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SERIES I BOX DESCRIPTION

General Files 1 Escondido Founding History

2 A – E

3 F – H

4 I – R

5 S – Z

6 Schools

7 Churches

8 Moosa

9 Pamphlets

10 Whitman Eddy

11 California Historical Monuments

SERIES II

Biographical Files 1 General Files

2 General Files

3 Family Files

SERIES III

Research/Correspondence 1 Interviews

Old Timers

2 General

3 General

SERIES IV

Local History Writings

SUB-SERIES IV-1

Early Days 1 Dummy Books

2 Dummy Books

3 Camera Ready Art/Prints and Articles

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SUB-SERIES IV-2

Yesterdays 1 Camera Ready Art/Prints and Articles



4 Dummy Books

5 Dummy Books

6 Dummy Books

7 Proof Sheets and Velex Negatives

8 Metal Printing Plates

9 Metal Printing Plates

10 Ready Print Sheets/Velex Negatives

SUB-SERIES IV-3

“Escondido As It Was” 1 Proofs

SUB-SERIES IV-4

Scripts 1 Scripts

2 Scripts

3 Scripts

SUB-SERIES IV-5

Stories 1 Stories

2 Stories

3 Stories

SUB-SERIES IV-6

Ryan News Articles 1 Ryan News Articles

2 Ryan News Articles

3 Ryan News Articles

SERIES V

Frances Beven Ryan Personal Papers

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SUB-SERIES V-1

Personal Papers 1 Personal Papers

2 Personal Papers

3 Awards/Certificates

4 Awards/Certificates

5 Personal Papers

6 Ryan Professional Papers

SUB-SERIES V-2

Ryan Oak Glen Reserve 1 Ryan Oak Glen Reserve

2 Ryan Oak Glen Reserve



5 Ryan Oak Glen Reserve Scrapbook

6 Ryan Oak Glen Reserve Flag

SUB-SERIES V-3

Ryan Travels 1 Ryan Travels

2 Ryan Travels

3 Travel Scrapbook

4 Netherlands Teaching Experience




SUB-SERIES V-4

Cookbooks/Recipes 1 Cookbooks/Recipes

2 Cookbooks/Recipes

3 Cookbooks/Recipes

4 Cookbooks/Recipes

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SUB-SERIES V-5

Artifacts 1 Artifacts

2 Artifacts

3 Equipment

SUB-SERIES V-6

Writing Nook 1 Writing Nook

2 Writing Nook

3 Writing Nook

4 Writing Nook

5 Writing Nook

6 Writing Nook

SERIES VI

Photographs

SERIES VII

Audio/Video Tapes 1 Audio/Video Tapes

MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS

1 Miscellaneous materials






SERIES VIII

Postcards 1-2

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BOX ITEM FOLDER TITLE

SERIES I GENERAL FILES

I-1 Escondido Founding History

1 Escondido – Records of City Trustees, 1888

2 Escondido City Government

3 History of Escondido, T.A. 28 Dec. 1922, Charles B. Todd

4 “The Escondido Story,” S.D.H.S. Quarterly, Vol. 9, No. 3

5 Escondido History – Newspaper Clippings, 1961-93

6 Escondido song – Jack & Jill Manthey

7 Articles of Incorporation, Esc. Land & Town Co.

8 Plat map, Rancho Rincón del Diablo

9 Land Deed and Mortgage of Rincón del Diablo, 18 May

1843-1846

10 Land Record – Translation of Land Deed, Rancho Rincón

del Diablo, 18 May 1843-1846

11 Land Record – Rancho Rincón del Diablo (beginning to

1886) Title search

12 Deed of Lugarda Machada to O. S. Witherby 23 Jan 1857

13 Land Records – Rancho Rincón del Diablo, Escondido Land

& Town Co.

14 Land Records – Prohibitory Liquor Clause

15 Land Records – Escondido Land & Town Co., Map of

subdivision of Rancho Rincón del Diablo, 1886

16 Land Record – Rincón del Diablo, Lot 4, Block 140, 9 Jan

1895

17 Land Records – Abstract of Title 16 Sept. 1886- 9 Jan 1895,

Lot 4, Block 149 of Rancho Rincón del Diablo

18 R.A. Thomas, Biographical Sketches, City and County of

San Diego, 1888

19 First National Bank, R.A. Thomas

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20 “Thomas Family” by Marguerite Mackechnie

21 “Thomas Family by Frances Kelvin

I-2 A – E

1 4H Club

2 Advertising, business

3 Agriculture

4 Agriculture – Escondido Valley Poultry Association

5 Animals – Natural Wildlife

6 Art History

7 Art History – Nativity Panels, Mildred Miller

8 Associations

9 Balboa Park

10 Battle of San Pasqual

11 Bear Valley

12 Bernardo Lake

13 Bicentennial Celebration, Escondido

14 Bottle Peak

15 Business, Banks and Banking

16 Business Enterprises

17 Cemeteries

18 Chamber of Commerce

19 Chinese in Escondido

20 Christmas

21 Circle R Ranch

22 Country Club (on Citricado)

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23 Cuyamacas

24 Earthquakes

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25 Oak Glen Evening Star & Literary Society

26 Ecology

27 Electric and Gas Services Development in Escondido

28 Ephemera: Calendars 1888, 1915, 1972, remake of 1930

29 Ephemera: Escondido Civic Center, 1988

30 Escondido Fair, 1890 – San Diego County Fairs

31 Escondido Historical Society

32 Escondido Mercantile Company/The Wardrobe

33 Escondido Mutual Water Company

34 Escondido Mutual Water Company, Bond burning 9 Sept

1905

35 Escondido Mutual Water Company, Service forms

36 Escondido Times – Vol. 1, No. 1

37 Escondido Village Mall

I-3 F – H

1 Fallbrook, California – History

2 Fallbrook Avocado Festival

3 Felicita

4 Felicita County Park

5 Felicita Foundation

6 Felicita Pageant

7 Felicita Pageant, newspaper clippings, 1966-1985

8 Felicita Pageant – Pageant programs 1927-1970

9 Fire Department, Escondido, California

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10 Fishing

11 Ghosts

12 Girl Scouts, History

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13 Grape Day Festival

14 Grape Day Queens & Queens Floats

15 Grape Day Revival – 1977

16 Grape Vineyards

17 Halley’s Comet, History 1910-1986

18 Historic buildings, Bandy Canyon Ranch

19 Historic buildings, Bandy-Conley House

20 Historic buildings, Beach-Bergman House

21 Historic buildings, Early Day Homes

22 Historic buildings, Escondido Model Home

23 Historic buildings, Hooper House

24 Historic buildings, Larzalere House

25 Historic buildings, Methodist & Episcopal Parsonage, 1905

26 Historic buildings, John Meyer’s Home

27 Historic buildings, Oaks Ranch – Kit Carson Park

28 Historic buildings, Pomeroy-Hoffman House, 1890, Heritage

Walk

29 Historic buildings, Pritchett Family Home

30 Historic buildings, Sike’s Adobe

31 Historic buildings, Thomas-Turrentine House, 1887

32 Historic buildings, Van der Veer House, 1890s

33 Historic buildings, 40 acre estate below Bottle Peak

34 Historic buildings, 239 W. Washington

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cont.

