Guide to the Ernest Otto Collection (1937 – 1995) – Contents

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SERIES I.  OTTO SCRAPBOOK AND NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS (1937 – 1946)

One (1) Book and one (1) Envelope

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series contains a 13” x 16” forest green colored scrapbook of Ernest Otto articles, it is in good condition. There is also an envelope containing additional newspaper clippings of his many articles. This scrapbook contains many of Ernest Otto’s articles. Some of the articles are date stamped, many of them are not. The articles are of people, places, and events related to Santa Cruz County history. There are a few articles of Ernest Otto himself, birthday greetings and celebrations.

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1:X

SERIES II.  EPHEMERA AND A PHOTOGRAPH (1946 – 1953)

One (1) Envelope

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series contains various ephemera collected by Ernest Otto. This ephemera includes business cards from Melvin’s Drug Store, a thank you note from Stefan Heller, a weekly newsletter from the Associated Press Media Editors containing an article about Ernest Otto, a 1946 photograph of the elder statesmen of the California Journalistic Community.

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1:2

SERIES III.  ERNEST OTTO’S “OLD SANTA CRUZ” COLUMNS (1995)

One (1) Box

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series contains a book compiled by Patricia R. Brien and Geoffrey Dunn. The book is titled “Ernest Otto’s ‘Old Santa Cruz’ Columns.” The book contains copies of articles written by or about Ernest Otto from 1949 to 1955. All of the articles have a date written on them. The first page of the book contains an index to the newspaper stories.

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2: X