Yearbooks and papers, 1923-1976
Scope and Contents
This box contains yearbooks from: Ventura Union High School (La Revista) for the years 1923-1927; Villanova Preparatory School (The Villanovan) for the years 1943-1955; and Villanova Preparatory School (The Augustinian, Volume 1 and 5) for the years 1926-1927 and 1931. Other materials include booklets for Ventura Union High School's 40th and 50th reunions for the class of 1926, newspaper clippings, and the correspondence of Mary Reardon.
Papers include ephemera, cards, certificates, clippings, address and phone books, programs, sheet music (including a Japanese composition), and documents for John Joseph Lyons' will. Lyons was Mary and Oliver Reardon's grand uncle.
Many of the yearbooks are signed by Mary Reardon's classmates or students. Many of the yearbooks contain programs, cards from students, clippings related to students, and other ephemera related to events that took place during the school year or the lives of the students after graduation. The 1925 yearbook for Ventura Union High School contains a pressed flower.
Dates
- 1923-1976
Conditions Governing Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Open for research. All requests to access materials must be made in advance by contacting the Research Library staff via email: library@venturamuseum.org.
Extent
From the Collection: 3.03 Cubic Feet : (3 boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Creator
- From the Collection: Reardon, Mary Cecilia, 1908-1989 (Person)
- From the Collection: Reardon, Oliver Ignatius Thomas, 1904-1992 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Museum of Ventura County Repository