero on many San Diego historical subjects, with an emphasis on the history of Balboa Park. The copied research material was taken from archival collections in the Library of Congress, the Bancroft Library at the University of California in Berkeley, the Avery Fisher Library at Columbia University, libraries at Harvard and Cornell Universities, and the Olmsted Historical Site in Brookline, Massachusetts, among others. Richard Amero’s own articles and other local articles and theses are also included.
The collection also contains copies of letters written by architect Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue, landscape architects John Nolen and the brothers Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. and John Charles Olmsted. There are reports from the Bureau of Indian Affairs on the Indians of San Diego County, and articles and miscellaneous material on San Diego County Indians.
Other subjects include Mission San Diego de Alcala, Old Town, El Pueblo de Los Angeles State Historic Park, the Mexican-American War of 1846-1848, Horton Plaza Park, Balboa Park (including histories of the expositions and of individual museums) the United States Naval Hospital in Balboa Park, Mission Bay, International Workers of the World, San Diego public transportation and water procurement problems, San Diego Gas & Electric Company, and San Diego High School. There is also biographical information on well-known individuals, including singers Schumann-Heink and Galli-Curci, landscape architect Samuel Parsons, architect Frank P. Allen, Jr., San Diego pioneer Daniel Cleveland, aviation pioneer Glenn Curtiss, and San Diego entrepreneur “Charlie” Collier.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in seventeen series:
Series I: San Diego Architecture (Buildings and Landscape);
Series II: John Nolen;
Series III: Biographies;
Series IV: San Diego History;
Series V: Expositions;
Series VI: Balboa Park History;
Series VII: Balboa Park Buildings, Gardens and Open Spaces;
Series VIII: Naval Hospital;
Series IX: Mission Bay;
Series X: Missions;
Series XI: Old Town;
Series XII: Indians;
Series XIII: Transportation in San Diego;
Series XIV: San Diego Gas and Electric;
Series XV: Horton Plaza;
Series XVI: The Mexican-American War;
Series XVII: Christmases in Early America.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
San Diego History Center Document Collection April 13, 2017
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. Restrictions may apply to material copied from other institutions.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Laura McMahon in January 2008.
Controlled Access Headings
Corporate Name(s)
- California Pacific International Exposition (1935-1936:San Diego, Calif.).
- Mission San Diego de Alcala.
- Panama-California Exposition (1915-1916: San Diego, Calif.).
- San Diego High School.
Geographic Name(s)
- Balboa Park (San Diego, Calif.)
- Mission Bay (Calif.)
- Old Town (San Diego, Calif.)
- San Diego (Calif.)
Personal Name(s)
- Amero, Richard, 1924-2012
- Cleveland, Daniel
- Collier, David Charles
- Galli-Curci, Amelita, 1882-1963
- Gill, Irving, 1870-1936
- Goodhue, Bertram Grosvenor, 1869-1924
- Morley, John
- Nolen, John, 1869-1937
- Olmsted, John Charles, 1852-1920
- Parsons, Samuel, 1844-1923
- Perry, Allen W.
- Schumann-Heink, Ernestine, 1861-1936
- Scripps, E. W. (Edward Willis), 1854-1926
- Scripps, Ellen Browning, 1836-1932
- Sessions, Kate Olivia, 1857-1940
- Wangenheim, Julius
Subject(s)
- Architecture — California — San Diego
- Expositions — California — San Diego
- Horton Plaza
- Indians of North America — California — San Diego County
- Mexican War, 1846-1848
- Missions — California — San Diego
- Transportation
- Water
Comments:
There are gaps in the binder numbering (missing: 68, 80, 98, 100, 101, 106, 113, 167, 196, and 224), however these numbers appear to have been skipped accidentally when the binders were originally created by Amero, because there is no chronological gap in content. There are also many instances of binders being split into volumes (e.g. 8a and 8b).
Supplementary to this collection, Richard Amero wrote additional articles on the history of Balboa Park and compiled a digital timeline of Balboa Park history from pre-1900 to 1999, which are available on the San Diego History Center website.
