This box contains Miedema’s personal effects, and notes related to her interest in local history. Materials include articles from the Ventura County Star Free-Press dated October 3, 1971 regarding Badger Claws of Ojai; 2 boxes of notecards; a framed certificate of appreciation given to Max Riave by the Lions Club; a 1971 copy of the Badger Claws of Ojai; a 1975 copy of A Diamond for Moorpark; a 1974 copy of “The Viceroy of New Spain”, a 1909 dissertation by Donald E. Smith for the University of California 1909; a 1974 copy of A Museum of Early American Tools by Eric Sloane; a listing Pacific Coast vessels; a marble plaque for the Oxnard Veterans Memorial (November 11, 1991); a California Bicentennial coin in Lucite; and stereo cards with racist depictions of African-Americans in the American South (1890-1892). Additional items include a folder of miscellaneous items that includes leaflets, playbills, clippings, copies of landmark inventory sheets, articles, photocopies of paperwork for historical sites, and other ephemera dated 1920-1992.

There are several pamphlets including: “Guide to Frances Tavern Museum 1981”; “The House of Bernardo Yorba” (1963); “Oxnard High School – Class of 1954” (1984); “200 Books for California’s 200th Anniversary” (1969).

There were three boxes of photographic slides that have been consolidated into 2 slide boxes. All labels are the original descriptions created by Miedema. Slide Box 1 is labelled: Greece – Egypt – San Francisco – Santa Clara school (1966-1984). Slide Box 2 is labelled: Trip east, Mexico, relatives, Drake’s ship, 534 Eastwood, Getty Museum, Lockwood Valley, France (1970-1988). Slide Box 3 is labelled: Santa Inez, Oxnard houses, class of 1907, old timer mural, Ventura County landmarks (1968-1988).

A wooden box of greeting cards and cards with copies of art paintings from museums is in Box 15 for improved preservation. Two framed drawings of the Carnegie Library are in Box 14 for improved preservation. A 1917 copy of History of Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Ventura counties, California Vol I. by C.M. Gidney, Benjamin Brooks, and Edwin M. Sheridan is in fragile condition and is in Box 15 for improved preservation.