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2015.8.301 |
Object Name |
Scrapbook |
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OBJECT: Irene Hauck's scrapbook is a collection of her hand-written reference notes, newspaper clippings and internet records from sources published between the early 1960s through the late 1990s. Most items are about the history of Almaden Quicksilver, the community of New Almaden, citizens, individual local historians, and historical preservation. DESCRIPTION: 12.5" x 14" x 1.75" Ivory Binder with gold decorative embossing. The front of the binder has a white label with "NEW ALMADEN #3" (hand-printed in black ink). Contents are loosely inserted between individual pages and/or enclosed in batches within envelopes. Each envelope has a hand-written list of contents, most organized by decade, with some exceptions. Some articles are missing sections. No mention is made of an envelope #1. CONTENTS OF ENVELOPE #2 FOLLOW: IMAGES 1-5: Irene Hauck's notes referencing contents of scrapbook, including "Env. 2" (Newspaper articles published during the 1960s are missing from the actual envelope). IMAGE 6: "Tidy houses on a somewhat bleak hillside made up Spanishtown in the 1890s." - S.J. Mercury News, June 6, 1973. IMAGES 7/8: "Cinnabar saga" - "Almaden mine area gradually becoming park" - by Craig MacDonald - Palo Alto Times, January 29, 1977. IMAGE 9: "Laurence Bulmore dies; Almaden mines historian" - S.J. Mercury News, August 22, 1977. IMAGE 10: "Rites set for Almaden historian Laurence Bulmore" - - S.J. Mercury News, August 22, 1977. IMAGE 11: "Martha L. Bulmore, 85, historian of Santa Clara Valley, California" - S.J. Mercury News, August 1984 and "Martha Bulmore, area historian" - Obituary source unidentified - August 1984. IMAGE 12: "Museum dedicated as historic landmark" - Staff photo by Al Magazu - (? S.J. Mercury News), September 25, 1977. IMAGE 13: "Museum now a landmark" - Dedicated September 17, 1977 - (? S.J. Mercury News, ? Date). IMAGES 14/15 "Original New Almaden Museum" flyer, printed front and back. IMAGE 16: "New Almaden's mercurial past" - Sunset Magazine, November 1972. IMAGE 17: (...Cont.) "New Almaden's mercurial past" - photo by Lee Foster - Sunset Magazine, November 1972. IMAGE 18: "San Jose School's Link With Past" - - S.J. Mercury News, June 26, 1977. IMAGE 19: "repasting" - "Creekside Cuisine" New Almaden Food & Beverage Company (formerly the old boarding house) - source unidentified, possibly S.J. Mercury News. IMAGE 20: "NEW ALMADEN Museum and county park recall California's 'mercury boom' " - John Hunt illustration - (Source unidentified, possibly CAA Via Magazine) March/April 1978. IMAGE 21: "You can trace the Almaden miners at park" - By Patricia Loomis, Staff Writer, San Jose Mercury News, Friday, May 26, 1978 IMAGE 22: "Yesterday in the West", "Indian Warpaint Helped Hold Our Divided Nation Together" - By Craig MacDonald, Staff Writer, Photos by Doug Bergtholdt, The San Diego Union, December 26, 1976. IMAGE 23: "ALMADEN QUICKSILVER HILLS","Preview Of A County Park" - San Jose Mercury News, May 20, 1974. IMAGES 24-26: "Chinese Herbal Medicine Probed by State", "Officials Concerned That Cinnabar Might Cause Mercury Poisoning" - by David Holley, Times Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times. IMAGE 27: "SCIENTIFIC EXCHANGE", "China Sends Cinnabar Gift to County Museum" - By George Alexander, Times Science Writer - Times photo by Steve Fontainini - Los Angeles Times, (1975?). IMAGE 28: "Antiques 'N Stuff", "True Cinnabar Box Is Brownish Red" - by Anne Gilbert, National Newspaper Syndicate, (1974?). ___________________________________ CONTENTS OF ENVELOPE #3 FOLLOW: IMAGES 29/30: "GEOLOGY", "Now vans follow the rocky trail of the prospector and his mule" - By Carol King, Photos by George Parks, 17" x 22" newspaper spread, source unknown (possibly by Stanford University). IMAGE 31: "San Jose 'sues' Paris", "Court to decide if Gustave Eiffel stole idea for tower" - By Barry Witt, San Jose Mercury News, December 27, 1989. IMAGE 32: "New Almaden postmaster looks back on history" - By Ty Yong Kim, San Jose Mercury News, July 30, 1986. IMAGE 33: "New Almaden plans celebration of its heritage" - San Jose Mercury News, September 10, 1980. IMAGES 34-38: "Mines of the Past," "Tours strike vein of history in Almaden quicksilver area" - By Frances Spangle, Photographs by Eugene Louie and Ken Garcia, San Jose Mercury News, April 17, 1985. IMAGE 39: "Reflections," "Remembering the days of quicksilver", "Miner's son recalls New Almaden" - San Jose Mercury News, May 6, 1985. IMAGES 40/41: "Resurrecting history," "Almaden treasures shine in reopened park museum", "Quicksilver museum to reopen" - By Pamela Kramer, Mercury News Staff Writer - Photography by Karen T. Borchers - San Jose Mercury News Extra - April 1, 1987. IMAGES 42-44: "Quicksilver Park to stay open during tests," "Park to stay open during toxics tests" - San Jose Mercury News, October 29, 1986. IMAGE 45/46: "Miner cashed in on cinnabar," "Almaden Valley yielded rich dividends in mercury," "Prospector found prosperity in Almaden Valley's ore mines" - San Jose Mercury News, October 13, 1986. IMAGE 47: "A family Reunion," (decendents of Jacob Pfeiffer) - By Harry Farrell, Mercury News Staff Writer, San Jose Mercury News, October 13, 1986. IMAGE 48-50: "Gateway to New Almaden's past," "Mine community's rustic feel hasn't petered out" by Ellen Goodwin, Staff Writer, Photography by Tom Van Dyke and Mercury News Library, San Jose Mercury News, January 25, 1984. IMAGE 51: "Winery Dates to 1852," "Heublein to Buy Almaden; Terms Not Disclosed" by Bruce Keppel, Times Staff Writer and photographs by Brian Gadbery, Los Angeles Times, 1987. IMAGE 52/53: "Shift at Almaden," "Heublein to Sell San Jose Facility," "Almaden: Sale Planned," by Nancy Rivera Brooks, Times Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, March 12, 1987. IMAGE 54-56: "PRIDE OF INDIANS Ancient Grinding Stone Still in Use" by Charles Hillinger, Times Staff Writer/Photography by Bob Chamberlin and Dennis Huls, Los Angeles Times, January 1981. ___________________________________ CONTENTS OF ENVELOPE #4 FOLLOW: IMAGES 57-61: Irene Hauck's notes referencing contents of scrapbook, including "Env. 4" (1990 - 1993). IMAGE 62: "Poachers destroying white deer herd" - Associated Press, San Jose Mercury News, January 27, 1993. IMAGE 63: "Almaden Quicksilver Park being honored" - by Michelle Guido, Mercury News Staff Writer, San Jose Mercury News, October 18, 1990. Note: A portion of the article ("See PIONEER, Page 2") is missing. IMAGE 64: "Hearing set on Superfund study of toxics at New Almaden Mine," "Hearing set on tailings at old mine" - By Joanne Grant, Mercury News Staff Writer, San Jose Mercury News, November 1992 IMAGES 65/66: "Remembering Roscoe," "To fans he was Fatty, but to Clyde Arbuckle he was his big brother," "A family story takes center-stage" - By Michael Oricchio, Mercury News Staff Writer, San Jose Mercury News, May 1, 1990. IMAGE 67: "The life and trials of a silent tragic comic" - By Murry Frymer, Mercury News Theater Writer, San Jose Mercury News, May 1, 1990. IMAGES 68/69: "Almaden is getting a statue," (Sculptor John Battenberg) "Completion slated for next summer," "Almaden arts group pushing for statue," By Robert