Firefighting reference collection
Scope and Contents
Items include reports, plans, and other publications from the Ventura County Fire Department and other fire departments within the county. There are also some indexes for researchers interested in other resources on the topic. The Ventura Strong items and the handouts on housing resources were collected by staff following the Thomas Fire. The letter from Patricia Clark Doerner was sent to the Research Library and recounts her personal experience of surviving the fire.
Dates
- 1933-2018
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
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
Property rights to the physical object belong to the Museum of Ventura County. Literary rights, including copyright, have not been determined. Contact the Research Library for further information: library@venturamuseum.org
Biographical / Historical
This is an artificial collection put together by staff while researching on firefighting within the county following the Thomas Fire in 2017. Some of the items were collected in the immediate aftermath of the fire.
Extent
1.28 Cubic Feet : (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This is an artificial, rapid response collection put together by staff while researching firefighting within the county following the Thomas Fire in 2017. Items include reports, plans, and other publications from the Ventura County Fire Department and other fire departments within the county. There are also some indexes for researchers interested in other resources on the topic.
Organization and Arrangement
This collection has been arranged at the folder level. Folders are in alphabetical and then chronological order.
Physical Location
Stored off-site and advance notice required for timely retrieval. Please contact the Research Library reference desk prior to your visit.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Carlos Chapman, gift; unknown date. Staff; Rapid Response collecting, 2018.
Processing Information
Processed by Krystell Jimenez, 2018.
- Title
- Firefighting reference collection, 1933-2018
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Krystell Jimenez, 2021
- Date
- May 2021
- 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
Repository Details
Part of the Museum of Ventura County Repository