Monterey History and Art Association

Peninsula Diary Columns

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Title Column Date PDF
Historic Gifts 07-15-1958 7-15-1958.pdf81.39 KB
Stand Out of the Way 07-16-1958 7-16-1958.pdf80.34 KB
The Sloss Collection 07-18-1958 7-18-1958.pdf83.65 KB
‘Monterey Memorial Issue’ 07-21-1958 7-21-1958.pdf79.97 KB
Side-wheeler Tragedy 07-23-1958 7-23-1958.pdf79.58 KB
Riley’s Farewell 08-01-1958 8-1-1958.pdf79.73 KB
Overland Mail Days 08-04-1958 8-4-1958.pdf81.06 KB
House of Treasure 08-15-1958 8-15-1958.pdf77.05 KB
St. Augustine 08-25-1958 8-25-1958.pdf78.25 KB
The Manuscript Society 08-26-1958 8-26-1958.pdf83.71 KB
Jedediah Smith Redwoods 08-29-1958 8-29-1958.pdf81.27 KB
1770 Report 09-01-1958 9-1-1958.pdf81.58 KB
Los Coches 09-02-1958 9-2-1958.pdf83.21 KB
Signing the Constitution 09-05-1958 9-5-1958.pdf79.22 KB
Birthday Celebration 09-08-1958 9-8-1958.pdf80.22 KB
The First Emigration 09-10-1958 9-10-1958.pdf82.54 KB
‘Pioneers of 1841’ 09-12-1958 9-12-1958.pdf82.27 KB
Historical Powerhouse 09-15-1958 9-15-1958.pdf78.72 KB
‘Overland Mail Days’ 09-17-1958 9-17-1958.pdf79.9 KB
‘Welcome to California’ 09-22-1958 9-22-1958.pdf83.51 KB
Little Girl’s Wardrobe 09-24-1958 9-24-1958.pdf79.75 KB
Overland Mail Stamp 09-26-1958 9-26-1958.pdf80.73 KB
Overland Mail Bag 09-29-1958 9-29-1958.pdf80.17 KB
Monterey’s First Theater 07-29-1968 7-29-1968.pdf83.72 KB
Know Them by Their Brands 08-08-1968 8-8-1968.pdf82.17 KB
Early Day Medicine 09-28-1967 9-28-1967.pdf78.01 KB
Bull and Bear Fights 06-30-1952 6-30-1952.pdf79.99 KB
New Year’s Eve In Early Days 01-01-1957 1-1-1957.pdf84.27 KB
2 Trails 01-04-1957 1-4-1957.pdf84.09 KB
The Trip to Jolon 01-28-1957 1-28-1957.pdf81.05 KB
First Statue of Lincoln 02-04-1953 2-4-1953.pdf80.02 KB
Front Page, News, Circa 1848 07-08-1953 7-8-1953.pdf82.9 KB
A Job Well Done 07-14-1965 7-14-1965.pdf78.84 KB
A Tour of Historic Monuments 09-07-1964 9-7-1964.pdf78.21 KB
Guarding The Gifts of History 09-30-1964 9-30-1964.pdf77.89 KB
Early Projects 11-04-1964 11-4-1964.pdf80.17 KB
Mary Greene in Mexico 10-08-1958 10-8-1958.pdf80.4 KB
Father Serra’s Birthplace 10-10-1958 10-10-1958.pdf80.98 KB
October Anniversaries 10-15-1958 10-15-1958.pdf79.83 KB
Awnings to Railroads 10-17-1958 10-17-1958.pdf80.07 KB
Monterey’s USO 10-20-1958 10-20-1958.pdf77.54 KB
‘A Secret Journal’ 10-22-1958 10-22-1958.pdf83.28 KB
Point Lobos Anniversary 10-24-1958 10-24-1958.pdf82.81 KB
The Largest Adobe 10-28-1958 10-28-1958.pdf79 KB
First Newspaper 10-27-1965 10-27-1965.pdf80.65 KB
Oliver Larkin’s Birthday 10-29-1958 10-29-1958.pdf79.62 KB
Story of a Birthplace 10-31-1958 10-31-1958.pdf83.13 KB
