Detailed List of Contents

Hotel-Motel Facilities Census: surveys and reports on the geographic distribution of local hotels and motels 1965-1971

Surveys by class of available accomodations

Hotel-Motel Construction Reports: new units planned, under construction or completed in San Diego county and Baja 1968-1974

News clippings regarding same

Hotel-Motel Occupancy Rates for Class "A" Facilities: individual reports 1970-1973

Summary report 1970-1973

Visitor Industry Statistical History Report: a collection of reports demonstrating the impact of tourism of San Diego

Visitor Spending 1929-1974

Transient Occupancy Tax Revenue 1965-1973

Daily Spending 1960-1974

Conventions/Convention Attendance/Convention Spending 1948-1974

Tourist Industry Employment and Payroll 1968-1973

Average Population of San Diego 1960-1974

San Diego County Estimated Tourist Expenditures 1971

Number of Meeting Rooms in San Diego, including the Community Concourse and all major facilities in San Diego county as of September 12, 1972

Annual Reports on CONVIS: "state-of-tourism" in San Diego 1957-1970

Kaplan Research Report on the Origins of Visitors to San Diego 1960

Copley International Corporation Outline of Research Programs: proposed future studies for CONVIS November 1970

Copley International Corporation Report on "The Effect of Tourism on Population Growth" January 10, 1972

Bureau Officers Lists 1954-1973

Bureau Board of Directors and Executive Committee Lists 1964-1970

Executive Committee Meeting Report April 5, 1973

Convention Potential Reports: comparing 41 cities with regards to funding base

San Diego facilities - number of conventions 1965-1971

Ernst and Ernst Study on the Formation of a Unified Public Relations Agency: local response 1968

news clippings

Employment Development Department Report on Tourism as an Industry in California: county breakdowns

Statistical surveys

Commission for Economic Development Report on California

Synopses of Bureau Departments and their Functions

Reports on the History of CONVIS Activity 1920, 1955, 1955-1956, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962-1965, 1967, 1973

Annual Business Survey Brochures 1955-1959, 1962-1964, 1969, 1972-1973

Reports to the Board of Directors September 1972 - May 1974

Room Tax Funding: purposes; report on; questioned by local groups

Room Tax Clippings 1964-1973

Press Conference on Room Tax Allocations May 14, 1970

State Tourism Office Correspondence

State of the City Message 1975

General Correspondence and Publications Regarding the Society of American Travel Writers 1970-1974

Speech: How Convention and Tourist Business Benefits San Diego

Speech: State of the Visitor Industry August 1962

Speech: Future of San Diego October 7, 1963

Border Cities Conference 1972, 1973

Guides to CONVIS Publications: list of Bureau compiled pubs; additions and format revamps; budgets for

ITT Shareholders Meeting held in San Diego May 1971

Grand Old Party (GOP) Convention Planning: fact sheets, memos, service estimates, publications, correspondence May 1971 - May 1972

Hotel-Motel Contract Forms for 1972 GOP Convention

Hotel Lists for 1972 GOP Convention

News Clippings regarding 1972 GOP Convention

Bureau Gratuities List and Inventory: budget allocations 1971-1974

Bureau Statement of Purpose Revision: example By-Laws of Phoenix Convention Bureau

Purchase Orders 1973

Purchase Orders 1974

Purchase Orders 1975

Purchase Orders 1976

Bylaws July 1, 1968; April 12, 1971; July 1, 1976; March 23, 1977

Organizational Chart and Staff List August 1977

Statement of Purpose and Plans for Bureau Public Relations department

Speech File on tourism, conventions, promotions, and dollars 1966-1973

Discover America Travel Organization (DATO) Correspondence: on conventions, plans, pow-wows, national coordination between local tourist agencies, promotional ideas for national campaigns, press releases on campaigns, and membership lists 1971-1974

DATO Conference in San Diego: photos of conferees, press kit, medie announcements, minutes of conference September 1970

DATO Conference in San Diego: program schedule, correspondence September 1970

DATO Conference Houstin: press releases, correspondence, program, brochures October 21, 1972 - October 25, 1972

DATO San Diego Pow Wow: speeches, various photos, planning reports, schedules, correspondence 1972

DATO San Diego Pop Wow: press clippings, business cards, delegate registers, brochures 1972

DATO Travel Promotion Award to CONVIS November 6, 1972

DATO Conference at Lake Placid, New York September 9, 1973 - October 2, 1973

DATO Hawaii Conference: advance correspondence, conference reports on tourism, speeches, preliminary program, tour development seminars, energy crisis impact on tourism May 8, 1974 - May 12, 1974

DATO - Press and Public Relations Committee Meeting in Puerto Rico: correspondence November 30, 1974

Public Relations Program with United Airlines

Public Relations Program with American Airlines

Promotion Programs with Mexico and Western Airlines

Media Public Relations Announcements: letters from CONVIS to newspapers, a Sunday supplement, radio spots January 1973, September 1979

Public Relations Photographs of Ad Billboards circa 1962

Bureau Sales Blitz Campaign in Mexico City February 1972

Bureau Sales Blitz Campaign for Seattle, Tacoma, Portland 1972

Promotional Trip to Japan: business cards, report, correspondence 1973-1974

Press Clipping Service: account statements, accounts payable for PR work, correspondence 1973-1974

