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Title: Tubbs family photographs,
Date (inclusive): 1882-1904
Collection number: MS-R053
Creator:
Tubbs family
Extent:
0.7 linear feet (1 box and 1 oversize folder)
Repository:
University of California, Irvine. Library. Special Collections and Archives.
Irvine, California 92623-9557
Abstract: This collection consists of 67 photographs (albumen and silver gelatin prints) documenting Orange County cities, Santa Catalina
Island, coastal and surrounding areas, and Tubbs family events and homes. The collection includes photographs of President
Benjamin Harrison's whistle-stop tour through Santa Ana in 1891 and three Southern California coastal missions: San Juan Capistrano,
San Luis Rey, and Santa Barbara. Two photographs show the opening of the Santa Ana Valley Irrigation Company's (SAVI) 700
foot siphon in Olive on April 14, 1892, a significant event which brought water to the farms of Tustin, Orange, and Santa
Ana. Other photographs depict World War I draftees from Orange County.
Language:
English.
Collection is open for research.
Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and
their heirs. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.
Tubbs Family Photographs. MS-R53. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.
Gift of Mabel Louise Tubbs, 1973.
Processed by Laura Clark Brown and Irene Wechselberg in 1997. Finding aid revised by Adrian Turner in 2001.
Lewis W. Tubbs, judge and rancher, moved from Iowa to California in 1849 to pursue a mining venture. He returned to Iowa shortly
thereafter, establishing himself as a stock and grain producer. Volney V. Tubbs (b. 1868), one of Lewis's six sons and daughters,
followed the path of his father and moved to California in 1887 or 1888. He settled in Tustin and was active in agricultural
and civic affairs. He served on the Board of Directors of the Santiago Orange Association and was also chairman of the Board
of Exemption during World War I. He married Lillian M. Dixson and had four children, including Dixson Tubbs and Mabel Louise
Tubbs, the donor of this collection.
For further biographical information, see Samuel Armor's
History of Orange County, California (Los Angeles: Historic Record Co., 1921), 987-988.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
This collection consists of 67 photographs (albumen and silver gelatin prints) documenting Orange County cities, Santa Catalina
Island, coastal and surrounding areas, and Tubbs family events and homes. The collection includes photographs of President
Benjamin Harrison's whistle-stop tour through Santa Ana in 1891 and three Southern California coastal missions: San Juan Capistrano,
San Luis Rey, and Santa Barbara. Two photographs show the opening of the Santa Ana Valley Irrigation Company's (SAVI) 700
foot siphon in Olive on April 14, 1892, a significant event which brought water to the farms of Tustin, Orange, and Santa
Ana. Other photographs depict World War I draftees from Orange County.
A majority of these photographs are mounted on printed cards and were taken by the Santa Ana-based photographer B.F. Conaway.
Photographs are arranged by city or regional area, followed by images documenting Southern California coastal missions.
The following pamphlet was removed from this collection and cataloged separately:
- Santa Ana Board of Trade. Orange County, California, 1891: history, soil, climate, resources, advantages (Santa Ana: The Board, 1891).
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Tubbs family--Photograph collections.
Mission San Juan Capistrano--Photographs.
San Luis Rey Mission (Calif.)--Photographs.
Santa Barbara Mission--Photographs.
Orange County (Calif.)--Photographs.
Orange County (Calif.)--Archival resources.
Santa Catalina Island (Calif.)--Photographs.
Avalon (Calif.)--Photographs.
Laguna Beach (Calif.)--Photographs.
Santa Ana (Calif.)--Photographs.
Tustin (Calif.)--Photographs.
Photographic prints--California--Orange County--19th century.
Other Index Terms Related to this Collection
Tubbs, Mabel Louise, former owner.