Collection Inventory
Series I: San Diego Architecture (Buildings and Landscape) |
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| Volume | ||||
| A.C. Martin; L.A. art/sculpture; S.D. Architects; Carleton M. Winslow, Sr.; Civic Center; Pacific Coast Highway; Sam Hamill; Frank L. Hope; Robert Mosher; William Templeton Johnson, 1868-1994 | 1 | |||
| Articles on Frank P. Allen, Jr., architect, 1881-1943 | 2 | |||
| Articles on Frank P. Allen, Jr., architect, 1911-1943 | 3 | |||
| Articles on Irving Gill, architect, 1870-1936 | 4 | |||
| Bertram Goodhue; Letters in Avery Library, Library of Congress, 1869-1924 | 5 | |||
| Articles by and about Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue and Clarence Stein, 1905-1990 | 6-1 | |||
| Articles by and about Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue and Clarence Stein, 1925-1990 | 6-2 | |||
| Articles on Spanish and Spanish Colonial architecture, including the articles “Architectural Derivations of Panama-California Exposition Buildings” by Richard Amero, 1902-2004 | 7 | |||
| “Architecture of the Panama-California Exposition,” thesis by Carleton M. Winslow, Jr., 1976 | 8 | |||
| Articles on Mexican art and architecture, including school work and the essay “Continuing Artistic Trends in Mexican Art” by Richard Amero, 1974-1990 | 8a | |||
| Landscape architecture: Samuel Parsons, Jr., and George Cooke, 1897-1942 | 9 | |||
| “Memories of Samuel Parsons,” a book edited by Mabel Parsons, 1926 | 10 | |||
| Articles by and about John C. Olmsted, representing the Olmstead Brothers. Also, letters in the Library of Congress and the Marston File, 1910-1912 | 11 | |||
| Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., letters in the Library of Congress and letter from Bertram Goodhue, 1915, 1947-1948 | 12 | |||
| Pictures, maps, and correspondence concerning projects by the Olmsteds, 1904-1994 | 13 | |||
| The Master List of the Design Projects of the Olmsted Firm (bound copy), 1857-1950 | 14a | |||
| The Master List of the Design Projects of the Olmsted Firm (copy in folder), 1857-1950 | 14b | |||
| Olmsted conferences information—hosted by the National Association for Olmsted Parks, 1996 | 15 | |||
| National Association of Olmstead Parks, news and membership information, 1993-1999 | 16 | |||
| Historic preservation in San Diego including: Balboa Theatre, Belmont Park, Horton Plaza, Hotel Del Coronado, Sherman Heights, and Victorian homes, 1959-1989 | 32 | |||
| Opinion articles on San Diego landscape by James Britton II, Marilyn Hagberg, Richard Amero, Fay Frick, and W. Allen Perry, 1957-1984 | 34 | |||
| Miscellaneous articles on city plans from around the world, including a copy of the book “Town and Square: From the Agora to the Village Green” by Paul Zucker, 1923-1997 | 267 | |||
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Series II: John Nolen |
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| Volume | ||||
| Landscape Architecture/ City Planning: John Nolen: Bibliography, Articles by and about, Nolen plans, Influence on San Diego, and college thesis by John Loretz Hancock, 1869-1937, 1964 | 17 | |||
| Articles on John Nolen and projects, including excerpt from Nolen’s book, “San Diego: A Comprehensive Plan for its Improvement,” 1907-1997 | 18 | |||
| John Nolen papers #2903 from the Carl A. Kroch Library at Cornell University consisting of correspondence re: Nolen’s projects, 1924-1929 | 19 | |||
| Dissertation by Kevan D. Frazier: “Big Dreams, Small Cities: John Nolen, the New South, and the City Planning Movement in Asheville, Roanoke, and Johnson City, 1907-1937,” 2000 | 267a | |||
| Dissertation by Stewart J. Wilson: “John Nolen: An Overview of His Career” 1982 | 268 | |||
| Dissertation by John L. Hancock: “John Nolen and the American City Planning Movement: A History of Culture Change and Community Response, 1900-1940,” 1964 | 269 | |||
| Miscellaneous news articles on John Nolen and his projects in chronological order, 1909-2004 | 270 | |||
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Series III: Biographies |
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| Volume | ||||
| Articles, pictures and a discography of Amelita Galli-Curci, 1882-1963 | 20 | |||
| Chronology of opera singer Madame Schumann-Heink’s career, 1861-1910 | 21 | |||
| Articles on Madame Schumann-Heink, 1911-1924 | 22 | |||
| Articles on Madame Schumann-Heink, 1925-1932 | 23 | |||
| Articles on Madame Schumann-Heink, 1933-1976 | 24 | |||
| Miscellaneous information from newspapers, books, and encyclopedias on Madame Schumann-Heink, 1939-1980 | 25 | |||
| List of recordings by Madame Schumann-Heink, including article on tribute singer, 1997 | 26 | |||
| Articles on Daniel Cleveland, 1925-1964 | 27 | |||
| Articles on and projects by Colonel D.C. Collier, 1871-1936 | 28 | |||
| Articles on Colonel D.C. Collier, Collier Parks, and G. Aubrey Davidson, 1937-1983 | 29 | |||
