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Dittmann (Carl) Family Collection

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2015-052

Content Description

Lot of eleven (11) sets of items related to the Carl Dittmann family including; one (1) telescope, nineteen (19) photographs, certificates, vital records, index cards, correspondence, ephemera, and three (3) books (See Inventory for details)

Acquisition Type

Donation

Provenance

Donation of Susan Morris on behalf of Richard Dittmann

Restrictions Apply

No

Dates

  • 1885 - 1961

Extent

19 Photographic Prints

3 Volumes

1 Item(s)

Inventory

1) One small telescope, ca. 1850-90, made by Dolland of London, belonging to Carl Dittmann (in bank vault) 2) Seven (7) original photographs of Carl Dittmann and family 3) Six (6) copy photographs, two (2) tintypes, three (3) small and five (5) large cabinet cards, and three (3) original photographs of Carl Dittmann and family 4) Six (6) certificates of baptism of Dittmann and related families 5) Three (3) death records, Dittmann family 6) One (1) marriage record, Charles Dittmann and Margaret Whitfield 7) One hundred fifty-one (151) index cards re. to Dittmann family tree/history 8) Miscellaneous letters and ephemera related to the Dittmann family 9) One (1) hardcover book; H. Bancroft, "California, Vol. II," 1885 10) One (1) hardcover book; Thompson and West "History of Santa Barbara & Ventura Counties," 1961 reprint 11) One (1) hardcover book; W. H. Ellison, ed., The Life and Adventures of George Nidever," 1937 (torn dj)