Japanese Student Seminar at San Diego State University 1974

Lobbying to Retain Mexican Tourist Office in San Diego 1973

San Diego County Public Relations Display in Sacramento

Correspondence with Phillips-Ramsey Advertising Agency regarding handling of promo campaigns

Report on Effectiveness of Ad Campaigns January - April 1974

Selection of Ad Agency: review questionnaire, Bureau ad committee minutes, correspondence

Advertising Proof Schedules 1968-1969

Ad Poster 1973-1974

Promotional Stories, Posters, and Media Ad Schedules 1972-1973

Fishing Guide to San Diego County March 1969

"HOST" Program: contract between city and CONVIS to attract visitors/conventions, Public Relations phhotos, special airport welcoming system

"Sea World News" Releases 1976

"What's Doing" and "Golfland" Brochure Series early 1970s

"Hotels-Motels" Brochure Series along with various others: travel writer's list for Public Relations kits late 1960s to early 1970s

Miscellaneous Brochures Mostly pre-1968

An Amazing Collection of Propaganda Essays on the Wonders of San Diego

Miscellaneous Materials

CONVIS library index

List of Photo negatives

Points of Interest list

undated membership assessment list

oral background for CONVIS slide presentation

undated speech on promoting tourism

article excerpt from Swank magazine

First Congress on Mexican Tourism and followup correspondence March 1971

One (1) Envelope of Slide Negatives and Ad Transparencies

News Releases "What's Doing In San Diego" Weekly Calendars January 1, 1972 - March 31, 1972

News Releases "What's Doing In San Diego" Weekly Calendars April 1, 1972 - June 30, 1972

News Releases "What's Doing In San Diego" Weekly Calendars July 1, 1972 - September 30, 1972

News Releases "What's Doing In San Diego" Weekly Calendars October 1, 1972 - December 31, 1972

News Releases "What's Doing In San Diego" Weekly Calendars January 1, 1973 - March 31, 1973

News Releases "What's Doing In San Diego" Weekly Calendars April 1, 1973 - June 30, 1974

News Releases "What's Doing In San Diego" Weekly Calendars July 1, 1973 - September 30, 1973

News Releases "What's Doing In San Diego" Weekly Calendars January 1, 1974 - June 30, 1974

News Releases "What's Doing In San Diego" Weekly Calendars July 1, 1974 - September 30, 1974

News Releases "What's Doing In San Diego" Weekly Calendars October 1, 1975 - January 5, 1975

Special News Announcements 1970, 1973, 1974

Public News Reports 1975

"Hot Sheets" - Intraoffice Communicatiion March 1, 1974 - June 30, 1974

"Hot Sheets" - Intraoffice Communication July 1, 1974 - December 31, 1974

General Correspondence (both Incoming and Outgoing) 1968

General Correspondence (both Incoming and Outgoing) 1969

General Correspondence (both Incoming and Outgoing) 1970

General Correspondence (both Incoming and Outgoing) 1971

General Correspondence (both Incoming and Outgoing) 1972

General Correspondence (both Incoming and Outgoing) January 1, 1973 - March 31, 1973

General Correspondence (both Incoming and Outgoing) April 1, 1973 - June 30, 1973

General Correspondence (both Incoming and Outgoing) July 1, 1973 - September 30, 1973

General Correspondence (both Incoming and Outgoing) October 1, 1973 - December 31, 1973

General Correspondence (both Incoming and Outgoing) January 1, 1974 - March 31, 1974

General Correspondence (both Incoming and Outgoing) April 1, 1974 - June 30, 1974

General Correspondence (both Incoming and Outgoing) July 1, 1974 - September 30, 1974

General Correspondence (both Incoming and Outgoing) October 1, 1974 - December 31, 1974

Outgoing Correspondence January 1976

Outgoing Correspondence February 1976

Outgoing Correspondence March 1976

Outgoing Correspondence April 1976

Outgoing Correspondence May 1976

Outgoing Correspondence June 1976

1974 Weekly Appointments Book

Miscellaneous Ad-Public Relations-Display Photographs (mounted and undated)

Miscellaneous Ad-Public Relations-Display Photographs (mounted and undated)

Miscellaneous Ad-Public Relations-Display Photographs (mounted and undated)

Miscellaneous Ad-Public Relations-Display Photographs (mounted and undated)

Miscellaneous Ad-Public Relations-Display Photographs (mounted and undated)

Miscellaneous Ad-Public Relations-Display Photographs (mounted and undated)

Miscellaneous Ad-Public Relations-Display Photographs (mounted and undated)

5 Envelopes containing Ad Campaign Cartoons

5 Envelopes of Overlays and Transparencies for Ad Campaign Cartoons

Microfilmed Materials

L-HR-6: Minutes of the Executive committee Meetings March 16, 1951 - June 25, 1965

L-HR-7

L-HR-8: Copley International Corporation Report on Hotel Visitors to San Diego, 2 Volumes (Additional Copley International materials can be found in Box 1, Folders 9 & 10) 1971-1974

3 Films entitled "Visitors - Who Needs 'Em?" (Shorts)

1 Film entitled "Visitors - Who Needs 'Em?" (10 minute training film)

1 Film Reel: bureau TV Spots of 10-20 seconds in length

1 Film: Harold Keen Interview with Margita White of the United States Information Agency

2 Tapes: on Marketing, Selling, Packaging and Servicing Tourists and Tourism

1 Transparency on San Diego