| Articles on Alonzo Erastus Horton and the Horton house, 1870-1967 | 30 | |||
| Miscellaneous biographies including: Ed Fletcher, Charles F. Lummis, and George W. Marston, 1888-1986 | 31-1 | |||
| Articles on John Morley, W. Allen Perry, E. W. Scripps, Ellen Browning Scripps, Kate Sessions, and Julius Wangenheim, 1887-1990 | 31-2 | |||
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Series IV: San Diego History |
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| Volume | ||||
| Articles written by Winifred Davidson, including poems, Famous Firsts and Old Tales of the Southwest, 1931-1939 | 37 | |||
| Romance of Old San Diego articles written by Winifred Davidson, and miscellanea, 1940-1944, 1949-1955 | 38 | |||
| Overview of San Diego history, including a chronology, influential people, important events, and surveys, 1535-1976 | 39 | |||
| San Diego history and newspapers before 1900, including surveys, statehood, Coronado, people, the Bulletin, Herald, Union, and Sun, 1887-1900 | 40 | |||
| Articles on San Diego military affairs, including aviation school chronology, Fort Rosecrans, U.S.S. San Diego 7th Regiment, and the U.S. Marines, 1935-1970 | 41 | |||
| Beginnings of aviation at North Island, 1910-1981 | 42 | |||
| International Workers of the World, Street Speaking Ordinances, Arrests, Water Cure, Vigilantes, Stingaree, Emma Goldman, E.E. Kirk, M. Hoy, C. F. Lummis, J. Mosby, B. Reitman, A.R. Sauer, and H Weinstock, 1908-1915 | 43 | |||
| San Diego planning, including communities, convention center, Embarcadero, Gaslamp Quarter, high rise, Horton Plaza renewal, marine areas, Memorial Bell Tower, Midway Canal, Mission Valley River Park, palm trees, public land use, rental housing, Seaport Village, and Shelter Island, 1966-1986 | 45 | |||
| San Diego High School, also includes some information on Roosevelt Junior High School, 1873-1977 | 46 | |||
Series V: Expositions |
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| Volume | ||||
| The San Diego Expositions, 1909-1990 | 47 | |||
| The San Diego Expositions and Their Impact on Balboa Park. Book One. Includes: Samuel Parsons, Jr., making of the Panama-California Exposition, the exposition goes international, and “East Meets West” in Balboa Park, 1889-1915 | 47a | |||
| The San Diego Expositions and Their Impact on Balboa Park. Book Two. Includes: Colonel Collier, the Museum of Art, the Ford Building in Balboa Park, Balboa Park Club, House of Hospitality, the Natural History Museum, the legacy of the 1935-1936 Exposition, and the history of the East Side of Balboa Park, 1884-1997 | 48 | |||
| Plans for Expositions in San Diego: Overall Review midwinter, 1923, Mid 1930s, Cabrillo, “American Way of Life” in 1950, Permanent International Exposition, Fiesta Del Pacifico 1957-1959, 200th Birthday, Air/Space ’88, Soviet Arts Festival 1990, 1923-1990 | 50 | |||
| Expositions: Paris 1855, Paris 1878, Chicago 1893, Omaha 1898, Paris 1900, Buffalo 1901, St. Louis 1904, and Portland 1905, 1855-1905 | 51 | |||
| Expositions: Jamestown 1907, Seattle 1909, Brussels 1910, Gulfport, Miss. 1916-1917, 1907-1917 | 51a | |||
| Expositions: Brazil 1922, Philadelphia 1926, Long Beach 1928, Barcelona/Seville 1928, Paris 1931, Chicago 1933, Dallas 1936, New York 1939, San Francisco 1939, New York 1964, Montreal 1967, San Antonio 1968, and Vancouver 1986, 1920-1986 | 52 | |||
| Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition, Seattle 1909, 1909 | 53 | |||
| San Francisco Panama-Pacific Exposition 1915, 1915 | 54 | |||
| Dallas, Texas Centennial Exposition, 1936 | 55 | |||
| “Post Mortem” on the Panama-California Exposition, 1916 | 84 | |||
| California Pacific International Exposition, 1935-1936 | 103 | |||
| California Pacific International Exposition, Miscellaneous Data, Book One, 1937-1987 | 107 | |||
| California Pacific International Exposition, Miscellaneous Data, Book Two, 1935-1937 | 108 | |||
| The U.S. Navy Participation in 1935-1936 Exposition, 1935 | 109 | |||
| Excerpts from numerous books on world’s fairs and expositions, including fairs in Chicago, San Diego, Mississippi, Paris, Brazil, Philadelphia, Long Beach, Spain, Cleveland, San Francisco, New York, Seattle, and Montreal, 1851-1998 | 275 | |||
| Box of slides on the Panama-California Exposition and other expositions, undated | 176a | |||
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Series VI: Balboa Park History |
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| “Balboa Park: Fairy City or Country Park?” by Amero, 1978, 1995 | 49 | |||
| Balboa Park history sources including: Architectural Record, Artes de Mexico, Avery Library, Sylvester Baxter, Bibliography-Gen., California Garden, CA Register of Historic Landmarks, Library of Congress, Los Angeles Public Library, San Diego Historical Society, San Diego Magazine, San Diego Public Library, and the San Diego Union Statistics, undated | 56 | |||
