The Alfred Douglas Harmer Collection contains letters from Alfred Douglas Harmer's family and romanitic interests while he was a young man, as well as letters written by Harmer to his wife in later years. Also included is an array of scripts and programs documenting his professional career as a playwright.

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.