Ventura County Star Free Press negatives collection
Scope and Contents
The Ventura County Star-Free Press negatives collection consists of negatives of news photographs collected by the Ventura County Star-Free Press. The negatives encompass the full spectrum of local daily news and topics reported on by the paper, including local government, politics, military conflicts, society, sports, fashion, the arts, crime, accidents, transportation, urban and suburban development, and human interest stories. Some negatives are accompanied by prints.
Dates
- 1958 - 2001
Creator
- Ventura County Star (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
PORTIONS OF COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Open for research. Negatives in boxes are stored off-site and requests to access those materials must be made in advance by contacting the Research Library staff. Researchers MUST make a research appointment on the Research Library website. Please make a note of the box numbers or container you are requesting.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and 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
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.
In 2015 the Journal Media Group acquired the Ventura County Star from the Scripps Newspaper. In April 2016 Group Gannet Co, Inc. acquired the newspaper and is the current owner of the Ventura County Star.
Extent
196.02 Cubic Feet (224 boxes, 57 drawers)
Language of Materials
English
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 photograph archive. The negatives encompass the full spectrum of local daily news and topics reported on by the paper. Some negatives are accompanied by prints.
Organization and Arrangement
This collection has been arranged chronologically. Original order of materials has been maintained. The first three portions of the collection were arranged and described at the item level. Series 4 and 5 are described at the box level only. Supplemental PDFs provide more detailed inventories of the first three series.
Physical Location
Portions of collection are stored off-site and advance notice may be required for timely retrieval. Please contact the Research Library reference desk prior to your visit.
Provenance/Source of acquisition
Ventura County Star-Free Press; gift; 1984.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Rachel Hagar under the supervision of Krystell Jimenez, 2020.
Creator
- Ventura County Star (Organization)
- Title
- Finding aid for the Ventura County Star - Free Press negative collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Rachel Hagar under the supervision of Krystell Jimenez, 2020.
- Date
- July 2020
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
- 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
- June 2025: Updated to add more boxes.
Repository Details
Part of the Museum of Ventura County Repository