GUIDE TO THE J. MARSHALL MILLER
MISSION SAN DIEGO RESTORATION COLLECTION
COLLECTION NUMBER:
C075.
NAME OF COLLECTION:
J. Marshall Miller Mission San Diego Restoration Collection.
LOCAL CONTROL NUMBER(S):
Photographic prints: OP 12690/0-450.
Nitrate negatives: 87:16068/0-450.
DATES OF MATERIAL:
1930-1932.
EXTENT:
451 photographic prints: gelatin silver; 8 x 13 cm.
451 negatives: nitrate; 7 x 12 cm.
SELECTED PHOTOGRAPHER(S):
J. Marshall Miller.
REPOSITORY:
San Diego Historical Society
Booth Historical Photograph Archives
P.O. Box 81825
San Diego, CA 92138
1-619-232-6203
ACQUISITION INFORMATION:
Gift of J. Marshall Miller, 1979.
RESTRICTIONS:
Restricted access to nitrate negatives, except by permission of curator.
COPYRIGHT:
For permission to reproduce or publish, contact the curator of the Booth Historical Photograph Archives at the San Diego Historical Society. Reproduction or publication of any part of this collection must include the following information next to the image(s) or in a special section of credits: J. Marshall Miller Mission San Diego Restoration Collection, San Diego Historical Society, Booth Historical Photograph Archives.
GENERAL NOTES:
Forms part of San Diego Historical Society Original Print and Negative collections. Accompanied by photocopy of articles “Restoring California's First Mission” by J. Marshall Miller and “Restoration of Mission San Diego de Alcala” by Albert V. Mayrhofer in Historical Society of Southern California journal, v. 15 (1932). Images are captioned, dated, and numbered (M312-765) by the photographer.
ORGANIZATION AND ARRANGEMENT:
Organization: photographic prints (box 1) and nitrate negatives (boxes 2-3) arranged in chronological order.
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTES:
Photographs by architectural advisor and superintendent of construction J. Marshall Miller documenting the restoration of Mission San Diego de Alcala from 1930-1931. Includes a photographic survey of the mission ruins and surrounding area, architectural elements of other California missions, construction progress, a San Juan Capistrano brickyard, La Jolla Canyon Tile Plant, National Iron Works, the celebration rededicating Mission San Diego, and views of the mission after completion of the project. Also includes images of Immaculate Conception Church and various houses in Old Town.
SUBJECTS INDEXED:
Mission San Diego de Alcala.
Architectural & site components – California – San Diego.
Conservation & restoration.
Missions – California – San Diego.
CONTENTS LIST:
Box 1
Folder 1
OP 12690/0-1
Mission San Diego.OP 12690/2-6
Agua Caliente (Mexico).OP 12690/7-10
Memorial Hall at University of Southern California and Los Angeles City Hall.OP 12690/11-16
Mission San Fernando.OP 12690/17-30
Mission San Diego: belfry, foundations, walls, and tile steps.OP 12690/31-32
Serra Museum.OP 12690/33-47
Mission San Diego: removing walls, other structures, and bee hives; original door and steps to choir loft.OP 12690/48-50
Mission San Diego: dam.OP 12690/51-53
Mission San Diego: removing historically incorrect doors and windows.OP 12690/54-56
Ensenada (Mexico).OP 12690/57-58
San Diego Bay.OP 12690/59-70
Mission San Diego: foundation work.OP 12690/71
Mission San Juan Capistrano.OP 12690/72-96
Mission San Diego: foundation and form work.OP 12690/97
Lake Hodges Dam.OP 12690/98-101
Mission San Antonio de Pala.OP 12690/102-110
Mission San Diego: placing ceiling beams.OP 12690/111-114
San Juan Capistrano brickyard.OP 12690/115-116
Mission San Buenaventura.OP 12690/117-118
Mission Santa Barbara.OP 12690/119
Mission Santa Ines.OP 12690/120-121
Mission San Luis Obispo.OP 12690/122
Mission San Carlos.OP 12690/123
Mission San Juan Bautista.OP 12690/124-128
Mission San Diego: work on walls and ceiling.OP 12690/129
San Juan Capistrano brickyard.OP 12690/130-131
Cave Johnson Couts's Rancho Guajome.OP 12690/132
M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco.OP 12690/133-135
Mission Santa Barbara.OP 12690/136
Mission San Luis Obispo.OP 12690/137-167
Mission San Diego: belfry and roof construction, patio, and children's chapel.OP 12690/168-177
La Jolla Canyon Tile Plant.OP 12690/178-200
Mission San Diego: belfry construction, laying and aging of roof tile.OP 12690/201
Agua Caliente (Mexico).OP 12690/202-204
Mission San Gabriel.OP 12690/205-221
Mission San Diego: front wall.OP 12690/222-226
La Jolla Canyon Tile Plant.
Folder 2
OP 12690/227-228
La Jolla Canyon Tile Plant.OP 12690/229-232
Mission San Diego: main entry.OP 12690/233-234
Mission San Fernando.OP 12690/235-239
Mission San Juan Capistrano.OP 12690/240-244
Mission San Luis Rey.OP 12690/245-265
Mission San Diego: mission bells, general views.OP 12690/266-273
Old Town: Immaculate Conception, Whaley House, Casa de Cota, Casa de Lopez, and Carrillo House[?].OP 12690/274-301
Mission San Diego: dam and aqueduct.OP 12690/302-311
Mission San Luis Rey: mission bell.OP 12690/312
Goodyear blimp Volunteer , Los Angeles.OP 12690/313-316
Mission San Diego: dam.OP 12690/317-347
Old Town and Mission San Diego: returning Old Town church bell to Mission San Diego, National Iron Works, and general views.OP 12690/348
[Unidentified residential house.]OP 12690/349-352
Mission San Gabriel: San Bernardino Asistencia.OP 12690/353-357
San Bernardino Mountains: Ford's Cabin and Lake Arrowhead.OP 12690/358-377
Mission San Miguel.OP 12690/378
Casa de la Rios.OP 12690/379-383
Mission San Antonio de Pala.OP 12690/384-385
Mission Santa Ysabel.OP 12690/386-389
Mission San Diego: general viewsOP 12690/390-391
Old adobe house in San Diego River valley.OP 12690/392-403
Mission San Diego: general views and dam.OP 12690/404
San Pasqual Battlefield.OP 12690/405-408
Mission San Antonio de Pala.OP 12690/409
Moosa Canyon: Isaac J. Frazee's Woreland Castle.OP 12690/410-411
Mission San Luis Rey.OP 12690/412-416
Los Angeles: La Fiesta.OP 12690/417-431
Mission San Diego: rededication ceremony.OP 12690/432-433
Pio Pico mansion (near Whittier).OP 12690/434-437
Campo de Cahuenga.OP 12690/438
Mission San Fernando.OP 12690/439-441
Pio Pico mansion.OP 12690/442-450
Mission San Diego: after restoration.Folder 3
Articles
“Restoring California's First Mission” by J. Marshall Miller and “Restoration of Mission San Diego de Alcala” by Albert V. Mayrhofer in Historical Society of Southern California journal, v. 15 (1932).
Clipping
“Mayrhofer, Wife Honored by Pope for Church Work” in San Diego Union (April 21, 1934).
Boxes 2-3
87:16068/0-450
Corresponding nitrate negatives, some duplicate contact prints, and original negative envelopes with typed captions.