Accepting Serra's House 10-05-1958 11-5-1958.pdf81.36 KB
Point Lobos History 11-07-1958 11-7-1958.pdf81.77 KB
Rare Old Maps 11-10-1958 11-10-1958.pdf83.04 KB
‘November Romeria’ 11-12-1958 11-12-1958.pdf83.02 KB
‘The City of History’ 11-14-1958 11-14-1958.pdf83.18 KB
Sampling, A Lost Art 11-17-1958 11-17-1958.pdf79.57 KB
Battle of Natividad 11-20-1958 11-20-1958.pdf80.11 KB
The Story of a Battle 11-21-1958 11-21-1958.pdf82.52 KB
Tribute to Both Sides 11-24-1958 11-24-1958.pdf82.38 KB
Thanksgiving Day, 1878 11-26-1958 11-26-1958.pdf81.83 KB
The Westerners Foundation 11-28-1958 11-28-1958.pdf78.74 KB
Historic Scouting Program 12-01-1958 12-1-1958.pdf80.53 KB
Mission Anniversaries 12-03-1958 12-3-1958.pdf79.39 KB
Old Monterey In the News 12-05-1958 12-5-1958.pdf80.27 KB
Cannery Row and Coloma 12-11-1958 12-11-1958.pdf79.7 KB
Letter Writer’s Monterey 12-12-1958 12-12-1958.pdf79.43 KB
Monterey vs. Santa Barbara 12-15-1958 12-15-1958.pdf80.48 KB
‘Los Pastores’ 12-22-1958 12-22-1958.pdf79.47 KB
Monterey Christmas, 1846 12-23-1958 12-23-1958.pdf81.45 KB
Two Monterey Christmases 12-24-1958 12-24-1958.pdf81.68 KB
Westward Drive 12-26-1958 12-26-1958.pdf77.57 KB
5 Old Adobes Open Tomorrow 07-01-1952 7-1-1952.pdf79.83 KB
‘A Piney Paradise’ Reviewed 07-02-1952 7-2-1952.pdf80.9 KB
Some California Book Notes 07-03-1952 7-3-1952.pdf81.18 KB
Lithograph of Early Monterey 07-07-1952 7-7-1952.pdf81.2 KB
‘Fabricas’ 07-08-1952 7-8-1952.pdf79.14 KB
How Monterey Got Its First Piano 07-09-1952 7-9-1952.pdf81.28 KB
On the King’s Highway 07-10-1952 7-10-1952.pdf81.71 KB
Invitation to a Celebration 07-11-1952 7-11-1952.pdf80.52 KB
Flowers For The Fire Department 07-14-1952 7-14-1952.pdf81.58 KB
Her Hand in Marriage 07-15-1952 7-15-1952.pdf79.27 KB
Emphatic ‘Yes’ Or ‘No’ 07-16-1952 7-16-1952.pdf81.72 KB
A Room Over the Calaboose 07-17-1952 7-17-1952.pdf81.15 KB
Raisins and Beads for Gold 07-18-1952 7-18-1952.pdf79.31 KB
Earliest School 07-21-1952 7-21-1952.pdf81.04 KB
From a Teacher’s Diary 07-22-1952 7-22-1952.pdf82.64 KB
French Pessimists 07-23-1952 7-23-1952.pdf78.77 KB
The City by the Slough 07-25-1952 7-25-1952.pdf82.4 KB
The Rites of Possession 07-29-1952 7-29-1952.pdf78.42 KB
A Skull, A Spring, A Tree 07-30-1952 7-30-1952.pdf79.25 KB
The Old Names Were the Best 07-31-1952 7-31-1952.pdf81.82 KB
Pistol-Point Prestige 08-01-1952 8-1-1952.pdf80.13 KB
Month of Anniversaries 08-04-1952 8-4-1952.pdf79.74 KB
Whistler’s Art In California 08-06-1952 8-6-1952.pdf77.91 KB
Narrative of a Western Trapper 08-08-1952 8-8-1952.pdf79.96 KB
O (Barefoot) Pioneers! 08-11-1952 8-11-1952.pdf80.06 KB
Settlers With Skins of Blue 08-13-1952 8-13-1952.pdf78.49 KB
