Monterey History and Art Association

Peninsula Diary Columns

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Title Column Date PDF
100 Most Beautiful Rooms 01-14-1959 1-14-1959.pdf79.77 KB
Our Old Adobes 03-02-1956 3-2-1956.pdf81.36 KB
At Stevenson House 04-02-1951 4-2-1951.pdf79.6 KB
Come to the Hanging 04-03-1951 4-3-1951.pdf79.37 KB
Trader’s Trick 04-04-1951 4-4-1951.pdf76.87 KB
Custom House Commotion 04-05-1951 4-5-1951.pdf79.42 KB
First Brick House 04-06-1951 4-6-1951.pdf78.04 KB
Happy Birthday 04-09-1951 4-9-1951.pdf80.78 KB
Fleas, Livestock and Soap Root 04-10-1951 4-10-1951.pdf79.07 KB
A Pair of Mermaids 04-11-1951 4-11-1951.pdf79.95 KB
Chinaman Joe of Point Joe 04-13-1951 4-13-1951.pdf76.96 KB
In a Flood of Controversy 04-16-1951 4-16-1951.pdf80.31 KB
The State Park System 04-17-1951 4-17-1951.pdf82.75 KB
Our Lady of Belen 04-18-1951 4-18-1951.pdf80.77 KB
Just Around the Corner From Fremont Street 04-19-1951 4-19-1951.pdf80.11 KB
A Piece of Polished Wood From Napoleon’s ‘Natalia’ 04-20-1951 4-20-1951.pdf80.44 KB
Asleep in the Deep 04-23-1951 4-23-1951.pdf78.65 KB
On the Original Camino Real 04-24-1951 4-24-1951.pdf81.18 KB
Set Like a Jewel 04-25-1951 4-25-1951.pdf79.41 KB
A Visit to Wagon Cave 04-26-1951 4-26-1951.pdf80.35 KB
Whiling Away The Public Time 04-27-1951 4-27-1951.pdf81.59 KB
Amesti Portraits 04-30-1951 4-30-1951.pdf79.61 KB
They Slept on the Beaches That May Day 05-01-1951 5-1-1951.pdf79.1 KB
Get Out If You Can 05-02-1951 5-2-1951.pdf79.95 KB
When Stevenson Worked For Two Dollars a Week 05-04-1951 5-4-1951.pdf80.4 KB
Wapo Searched the Willows 05-07-1951 5-7-1951.pdf80.5 KB
Who Has the Treasure? 05-08-1951 5-8-1951.pdf79.65 KB
My Friend ... the Rose 05-11-1951 5-11-1951.pdf79.23 KB
Formerly Hildreth’s Diggins 05-14-1951 5-14-1951.pdf83.54 KB
A Judge’s Top Hat 05-16-1951 5-16-1951.pdf80.89 KB
Beyond Rough and Ready Is Timbuctoo 05-17-1951 5-17-1951.pdf83.73 KB
Seventy Years Old Without Fanfare 05-18-1951 5-18-1951.pdf80.82 KB
The Monterey Foundation 05-21-1951 5-21-1951.pdf80.33 KB
Doorway to History 05-22-1951 5-22-1951.pdf79.54 KB
A Pioneer Priest 05-23-1951 5-23-1951.pdf80.22 KB
On Beds of Ease and Roses 05-24-1951 5-24-1951.pdf80.57 KB
Front Door Lock to The First Theater 05-28-1951 5-28-1951.pdf79.64 KB
Attendants to La Favorita And Their Family Trees 05-25-1951 5-25-1951.pdf80.75 KB
The Cannonball Express 05-29-1951 5-29-1951.pdf81.08 KB
The Outcasts of Poker Flat 05-30-1951 5-30-1951.pdf81.29 KB
A Cigarillo From a Senorita 06-06-1951 6-6-1951.pdf78.73 KB
Beans for Breakfast 06-11-1951 6-11-1951.pdf77.57 KB
Some Sympathetic Repairs 06-07-1951 6-7-1951.pdf80.86 KB
The Old Hotel at Jolon 06-04-1951 6-4-1951.pdf77.74 KB
