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Oct 9, 20202 min read
SBTHP’s Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
by Anne Petersen The Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation (SBTHP) is committed to following best practices in our field in our...
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Sep 11, 20202 min read
The Interesting Life of 914 Santa Barbara Street
by Anne Petersen The white, wooden building at 914 Santa Barbara Street in El Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historic Park (SHP) has had...
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Jul 30, 20202 min read
A Brief History of the Presidio Chapel Bells
by Tim Aceves 11,000 miles. Presidio Chapel bell, dedicated San Pascual Bailon, present-day. Image by Tim Aceves. That’s how many miles...
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Jun 3, 20203 min read
Choosing Our Community’s Historic Resources: St. Paul’s AME Church at 502 Olive St.
On Sunday May 31, the Santa Barbara Chapter of Black Lives Matter and Juneteenth Santa Barbara issued a list of demands for action that...
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Nov 1, 20192 min read
2019 United Way Day of Caring
by Michael H. Imwalle Koji Tanaka and volunteers from the Santa Barbara School of Squash working around the Presidio Research Center....
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Sep 13, 20194 min read
A Q+A with our summer intern, Emma John
Emma John is a second-year PhD student in History at UC Santa Barbara interested in public history and nineteenth-century U.S. history...
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Dec 7, 20184 min read
Postcard Collection at the Presidio Research Center
by Chris S. Ervin CA Winter 2017 cover of La Campana. In recent years, two covers of the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation’s...
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Sep 14, 20182 min read
New Collections Website!
Collections Online homepage The Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation (SBTHP) is proud to announce the arrival of our new...
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Jun 15, 20182 min read
Seeing History in Photographs
by Laurie Hannah L. to r. Sidney Ascher, Johnny Fung, and Jordyn Napier during a cataloging session. Photo by Laurie Hannah. Four UCSB...
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Oct 2, 20171 min read
#AskAnArchivist Day
Rare books in the Presidio Research Center. By Laurie Hannah On Wednesday, October 4, archivists around the country will take to Twitter...
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Jun 3, 20161 min read
El Coro Collection at the Presidio Research Center
by Laurie Hannah Elizabeth Hvolboll. Photo courtesy of the Presidio Research Center. Several years ago, the Santa Barbara Trust for...
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Feb 5, 20161 min read
The Curious Medical History of the Cota-Knox House
Syringe in the collections of El Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historic Park, held by Archaeologist Michael Imwalle. Photo by Anne...
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Oct 9, 20152 min read
October is California Archives Month!
by Laurie Hannah In the course of daily life, individuals, organizations, and governments create and keep information about their...
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Mar 6, 20152 min read
New books at the Presidio Research Center!
by Anne Petersen The reading room at the Santa Barbara Presidio Research Center. Photo by Anne Petersen. Many members of the Santa...
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Mar 14, 20143 min read
UCSB Students Work with Oral History Collection
by Kenny Le and Myisha Stanford Kenny Le and Myisha Stanford during their internship at SBTHP’s Presidio Research Center. Photo by Anne...
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Aug 2, 20132 min read
Who uses the Presidio Research Center?
Today we are pleased to share a post by one of our patrons at the Presidio Research Center. SBTHP Thanks you, Tom, for sharing your...
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Jul 19, 20132 min read
The Presidio Research Center Presents: New Online Tools for You!
by Anne Petersen Presidio Research Center. Photo by Michael H. Imwalle. We are pleased to announce two new digital tools that will help...
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Jun 14, 20134 min read
When Mold Attacks
by Anne Petersen In a waterfront climate like Santa Barbara, mold can be a persistent foe. In our area, many people complain of finding...
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Mar 15, 20133 min read
Oral Histories With Two Old Friends Now Available on SBTHP Collections Online
by Mika Thornberg and Brittany Vanisko Brittany and Mika at work at the Presidio Research Center. Photo by Anne Petersen. Hello Everyone!...
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Nov 30, 20122 min read
Margarita Villa’s Legacy
by Suzi Calderon Bellman Suzi Bellman holding a clipping from the Margarita Villa Collection. Suzi carefully rehoused the collection into...
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