Browse Collections (8 total)
California Mission Lantern Slides
This set of California Mission lantern slides was acquired by the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation in 2018 from the Oberlin College…
Contributors: Laurie Hannah, Chris Ervin
Fridolin Haass Watercolors of Santa Barbara Adobes
Commissioned in the early 1950’s by community leader Pearl Chase, this collection of exquisitely detailed watercolors by Fridolin Haass depicts Santa…
Memories Project
The Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2013. In honor of the occasion we are collecting memories…
Fiesta! A Santa Barbara Tradition: Images from the Pearl Chase Collection, 1924 - 1930
Founded in 1924, Old Spanish Days Fiesta is a celebration of Santa Barbara's Hispanic heritage. Utilizing Spanish flair to lure summertime tourists to…
Selections from the Delfina de la Guerra papers
Selected items from the personal papers of Delfina de la Guerra, the last member of the de la Guerra family to reside in the Casa de la Guerra. This…
Community Oral Histories Collection
The Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation has been collecting oral histories from the community for over 20 years. Here we present audio…
Presidio Neighborhood Mental Map Project
Mental maps are artistic renderings of a person's perception of the world around them. Just as no two people are exactly alike, each mental map…