The Tragedy of Quirk, A Pennsylvania Democrat 06-13-1951 6-13-1951.pdf84.35 KB
Wherever Pepper Grows 06-05-1951 6-5-1951.pdf77.56 KB
June Is Important 05-31-1951 5-31-1951.pdf81.3 KB
You Can’t Die in Monterey 06-01-1951 6-1-1951.pdf79.44 KB
At a Snail’s Pace 06-08-1951 6-8-1951.pdf78.99 KB
Bound for Sacramento 06-12-1951 6-12-1951.pdf79.91 KB
The Narrow Gauge Railroad 06-14-1951 6-14-1951.pdf76.83 KB
Bull and Bear Fight 06-15-1951 6-15-1951.pdf76.45 KB
Adobe Open House 06-20-1951 6-20-1951.pdf78.4 KB
Under a Large Oak Tree 06-19-1951 6-19-1951.pdf79.44 KB
San Francisco ... a Small Town Rising Rapidly in Importance 06-21-1951 6-21-1951.pdf81.79 KB
Potpourri of Roses 06-22-1951 6-22-1951.pdf80.07 KB
Sawmills, Flourmills, A Tale of Two Towns 06-25-1951 6-25-1951.pdf79.45 KB
Father Casanova’s Account Book 07-12-1951 7-12-1951.pdf82.26 KB
In Their Place, An Orchard 07-02-1951 7-2-1951.pdf80.29 KB
The Punishment Fit The Crime 06-29-1951 6-29-1951.pdf77.62 KB
Take a Carriage 07-10-1951 7-10-1951.pdf80.6 KB
Chapel in a Mine 07-06-1951 7-6-1951.pdf80.08 KB
Where Are They in 1951? 07-11-1951 7-11-1951.pdf79.73 KB
California Imports 07-18-1951 7-18-1951.pdf80.52 KB
A Faint Prospect of Profit 07-13-1951 7-13-1951.pdf81.53 KB
Pioneers At Sea 07-16-1951 7-16-1951.pdf80.65 KB
A Paucity of Windows 07-17-1951 7-17-1951.pdf81.75 KB
The Bearded Padre 06-18-1951 6-18-1951.pdf75.55 KB
Custom House Still Stands 08-01-1963 8-1-1963.pdf79.35 KB
August 5, 1963 Ads That Ran In 1855 08-05-1963 8-5-1963.pdf81.97 KB
Living Like Spanish Dons 08-19-1963 8-19-1963.pdf79.25 KB
Whalebone As Decoration 08-22-1963 8-22-1963.pdf80.89 KB
‘Local' News From Abroad 08-28-1963 8-28-1963.pdf76.32 KB
As Paris Sees Steinbeck 08-29-1963 8-29-1963.pdf77.72 KB
Sherman Rose 09-04-1963 9-4-1963.pdf79.96 KB
California’s First Jury 09-10-1963 9-10-1963.pdf82.41 KB
The Story Behind ‘End Of The Trail’ 09-16-1963 9-16-1963.pdf79.88 KB
Early School Days Recalled 09-17-1963 9-17-1963.pdf79.56 KB
Admission Day 09-18-1963 9-18-1963.pdf80.21 KB
St. Mary’s-By-The-Sea 09-20-1963 9-20-1963.pdf80.31 KB
Escolle’s Flower Pots Played A Role In Monterey History 09-24-1963 9-24-1963.pdf80.7 KB
A Gem Of A History 09-25-1963 9-25-1963.pdf81.9 KB
The Serra Oak 09-27-1963 9-27-1963.pdf77.29 KB
The Atmosphere Of Old Monterey 09-30-1963 9-30-1963.pdf81.48 KB
Menzies’ Journal Of 1792 10-02-1963 10-2-1963.pdf79.27 KB
Books Full Of History 10-04-1963 10-4-1963.pdf81.86 KB
Jedediah Smith Meeting 10-07-1963 10-7-1963.pdf80.34 KB
The Fine Robert L. Stevenson Collection 10-09-1963 10-9-1963.pdf82.95 KB
Constitution’s Reporter 10-11-1963 10-11-1963.pdf82.25 KB
Monterey History Repeats Itself 10-15-1963 10-15-1963.pdf80.3 KB