35 Historic Preservation of Structures

36 Holidays & Special Events

37 Hotels: Charlotta, 1915

38 Hotels: Cottage House

39 Hotels: Escondido, 1886

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40 Hotels: Escondido, 1979

41 Hotels: Escondido Hotel Register

42 Housing Development – Howell Heights

I-4 I – R

1 Imperial Valley – Salton Sea

2 Indians of North America

3 Indians of North America, Local

4 Indians of North America, Maidu Indians

5 Indians of North America, Yana Indians

6 Joslyn Senior Center

7 Judicial History

8 Julian

9 Lake Hodges

10 Lake Wohlford – Bear Valley Dam

11 Library – Escondido

12 Marston’s Department Store

13 Media History

14 Medical History, Escondido

15 Mines and Mining

16 Mines and Mining, Brindle Pup Mine, AZ

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cont.

17 Mission San Juan Capistrano

18 Mission San Luis Rey

19 Mission Santa Barbara

20 Mortuaries

21 Museums, North County

22 Music, history

23 Oak Glen Literary Society

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24 Oceanside

25 Odometer Survey 1894

26 Old Timer’s Picnic

27 Old Town San Diego

28 Olivenheim

29 Pala

30 Palomar Mountain

31 Pamo Dam

32 Parks

33 Patio Playhouse

34 Photographers

35 Population, 1890-1980

36 Post Office

37 Ramona

38 Rancho Agua Hedionda

39 Rancho Guajome

40 Rancho Guejito

41 Rancho Peñasquitos

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cont.

42 Rancho San Bernardo

43 Ranchos – Mexican Land Grants

44 Ranchos – San Diego County

45 Red Cross

46 Redwood Terrace

47 RFD Service, Escondido

48 Road & Poll Tax

49 Road Signs, Escondido’s first

50 Rotary Club, Escondido

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I-5 S – Z

1 San Diego County, Christian Endeavors Union

2 San Diego County, Silk Corporation

3 San Diego Gas and Electric Company

4 San Diego Grocery History

5 San Diego Historical Society

6 San Diego Presidio

7 San Diego Press Club

8 San Diego Oil History

9 San Diego Wild Animal Park

10 San Diego Zoo

11 San Marcos

12 San Pasqual Battlefield Park

13 San Pasqual Valley

14 Santa Fe Railroad

15 Showcase of Arts

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cont.

16 Societies and Clubs

17 Southern California Rancher

18 Stage Line

19 Stanley Peak

20 Statistics, 1972

21 Street Names

22 Streets, Escondido – Grand Avenue

23 Streets, Escondido – Highway 395 (Centre City)

24 Teepee

25 Telephone

26 Times Advocate Quarterly, Vol 1, No. 2,Sep. 1988,

“Escondido Celebrates 100 Years”

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27 Times Advocate

28 Topographical map (Wood relief map)

29 Torrey pines

30 Tourist kitchenette

31 Transportation

32 Transportation/ Railroads & Stations

33 Transportation/ Trolley car

34 Twin Oaks

35 Valley Center

36 Valley Center, Hell Hole Canyon

37 Valley Land & Planting Co.

38 Veterans of Foreign Wars

39 Vineyard Shopping Center

40 Vista

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cont.

41 Von Seggern Ranch

42 Wars – American

43 Water development

44 Waterfalls

45 Weather

46 Whitman Eddy, Depot photograph

47 Women

48 Woman’s Club of Escondido

I-6 Schools

1 Schools

2 East county

3 A Social Unit for the Second Grade

4 Escondido Elementary School, “The Echo Newsletter,”1933

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5 Escondido High Schools

6 Escondido High School, 1894

7 Escondido High School Athletic Association

8 Escondido High School Commencement

9 Escondido High School “The Gong”

10 Escondido High School Reunion

11 Escondido High School Reunion, Class of ‘21

12 Escondido High School Reunion, Class of 1945

13 Escondido High School Reunion, Class of 1946

14 Escondido High School District

15 Escondido High School Sports

16 Felicita School

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cont.

17 Fifth Avenue Grammar School, 1910 & on

18 Fire! Fire! Fire!

19 Hidden Valley Middle School

20 Lime Street School

21 Map of Schools

22 Oakdale School

23 Oak Glen School

24 Orange Glen Elementary School, Dedication of 1907 bell,

11Nov 85

25 Orange Glen High School

26 Palomar College

27 Palomar College

28 San Marcos

29 San Pasqual High School

30 San Pasqual Valley School Reunion

31 U.S.C. College Seminary, Escondido, 1886-1894

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32 University of California, San Diego

33 Valley Center Schools

I-7 Churches

1 Churches – Escondido

2 Baptist Church

3 Catholic

4 Christian Church, Escondido

5 First Congregational Church

6 Methodist

7 First Methodist Church

I-7

cont.

8 Seventh-Day Adventist

9 Trinity Episcopal

I-8 Moosa

1 Moosa Canyon Gun Battle

2 Moosa notes

3 Moosa Valley and the Castle, Elizabeth Frazee Worsly

4 “Kitshi Manido” Peace Pipe Pageant, original music etc,

1915-1916

5 Peace Pipe Pageant – Ephemera

6 Moosa Castle, Kitshi Manido Peace Pipe Pageant, 1915-

1916

7 Moosa Post Office

8 Woreland Castle

9 Worseley, Elizabeth Frazee Correspondence

I-9 Pamphlets

1 Alhiser-Wilson Mortuary, “New Horizons,” 1984

2 Casey at the Bat

3 The Citracado Festival, Felicita Pageant, 1980

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4 Emmanual Faith Community Church

5 Escondido Chamber of Commerce Publication, 1920, ‘30s

6 Escondido Historical Society

7 Escondido, San Diego, CA “A Descriptive Pamphlet, 1887

8 Escondido, San Marcos, Valley Center Illustrated History

Magazine, 1976

9 “Escondido, The Sunkist Vale,” 1915

10 Historic Development, San Diego County with map of routes

& railways, 1967

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cont.