First Governor of California 08-15-1952 8-15-1952.pdf80.09 KB
‘A Piney Paradise’ 08-18-1952 8-18-1952.pdf79.34 KB
Hawaii’s View of Our Gold Rush 08-20-1952 8-20-1952.pdf81.84 KB
A Discriminating Shopper 08-22-1952 8-22-1952.pdf80.5 KB
On Whiskey Hill 08-25-1952 8-25-1952.pdf78.39 KB
Old Treasures 08-29-1952 8-29-1952.pdf79.06 KB
Lavish Rewards for Poet In 1850 09-03-1952 9-3-1952.pdf79.68 KB
Tour of Buffalo Bill Country 09-05-1952 9-5-1952.pdf79.66 KB
The Hoover Crisis 09-09-1952 9-9-1952.pdf78.85 KB
A Visit to Greenfield Village 09-15-1952 9-15-1952.pdf80.56 KB
More About Greenfield Village 09-17-1952 9-17-1952.pdf79.75 KB
The Episcopal Convention 09-19-1952 9-19-1952.pdf79.38 KB
‘One If By Land; Two If By Sea’ 09-22-1952 9-22-1952.pdf80.66 KB
Churches of Old Boston Town 09-24-1952 9-24-1952.pdf82.24 KB
Heroes, Authors and Mrs. Goose 09-25-1952 9-25-1952.pdf83 KB
Author of ‘Seventh Heaven’ Was Grandson of R.L.S. 09-26-1952 9-26-1952.pdf81.36 KB
Land of The Midnight Ride 09-29-1952 9-29-1952.pdf80.93 KB
The Old Home of Paul Revere 10-01-1952 10-1-1952.pdf78.99 KB
A Sad Departure From Boston 10-03-1952 10-3-1952.pdf83.32 KB
New England: Antiquity and Charm 10-06-1952 10-6-1952.pdf80.13 KB
The American of Booth Tarkington 10-08-1952 10-8-1952.pdf79.51 KB
Where ‘Orphant Annie’ Lived 10-10-1952 10-10-1952.pdf77.79 KB
The Badlands of Dakota 10-13-1952 10-13-1952.pdf79.21 KB
The Voyage of the Ship ‘Civilian’ 10-15-1952 10-15-1952.pdf81.32 KB
‘I Never Met a Man I Didn’t Like’ 10-17-1952 10-17-1952.pdf79.87 KB
The Curators Hold A Conference 10-20-1952 10-20-1952.pdf80.08 KB
More Adventures in The South 10-22-1952 10-22-1952.pdf79.62 KB
Will Rogers’ Ranch, Pio Pico’s Adobe 10-24-1952 10-24-1952.pdf80.69 KB
‘Know Your Own State’ 10-27-1952 10-27-1952.pdf78.29 KB
Replica of An Old Hacienda 10-29-1952 10-29-1952.pdf77.48 KB
From Golden Age to Age of Gold 10-31-1952 10-31-1952.pdf79.78 KB
Exhibition of Indian Art 11-03-1952 11-3-1952.pdf76.04 KB
Reminiscences of Early Days 11-05-1952 11-5-1952.pdf83.09 KB
A Medallion from West Point 11-07-1952 11-7-1952.pdf79.13 KB
A Letter From Mrs. Boronda 11-10-1952 11-10-1952.pdf78.31 KB
Suggestion for Improvement 11-12-1952 11-12-1952.pdf81.95 KB
Jack Swan’s Rooming House 11-14-1952 11-14-1952.pdf80.42 KB
Chronicle of the Golden State 11-17-1952 11-17-1952.pdf79.44 KB
First Theatre Has Long History 11-19-1952 11-19-1952.pdf79.45 KB
Monterey Had the First P.O. 11-21-1952 11-21-1952.pdf81.15 KB
Raffle of the Castro Adobe 11-24-1952 11-24-1952.pdf80.86 KB
A Visitor to Casa Soberanes 11-26-1952 11-26-1952.pdf78.16 KB