S. Klindt, Mercury News Staff Writer, San Jose Mercury News, (1992?). IMAGES 70-73: Fold-out program/itinerary for the Stanford Alumni Association's Gold Spike Celebration May 9-12, 1991 IMAGE 74: "New Almaden retains feel of a rural village," "Mining town's 1850s-era cottages remain," "Cottages in New Almaden village retain rural feel" - By Joanne Grant, Mercury News Staff Writer and photo by Eugene Louie, San Jose Mercury News, October 21, 1991. IMAGE 75: "Mountain lion spotted in Almaden Valley," "What to do if you see a mountain lion on the prowl near homes" - by Deborah Kerr, San Jose Mercury News, August 5, 1992. IMAGES 76/77: "A Lethal Relic of Old West," "MINES: Lethal Relic of Old West" - By Richard C. Paddock (Times Staff Writer), photo by Kit Miller (for the Times), and illustrations by George Carey (L.A. Times). IMAGES 78/79: "Having a wonderful time with San Jose's history... Wish you were here" (A Postcard History of San Jose) - San Jose Mercury News, December 22, 1992. IMAGE 80: VENTURE - "BIKING TRAIL OF THE WEEK New Almaden and Hicks Road climb" San Jose Mercury News, December 24, 1992. Source: "South Bay Bike Trails," by Conrad J. Boisvert (Penngrove Publications). IMAGES 81/82: "Reversing 70 years of abuse," "A quiet campaign to renew cemetery," "Silent constituency gets a defender" - By Mike Cassidy (Mercury News Staff Writer), photos by Lloyd Francis Jr. (Mercury News), Illustration by Carl Neiburger (Mercury News) San Jose Mercury News, October 19, 1993. IMAGE 83: "WEST PRIMER," "QUICKSILVER" - By Kathleen Donnelly, Illustration by Jenny Anderson, San Jose Mercury News, November 28, 1993. IMAGE 84: "Paying tribute to New Almaden's long-gone church" By Joanne Grant (Mercury News Staff Writer), San Jose Mercury News, May 16, 1995. IMAGES 85/86: "Dates back to 1847," "Old quicksilver mine is site for housing, rail yard," "Housing and rail repair yard planned at old S.J. mining site" - By Joanne Grant (Mercury News Staff Writer), San Jose Mercury News, June 13, 1995. IMAGES 87/88: "Sculpture shows Almaden Valley history," "New S.J. sculpture shows history of Almaden Valley" - By Jim Dickey (Mercury News Staff Writer), photography by Richard Wisdom (Mercury News) - July 16, 1995. IMAGES 89/90: "Post office bears the stamp of the community," "Rural post office lies at heart of New Almaden - By Claudia Cannino, photography by Patrick Tehan (Mercury News), San Jose Mercury News, October 25, 1995. IMAGES 91/92: Trekking the road to Almaden Valley's past," "Miners, families" visit site that belongs to their past," "Spanishtown was a bustling mercury-mining town in San Jose during the 1800s," - "Celebration lets visitors trek road that was once all mines" - By Claudia Cannino. Mercury News file photographs. San Jose Mercury News, November 1, 1995. IMAGES 93/94: "Mercury Clean-up for park OK'd," Toxics pact: Company agrees to pay $2.5 million," - "$2.5 million to clean up mining's legacy at park" - By Paul Rogers (Mercury News Staff Writer), San Jose Mercury News, October 25, 1996. ___________________________________ CONTENTS OF ENVELOPE #5A FOLLOW: IMAGE 95: Irene Hauck's notes referencing contents of "Env. 5A" (All contents of this envelope are about the life of San Jose historian, Clyde Arbuckle). IMAGES 96-98: "WILLIAM CLYDE ARBUCKLE 1903-1998," "Clyde Arbuckle, 94, spread his love of the South Bay through teaching, writing," "San Jose historian Clyde Arbuckle, 94, dies" - By Joanne Grant and Frank Sweeney (Mercury News Staff Writers), Portrait photo by Michael Rondou (Mercury News) and Mercury News file photographs. San Jose Mercury News, January 11, 1998. IMAGES 99/100: "Protector," "As city