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Tompkins (Walker) Map Collection

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2008-003

Content Description

Two hundred sixty-one (261) maps of Santa Barbara city and county dating from the late 1800s to the early 1900s, and eighteen (18) books and pamphlets.

Acquisition Type

Donation

Provenance

Gift of Barbara Tompkins

Restrictions Apply

No

Dates

  • 1909 - 1998

Extent

261 Maps

18 Volumes

Inventory

Two hundred sixty-one (261) maps: Eighteen (18) books and pamphlets: One (1) La Reata Brand Book Winter 1998 re. Tom Dibblee. One (1) Booklet, William Benjamin Foxen/Rancho Tinaquaic. One (1) Booklet, Rancho Santa Anita by Susanna Bryant Dakin, 1956. One (1) softcover book. Those Were the Days: Landmarks of Old Goleta, Gary Coombs, ed., 1986. One (1) Booklet, History of First Church of Christ, Scientist, 1967. One (1) Booklet, Murder at the Mission or The Curse of San Miguel. One (1) Report, VNA Annual Meeting, 1985. One (1) Booklet, My Friend Father Ignacio by Rebecca Lawrence Lee, 1971. One (1) Best’s Special Report, San Francisco Losses and Settlements, 1907. (re. the 1906 earthquake and fire.) One (1) California Landscapes with Wildflowers by Edward W. Hicks. One (1) Magazine, VCSB Alumnus, Nov/Dec 1980. (article on Santa Cruz Island). One (1) Booklet, The Golden Hinde, 1986. One (1) Magazine, Pacific Business, Mar/Apr 1975. One (1) Procedural Guide, Historic Resources Inventory, Calif. Dept., of Parks and Recreation, 1973. One (1) Promotional pamphlet re. Santa Barbara, n.d. One (1) Magazine, True West, Feb. 1968. (article re. Jack Powers.) Two (2) copies, pamphlet, “The Franciscan ‘Pony Express’ of California in 1803’’ by Maynard Geiger, OFM, 1972.