| List of sources Amero contacted, including correspondence from archives in California and the National Archives, 1995 | 57 | |||
| General articles by: William E. Smythe, Daniel Cleveland, Leroy A. Wright, H.C. Hopkins, George W. Marston, Jerry MacMullen, Robert Horn and others, 1918-1977 | 58 | |||
| News articles and maps on Balboa Park, 1868-1899 | 59 | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park, 1900-1904 | 60 | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park, 1905-1906 | 61 | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park, 1907-1908 | 61a | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park, 1909 | 62 | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park, 1910 | 63 | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park, 1911 January-February | 64 | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park, 1911 March-June | 64a | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park, 1911 July-December | 65 | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park, 1912 | 66 | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park, 1913 | 67 | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park, 1914 January-June | 69 | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park, 1914 July-December | 70 | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park and the Panama-California International Exposition, 1915 January-February | 71 | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park and the Panama-California International Exposition, 1915 March-May | 72 | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park and the Panama-California International Exposition, 1915 June-July | 73 | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park and the Panama-California International Exposition, 1915 August-September | 74 | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park and the Panama-California International Exposition, 1915 October-December | 74a | |||
| List of sources contacted by Amero, including the National Archives, PCIE, 13th Band Coast Artillery, Letters, and the 21st Infantry Regiment, 1994 | 75 | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park and the Panama-California International Exposition, 1916 January-February | 76 | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park and the Panama-California International Exposition, 1916 March | 76a | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park and the Panama-California International Exposition, 1916 April-May | 77 | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park and the Panama-California International Exposition, 1916 June-August | 78 | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park and the Panama-California International Exposition, 1916 September-November | 79 | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park and the Panama-California International Exposition, 1916 December | 81 | |||
| Magazine articles on Balboa Park and the Panama-California International Exposition, 1910-1914 | 82 | |||
| Magazine articles on Balboa Park and the Panama-California International Exposition, 1915-1916 | 83 | |||
| Index of articles on the Isthmus and New Mexico Building, 1914-1935 | 85 | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park, 1917 January-June | 86 | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park, 1917 July-December | 87 | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park, 1918 January-June | 88 | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park, 1918 July-December | 89 | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park, 1919 | 90 | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park, 1920 | 91 | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park, 1921-1923 | 92 | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park, 1924-1925 | 92a | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park, 1926-1927 | 93 | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park, 1928-1929 | 94 | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park, 1930-1932 | 95 | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park, 1933 | 95a | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park, 1934 | 96 | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park and the California Pacific International Exposition, 1935 January-May | 97 | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park and the California Pacific International Exposition, 1935 June-August | 99 | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park and the California Pacific International Exposition, 1935 September-December | 102 | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park and the California Pacific International Exposition, 1936 January-February | 104 | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park and the California Pacific International Exposition, 1936 March-April | 104a | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park and the California Pacific International Exposition, 1936 May-June | 105 | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park and the California Pacific International Exposition, 1936 July-September | 105a | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park and the California Pacific International Exposition, 1936 October-December | 105b | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park, 1937-1938 | 110 | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park, 1939-1940 | 111 | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park, 1940-1945 | 112 | |||