historian and curator of the Statehouse Replica (historical museum), Clyde Arbuckle has spent most of a lifetime protecting the city's heritage from the forgetfulness of the future." - Front page and page 2 "On the Cover" (portrait drawing by Martin Nagle) of San Jose Mercury - News MAGAZINE SECTION Sunday, October 10, 1965. IMAGES 101/102: "Information? San Jose Historian Has It All" - By Clover Cummings (Sunday Staff Writer) - San Jose Mercury - News MAGAZINE SECTION Sunday, October 10, 1965. IMAGES 103/104: "Quicksilver Earnings Built Casa Grande," "Our County Heritage" - "23rd In A Series" - By Clover Cummings (Sunday Staff Writer) - San Jose Mercury - News MAGAZINE SECTION Sunday, October 10, 1965. IMAGES 105/106: "A tribute to San Jose's historian," "Many share memories of Clyde Arbuckle, 94," - "Final respects paid to Clyde Arbuckle" - By Joanne Grant (Mercury News Staff Writer), Photography by Gary Reyes (Mercury News) - San Jose Mercury News, January ?, 1998. IMAGE 107: "Valley loses its keeper of the past," "Clyde Arbuckle, a keen and gracious observer, will be missed" - letters written by Dick Roundthwaite of Santa Clara, Gage McKinney of Sunnyvale, Erna M. Holyer of San Jose, A.C. Todd of Warwickshire, England. Portrait photo by Michael Rondou (Mercury News) - San Jose Mercury News, January 17, 1998. ___________________________________ CONTENTS OF ENVELOPE #6A: IMAGE 108: Irene Hauck handwritten note "Env. 6A Arbuckle Articles from Susan + Janis," newspaper clippings (sources unknown) "A scribe's legacy" March 1998 and "1930s Helen Dell Hansen Young BA Education '32..." The clipping appears to be from an Alumni newsletter, possibly SJSU, but unverified. ___________________________________ CONTENTS OF ENVELOPE # 5B FOLLOW: IMAGE 109: Irene Hauck handwritten notes "Env. #6B 1997-2000" IMAGE 110: Irene Hauck handwritten notes regarding contents of envelope 5B IMAGE 111: "San Jose's history has a future," "New chief sees museum on par with city's others" - By Becky Bartindale (Mercury News Staff Writer), photo by Karen T. Borchers (Mercury News) - San Jose Mercury News, August 12, 1997. IMAGE 112: "County buys Casa Grande for $2.6 million" - By Joanne Grant (Mercury News Staff Writer) and Mercury News file photograph of Casa Grande - San Jose Mercury News, December 1997. IMAGES 113/114: "Park holds history of great mercury mine" - By Kim Boatman (Mercury News Staff Writer), photo by Rick E. Martin (Mercury News), San Jose Mercury News, January 19, 1998 IMAGE 115: "Flip side of Almaden" - A letter to the editor of the San Jose Mercury News" by Jeff Paul, Director, Chicano Library Resource Center, San Jose State University, February 1998. ___________________________________ COLLECTION OF MISCELLANEOUS DOCUMENTS FOLLOW: IMAGE 116: Irene Hauck's notes regarding contents of Env. #7 (crossed-out). Some are printouts from the internet, received in July of 1998. IMAGE 117: New Almaden Mine California State Historic Landmark 339 Plaque. IMAGES 117-119: 3 pages on Almaden Quicksilver County Park IMAGE 120: online source printout: "California State Historic Landmark 339" - New Almaden Quicksilver Mine. The plaque location was on northbound Monterey Hwy (old Hwy 101, PM 27.5) at Ford Rd. IMAGE 121: online source printout: San Jose Mercury Center/San Jose Mercury News - supplemental story - New Almaden village today - Mid-1800s: Quicksilver mines IMAGES 122-124: online source printout: San Jose Mercury Center/San Jose Mercury News - "New Almaden retains feel of a rural village; Mining town's 1850s-era cottages remain" by Joanne Grant, Mercury News Staff Writer, Originally published Monday, October 21, 1991. IMAGES 125-126: "Hacienda Cemetery" by Patricia Loomis IMAGE 127: Record of Survey of the Lands of California Pioneers of Santa Clara County including within its boundaries "Hacienda Cemetery and Memorial Park" IMAGE 128: ...continuation of "Hacienda Cemetery" article by Patricia Loomis IMAGE 129: Almaden Times Weekly, Feb. 27-March 4, 2004, "StreetScene: Bertram Road" by Jeanne C. Lewis IMAGE 130 and 131: New Almaden Cemetery (Hacienda or Almaden Village). The Pioneers of Santa Clara County list the names of people buried in the cemetery. IMAGE 132: San Jose News, Thursday, July 11, 1974, "Half-Sister Reveals Story 86-Year Tradition at Child's Grave" (Grave of Lydia Eugenie Innes) IMAGE 133: Certificate of Baptism - Lydia Eugenie Innes IMAGE 134: Mercury News, "Valley's Pioneer Past" - 1991 article describing the condition of the 2-acre Hacienda Cemetery in New Almaden IMAGE 135: White label pasted on scrapbook front with handwritten note, "NEW ALMADEN #3" |
People |
Aceves, Daniel Adams, Beverly Alcaraz, Pancho Amyx, Bob V. Arbuckle, Clyde Arbuckle, Helen Fisher Arbuckle, Roscoe Conkling (Fatty) Banales, Juan Nepomuceno (Juan Nepomugeno) Barrett, Ray Barrett, Richard (Dick) Bertram (Bert) Barron, (child) Beeson, Dennis Benson, Claire Berryessa, Roberto Black, Ben Black, David Book, Alfred E. Boria, Amadeo Bryan, Hannah Bryan, Martha Jane Bulmore, Bartley Laurence Bulmore, Laurence (E.) (Emile) Bulmore, Mrs. Laurence Emile (Martha Louise) (Miss Bartley) Bulmore, Robert Butterworth, Samuel Fowler Carson, George Castillero, Andres Castillo, Beatrice Castillo, Joseph Castillo, Marian Castillo, Nick (Nicholas) (del Castillo, Nicholas) Castillo, Sulema Cesena (Sellima) Castillo, Vivian Castro, Augustin M. Cougle, Emma Mitchell Cox, Michael Crawford, George Culbertson, Dave Dahlgren, Lydia Dale, Eleanor Danielson, Emil Danielson, Eugenie (Jennil) (Jenny) (Jennie) (Jeannie) Danielson, John Danielson, Josephine (Miss Innes) Del Real, Josa Maria R.S. Dieckhoff, Sadie Espeland, Terry Espinosa, Jose M. Faria, Manuel Forbes, Alexander Forbes, James Alexander (Forbes, James A.) Gaynor, Doug Hall, J. Underwood (Jr., Sr., Dr.) Halleck, Henry (Wager, Sr., Jr.) (Capt.) (General) Hammer, San Jose Mayor Susan Hauck, Irene Healey, Adeline Healey, James E. Hernandez, Ponciano (P.) Higgins, Walter Joseph Hill, Richard Huttner, H.J. Innes, Alex (A.C.) (Ennis) Innes, Lydia (Mrs. Alexander)(Dahlgren)(Danielson) Innes, Lydia Eugenie Innes, Stanley Jallesio, Refujio Morantes James, Charles H. (Hodge) James, Harry Keenan, Ellen Lethiec, Louisa Lopetegui, Maria A. (Lopetecui) Lowe, Ralph Martinez, Evelyn Romero May, W. C. McClaren, John McKay, Leonard Metz, Harry Meyers, Francis (Frances) Minkel, Dorothy Monahan, Kitty Moreno, Arturo Moreno, Federico Norton, Virl O Pearce, Richard Pearce, Russell Perez, Carmen Perez, Catalina Perez, Juan Perez, Victoria Perham, Constance (Mrs. Kambish) Perham, Douglas M. Pfeiffer, Frank Pfeiffer, Jacob Pope, Norman J. Randol, Bill Randol, James Butterworth Rich, Chuck Rich, Ruth Robles, Teodoro Rodriges, Rafael Rodriguez, Carmen Sagrada, A Sambrano, Andres Sambrano, John Sanchez, Sig Scott, Robert Selaya, Eslind Sepeda, Minnie (Marie) Sepeda, Mrs. Mary W. Sepeda, Vincentio Subers, Susannah M. Taussig, Peter E. Tennant, Susie Thorne, W. S. (Dr.) Tobar, Joseph Towns, Emma Tregoning, Emma Morcom Trevarrow, Cora (Bocks) Villar, Jack Wilson, Susie (Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors) Ynostrosa, E. Young, John Yturriaga, Lucia Yuseff, Agnes |
Year Range from |
1962 |
Year Range to |
1998 |
Cataloged by |
Wicks, Susan |
Collection |
Individual Donors 8 |
Credit line |
From the Collection of Irene Hauck |