Dutch John Beset by Bandits 11-28-1952 11-28-1952.pdf78.43 KB
Cult Met in Joaquin Rocks 12-05-1952 12-5-1952.pdf78.11 KB
‘The Poor, Deluded People’ 12-08-1952 12-8-1952.pdf75.92 KB
Symbols of a Vanished Era 12-10-1952 12-10-1952.pdf78.81 KB
Miracle in Tepeyac 12-12-1952 12-12-1952.pdf77.41 KB
Museum Exhibits 03-12-1965 3-12-1965.pdf79.17 KB
Early Jewelers of Monterey 04-27-1953 4-27-1953.pdf82.07 KB
El Toro Bridge 05-04-1955 5-4-1955.pdf80.88 KB
First Printed Invitation 05-09-1968 5-9-1968.pdf84.41 KB
A Beautiful Favorita 05-23-1968 5-23-1968.pdf80.57 KB
The Changing Light 07-07-1966 7-7-1966.pdf77.29 KB
Pt. Pinos Lighthouse 08-27-1954 8-27-1954.pdf82.24 KB
Treasure Sale Coming Up 09-01-1966 9-1-1966.pdf76.64 KB
Early Monterey Library 09-13-1968 9-13-1968.pdf78.51 KB
Press Destroyed By Fire 09-26-1956 9-26-1956.pdf82.04 KB
Early Medicine in West 10-04-1967 10-4-1967.pdf79.24 KB
Mystery Anchor 11-07-1964 11-7-1964.pdf78.51 KB
More on the Jail 11-15-1965 11-15-1965.pdf78.15 KB
History Of Libraries 11-18-1966 11-18-1966.pdf78.69 KB
Monterey’s Other Jails 11-22-1965 11-22-1965.pdf80.43 KB
Library Beginnings 12-05-1966 12-5-1966.pdf78.97 KB
A Visit to ‘Wagon Cave’ 02-01-1957 2-1-1957.pdf80.34 KB
Early San Franciscans 02-04-1957 2-4-1957.pdf81.58 KB
A Business Man 02-06-1957 2-6-1957.pdf81.13 KB
Keepsakes for 1956 02-08-1957 2-8-1957.pdf82.06 KB
Open House Tomorrow 02-11-1957 2-11-1957.pdf77.4 KB
A Zamorano Letter 02-13-1957 2-13-1957.pdf80.08 KB
Peninsula Ballet 02-15-1957 2-15-1957.pdf83.58 KB
A Letter from Gen. Grant 02-18-1957 2-18-1957.pdf81.23 KB
What Garland Saw 02-20-1957 2-20-1957.pdf80.77 KB
Casa Pacheco 02-25-1957 2-25-1957.pdf76.56 KB
The Oliver Adobe 03-01-1957 3-1-1957.pdf80.39 KB
Cost of the Larkin House 03-08-1957 3-8-1957.pdf81.23 KB
Larkin’s Life 03-11-1957 3-11-1957.pdf81.82 KB
An Unusual Meeting 03-13-1957 3-13-1957.pdf77.85 KB
Jedediah Smith 03-15-1957 3-15-1957.pdf80.04 KB
A Report from Russia 03-20-1957 3-20-1957.pdf77.95 KB
Soledad Mission 03-22-1957 3-22-1957.pdf81.58 KB
Comedy of Errors 03-27-1957 3-27-1957.pdf84.06 KB
An Old Well 03-29-1957 3-29-1957.pdf84.94 KB
Our First Newspaper 04-08-1957 4-8-1957.pdf80.78 KB
La Favorita 05-20-1957 5-20-1957.pdf81.86 KB
How the Gamblers Helped . . . 04-01-1957 4-1-1957.pdf81.28 KB
The Custom House Robbery 04-03-1957 4-3-1957.pdf81.23 KB
Monterey’s First Piano 04-05-1957 4-5-1957.pdf81.65 KB
Occupation: Loafing 04-10-1957 4-10-1957.pdf79.14 KB
The Allen House 04-15-1957 4-15-1957.pdf77.58 KB
Gold Under the Stairs 04-17-1957 4-17-1957.pdf80.52 KB
Two Sixpenny Pieces 04-19-1957 4-19-1957.pdf82.23 KB
Charley Was A Woman 04-22-1957 4-22-1957.pdf83.47 KB