| “Guide to Balboa Park” booklet from 1941 and summary of articles on WWII, 1941-1942 | 112a | |||
| San Diego Military Sites in Balboa Park—information from the Nation Archives, Pacific Southwest Region, 1946-1947 | 114 | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park, 1948-1949 | 115 | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park, 1950-1951 | 116 | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park, 1952-1953 | 117 | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park, 1954-1955 | 118 | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park, 1956-1957 | 118a | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park, 1958-1959 | 119 | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park, 1960-1961 | 120 | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park, 1962-1964 | 121 | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park, 1965-1968 | 122 | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park, 1969 | 122a | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park, 1970-1973 | 123 | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park, 1974-1975 | 123a | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park, 1976-1977 | 124 | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park, 1978-1979 | 125 | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park, 1980-1983 | 126 | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park, 1984-1985 | 127 | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park, 1986 | 128 | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park, 1987 January-June | 129 | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park, 1987 July-December | 129a | |||
| Bond review task force report and City Manager’s report on Balboa Park Master Plan, 1987 | 130 | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park, 1988 | 131 | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park, 1989 | 132 | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park, 1990-1991 | 133 | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park, 1992 | 134 | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park for 1993, and Homelessness in Balboa Park, 1993 | 135 | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park, 1994-1995 | 136 | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park for 1996, and the Kate Sessions Statue, 1996 | 137 | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park, 1997-1998 | 138 | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park, 1999 | 139 | |||
| Miscellaneous Balboa Park news articles including statutes, taxes, allocations, elections, indexes, and history summaries, 1937-1996 | 186 | |||
| Miscellaneous Balboa Park history, including ballots, general plan, ordinances/codes, state statutes, and city clerk documents, 1903-1987 | 187 | |||
| Balboa Park Citizens Study Committee Final Report, 1957 | 177 | |||
| Balboa Park Master Plan by Harland Bartholomew and Associates and news articles about the plan, 1960-1972 | 178 | |||
| Balboa Park Master Plan, a review of the ad hoc committee of the Balboa Park Committee, 1976 | 179 | |||
| San Diego Park and Recreation Study: an assessment of needs, 1975 | 180 | |||
| Balboa Park Florida Canyon Master Plan by Steve Halsey and Associates, 1976 | 181 | |||
| Park and Recreation Board report: Balboa Park’s 20 Year Needs List, 1988 | 188 | |||
| Articles, comments, and reviews of the Balboa Park Master Plan by the Pekarek Group, 1981-1988 | 189 | |||
| Balboa Park Development and Management Plan draft by the Pekarek Group, 1983 | 190 | |||
| Balboa Park Development and Management Plan preliminary report, part V. Figures, 1983 | 191 | |||
| Balboa Park Environmental Impact Report for Development and Management Plan. Final Draft, 1986 | 192 | |||
| Balboa Park Environmental Impact Report for Development and Management Plan. Draft Report, 1986 | 193 | |||
| Appendix for the Environmental Impact Report for the Balboa Park Development and Management Plan, 1986 | 194 | |||
| Balboa Park Eastside Precise Plan: Planning Concepts and Eastside Communities, Goals, Objectives and Recommendations, 1989 | 182 | |||
| Balboa Park Central Mesa Precise Plan, 1989 | 183 | |||