11 Indian Symbols, Origins & Meanings

12 Joslyn Senior Center (History & Dedication, 1983)

13 Patio Playhouse, “Hidden Valley Adventure,” 1988

14 San Dieguito, An Illustrated History, 1975

I-10 Whitman Eddy Collection

1 Appendix, Operation Receipts

2 Check receipts

3 “The Covenant of the League of Nations,” The Literary

Digest, 25 Sep 1920

4 Escondido Mutual Water Company

5 Laws and Articles of Association of the Maccabees Home

and Relief Association, 1915

6 Foreign travel letters Lewis and Frances Ryan

7 The Masonic Protection Association

8 Medical Records

9 Military Service Records

10 Oscar Hall & Co., Ford and Fordson Dealer

11 Personal papers

12 Pocket Directory of Escondido

13 Professional papers

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14 Professional journal – Field book 361

15 Road maps – in map file

16 San Diego Consolidated Gas and Electric Company

17 Standard Oil Company invoice, 2 June 1922

18 “Summary of the U.S. Constitution,”1908 and “Honor in

Politics,” 1908

19 Whitman Eddy Diary, 1916-1920

I-11 California Historical Monuments

1 Angel Island

2 Battle of San Pasqual

3 Benecia Capitol

4 Bidwell Mansion

5 Bodie

6 Casa del Oro

7 Casa Soberanes

8 Columbia

9 Custom House, Monterey

10 Donner Party Tragedy

11 First Theater

12 Fort Humboldt

13 Fort Ross

14 Fort Tejon

15 General Vallejo’s Home

16 Gutierrez Adobe

17 Hearst’s San Simeon

18 Ide Adobe

19 Indian Mission

20 Jack London’s Dream House

21 La Purisima Mission

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22 Larkin House

23 Los Angeles

24 Las Coches Rancho

25 Los Encinos

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cont.

26 Lummis Home

27 Marshall Gold Discovery State Park

28 Mission Padre

29 Old Shasta Courthouse

30 Pacific House

31 Palace of Fine Arts

32 Petaluma Adobe

33 Pio Pico Mansion

34 San Francisco Maritime Museum

35 San Juan Bautista

36 Santa Cruz

37 Sonoma Barracks

38 Sonoma Mission

39 Stevenson House

40 Sutter’s Fort

41 Weaverville Joss House

42 Will Rogers State Park

SERIES II BIOGRAPHICAL FILES

II-1 General Files

1 List of Names of Early Day Pioneers

2 Miscellaneous People

3 Alexander, W. E.

4 Amago, Benito

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5 Andreasen, Andrew F. - Andreasen Avenue

6 Atilano, Max and Viola

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cont.

7 Baileys, Stephen and Newton

8 Baker, Maude

9 Baldwin, Fred/Dolly

10 Bandy, Tom

11 Bates, Clifford

12 Berberding, Lylia

13 Bevan, Billy

14 Billingmeier, Gloria

15 Birdsell, Bill

16 Blum, Fred C.

17 Boudinot, F. E.

18 Brannon, Sam

19 Carson, Kit

20 Church, Harriett

21 Colia, Bennie

22 Conway, Meredith

23 Cooper, Henry W. (weatherman)

24 Coscarat, Pete

25 Cox, Russell

26 Crane, George Roland

27 Cravath, Augustus Kossuth

28 Cravath, Clifford Carlton “Gavy”

29 Crise Family

30 Culp, George

31 Culp, William

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32 Dickson, John C.

33 Donalson, Jimmy

34 Durant, Edward

35 Earp, Wyatt Berry

36 Eddy, Whitman

37 Franks, Bill

38 Golsh, Genevieve

39 Grant, Chapman “Chapman Grant, the Grandson of a

President” by Robert Griffin

40 Graybill, Martin M.D.

41 Green, Helen

42 Gruendyke-Groendyke Family

43 Hagatas

44 Harrison, Nate

45 Hawthorn, Owens

46 Heinle, Fred

47 Hinman

48 Hinrichs, Fred

49 Houck, J. D./Mrs. C. Thomas

50 Howell, M. L.

51 Hutching, Mary

52 Hutchinson, John

53 Johnson, Milo

54 Judson-Roberts, Elizabeth

55 Knappe, Oscar

56 Knox, Mary Mendenhall

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57 Larzalere, Dr. John

58 Lassen, Peter

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59 Lehner, Lawrence

60 Libby, Charles – Mayor of Escondido/Oceanside

61 Lyon, Maurice C.

62 McGarvin, DeListe

63 McGrew, Alan

64 Moon, A. R.

65 Nack, Emma Einer

66 Nash, Pat

67 Omish, Angelina Calac

68 Patterson, Frank

69 Paul, Amelia S.

70 Peet, Ernest

71 Peet, Mary Rockwood

72 Peet, Mary – Historical Notes

73 Perry, Martin W.

74 Prior Family

75 Reidy, Maurice

76 Robb Family

77 Robbins, Marguerite Rogers

78 Roberts, Richard Tenorydd

79 Rogers, Earl

80 Rogers, William

81 Root, Red

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cont.

82 Scheidt, Omar

83 Sharp, William H. & Mary Jane

84 Sherman, Benjamin F.

85 Sorg, Ethel

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II-2 General Files (Series II Biographical Files)

1 Sowinski, Stan (Escondido Artist)

2 Steiner, Sig – grapes

3 Stough, O. J.

4 Stuart, Gordon

5 Thomas family

6 Thomas, C.

7 Ting, Darwin – pharmacist

8 Turpentine, John N.

9 Turrentine, Lawrence Neil

10 VanderVeer Family

11 von Seggern, H. E.

12 Wade, Bertran & Hettee

13 Walker, John O.

14 Ward, Ben

15 Waring, George & Esther

16 Wheaton, Portor Perrin (1848-1908)

17 Wickam, Ivie Frances

18 Wilson, Wilma Stephens

19 Wohlford, B. C.

20 Wohlford, Burnet

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cont.

21 Wohlford, Sallie Burnet

22 Worseley, Elizabeth Frazee

23 Yeo, Marie

24 Zsevc, George

II-3 Family Files (Series II Biographical Files)

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1 Baldwin, William and Maria

2 Beven, Albert (1867-1950)

3 Beven, Albert and Georgiana

4 Beven, A. Benjamin (July 9, 1907)

5 Beven, Georgia Hanna (Wilson) (1894-1988)

6 Beven, W. Fred and Esther McDonald

7 Beven, William M. (Jan. 2, 1830)

8 Dixon, Asenath E.

9 Dixon – Beven Family Religion

10 Dixon, Benjamin Franklin (1844-1928) and Hannah, Stanley

(1849-1894)

11 Dixon, C. T. “An attempt to a true narration of a part of my

father’s life”

12 Dixon, James B. and Ethel Melvina (Vital Records)

13 James B. Dixon Ornithological Collection

14 Dixon, Vinton William

15 Dixon Dam

16 Dixon House

17 Eddy, Whitman

18 Quaker Roots

19 Beven Family Genealogy

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cont.

20 Norman, Bill and Ethel

21 Oakhill Cemetery Records

22 Stanley Family – Quaker Founders of Monteverde, Costa

Rica, S.A.

