MS 76 Richard Amero Collection

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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Collection Inventory

 Series I: San Diego Architecture (Buildings and Landscape)

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

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

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

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

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

Volume
“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

Volume
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

Volume
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

Volume
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

Volume
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

Volume
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

Volume
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

Volume
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)

Volume
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

Volume
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

Volume
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

Volume
“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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