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Visual Materials
Date built: 1930 ; Architect: Kaufmann, Gordon B. ; Description: Interior and exterior views of residence Spanish style residence, including courtyard and garden views. ; Publication(s): The Art of Living in California," by Marion Parks, California Arts and Architecture, Vol. 43, p. 11, Jan. 1933; "Ben Meyer House, Hope Ranch," Architectural Digest, Vol. 8, No. 3, p. 16; "Ben Meyer Ranch House, Santa Barbara," in Residential Architecture in Southern California, ed. Paul R. Hunter and Walter L. Reichardt (Los Angeles: Southern California Chapter, AIA, 1939), p. 38; "House for Mr. and Mrs. Ben R. Meyer, Santa Barbara," American Country Houses of Today, 1935, p. 106; "House of Ben R. Meyer, Santa Barbara," Architectural Record, Vol. 74, p. 36, July 1933; "The House of Mr. Ben Meyer, Santa Barbara," House Beautiful, Vol. 71, p. 180, March 1932; "Meyer Stable," California Arts and Architecture, Vol. 45, p. 19, June 1934; "Return of the Ranch," by Kirk Wilkinson, Country Life in America, Vol. 67, p. 5, March 1935.
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Date built: 1930 Architect: Kaufmann, Gordon B. Description: Interior and exterior views of residence Spanish style residence, including courtyard and garden views. Publication(s): The Art of Living in California," by Marion Parks, California Arts and Architecture, Vol. 43, p. 11, Jan. 1933; "Ben Meyer House, Hope Ranch," Architectural Digest, Vol. 8, No. 3, p. 16; "Ben Meyer Ranch House, Santa Barbara," in Residential Architecture in Southern California, ed. Paul R. Hunter and Walter L. Reichardt (Los Angeles: Southern California Chapter, AIA, 1939), p. 38; "House for Mr. and Mrs. Ben R. Meyer, Santa Barbara," American Country Houses of Today, 1935, p. 106; "House of Ben R. Meyer, Santa Barbara," Architectural Record, Vol. 74, p. 36, July 1933; "The House of Mr. Ben Meyer, Santa Barbara," House Beautiful, Vol. 71, p. 180, March 1932; "Meyer Stable," California Arts and Architecture, Vol. 45, p. 19, June 1934; "Return of the Ranch," by Kirk Wilkinson, Country Life in America, Vol. 67, p. 5, March 1935.
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Manuscripts
Page proofs of essay by Hermann von Helmholtz originally written in 1887; the essay discusses the topic of the electrolysis of water that he had initially explored in his 1883 essay, On the Thermodynamics of Chemical Processes. The typescript is in German, with corrections and emendations by the author in German and marginal annotations by an unidentified person in English. One annotation in English is signed by an unidentified editor at the publisher, Taylor & Francis.
mssHM 83096
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In this letter to an unknown recipient, Rodriguez gives details of the Indian uprising at Santa Barbara. In Spanish. First page of letter missing.
mssHM 16591
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This manuscript lists expenditures at the Hollister Ranch in Santa Barbara County, California, from November 18, 1890 to August 31, 1891. It includes data such as salaries for hired workers, prices for farm animals and supplies, and insurance. Each entry also has a voucher number and dollar amount for each item. Typescript with some handwritten notes and corrections.
mssHM 26203
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Letter written by Gordon D. Friedlander to Bern Dibner, plus accompanying essay. The one-page typed letter requests that Dibner review an enclosed essay on André-Marie Ampère for publication in the IEEE Spectrum. The enclosure is a copy of a 22-page typescript that has been corrected; the typescript includes illustrations and reproductions of handwritten letters.
mssHM 83024-83025