23 Thomas Family

24 Wilson Family

25 Wilson, Carol

26 Wilson, Howard William (Sept. 7, 1899 - Nov. 16, 1986)

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27 “The Ionian Cronical” Vol. 12 No. 12 Quakervale, Kansas

28 Knox Family

SERIES III RESEARCH/CORRESPONDANCE

III-1 Interviews/Old timers

1 Ryan Interviews – typed telephone conversations

2 On Escondido

3 Frank Jones

4 Andrew Wu

5 Alma Ashleigh

6 Elsie Frank Kuhn

7 Rosemary Evans McClintock

8 George Bartley

9 Jack Stewart

9 William Wolfskill

11 Mr. & Mrs. Frank Alvarado

12 L. H. Vaeltzel

13 Olive Crane Foster, Wilfred Graff, and the Chinaman

14 Gladys Burge

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cont.

15 George E. Dunn

16 Mary Malcolm

17 Clarence Rand

18 Howell Heights

19 Emma & Walter Nack

20 Dorothy Dye

21 Elmer Hill

22 Hallie Smith

23 Charlie and Minnie Kuebler

24 Harry Schunemann

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25 Mildred Churchill

26 Henry von Seggern

27 Methodist Church Bell

28 Episcopal Church

29 Hollis Watrous

30 Hettee Wade

31 C. D. Young

32 Grace Rand

33 Kate Nelson

34 William W. Prior

35 Farm Bureau

36 Emily Astelford and granddaughter Beatrice

37 Frank Hagata

38 Quis Quis

39 Fred Beven

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cont.

40 Ben Beven

41 Notes - Dixon, Jim, Pearl and Charlie

42 Notes - Paul Hatch Memories

43 Notes from Scrapbook at San Diego Historical Serra

Museum

III-2 General (Series III Research/Correspondence)

1 Writing Projects

2 Notes - City Hall Minutes

3 Notes - Union Title company

4 Research Notes – Frances Ryan

5 Research from Times-Advocate Articles

6 Photograph Collection Notes

7 Media Correspondence

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8 General Correspondence

9 Escondido Public Library

10 San Marcos News Reporter

11 Stuart, Gordon 1975

12 Central School

13 Felicita School

14 Grant Middle School

15 Hidden Valley Middle School

16 Lincoln School

17 Miller Elementary

18 Rincon School

19 Presentation Notes

20 Teaching Materials

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cont.

21 Exhibit

22 Publishing/Promotionals

23 Publishing Promotionals - News Articles

24 Ryan Programs

25 Publishing-Historical Books

III-3 General (Series III Research/Correspondence)

1 California State Centennial Float of 1949

2 Photograph Usage

3 Copyright – Library of Congress

4 Book Copyright Permission

5 Copyright request - Historical Society

SERIES IV LOCAL HISTORY WRITINGS

SUBSERIES IV-1 EARLY DAYS

IV-1-

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SUB-SERIES IV-2 YESTERDAYS

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Yesterdays Camera Ready Art/Prints and Articles

1 Pioneer “Horse to House” Wagons

2 Night of Terror Jan. 27, 1916

3 1916 Flood Damage

4 The Big Freeze January 1913

5 Escondido Dam’s Face Lifting

6 Water - Liquid Gold!

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7 The Escondido Hospital Dream

8 Escondido Babies

9 Escondido Sunkist Vale - Sunkist Citrus

10 “Green Gold” Avocados

11 First Citrus Packing Houses

12 Worthen’s Escondido Dairy

13 Gardening Highlights 1913-1916

14 Old Man River 1916

15 World War I Scare April 27, 1917

16 World War II Rationing

17 Escondido City Parks

18 Early Automobiling Joys and Woes

19 Early Day “Dear Teacher”

20 Early Escondido Ranch Saturday Nights

21 Early Telegraphic Communications

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22 Early Day Care of the Sick

23 Escondido EMWCO at Law 1906

24 Escondido Telephones

25 Escondido Mail Delivery 1901-1930

26 EMWCO Power Plants 1914-15

27 Escondido Creamery 1900

28 Escondido’s corner Store 1905

29 Escondido Gold-Oranges

30 Escondido Flag Poles

31 Escondido Rochdale Company 1905-1917

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32 Escondido Pioneer Life Not All Rosy

33 Escondido Pioneer Year’s End

34 Escondido Photographer 33 Years

35 Escondido Valley Poultry Association 1921

36 1916 Escondido Love Apple

37 Escondido Christian Church 1912

38 Escondido Oil and Gas 1920’s

39 Escondido Womans’ Club 1910

40 Escondido World War I Cries

41 Cleanliness Next to Godliness

42 Grand Avenue – The Pride of Escondido

43 Hogback - A Ridge in the “Hidden valley”

44 Lake Wohlford 1924

45 EHS Commencement 1895

46 Carnegie Library 1910

47 Rain! Rain! 1916

48 EHS Gong 1908

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49 Escondido Red Letter Days

50 Tunnel Water

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1 Breakthrough December 20, 1912

2 Cape Horn at the Intake

3 City Well Farm 1913

4 Church Baptisms 1894-1909

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cont.

5 Grand Avenue Building Spurt 1905

6 Gold Madness 1900s

7 Haven’s Studio (negative taken out of folder)

8 Highway to the Stars 1947

9 Hotel Charlota

10 Howell Heights Easter 1917

11 Mexican Troubadours 1920-40

12 Money Making Visions

13 O. G. East End O’ the Valley

14 Out of a Pioneer Pandora Box

15 Palomar-Escondido Christmas Land

16 Rock Ledge Sanitarium 1914

17 Rain! Rain! 1916

18 Run-down EMWCO System Rebuilt 1909

19 Rural Electricity

20 Spillway and Outlet Tower

21 Spring-Fall Fashion Shows 1930s

22 Summer Church in Escondido

23 Tunnel Camp 1910

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24 Valley Land and Planting Company 1911

25 Tierra Firme? (Solid Earth?)

26 1905 Murals

27 The American Legion 1919

28 The B. Goodson Shop 1893-1917

29 The City Celebrated - 1918 Armistice

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30 The Escondido Iron Horse

31 The School Bell Rang

32 The Tale of Eucalyptus 1900s

33 The Tepee

34 “Train’s a Comin’!”

