Early California Way of Life, 1971
Content Description
The Santa Barbara Legacy Reel Audio Tape Collection contain recordings of oral histories, radio programs, meetings, lectures, telephone conversations, ceremonies, and music perfomances of local old timers and influential people. These 184 electronic files, extracted from 98 one quarter-inch reel-to-reel magnetic tapes, represent the earliest audio recordings made by the Santa Barbara Historical Museum.
Dates
- 1971
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Extent
3 Electronic files
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Materials Specific Details
Presentation by historian and descendant Rosario Curletti on the way of life in early Spanish and Mexican California in three parts. Part One covers Spanish and Mexican general social customs. Part Two covers clothing and fashion. Part Three contains descriptions and performances of traditional folk songs by Elizabeth Hvolboll.
- California -- History -- To 1846
- Californios
- Casa de la Guerra (Santa Barbara, Calif.)
- Chumash Indians
- Cooking
- Cowboys
- Fashion
- Folk songs
- Food habits
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Genealogy
- Horsemanship
- Juana Marie, -1853
- Lummis, Charles Fletcher, 1859-1928
- Ranch life -- West (U.S.)
- Santa Barbara (Calif.) -- Social life and customs
- Women's clothing
Source
- Hvolboll, Elizabeth Erro, 1930-2018 (Musician, Person)
- Curletti, Rosario Andrea, Miss, 1913-1986 (Presenter, Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Gledhill Library Repository