| Balboa Park Master Plan by Estrada Land Planning, Inc., 1989 | 195 | |||
| Appendix to the Balboa Park Central Mesa Precise Plan. Final Draft, 1991 | 197 | |||
| Balboa Park National Register of Historic Places, 1973-1996 | 184 | |||
| Balboa Park landscape, gardens, water, roads/parking, safety, and impact on the economy, 1922-1998 | 185 | |||
| Balboa Park studies to address parking, circulation, and land use challenges, 2003-2004 | 271 | |||
| Draft Report of the Balboa Park Study by Jones & Jones Architects and Landscape Architects addressing parking, circulation and land use challenges. 2004 | 272 | |||
| News articles on Balboa Park, 2000 | 273 | |||
| Excerpts from the book “New Iberian World: A documentary history of the discovery and settlement of Latin America to the early 17th century” by John H. Parry and Robert G. Keith. Includes biographical narrative of Vasco Nunez de Balboa, 1984 | 274 | |||
| Slides on Balboa Park, activities, buildings, and exposition, undated | 175a | |||
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Series VII: Balboa Park Buildings, Gardens, and Open Spaces |
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| News articles on the Administration Building in Balboa Park, 1911-1990 | 140 | |||
| News articles on the Administration and Automotive buildings in Balboa Park, 1924-1989 | 141 | |||
| News articles and photographs of the New Mexico Building (1915) and the Palace of Education (1935) in Balboa Park, 1914-1990 | 142 | |||
| News articles and photographs of the Botanical Building, Campfire Girls Building, and Casa de Balboa in Balboa Park, 1915-1999 | 143 | |||
| News articles on Casa del Prado in Balboa Park, Book One, 1914-1967 | 144 | |||
| News articles on Casa del Prado in Balboa Park, Book Two, 1968-1969 | 145 | |||
| News articles on the Cabrillo Bridge and Cabrillo Freeway, 1915-2004 | 145a | |||
| News articles on the Cabrillo Bridge and Caltrans, 1941-2001 | 145b | |||
| News articles on the Federal Building (Hall of Champions) in Balboa Park, 1935-1998 | 146 | |||
| News articles on the Fine Arts Gallery and the Museum of Art from 1900-1916, Book One, 1900-1916 | 147 | |||
| News articles on the Fine Arts Gallery and the Museum of Art from 1917-1959, Book Two, 1917-1959 | 148 | |||
| News articles on the Fine Arts Gallery and the Museum of Art from 1960-1979, Book Three, 1960-1979 | 149 | |||
| News articles on the Fine Arts Gallery and the Museum of Art from 1980-1989, Book Four, 1980-1989 | 150 | |||
| News articles on the Fine Arts Gallery and the Museum of Art from 1990-1995, Book Five, 1990-1995 | 151 | |||
| News articles of the Fine Arts Gallery and the Museum of Art from 1996-1998, Book Six, 1996-1998 | 152 | |||
| News articles on Florida Canyon, 1935-1998 | 153 | |||
| News articles on the Ford Building (Aerospace Museum), the Globe Theatre, and the Gymnasium, 1936-1994 | 154 | |||
| News articles on the Home Economy, Café of the World, and the American Legion, 1912-1968 | 155 | |||
| News articles on the House of Charm, 1914-1997 | 156 | |||
| News articles on the House of Hospitality, 1922-1998 | 157 | |||
| News articles on the House of Pacific Relations and Morley Field (Velodrome), 1934-1996 | 158 | |||
| News articles on the Indian Village and Painted Desert, 1900-1990 | 159 | |||
| Master’s Thesis by Nancy Murcko Petitti on the Japanese Friendship Garden, 1994 | 160 | |||
| Master Site Plan for the San Diego Japanese Friendship Garden, 1986 | 161 | |||
| News articles on the Japanese Exhibits/ Gardens/ Relations, the Tea House in the House of the Pacific Relations, and the Friendship Garden, 1912-1994 | 162 | |||
| News articles on the Japanese Friendship Garden, 1995-1999 | 163 | |||
| News articles on Japanese Gardens outside of San Diego, 1944-1997 | 164 | |||
| “Hakone Garden,” a book by Tanso Ishihara and Gloria Wickham about the Japanese garden in Saratoga California, 1974 | 165 | |||
| “The Japanese Influence in America,” a book by Clay Lancaster, 1963 | 166 | |||
| News articles and pictures on the Museum of Man, 1915-2001 | 168 | |||
| News articles on the Museum of Natural History, Book One, 1881-1998 | 169 | |||
| News articles on the Museum of Natural History, Book Two, 1917-1989 | 170 | |||
| News articles on the Museum of Natural History, Book Three, 1990-1998 | 171 | |||
| News articles on the Reuben H. Fleet Space Theater (Science Center), 1936-1998 | 172 | |||
| News articles and photographs of Roosevelt Jr. High, Boy and Girl Scout Camps, the Spanish Village, and Spreckels Organ Pavilion, 1913-2001 | 173 | |||
| News articles and photographs of the Science and Education Building, 1914-1957 | 174 | |||
| News articles on the Palisades Building, Photographic Arts Building, miniature train, and recreation center, 1932-1998 | 174a | |||
| News articles on the Starlight Bowl, Timken Museum of Art, the San Diego Zoological Society, and Olympic Training, 1916-1998 | 174b | |||
