Research Center
Digitizing the Past: the Delfina de la Guerra Collection
by Katherine Lowe In the course of scanning items for the Delfina de la Guerra collection, we discovered that certain formats would not fit or were too delicate to be placed on the scanner bed. What’s a Research Center to do? Call in a photographer, of course! A local photographer, Lael Wageneck, volunteered his time [...]
Sharing Memories is a Gift to the Future
by Anne Petersen This week we recorded an oral history with Presidio descendant Juan “Jack” Santiago Calderon. His daughter, Suzi Calderon Bellman, whose friendly face we have gotten used to seeing at the Presidio Research Center, also attended. Mary Louise Days, board member and co-chair of the Research Center Committee, conducted the interview in the [...]
Digitizing the Past: the Delfina de la Guerra Collection
By Katherine Lowe When processing a new collection, one of the fun things is thinking about ways to share the collection. Thanks to constantly evolving technology, there are so many new and interesting ways to share historical collections with a much wider audience. Researchers can now search and browse millions of photos and letters from [...]
Rare Books Owned by the de la Guerra Family Now at the Presidio Research Center
By Torie Quiñonez The Presidio Research Center recently received a donation of the personal papers of Delfina de la Guerra, the last member of that illustrious family to reside in the Casa de la Guerra. Delfina was born in 1861, and was the daughter of Pablo de la Guerra and Josefa Moreno y Castro. Aside [...]
