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Ventura County Star

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1925 - 2020
  • Usage: 1994 November - Present
  • Usage: 1938 - 1994

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Henry B. Sparks papers

 Collection
Identifier: MVC094
Abstract

These are the personal papers of Henry B. Sparks, a long-time Ventura County resident and columnist at the Ventura County Star-Free Press. His papers include a scrapbook, newspaper clippings, letters, diaries, and photographs.

Dates: 1888-1961

Untitled [cartographic material] : showing property owners/lease holders along S side of Main St. & W side of Oak St., 1926.

 Item — map: M4054
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This maps in this collection are mostly of Ventura County, but there are several other locations represented, including California, Oregon, and Arizona. The maps include aerial photographs, topographical maps, housing tract plans, and maps for roads, surveyors, rail lines, and equipment locations.

Dates: 1926.

Ventura County Star Free Press negatives collection

 Collection
Identifier: MVC049
Abstract The Ventura County Star was founded in 1925 by the John P. Scripps Newspaper Group. In approximately 1936, the Star acquired the Ventura Free Press, which was founded in 1875, and began publishing as the Ventura County Star-Free Press in 1938. In 1994, the newspaper dropped the Free Press and began publishing again as the Ventura County Star. Their headquarters are in Camarillo, California. The Ventura County Star-Free Press negatives collection consists of negatives from the paper's...
Dates: 1958 - 2001