| News articles on the War Memorial Building, 1937-1995 | 174c | |||
| Balboa Park Leases on: the Aerospace Museum, Museum of Art, Art Conservation Center, Automotive Museum, Hall of Champions, Old Globe Theater, Historical Society, Museum of Man, Natural History Museum, Center for Photographic Arts, Model Railroad Museum, Planetarium, Star-Light Opera, and the Junior Theater, 1980-1989 | 198 | |||
| Balboa Park Lease Permits, Rentals, Clubs and Organizations in Morley Field, 1975-1992 | 199 | |||
| San Diego Zoo and its plans for expansion. Includes the article “The San Diego Zoo and Its Place in Balboa Park” by Richard Amero, 1999-2004 | 276 | |||
| Pictures, brochures and articles on the Spreckels Organ Pavilion and other organs, 2002 | 277 | |||
| Box of slides on Florida Canyon and surrounding areas, undated | 175b | |||
| Box of slides on Balboa Park plans and buildings, undated | 176b | |||
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Series VIII: Naval Hospital |
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| Department of the Navy, Draft of Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed Regional Medical Center, 1978 | 200 | |||
| “The U.S. Naval Hospital Complex in Balboa Park,” a report for the Historic American Buildings Survey. The Design and Construction of the Original Hospital Complex, 1920-1937 | 201 | |||
| Miscellaneous articles on the Naval Hospital, 1916-1959 | 202 | |||
| News articles on the Naval Hospital, 1960-1978 | 203 | |||
| Naval Hospital Alternative Site Study, 1978 | 204 | |||
| Naval Hospital Report by Comptroller General: Cost Data of Two Alternative Sites, 1975 | 205 | |||
| News articles on the Naval Hospital, 1979 | 206 | |||
| News articles on the Naval Hospital, 1980-1982 | 206a | |||
| News articles on the Naval Hospital, 1983-1989 | 206b | |||
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Series IX: Mission Bay |
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| News articles on Mission Bay, Book One, 1800-1949 | 207 | |||
| News articles on Mission Bay, Book Two, 1950-1959 | 208 | |||
| News articles on Mission Bay, Book Three, 1960-1969 | 209 | |||
| News articles on Mission Bay, Book Four, 1970-1979 | 210 | |||
| News articles on Mission Bay, Book Five, 1980-1985 | 211 | |||
| News articles on Mission Bay, Book Six, 1986-1989 | 212 | |||
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Series X: Missions |
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| Articles on missions in general, including Mission San Diego de Alcala. Including the essays “The Survival of the Mission Indians” and “In Defense of Father Serra” by Richard Amero, 1853-1992 | 227 | |||
| News articles on the Mission San Diego de Alcala, 1900-1985 | 228 | |||
| News articles on the Mission San Diego de Alcala, 1986-1992 | 229 | |||
| Report by USD faculty and students: “The History and Architecture of Mission San Diego de Alcala 1769-1965.” Accompanied by the news article “Report on Mission is Disputed,” 1988 | 230 | |||
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Series XI: Old Town |
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| Maps and news articles on El Pueblo de Los Angeles State Historic Park, 1925-1982 | 231 | |||
| Photographs of the re-dedication of San Diego Old Town’s Mason Street School, 1955 | 232 | |||
| San Diego Old Town Studies by the California Department of Parks and Recreation, 1966-1972 | 233 | |||
| Resource Management Plan and General Development Plan for Old Town San Diego, 1977 | 234 | |||
| News articles on the Bandini Family, Josefa Carrillo de Fitch, Rancho Guajome, and the Presidio, 1849-1989 | 235 | |||
| News articles on Old Town San Diego, 1861-1986 | 236 | |||
| News articles on Old Town San Diego, 1900-1920 | 237 | |||
| News articles on Old Town San Diego, 1930-1939 | 238 | |||
| News articles on Old Town San Diego, 1940-1959 | 239 | |||
| News articles on Old Town San Diego, 1960-1968 | 240 | |||
| News articles on Old Town San Diego, 1969 | 241 | |||
| News articles on Old Town San Diego for 1970-1979, and an essay “An Old Tin Box: Time Capsule to San Diego’s Past” by Coyer and Moriarty of USD, 1970-1979 | 242 | |||
| News articles on Old Town San Diego, 1980-1984 | 243 | |||
| News articles on Old Town San Diego, 1985-1994 | 244 | |||
| List of Resources on Old Town from the Bancroft Library, National Archives, Texas Societies, San Diego County Historical Days, Inc., Early California History course, Old San Diego Project. Includes a Historical Survey of Old Town Plaza 1966, 1849-1966 | 245 | |||
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Series XII: Indians |
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| General Information on Indians, including Prehistoric Mission Reservation, Laws and Treaties, Course Outlines, Housing, and the Sherman School, 1867-1983 | 246 | |||
