Examples include awards, accomplishments, life stories, obituaries, and other retrospectives. Collective Biography FilesĬollective Biography files are marked CB KIT or CB WAT for single articles or news items about individuals in Kitchener-Waterloo or Waterloo County. "See" and "see also" references are included for subjects that do not have their own specific file. If a subject is shown in bold, a file exists for that topic.
#Vertical art files manual#
GSR Vertical File Subject Heading Master Manual (pdf) Subject heading binders are kept on top of the vertical file cabinets in the Grace Schmidt Room. Newspaper clippings in the vertical files are arranged by subject. If requesting to view a file from this collection, please indicate "WHS Vertical File" and subject to staff. They contain newspaper clippings and other ephemera. Vertical files collected by the Waterloo Historical Society are available in the Grace Schmidt Room. You can search the Canadian Newsstream database for newspaper articles from The Record dated Januor later, or ask staff for assistance. The files contain clippings The Record, Waterloo Chronicle, New Hamburg Independent, Elmira Independent, Cambridge Times and Ayr News.Ĭlipping from The Record ceased on Decemand local community newspaper clipping ceased on December 31, 2005. View complete list.The vertical files are a collection of newspaper clippings of local historical interest, collected between the mid-1960s and mid-2000s. Files represent individuals, associations, bridges, buildings and businesses, city departments, districts, earthquakes, elections, fairs and expositions, parks, transportation, and other subjects printed guide available at the reference desk. Vertical Files / Ephemera CollectionĮxtensive "subject files" include ephemera, news clippings, journal articles and reports.
These 19th century advertising pieces, representing San Francisco and California businesses, are arranged by subject or industry, and some are additionally arranged in scrapbooks. Earliest documents include a letter from Thomas Larkin in Monterey to William Davis, 1845, with reference to the possibility of war with Mexico. The History Center's Small Manuscript Collection consists of personal papers, business records, and documents. Card catalog index available (subject and title) early pieces are also represented in WorldCat. San Francisco and California imprints, especially those with local themes, are represented in over 500 scores, the earliest dating from 1847. Over 600 posters cover political, cultural and social events in San Francisco printed guide available at reference desk. The San Francisco History Center holds the newspaper morgue of the San Francisco Examiner, 1915-2000, as well as newspaper articles clipped by SFPL staff (see Vertical Files, below.) Posters and Broadsides A card catalog indexes by date and restaurant name. Menusįrom Adolph’s to Zuni, these San Francisco and California restaurant menus date from the mid-19th century to the present day.
Robinson (SFH 6), George Christopher (SFH 7), John F. These items, dating 1695 to 2005, include US Coast and Geodetic Survey maps, USGS topographic maps, city engineer’s maps, tourist and street maps, as well as early lithographic representations of the City, and number over 500 items. Biographees include mayors, captains of industry, early explorers, and Gold Rush and Victorian era figures police and fire chiefs local and state politicians and judges architects religious figures labor leaders artists, poets, writers, and composers business owners. San Francisco Biography Files hold material relating to notable persons in San Francisco, the greater Bay Area, and California. A card catalog, and a guide to Sutro Baths drawings, are available. Plans, elevations, and other drawings for more than 50 significant San Francisco structures.
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