Preliminary Guide to the George P. and Mary Tebbetts Memorial Collection
Preliminary arrangement and description by D. Tambo
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Preliminary Guide to the George P. and Mary Tebbetts Memorial Collection, ca. 1830s-1950s
Collection number: Wyles Mss 15
Department of Special CollectionsDavidson Library
University of California, Santa Barbara
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- Preliminary arrangement and description by D. Tambo
- Date Completed:
- May 1, 2006
- Encoded by:
- A. Demeter
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Title: George P. and Mary Tebbetts Memorial Collection
Dates: ca. 1830s-1950s
Collection number: Wyles Mss 15
Creator:
Tebbetts, Nathan A.
Collection Size:
6 linear feet
(2 boxes, 3 oversize boxes, 1 map cabinet folder, 3 revolvers, 2 chests).
Repository:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Library.
Dept. of Special Collections
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Abstract: Manuscripts, including three diaries, 1856, 1863, 1866, correspondence, photographs, ledgers/account books, scrapbooks, newspapers
(incl. 1883-1885 Santa Barbara
Daily Independent), papers and documents from the
San Francisco Examiner. Also, tape and partial transcript of recording by Nathan A. Tebbetts. Artifacts, including three Colt revolvers, one framed
oil painting and two wooden chests, apparently made at the Anna Blake School, in Santa Barbara. Also numerous books, mostly
19th century, cataloged separately. Also nine b/w photos of dirigibles, mostly above San Francisco, including one of Graf
Zeppelin.
Physical location: Del Sur (2 boxes); Del Sur Oversize (3 boxes); Wyles Map Cabinet 1/3 (1 folder); Vault (revolvers); Annex (2 chests).
Languages:
English
None. Some materials stored off-site; advance notice required for retrieval.
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permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
George P. and Mary Tebbetts Memorial Collection. Wyles Mss 15. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University
of California, Santa Barbara.
The Tebbetts were newspaper people, with close links to Thomas A. Storke (Santa Barbara News-Press). Despite the title of
the collection, much of material relates to Nathan A. Tebbetts' life. NAT grew up in Santa Barbara, but worked with the
San Francisco Examiner for many years, mostly re resort advertising. His father, George P. Tebbetts, founded the SB
Daily and Weekly Independent, and the collection includes financial records of the paper in the 1880s and 1890s.
Donation by son, Nathan A. Tebbetts, 1968; additions from his wife, Alice Tebbetts, 1978-1979.
The collection contains manuscripts, including three diaries, 1856, 1863, 1866, correspondence, photographs, ledgers/account
books, scrapbooks, newspapers (include 1883-1885 Santa Barbara
Daily Independent), papers and documents from the
San Francisco Examiner, and a tape and partial transcript of a recording by Nathan A. Tebbetts. Also nine b/w photos of dirigibles, mostly above
San Francisco, including one of the Graf Zeppelin. Artifacts include three Colt revolvers, one framed oil painting, and two
wooden chests, apparently made at the Anna Blake School.
There also are numerous books from the collection, mainly 19th century works relating to California. These have been cataloged
individually and can be searched on Pegasus, the UCSB Libraries online catalog. Newspapers have been separated to the Special
Collections newspaper shelves.
No detailed container list presently is available.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Tebbetts, Nathan A.
Tebbetts, George P.
Daily Independent (Santa Barbara, Calif.)
Examiner (San Francisco, Calif.)