Making Adobe 10-21-1963 10-21-1963.pdf79.98 KB
The Wreck Of The Good Ship Natalia 10-23-1963 10-23-1963.pdf80.78 KB
The Natalia’s Grave In Monterey Bay 10-25-1963 10-25-1963.pdf81.03 KB
Fleas, Livestock And Amole 10-28-1963 10-28-1963.pdf79.86 KB
A Sea Captain’s View Of Monterey 10-30-1963 10-30-1963.pdf84.49 KB
Storms And Whales 11-01-1963 11-1-1963.pdf82 KB
Why Do They Come To Monterey? 11-04-1963 11-4-1963.pdf79.44 KB
Our Monterey 11-06-1963 11-6-1963.pdf81.42 KB
The Origin Of Santa Claus 12-24-1963 12-24-1963.pdf80.61 KB
California’s Place Names 01-08-1964 1-8-1964.pdf84.08 KB
1908 Calendar Usable Today 01-10-1964 1-10-1964.pdf82.45 KB
R. L. Stevenson Reprint Issued 01-16-1964 1-16-1964.pdf79.03 KB
Girl Scout Datebook 01-20-1964 1-20-1964.pdf78.56 KB
City Seals Intrigue 01-22-1964 1-22-1964.pdf79.73 KB
History and Art Aims 01-24-1964 1-24-1964.pdf76.41 KB
Historical Markers 01-27-1964 1-27-1964.pdf79.44 KB
Historic Spots 01-30-1964 1-30-1964.pdf78.25 KB
Old Sites Preserved 01-31-1964 1-31-1964.pdf79.38 KB
Serra’s Statue Unveiled 02-03-1964 2-3-1964.pdf80.13 KB
Sea Otter Hunting 02-05-1964 2-5-1964.pdf78.45 KB
Forthcoming Books 02-07-1964 2-7-1964.pdf78.65 KB
Old Whaling Station 02-12-1964 2-12-1964.pdf78.54 KB
Second Part Of Tale 02-14-1964 2-14-1964.pdf76.49 KB
City Incorporated 02-17-1964 2-17-1964.pdf78.14 KB
Central Hotel Adobe 02-19-1964 2-19-1964.pdf79.35 KB
Old Wolter Adobe 02-21-1964 2-21-1964.pdf79.01 KB
Adobes Destroyed And Lost 02-24-1964 2-24-1964.pdf77.48 KB
Adobe Tour Date Set 02-26-1964 2-26-1964.pdf80.42 KB
Early Residences 02-28-1964 2-28-1964.pdf77.8 KB
No Sign Left Of Old Jails 03-02-1964 3-2-1964.pdf79.37 KB
Garner And Diaz Adobes 03-06-1964 3-6-1964.pdf77.54 KB
Gomez And Garcia Adobes 03-04-1964 3-4-1964.pdf81.33 KB
Old Home Raffled By Diaz 03-09-1964 3-9-1964.pdf84.39 KB
Iron-Sheathed House 03-11-1964 3-11-1964.pdf77.67 KB
Mutiny and Robbery 03-13-1964 3-13-1964.pdf80.16 KB
Beautiful Gonzalez Residence 03-16-1964 3-16-1964.pdf80.45 KB
Steinbeck Honored By French 03-18-1964 3-18-1964.pdf76.06 KB
More On “Rue De La Sardine” 03-20-1964 3-20-1964.pdf81.18 KB
Theatre Program Of 1924 03-23-1964 3-23-1964.pdf79.87 KB
Trees At Del Monte Park 03-25-1964 3-25-1964.pdf77.56 KB
More On Del Monte Park Trees 03-27-1964 3-27-1964.pdf80.98 KB
Tour of Missions Enjoyed 03-30-1964 3-30-1964.pdf78.74 KB
Old Book Collection 04-01-1964 4-1-1964.pdf74.7 KB
Larkin’s Furniture 04-03-1964 4-3-1964.pdf75.8 KB
Invoices and Ledgers 04-06-1964 4-6-1964.pdf79.06 KB
Ancient Ledgers Amusing 04-08-1964 4-8-1964.pdf79.71 KB
Larkin’s Letters Perused 04-10-1964 4-10-1964.pdf79.26 KB
Romantic Story Of Mission 04-13-1964 4-13-1964.pdf74.95 KB
