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1984 Summer Olympics collection
Collection
Identifier: MVC080
Abstract
The 1983 23rd Summer Olympics were largely held in Los Angeles. However, several events took place in Ventura County. Lake Casitas hosted canoeing and rowing events, which created many job and volunteer opportunities for Ventura County residents. This collection consists of items donated by several Ventura County residents who either worked at, volunteered for, or attended Olympic events. Materials consist of both official publications produced by the Olympic organizing committee, newspaper...
Dates:
1983-1984
Found in:
Museum of Ventura County
Bertha Ayers papers
Collection
Identifier: MVC027
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.
Dates:
circa 1894-1960
Found in:
Museum of Ventura County
John C. Orr collection
Collection
Identifier: MVC074
Abstract
John C. Orr, born in Ventura County, is a fourth-generation lawyer and farmer. His great-grandfather, Orestes Orlando Orr, opened his law practice in downtown Ventura in 1882. In 1910 Orestes' son Harold Frank Orr joined his father's firm. In 1915 H.F. Orr recruited Erle Stanley Gardner, who would later become the author of the Perry Mason series. Their law firm, Drapeau, Orr and Gardner, was located on the third floor of the building on the corner of Main and California streets. American...
Dates:
1892-2010
Found in:
Museum of Ventura County
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- Olympic Games -- (23rd : 1984 : Los Angeles, Calif.) 1
- Olympics -- Archival resources 1
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- Schools -- California -- Ventura 1
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- Ayers, Bertha, 1890-1967 1
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