The Lenore Pearls 04-24-1957 4-24-1957.pdf80.28 KB
John Muir 04-26-1957 4-26-1957.pdf77.61 KB
A New Quarterly 04-29-1957 4-29-1957.pdf78.8 KB
Downtrodden Here, Too 05-01-1957 5-1-1957.pdf80.58 KB
Hiram Scott 05-06-1957 5-6-1957.pdf82.57 KB
Santa Cruz Pioneers 05-08-1957 5-8-1957.pdf79.72 KB
The Stagecoach 05-15-1957 5-15-1957.pdf82.1 KB
Cedar Cottage 06-12-1957 6-12-1957.pdf83.23 KB
The Murphy Home 06-14-1957 6-14-1957.pdf82.87 KB
Portola’s Signature 06-19-1957 6-19-1957.pdf81.09 KB
Portola’s Trek 06-21-1957 6-21-1957.pdf80.8 KB
New Books 06-26-1957 6-26-1957.pdf80.35 KB
Oregon 07-01-1957 7-1-1957.pdf80.15 KB
Victoria 07-03-1957 7-3-1957.pdf78.62 KB

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1951
Title Column Date
Just Around the Corner From Fremont Street 04-19-1951
A Piece of Polished Wood From Napoleon’s ‘Natalia’ 04-20-1951
Asleep in the Deep 04-23-1951
On the Original Camino Real 04-24-1951
Set Like a Jewel 04-25-1951
A Visit to Wagon Cave 04-26-1951
Whiling Away The Public Time 04-27-1951
Amesti Portraits 04-30-1951
They Slept on the Beaches That May Day 05-01-1951
Get Out If You Can 05-02-1951
When Stevenson Worked For Two Dollars a Week 05-04-1951
Wapo Searched the Willows 05-07-1951
Who Has the Treasure? 05-08-1951
‘This Is My Birthday’ 05-09-1951
‘Two Little Nuns’ 05-10-1951
My Friend ... the Rose 05-11-1951
Salt and Timber 05-13-1951
Formerly Hildreth’s Diggins 05-14-1951
J. P. Morgan and Black Bart 05-15-1951
A Judge’s Top Hat 05-16-1951
Beyond Rough and Ready Is Timbuctoo 05-17-1951
Seventy Years Old Without Fanfare 05-18-1951
The Monterey Foundation 05-21-1951
Doorway to History 05-22-1951
A Pioneer Priest 05-23-1951
On Beds of Ease and Roses 05-24-1951
Attendants to La Favorita And Their Family Trees 05-25-1951
Front Door Lock to The First Theater 05-28-1951
The Cannonball Express 05-29-1951
The Outcasts of Poker Flat 05-30-1951
June Is Important 05-31-1951
You Can’t Die in Monterey 06-01-1951
The Old Hotel at Jolon 06-04-1951
Wherever Pepper Grows 06-05-1951
A Cigarillo From a Senorita 06-06-1951
Some Sympathetic Repairs 06-07-1951
At a Snail’s Pace 06-08-1951
Beans for Breakfast 06-11-1951
Bound for Sacramento 06-12-1951
The Tragedy of Quirk, A Pennsylvania Democrat 06-13-1951
The Narrow Gauge Railroad 06-14-1951
Bull and Bear Fight 06-15-1951
The Bearded Padre 06-18-1951
Under a Large Oak Tree 06-19-1951
Adobe Open House 06-20-1951
San Francisco ... a Small Town Rising Rapidly in Importance 06-21-1951
Potpourri of Roses 06-22-1951
Sawmills, Flourmills, A Tale of Two Towns 06-25-1951
With a High Grey Beaver Hat And a Red Bandana Handkerchief 06-26-1951
The Capture of Andrea Laing 06-27-1951