Catalina Island Museum Society, Inc. id131
Mailing Address:
Post Office Box 366
Avalon, CA 90704-366Phone: 310-510-2414
Fax: 310-510-2780
Email: museum@catalinas.net
Contact: Ms. Stacey Otte, Collections Manager
Web site: http://www.catalina.com/museum.html
Institution Type: Archive, Cultural/Professional Association, Library, Museum, Research Center/Institution
Location of Institution: Catalina Island
Archive and Collections
Description: The exhibitions of the Catalina Island Museum draw on the collections and archival holdings of the Catalina Island Museum Society. The archaeological site material in the society’s collections dates from approximately seven thousand years ago to the early 1800s. This material includes artifacts from the indigenous people known as the Gabrieliño who were living on Catalina Island when the Spanish arrived in 1542. Also in the collections are approximately two thousand items dating from the 1880s to the present which pertain to Catalina Island’s maritime history and local industries and to sport fishing, recreation, and tourism. Items include boat models, boat motors, fish mounts, fishing rods and reels, early paddleboards, swimsuits, postcards, and Catalina pottery and tiles. A small number of paintings and prints of historical interest are in the collections as well. The society’s archives contain more than one hundred audiotaped oral history interviews with local residents, including many with members of the island’s Mexican American population, as well as several maps, various city and school records, a substantial ephemera collection documenting social and political activities on Catalina Island, and a very large number of photographs. Most of these holdings date to between the 1880s and the present.
Regions Covered: Hollywood, Los Angeles.
Type of Materials: Architectural Drawings, Audio Recordings, Books, Cultural Artifacts, Materials & Objects, Films/Videos/Moving Images, Institutional Publications, Maps, Official Records, Photographs
Time Periods: 1848-1899, 1900-1920, 1921-1949, 1950-1963, 1964-1980, 1981-Present, Pre-1848
Languages: English
Sectors of the Population Represented in the Collection: European Descent, Mexican Descent/Chicano/Latino, Multiethnic, Native American Descent/Indigenous
Access
Year Round Access: Yes
OnSite Technology: Yes
Workspaces: Yes
Open to the Public: Yes
Public Hours: Museum and GTE Museum Resource Center: Tuesday-Saturday, 10 am-8:30 pm (July-September); Tuesday-Saturday, 10 am-4:30 pm (October-June)
Reservations not requiredOpen for Research: Yes
Reservations not requiredAccess Procedures: Request to curator by mail, phone or fax
Management
Catalogue System: The complete series of Hollywood Bowl programs is cataloged on a computer database called OLIS, which is used by members of the American Symphony Orchestra League. Other parts of the collection are organized but not cataloged. The collection is exhibite
Repository/Depository: Yes
Loan To Others: Yes
Exhibited: Yes
Exhibition Frequency: Year-round. Permanent exhibition.
Makes Purchases: No
Formalized Purchases: No
Outreach: Brochures/Flyers/Pamphlets, Internet, Newspapers, Radio/TV/Video