35 Two Years Tunneling 1910-12

36 Which Came First?

37 Escondido City Lighted March 5, 1910

38 Eureka Ranch 1906-1918

39 Gospel Tent Meetings

40 Escondido Chamber of Commerce

41 Unusual Weather in the “Hidden” Valley

42 EHS First in Sports

43 Be It Resolved: 1910-16

44 Pioneers Honored National Patriots 1900s

45 Humane Society 1915

46 Grand Avenue Christmas Story Book 1950

47 T-A Nameplate 1912-1923

48 Grape Days GO! GOING! GONE!

49 “Yesterdays in Escondido” Title Page

50 “Hidden” Valley Holidaying 1914-16

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1 Felicita & Morales

2 Train of Events

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3 School Plays & Operettas 1910-20

4 Oaks Rooted in Escondido Past

5 Church Links to the World 1921

6 Pioneer Newlyweds - Shivarees - Showers

7 Early Day Youth Groups

8 Many Sided School Life

9 Town Fifth Avenue Grammar School 1909

10 One Room Country Schools

11 Oak Glen Literary Society 1889-1907

12 The Great Fish Fry

13 Picnic Escondido Style

14 Fish in the Escondido Dam

15 Fishin’ Poles 1900s

16 Nomads in the “Hidden” Valley 1913

17 East End Tokyo 1906-18

18 Escondido First Baptist Church 1910

19 Chinese Garden & Laundry

20 Distaff Days in the Pioneer Calendar

21 Battle of San Pasqual Dec. 6, 1846

22 Early Day Starvation Peak Dec. 7-10, 1846

23 Escondido’s Little China

24 “Hidden” Valley Innings

25 Runaways

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26 Rock Springs Fair 1909-12

27 Escondido Shows 1900-1920

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28 Escondido Boosted the 1915 Exposition

29 Escondido’s Grand Old Man

30 East End Club

31 WCTU - Wine vs Water

32 Escondido Motorcycle Era 1910-20

33 Grape Day Royalty

34 EHS: Fire? Fire!! Fire!!!

35 Wine flowed on Grand Ave.

36 Farm Bureau-Home Department 1918

37 Escondido country Club 1924-31

38 Corn’s Poppin’ – 1905 Murals

39 No Pioneer Generation Gap

40 How Grape day Park Grew 1910-1920

41 Grape Day Sept. 9, 1934

42 What Became of Grape Days?

43 Outdoor Pageant “Felicita”, 1927-1931

44 Circus Came to Town March 9, 1917

45 Escondido Floral Society 1914

46 G.A.R.-WRC Honored May 1914

47 Escondido Grape Days on the Way Up

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Yesterdays Dummy Books

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Camera Ready print Sheets/Velex Negatives

SUB-SERIES IV-3 “Escondido As It Was”

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Proofs/ Alternate (Unused) Photo Captions

SUB-SERIES IV-4 SCRIPTS

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SCRIPTS

1 Early Day Home Life

2 Were the Early Days in Escondido All Work & No Play?

3 Early Escondido ME/SME – Adventist Churches

4 Early Days in Escondido – Grape Days

5 Early Days in Escondido

6 Early Escondido

7 Then & Now – Escondido Calendar, 1972

8 Then & Now

9 Grape Days – June 1974

10 Grape Days – 1976

11 Yes, Escondido, There was a Felicita (manuscript for book)

12 Escondido Water Story

13 Escondido Century of Change

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cont.

14 In the Beginning

15 Tracks (Native Americans)

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16 The Long, Grand Avenue Mile, 1880s

17 Go West Young Man, Go West! (Founding of Escondido)

18 Bicentennial Project – School Days

19 Scripts – drafts

20 Religion in Early Escondido

21 Where Escondido History Began

22 T.V. Scripts, Talk Notes

23 Misc. speech notes

24 Music suggestions for tape introductions

25 Beginnings by Frances Ryan (blank)

26 Beginnings by Frances Ryan (blank) – printing quote

27 Escondido Roots, A Century of Change

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SCRIPTS

1 1988, Escondido’s 100th Birthday

2 Mini-Guide to Historic Escondido (manuscript for book)

3 Mini-Guide to Historic Escondido – updated reprint, 1984

4 Our Green Heritage

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SCRIPTS

1 Early Days in Escondido

2 Escondido’s Train & Trolley

3 Mighty Oaks from Little Acorns Grow

4 Agriculture, Escondido Valley

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cont.

5 Ryan Wood Map of Rancho Rincon del Diablo

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12 Map – original script, Parts 7 & 8, Key 31-34

13 Escondido’s Roots & a Century of Change, slide show

accompanying map

14 Map slide show, original bindery copy

15 Map project – receipts

16 Map case grant

SUB-SERIES IV-5 STORIES

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Stories

1 Escondido Hidden

2 My Banking Sea

3 Escondido Bond Burning Day

4 Old Yet New

5 Escondido Utopia, 1888

6 My Family Tree

7 Dreams of Yesterday

8 Escondido Teepee

9 Iron Horse vs Old Dobbin

10 Short Stories

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cont.

11 True Unpublished Story (Reader’s Digest)

12 How Early Day Names Grew

13 My Christmas Wish 1987

14 Rancho Rincon del Diablo

15 Good News after 80

16 No Spanish – English Only

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17 America’s Heritage – Prayer

18 Lean Acorn Year, 1983-84

19 Peace on Earth – Goodwill Toward Men

20 Feliz Navidad Amigos

21 Elderhostel for the Loner

22 Early Day Halloween

23 Escondido’s First Newspapers

24 Twelve Days of Christmas in the Hidden Valley

25 Guayule – Southwest War Baby

26 Cookbook Recipes and Stories of Escondido

27 Train Rescue

28 Escondido Boom Town, 1888

29 The Wheelbarrow Man, Tax Computer 1894

30 Escondido’s Cannonball Express

31 Pala = Shovel

32 Well Seasoned with the Spice of Life

33 Cork Bobbers Anyone?

34 Button! Button!

35 Timekeeper

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cont.

36 What’s in a Name

37 What’s Water Cost?

38 Long Live Escondido Mutual Water Company

39 Fair of the Year, 1880-1966

40 Bridges Come, Bridges Go

41 Escondido Historical Happenings

42 History Repeats

43 It Can Rain Here!

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44 Hidden Christmas

45 The Interior Depot Photograph

46 Escondido Bond Burning Day

47 Golden Plus Reunion

48 So Lake Wohlford Grew

49 Jack Barnard – Little Jack Publishing Company

50 Escondido, San Marcos, Valley Center (Illustrated History

Magazine, 1976)

51 Westward Migration

52 Spanish-Mexican Era

53 San Marcos

54 Valley Center

55 Escondido

56 Indian Tracks

57 Westward Ho

58 Spanish-Mexican Mañana

59 Acorns for WeeWish

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cont.

60 Hitch Your Auto to a Star

61 You Worm! A Fish Tale With Fingers

62 Who Got Fooled

63 Finger & Toe Play

64 My Story

65 My Childhood Memories

66 Thanksgiving Memories 1988

67 Thanksgiving 1925

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Stories

1 Water Recreation

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2 Horses vs Automobiles

3 Early Escondido Historical Christmas

4 Escondido Model Home, 1886

5 Escondido Train Had Many Names

6 Early Day Meat Marketing

7 Photos – Still & Movies

8 Early Day Blacksmithing

9 Early Day Poultry

10 Escondido Libraries

11 Lodges and Clubs in Early Escondido

12 Early Declaration Days, 1890 & 1914

13 Escondido Post Office

14 Turkey Traditions

15 February – The Early Day Patriots Month (East End Club)

16 Escondido Chamber of Commerce

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cont.