Saving Landmarks 04-15-1964 4-15-1964.pdf78.26 KB
Rare Indian Baskets 04-17-1964 4-17-1964.pdf79.81 KB
Cypress Fairy Tale 04-20-1964 4-20-1964.pdf75.33 KB
Peninsula Hailed By G. Morris 04-22-1964 4-22-1964.pdf77.92 KB
Pilgrims March On Old Trail 04-28-1964 4-28-1964.pdf77.48 KB
Legends Of Trail Over Hill 04-30-1964 4-30-1964.pdf77.49 KB
Ghosts of Padres on Old Trail 05-04-1964 5-4-1964.pdf77.78 KB
Words to Old Songs 05-06-1964 5-6-1964.pdf77.6 KB
Old-Time Pageantry In Books 05-08-1964 5-8-1964.pdf80.14 KB
Historical Markers 05-11-1964 5-11-1964.pdf71.34 KB
Early-Day Chinese 05-13-1964 5-13-1964.pdf78.18 KB
Grove Retreat in 1875 05-15-1964 5-15-1964.pdf79.75 KB
Garden Is T. S. King Memorial 05-18-1964 5-18-1964.pdf80.11 KB
Bookplate Collection Exhibited 05-20-1964 5-20-1964.pdf79.28 KB
Actors In Old-Time Theatre 05-22-1964 5-22-1964.pdf80.23 KB
Pioneer Actress 05-26-1964 5-26-1964.pdf75.51 KB
Merienda Tradition Reviewed 05-29-1964 5-29-1964.pdf79.33 KB
History Of Press In 1880s 06-01-1964 6-1-1964.pdf76.38 KB
Old Press Led Hard Existence 06-03-1964 6-3-1964.pdf77.1 KB
Pioneer Press Burns 06-05-1964 6-5-1964.pdf78.28 KB
Railroad Excursions 06-10-1964 6-10-1964.pdf78 KB
More Pioneer Trains 06-12-1964 6-12-1964.pdf73.22 KB
S.P.’s Ad Fulsome In 1886 06-15-1964 6-15-1964.pdf78.81 KB
Tall Trees Influenced Vizcaino 06-17-1964 6-17-1964.pdf75.45 KB
First Narrow-Gauge 06-22-1964 6-22-1964.pdf76.48 KB
City Limit Moved for Railroad 06-24-1964 6-24-1964.pdf80.03 KB
Ancient Engines Rescued 06-26-1964 6-26-1964.pdf72.3 KB
Visit Of President Harrison 06-29-1964 6-29-1964.pdf76.62 KB
Old Buildings for Adoption 07-19-1951 7-19-1951.pdf81.64 KB
St. John’s Del Monte Chapel And How It Came to Be 07-20-1951 7-20-1951.pdf83.47 KB
Washerwoman’s Canyon 07-25-1951 7-25-1951.pdf79.86 KB
Indians on the Warpath 07-26-1951 7-26-1951.pdf80.19 KB
A Quaker Quailed the Bandit 07-30-1951 7-30-1951.pdf81.07 KB
Singing Their Own Requiem 08-01-1951 8-1-1951.pdf81.22 KB
Pioneer Protestant Preacher 08-02-1951 8-2-1951.pdf80.78 KB
Hall of Fame 08-03-1951 8-3-1951.pdf80.36 KB
Blue Boy and Pinkie In Pasadena 08-06-1951 8-6-1951.pdf82.61 KB
Eleven Square Leagues 08-07-1951 8-7-1951.pdf79.17 KB
One Terrible Drought 08-08-1951 8-8-1951.pdf80.53 KB
The Salt of the Earth 08-09-1951 8-9-1951.pdf81.56 KB
He Rings the Mission Bells 08-10-1951 8-10-1951.pdf80.15 KB
The Editor Wore A Buckskin Dress 08-14-1951 8-14-1951.pdf83.28 KB
Journal Of a Tour 08-15-1951 8-15-1951.pdf80.99 KB
A Liberal Application Of Spur and Whip 08-16-1951 8-16-1951.pdf81.31 KB
The Gold Coast Troopers 08-20-1951 8-20-1951.pdf81.7 KB
Too Fatigued to Listen 08-21-1951 8-21-1951.pdf81.67 KB
An Old School Gentleman 08-22-1951 8-22-1951.pdf80.98 KB
