The Fritsche Santa Barbara Postcard Collection contains approximately 7,300 postcards gathered and organized by collector John C. Fritsche. The collection emphasizes the City of Santa Barbara, California in particular, neighboring coastal towns, the County of Santa Barbara in general, and the California Missions. The collection contains examples of all 20th century postcard styles.

The Kathleen Burke Hale Papers contain manuscripts, correspondence, diaries, photographs, and tributes spanning her life as a relief worker during World War I, as the adoptive benefactor of a French village following World War II, and as a Santa Barbara philanthropist throughout the first half of the twentieth century.

The Peter Jordano Santa Barbara Postcard Collection visually documents the County of Santa Barbara in the late 19th and early 20th centuries through the organization and presentation of postcards; an extremely popular tourist momento intended for sending written messages through the mail without an envelope.

The Kathleen Burke Hale Papers contain manuscripts, correspondence, diaries, photographs, and tributes spanning her life as a relief worker during World War I, as the adoptive benefactor of a French village following World War II, and as a Santa Barbara philanthropist throughout the first half of the twentieth century.