| Articles on Helen Hunt Jackson’s “Ramona” and the Ramona Pageant, 1889-1990 | 246a | |||
| San Diego Indians, including Cupeno, Warner Ranch, Charles Lummis and the Sequoya League, “The Survival of the Mission Indians” by Richard Amero, and the Temecula Massacre, 1840-1987 | 247 | |||
| News articles and book excerpts on San Diego Indians from 1850-1859, 1851-1976 | 248 | |||
| News articles and book excerpts on San Diego Indians from 1860-1879, 1860-1986 | 249 | |||
| News articles and book excerpts on San Diego Indians, 1880-1889 | 250 | |||
| News articles and book excerpts on San Diego Indians, 1900-1902 | 251 | |||
| News articles and book excerpts on San Diego Indians, 1903 | 252 | |||
| News articles and book excerpts on San Diego Indians, including “Three Grains of Corn” by Charles Lummis, reports by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, “The Relief of Campo” by Wayland Smith, and The Sequoya League, 1880-1905 | 253 | |||
| Articles on San Diego Indians, including Kelsey’s Report of Special Agent for California Indians, the death of Vinon Vurro, Resignation of Duncan D. McArthur, Winter fiestas, and Opposition to San Pasqual Reservation, 1906-1910 | 254 | |||
| “Eviction at Kupa” an essay by Richard Amero, undated | 255 | |||
| News articles on San Diego Indians, 1911-1914 | 256 | |||
| News articles on San Diego Indians, 1915-1929 | 257 | |||
| “The History of Warner’s Ranch and its Environs” by Joseph J. Hill, 1927 | 258 | |||
| News articles on San Diego Indians, 1930-1939 | 259 | |||
| News articles on San Diego Indians, 1940-1959 | 260 | |||
| News articles on San Diego Indians, 1960-1969 | 261 | |||
| News articles on San Diego Indians in the 1970s, including the San Diego Union series on Indian health in 1972, the Majel Indian Center land suit against Vista Irrigation District, and the Cupa eviction, 1970-1979 | 262 | |||
| News articles on San Diego Indians in the 1980s including water rights, archaeological findings, reburials, bingo, the death of Steve Ponchetti, David Whitehorse, stealing from graves, Edward H. Davis, photographs, the death of Roscinda Nolasquez, Jerry Boisclair, and sand-mining, 1980-1989 | 263 | |||
| News articles on San Diego Indians, 1990-1994 | 264 | |||
| News articles on the Pueblo de Acoma, Pueblo Indians, and the Santa Fe Art Museum, 1890-1924 | 265 | |||
| Miscellaneous news articles on American Indians, including articles by Barry Fell, and on prehistoric times, 1968-1980 | 266 | |||
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Series XIII: Transportation in San Diego |
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| Articles on railroad stations in San Diego, 1912-1989 | 33 | |||
| Transportation systems in early San Diego, including cable cars, horse cars, mule trains, overland mail, plank roads, railroad schemes, San Diego and Arizona, Stage Coaches, Street Cars, Trolleys, and Wells Fargo, 1904-1986 | 44 | |||
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Series XIV: San Diego Gas and Electric (SDG&E) |
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| Articles on the operations of San Diego Gas and Electric, 1880-1959 | 35 | |||
| Articles on the operations of San Diego Gas and Electric, 1960-1989 | 36 | |||
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Series XV: Horton Plaza |
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| News articles on Horton Plaza, 1869-1899 | 213 | |||
| News articles on Horton Plaza, general and early bands, 1875-1998 | 214 | |||
| News articles on Horton Plaza, 1900-1905 | 215 | |||
| News articles on Horton Plaza, 1906-1908 | 216 | |||
| News articles on Horton Plaza, 1909-1919 | 217 | |||
| News articles on Horton Plaza, 1920-1949 | 218 | |||
| News articles on Horton Plaza, 1950-1977 | 219 | |||
| News articles on Horton Plaza, including the Environmental Impact Report of 1984 and the supplement to the EIR, 1978-1984 | 220 | |||
| The Halprin Plan for Horton Plaza, 1984 | 221 | |||
| News articles on Horton Plaza, 1985-1990 | 222 | |||
| “Horton Plaza Park: Where People Meet and Opposites Collide” an essay by Richard Amero, 1995 | 222a | |||
| News articles on Horton Plaza, 1990-1996 | 223 | |||
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Series XVI: The Mexican-American War |
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| The Mexican-American War in Baja California an essay by Richard Amero accompanied by maps and news articles, 1846-1848 | 225 | |||
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Series XVII: Christmases in California |
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| “Christmases in California,” an essay by Richard Amero in “The Journal of San Diego History.” Accompanied by news articles about Christmases in California, 1980 | 226 | |||
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