Scope and Contents The Abstracts of Title of Santa Barbara County is a collection of over one hundred volumes of 19th and early 20th century abstracts of title collected by the Santa Barbara Historical Museum. An abstract of title is a collection of legal documents that details a property’s complete legal history from its first record of ownership to the present day. An abstract of title details every title transfer and previous owner as well as any liens or other legal actions taken against the...

Abstract

The Gledhill Santa Barbara Glass Plate Negative Collection consists of approximately 10,000 glass plate negative and positive photographs, created primarily by photographers N. H. Reed and I. N. Cook during the period of 1880-1920. Through the extraordinary quality of professional glass plate photography, local life, customs, and tourist attractions were documented as Santa Barbara transitioned from the Victorian era into the 20th century.

Scope and Contents

Approximately 2,000 linear feet of Santa Barbara News-Press physical archives consisting of photographs, negatives, microfilm, bound editions, clippings, editorial illustration, institutional records, and analog content copyright.