[Clippings]

File

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Series:

This series consists of the Oxnard Press-Courier's morgue. It consists of clippings on both persons and subjects, mugs, photographs, and subject files. Original drawer labels are in an envelope or folder at the start of each section.

The morgue originally included 8 sets of cabinets: 2 cabinets containing clippings related to individuals; 4 cabinets containing clippings related to various subjects, events, or topics; 3 cabinets containing mugs, or portraits of people; 2 cabinets containing photographs that were in alphabetical order by name or topic; 2 cabinets containing photographs that were in chronological order by the year of publication or when an event occurred; 1 cabinet of miscellaneous photographs; 1 cabinet of photographs and assorted pamphlets and reference material; and 1 cabinet of what appeared to be subject files.

Dates

circa 1890-1990
Majority of material found within circa 1970-1990

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: 114.57 Cubic Feet : (128 boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Arrangement

The morgue contained 2 sets of cabinets that contained clippings: 2 cabinets with clippings pertaining to persons and 4 cabinets with clippings pertaining to various subjects or events. They are in alphabetical order. Each title represents one drawer, and they are in original order.

The labels "Clippings (Persons)" and "Clippings (Subjects)" are not original and were created by the archivist for easy reference. Titles after the colon are the original labels. There is also an inventory with a listing of each envelope for the clippings available (see note for Other Finding Aids).

The last drawer for Clippings (Person) did not contain clippings, but negatives for photo assignments given to photographers for news stories. The envelopes are numbered from 110-70 through 1538-71, and are dated April 1970 - December 30, 1971. Many of the envelopes have cards attached with additional context and information on the images. There is not a complete run of envelopes and some numbers or dates may be missing.