Iron Pot, Silk Mittens and a Blue Moon 08-23-1951 8-23-1951.pdf80.76 KB
Pyroglyphics of the Range 08-24-1951 8-24-1951.pdf81.88 KB
Early California Pantaloons 08-27-1951 8-27-1951.pdf79.42 KB
Matter of Jonathan Cogitation 08-28-1951 8-28-1951.pdf109.12 KB
From An Old Newspaper 08-29-1951 8-29-1951.pdf80.27 KB
His Hobby is Californiana 08-30-1951 8-30-1951.pdf78.06 KB
102 Years Ago 08-31-1951 8-31-1951.pdf83.19 KB
Who has the Oldest Brand? 10-30-1951 10-30-1951.pdf81.44 KB
A Small Fortune From a Total Wreck 07-24-1951 7-24-1951.pdf80.96 KB
The Constructive Days 07-23-1951 7-23-1951.pdf80.59 KB
Right Out of This World 03-14-1952 3-14-1952.pdf81.45 KB
An Old Scrapbook 05-20-1968 5-20-1968.pdf79.05 KB
Chronicles Of The West 06-10-1966 6-10-1966.pdf80.43 KB
Fort Ross 06-28-1957 6-28-1957.pdf80.22 KB
Old Mountain Towns 11-01-1957 11-1-1957.pdf83.42 KB

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1950
Title Column Date
A Trial By Jury 09-05-1950
Story of ‘Dame Shirley’ 09-06-1950
When Life Was Cheap 09-07-1950
Some Old Legends 09-08-1950
Memories of Monterey Hose Co. No. 1 09-11-1950
Among the Firemen 09-12-1950
‘A Boat for Pepe’ [Peppe] 09-13-1950
The Old Whalers 09-14-1950
Colton as Alcalde 09-15-1950
Stoddard’s Visit 09-18-1950
Stevenson’s Monterey 09-19-1950
More of Stoddard 09-20-1950
Old Simoneau’s Memories of R.L.S. 09-21-1950
A Visit to Dona Ignacia 09-22-1950
Stoddard’s Death 09-25-1950
New Attraction at Stevenson House 09-26-1950
’18 Years Alone 09-27-1950
A Vain Search 09-28-1950
Elusive Island Woman Sighted 09-29-1950
End of a Saga 10-02-1950
Bonifacio Adobe 10-03-1950
Fernando Pedro Recalls ... 10-04-1950
The Washington Hotel 10-05-1950
A Glowing Tribute 10-06-1950
Documents on Display 10-09-1950
Adobe Vs. Frame House 10-10-1950
Many Rare Gifts 10-11-1950
Another Anniversary 10-12-1950
Book Club Founded 10-13-1950
Convention Reporter 10-16-1950
Monterey Preferred 10-17-1950
Organization of the BPWC 10-18-1950
History of Local BPWC 10-19-1950
Another BPWC Anniversary 10-20-1950
Pioneer Gunsmiths 10-23-1950
A White Lace Dress from Paris 10-24-1950
Escolastica Wins a Wager 10-25-1950
A New Stevenson Book Is Published 10-26-1950
Native Daughters’ Local Club Formed 10-27-1950
Some History of Local NDGW 10-30-1950
Kipling Found Good Food in S.F. in 1800’s 10-31-1950
Interesting Old Chests Here 11-01-1950
The Chautauqua Assembly 11-02-1950
The Study Plan 11-03-1950
The Lady Carpenter of Monterey 11-06-1950
The Life of a Whaling Man’s Wife 11-07-1950
Our Own Monterey Jack Cheese 11-08-1950
The Dedication of the Stevenson House 11-09-1950
Father Serra’s Birthplace 11-10-1950
Presentation of House in Mallorca 11-13-1950