17 It’s Easter

18 Palomar Mountain – Escondido’s Christmas Land

19 Catholic Organizations in Early Escondido

20 Grand Avenue, A Century of Change

21 The Escondido Mountain (Wee-la-mee-high – Whitney)

22 Two Escondido Rooming Houses

23 Early Escondido Horsepower

24 Escondido – Two World Wars

25 Early Escondido Cannery and Creamery

26 The Pioneer Family Cow

27 The First Church in Escondido

28 Escondido Seminary College, 1886-1929

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29 Early Day Grammar Schools

30 Birthdays and Valentines – Hearts and Flowers

31 Telephone – Telegraph Contact with the World

32 Escondido’s Unusual Weather

33 Early Escondido Advertising, 1 May 1886

34 Grape Day Royalty

35 Early Escondido Woman’s Clubs

36 Fifth Avenue Grammar School , 1910

37 Escondido’s First Newspapers

38 How Grape Day Park Grew

39 Early Escondido Brick Factory

40 Where’s the Escondido River?

41 The Grim Reaper – Oak Hill Cemetery

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cont.

42 Escondido Bank, 1886

43 Escondido’s Easter Sunrise Prayer Service

44 South Methodist (1887) – Seventh Day Adventist (1900)

45 Early Day April Fool’s Joke

46 Early Day Family – Community Life

47 Early Day Country Schools

48 My First School – Oak Glen 1907

49 The Old School Bell

50 Escondido’s Two Historic Trees – Mayflower and Engelman

Oaks

51 Eucalyptus Boom

52 Bond Burning Day, 9 September 1905

53 Short Story Collection

54 Short History of Escondido

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55 History of Grape Day

56 Roots of Grape Day

57 Seventh Day Adventists in Early Escondido

58 A.R. Moon

59 Maurice Reidy

60 W.W. Carpenter, Cal Ashleigh

61 Felicita

62 Grape Day Parade 1909

63 What’s in the Name Escondido, California?

64 Jannis (rough draft)

65 Herring for the Queen

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Stories

1 Escondido’s Rare Historic Tree

2 Dixon Lake

3 Early Escondido Doctors – Hospitals

4 Early Day Thanksgiving

5 East End Hidden Valley Landmarks

6 The Bell, Our Community Voice

7 Escondido Beautified, 1914

8 Escondido’s Beginning

9 Escondido Depot, 1887-1986

10 Escondido Grape Culture

11 Escondido Townsite 1 Mar.1886 – Incorporated City

8 Oct.1888

12 Escondido and the Devil

13 Felicita

14 Wolfskill Plains, A Sheep and Cattle Ranch, 1868

15 Early Day Gold Tales

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16 Escondido’s Hay and Grain Age

17 Father of Grape Day, Saga of the Grape Day Button

18 First Grape Days, 1908 and 1909

19 Early Day Fourth of July Memories

20 June – Rose and Weddings

21 Early Day Picknicking

22 The Wild Wild West

23 Some Grape Day Doings

24 Farmyard Zoo – Circus

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cont.

25 Can U Name This Early Day Street?

26 Orange Gold Tales

27 Was Early Escondido Overchurched?

28 Free Grapes – Escondido Grape Days

29 Bear Valley Dam 1895 – Lake Wohlford 1924

30 Fire Fighting, Then and Now

31 Early Day Water Problems

32 Townsite Streets, 1886

33 Escondido Hotel, 1886- Palomar Hospital

34 General Merchandise, 1886

35 Town Center, North East and South East Corners

36 Barbershop Politicking

37 I Remember…

38 Sunkist Citrus – Eureka Ranch

39 Highlight of Grape Day Parades

40 Green Gold – Avocados

41 Escondido and Age

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42 Flags Flew in Early Escondido

43 The Legend of the Sand Dollar – Easter 1983

44 A Night in the Barn

45 Drafts

46 The B. Goodson Shop, 1893-1917

47 Razor Back Hogs

48 Snakes

49 In the Hayfield

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cont.

50 Good Old Days

51 Old Time Religion

52 Stack Poles

53 Milking Time

54 Old Swimming Hole

55 Potato Planting

56 The Scarecrow

SUB-SERIES IV-6 Ryan News Articles

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Ryan News Articles

1 Good Health via Good Nutrition, Nov 1947

2 List of Published Articles, 1960s

3 News Articles, 1980s

4 Clippings About Ryans

5 Comments by Book Review Critics

6 Frances Ryan’s Writing Scrapbook, 1959-1977

7 Frances Ryan’s Writing Scrapbook, Items inserted before p.1

8 Frances Ryan’s Writing Scrapbook, Items inserted before p.3

9 Frances Ryan’s Writing Scrapbook, Items inserted before

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17 Ryan’s Writing Scrapbook, Table of Contents, “Escondido,

It’s Beginnings”

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Frances Ryan’s Writing Scrapbook, 1957-1977

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Ryan News Articles

1 “Escondido Beginnings” by Frances Ryan – copy

2 “Escondido Beginnings” by Frances Ryan – copy

3 “Escondido Beginnings” – scrapbook

4 “Escondido Beginnings” – scrapbook

SERIES V RYAN PERSONAL PAPERS

SUB-SERIES V-1 Ryan Personal Papers

V-1-1 Ryan Personal Papers

1 Lewis Ryan

2 Lewis Ryan, Documents

3 Frances Ryan Biography

4 Lewis Ryan, Correspondence

5 Frances Ryan, Correspondence

6 Correspondence – Huntington Library

7 Autograph album – Oak Glen School, 1911-1912

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8 Graduation Book, 1919

9 Ryan Trust, Wills, Birth Certificate, Marriage Certificate &

Social Security

10 Palomar College, Foundation

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cont.

11 Taxes

12 Escondido Historical Society Activities

13 Activities for 50-year Time Capsule

14 Beta Sigma Phi

15 Address books


1 Correspondence – Samaritan’s Purse

2 Elderhostel

3 White House Correspondence, 1989

4 Correspondence – Chamber of Commerce, Del Mar Fair

Exhibit

5 Mystery Guest presentation

6 Frances Ryan foreign travel letters to Albert Beven

7 Frances Ryan foreign travel letters to Ben Beven

8 Foreign travel notes

V-1-3 Ryan Awards & Certificates

1 Frances Ryan Awards & Certificates


3 Lewis Ryan Awards & Certificates

4 Palomar College Awards


6 Second Wind Hall of Fame, Inc.

7 Orient Overseas Express Line

8 Woman of the Year, Zonta Club

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9 San Diego Press Club Award 1987

V-1-4 Ryan Awards & Certificates

1 Frances Ryan, Rotary Citizen of the Month Award

2 Arbor Day Award


1 Original poetry, rhymes, drawings – rough drafts

2 Original greeting cards, rhymes, drawings – final drafts

3 Original greeting cards, rhymes – final drafts

4 Letters with drawings from Gisella Loeffer Lacher to Carroll

Warder

5 Original letters with drawing by Frances to Lewis Ryan

and/or Carroll Warder

6 Misc. compositions

7 Misc. greeting cards & ephemera

8 Cards of introduction – Miss Frances Mildred Beven

9 Letter/drawings – Lewis Ryan to Frances Ryan

10 Passports

V-1-6 Ryan Professional Papers

1 Credentials

2 Education, undergraduate

3 Education, graduate

4 Résumés

5 Retirement

6 Newspaper articles

7 Manzanar letters

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V-2-5 Ryan Oak Glen Reserve Scrapbook

