Bertha Ayers papers
Scope and Contents
This collection contains memorabilia from Bertha Ayers. It includes a promotion certificate, memorial card, a newspaper, and handwritten notes. It also includes 8 notebooks belonging to Winnie Smith, half of which are undated and the other half are from between 1896 and 1897.
Dates
- circa 1894-1960
Creator
- Ayers, Bertha, 1890-1967 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
COLLECTION STORED ON-SITE: Open for research. Advance requests can be made to Research Library staff via email.
Conditions Governing Use
Property rights to the physical object belong to the Museum of Ventura County. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where the museum does not hold the copyright.
Biographical / Historical
Bertha Ayers was born to Frank Ayers and Fannie Adelia Smith Ayers on February 21, 1890. She married James Frederick Linder in 1906. Fred would be appointed fire chief for the city of Ventura in 1921 and later became a city councilmember and mayor. Bertha Ayers Linder died on June 13, 1967.
Extent
0.46 Cubic Feet : (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Bertha Ayers papers contains memorabilia belonging to Bertha Ayers Linder, the wife of Mayor Fred Linder. The collection includes letters, documents, newspapers, and other ephemera from Ayers' life, as well as eight school notebooks belonging to Winnie Smith, circa 1890s.
Arrangement
This collection does not have series and is described at the item level.
Physical Location
Stored at the MVC Research Library. All requests to access special collections can be made in advance by emailing the Research Library reference desk.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donor unknown.
Processing Information
Processed by Library Staff, 2011.
Creator
- Ayers, Bertha, 1890-1967 (Person)
- Title
- Finding aid for Bertha Ayers papers, circa 1894-1960.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Library Staff, 2011. Finding aid updated by Nicholas Lawrence, 2021.
- Date
- 2011
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Sponsor
- This finding aid was made possible in part through funding from the County of Ventura and the Heritage Fund at the Ventura County Community Foundation.
Revision Statements
- 2021-07: Finding aid update for DACS compliance by Nicholas Lawrence.
Repository Details
Part of the Museum of Ventura County Repository