V-2-6 Ryan Oak Glen Reserve Flag

SUB-SERIES V-3 Ryan Travels

V-3-1 Ryan Travels

V-3-2 Ryan Travels

V-3-3 Travel Scrapbook

V-3-4 Netherlands Teaching Experience




SUB-SERIES V-4 Cookbooks/Recipes

V-4-1 Cookbooks/Recipes




SUB-SERIES V-5 Artifacts

V-5-1 Artifacts

V-5-2 Artifacts

V-5-3 Equipment

SUB-SERIES V-6 Writing Nook

V-6-1 Writing Nook

V-6-2 Writing Nook

V-6-3 Writing Nook

V-6-4 Writing Nook

V-6-5 Writing Nook

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SERIES VI – PHOTOGRAPHS. See Ryanphotofind91.

SERIES VII AUDIO/VIDEO TAPES

VII-1 Audio/Video Tapes

1 Video: Frances Ryan interview 1986

Channel 10 News – Bell Tower and Time Capsule at Orange

Glen Elementary School.

North County News Scene with Marta Candace – Scripture

Cake demonstration( from Eva Montiel’s recipe)

North County News Scene with Marta Candace – Halley’s

Comet

2 Video: Frances Ryan interview, 1986

Bell tower dedication and presentation of flag at Orange

Glen Elementary School

Scripture Cake demonstration

Halley’s Comet

Christmas bird count

3 Video: News Center 39, Bob Dale interview of Frances Ryan

“Historical Roots” – Mayflower Tree; Stories of Early

Escondido: Engelmann Oaks

San Diego at Large – “Then & Now”

4 Video: Frances Ryan’s 1989 “La Huerta”program for Mrs.

Sobel’s 4th grade class at Orange Glen Elementary School.

Demonstration of how to make WeeWish from acorns

5 Video: Frances Ryan’s talk about Engelmann Oaks at Oak

Hill School in 1990, the “Year of the Oak;” Planting of an

Engelmann oak seedling at the school with the help of Bob

Huseman

6 Video: Same as video #5

7 Video: 1986 North County News Scene interview with

Frances Ryan. 1) Halley's Comet 2) Oak Glen Reserve: the

Engelmann Oak and useful plants such as yucca, California

poppy, wild oats, wild radish, prickly thistle, sow thistle,

dandelion, clover, fileree, mallow and mustard 3) Blooming

flowers at the Reserve: monkey flowers, elderberries,

nightshade, blue sage, blue bells, dandelions, aniseed, wild

cucumbers scarlet pimpernel, buckwheat, sage, wild onion

and sumac 4) Escondido history: wash tub, thunder mug

with silencer, kerosene lamp, family Bible, cook book,

school book and pop corn popper.

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8 Escondido Roots – A Century of Change

[Incomplete]

9 Video: 11-06-89 Mayflower Oak speech by Frances Ryan at

Oak Hill School outdoor assembly. Planting of Engelmann

oak seedling with the help of Bob Huseman. Also "Barney,

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the barn owl" presentation by Pat Burke telling the beneficial

effects and habitat requirements of barn owls.

10 Video: Frances Ryan dressed as "Mother Time" reciting

poem about time to Orange Glen Elementary school children.

Shows 100-year-old cuckoo clock. [Many retakes] 10-1,

1989 "first, best & last" of Escondido's Centennial Parade.

11 Video: Power, Politics and Latinos – Network presentation

concerning the empowerment of Latinos

12 Video: Opening of the Pioneer Room, March 11, 1992 at the

first facility on Escondido Blvd. Welcoming speech by

Laura Mitchell; introduction of dignitaries; short speeches by

Mayor Jerry Harmon, City Manager, Ethel Norman and

Virgil Bergman; tour of interior of the facility.

13 Video: Escondido Roots [Incomplete]

14 Video: Escondido Roots: a Century of Change [Best copy]

narration to go with wood topographical map. Gives

Frances Ryan's remembrances of early Escondido.

15 Video: Oak Hill outdoor assembly [ same as #9]

16 Video: North County News Scene – Marta Candace

interview of Frances Ryan 1) Frances Ryan's family

background 2) Heritage Walk at Grape Day Park: Frances

talks about the Pomeroy/Hoffman house, first library, barn,

blacksmith shop, windmill, and depot 3) "Your World"

[same as #7, part 4] Oak Glen Reserve [same as #7, parts 2 &

3] [Best copy]

17 Video: The Samaritan's Purse, "Changing the Face of India"

18 Audio: 2 tapes, 1973. Meeting concerning the provisions of

the letter of gift/grant deed of Ryan Ranch to the University

of California Reserve system. Frances and Lewis Ryan

talking with Roger Samuelson of the U.C. President's office

and Bob Smith from the Chancellor's office, U.C.S.D. The

discussion considered the entrance road, the water line

fencing, preservation of flora and fauna, fencing of spring,

trespassers and hunters, property taxes, charitable deduction

tax etc.

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19 Audio: April 26, 1975. Side 1: Dedication of Ryan Oak Glen

Reserve. Music by Orange Glen High School Band; speech

and introductions by William D. McCauley, Chancellor

U.C.S.D; speech by Carlton Appleby, publisher Times

Advocate; speech by Mildred Mathias, U.C. professor of

botany; Frances Ryan. Side 2: Description of the Ryan Oak

Glen Reserve by Frances Ryan.

20 Audio: 1985, "Home Sweet Home" – Frances Ryan's

memories of what life was like as a child growing up in

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Escondido.

21 Audio: 1974, "New Water Story" – Narrator, Frances Ryan,

and Lewis Ryan tell about water in Escondido: early use of

wells, Escondido Irrigation District, building of Wohlford

Dam , Mutual Water Co., Rodriquez Tunnel, the flume, 1916

flood, power plant, Dixon Dam, Rock Spring bottled water,

and recreational use of Lake Wohlford and Lake Dixon.

22 Audio: "Rancho Guajome, Home of the Frog. Frances Ryan

and John Witt tell the history of the ranch; Cave Couts and

Isadora Bandini, description, restoration etc.

23 Audio: "Religion in Early Escondido." Narrated by narrator

and Frances Ryan. Tells about Escondido Land & Town

Company's prohibition of liquor, and offer of free land for

churches. Describes the seven original churches as well as

other congregations; also the Easter sunrise services on

Howell Heights and other special religious events.

24 Audio: "Escondido then and Now." Narration by narrator,

Frances Ryan and Lewis Ryan to go with Escondido's 1972

Calendar. Jan. = Grand Ave.; Feb. = Escondido Hotel; Mar.

= Vineyards; Apr. = E.L & T. Co land sales; May =

Methodist Church; June = first library; July = Trains; Aug. =

Escondido band; Sep. = Bond burning; Oct. = City Hall;

Nov. = Escondido's newspapers; Dec. = Escondido bank.

25 Audio: Ben Sherman & Felicita – tape of Dr. Sherman's

narration during a slide presentation about his play "Felicita."

He tells about how the play came into being, about where the

play was held, and introduces the audience to the characters

and who played each part. [Apparently many years later]

26 Audio: Felicita as told by Dr. Ben Sherman and Frances

Ryan – Dubbing in some of Dr. Sherman's words, Frances

summarizes the plot of the play.

27 Audio: Felicita – duplicate of #26

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28 Audio: "Downtown," April 12, 1982 – Narrator and Frances

Ryan tell what Escondido's Grand Ave. was like in the

beginning and how it developed. Bank of Escondido, Office

of E.L.& T. Co., Graham Steiner Store, post office, Ira

Leck/Ting building, First National Bank, The Mercantile, the

flagpole, depot etc.

29 Audio: "Grape Days" Sept. 4, 1985 – Narrator , Frances

Ryan and Lewis Ryan describe the origin of Grape Days as

well as the parades, festivities, afternoon baseball games etc.

30 Audio: "Escondido then and Now" - duplicate of #24

31 Audio: "Downtown" - duplicate of 28

32 Audio: "Stanley Peak, Dixon Lake, Mayflower Tree

Dedication" May 5, 1988 – Narrated by Frances Ryan.

Stanley family history; how Stanley Peak got its name;

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building of dam on Jack Creek to create Lake Dixon;

Bicentennial celebration under the Mayflower Oak.

33 Audio: " What's in a Name" April 28, 1982 – Narrated by

Frances Ryan. Concerns naming of Baja and Alta California,

Rincón del Diablo, Wolfskill Plains, Escondido

34 Audio: "Under the Double Eagle" – Accordion by Glenn

Adams for Frances Ryan

35 Audio: "Ryan Master" - duplicate of #32

36 Audio: "Scripture Cake" – Christmas music; Frances Ryan

tells about the "Outdoor Storybook" on Grand Ave. and Mrs.

Montiel's Scripture Cake recipe which appeared in Aunt

Mary's column in a 1910 edition of the Times Advocate.

Narrator and family [?] read the Bibles verses from which the

'recipe' was taken. [poor sound]

37 Audio: "Early Days Introduction" – taped at Palomar

College, Oct. 1975. Narrated by Frances Ryan. An

imaginary trip up Escondido's Grand Ave. using her "Early

Days" book as a guide. Train sounds.

38 Audio: "Escondido History" – Radio program by Mrs.

Whetstone, Mrs. Peet and Mrs. McDonald. Mrs. Peet tells of

the Indian era: Felicita, the Ringing Rock, the Peace Pipe

Pageant & Rock Springs. Mrs Whetstone describes the

Spanish/Mexican and early American era. And Mrs.

McDonald tells Escondido's water story and about Grape

Days. [poor sound]

Miscellaneous materials

1 1) Folders: 24 sleeves of unidentified 35 mm negatives (some

with proofs), misc. labeled negatives, misc. unlabeled

negatives 2) Death Valley slides 3) 2 Kodak compartment

files: travel slides; 4) misc. unlabeled slides 5) Red box:

1964 Ryan house photos, exterior/interior 6) Slides:

Escondido High School exchange students 7) Slides:

Escondido High School homemaking students 8) Black &

white slides: Escondido churches and religious activities 9)

Glass slides: funeral flowers, Feb 7 1950 10) Slides: wood

map construction. 11) Slides: Calico, California

2 1) 8 slide trays: foreign travels 2) 2 slide trays: unidentified

3) 3 empty slide trays 4) Negatives in film canisters: China,

England, Norway, Gota Canal, Cairo, France, Mexico,

Niagra, Lapland, New York, Philippines, Java, India, Bali,

Madras, Bombay, Scotland, Ponang , Home 5) 5 roles of

unidentified negatives 6) 2 envelopes – unidentified black

and white prints.

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3 1) 2 photo albums: prints of foreign travels 2) 3 binders:

slides of foreign travels 3) 10 postcards: foreign travels

4 1) 8 slide trays, assorted loose slides: Australia, New

Zealand, Tarawa, Hawaii 2) Boxed slides: Alaska, Austria,

Nepal, Africa, Greece, Hong Kong, Germany, Holland, Iran

& Iraq, Penong, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Mexico,

Italy, Spain, Venice, Canada, Philippines, Malacca. Gallup,

N.M.; Austin, TX; Seattle; Kentucky; Colorado River; Up

Mississippi River to New New Orleans 3) 6 boxed slide,

unidentified 4) 1 box unmounted, unidentified 35mm

negatives 5) Glass mounted slides: Holland 6) 2 envelopes:

Luxemborg, Fullbright Holland trip 7) 2 slide trays: Mid

Atlantic, Yugoslavia 8) Slide tray cover: slides of assorted

foreign scenes, slides of Southern California area "taken to

Holland"

5 1) Photo album: black & white 35 mm prints of foreign

travels. 2) Print of "The Discoverer" by N.C. Wyeth (from

album) 3) Frances Ryan "Christening Certificate" from ship

"Ramo Maru." 4) Ten booklets: Proverbs of China, England,

Arabia, France, Italy, Japan, Ireland, and Russia and The

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. 5) Books/booklets: Talking

Points on Australia, Bennetts Norway, Abacus Arithmetic,

The Stolen Church, B.C. 6) Tourist guides: Switzerland,

Gota Canal. 7) Souvenir books: Grand Palace, Guatamala,

The Borobudeer Alaska, Norway, Einsieden Zurich,

Stockholm, Bali, Jerusalem, Bern, Venice. 8) Souvenir stein

coasters. 9) Maps: Indian/Pacific Oceans, Norway, Europe,

South Africa, Washington to Boston, West Indies, Pacific

Ocean Floor, Earth's Moon, Asia, Middle America. 10) Box

of unidentified photos and postcards. 11) Box of postcards:

Africa, Art, Correspondence, Europe, Greece/Crete, Holy

Land, Netherlands, Mexico/Central America, New

Zealand/Australia, Philippines, Orient/Far East, United

States.

6 Miscellaneous photographs – 1)Personal: Frances Ryan

portraits, snapshots and family photos. 2) Duplicates of

photos in cataloged binders 3) Unidentified photographs 4)

Photos of interest: 1. Frances & Lewis Ryan at Escondido

train depot 2. Silkworm culture 3. Rodriqez 2Y Ranch cattle

brands 4. Old Timers picnic 5. Wood topo. Map 6. Indian

artifacts 7. Wild Animal Park, Frances Ryan with Mary Peet

8. Early appliances 9. Albert Einstein 10. Huntington Library

Ryan donations 11. Valley Blvd., Escondido 12. Advertising

signs from Albert Wilson Realty