Gerber and Lucidarme Family Photograph Album Collection

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: SPC-2023-027

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Gerber and Lucidarme Family Photograph Album Collection (1929-1989; undated) contains one box and one linear foot of photograph albums and loose songbooks. Photograph albums #1 and #2 contains photos of Elfrieda Gerber; her mother, Lydia Konrad; and her father, Albert Konrad of Detroit, Michigan. Additionally, there are photos of a bar opening in 1971 named “Berry’s,” a fishing trip in Lake Michigan, a Christmas card, house photos, a baby shower photo, baby photos of Billy in Gardena, CA., a family safari trip, a birthday party celebration, a house listing for Lydia Baumert’s home, and a newspaper clipping regarding Olga Madar in 1971. The third and fourth albums contains photos of a boy nicknamed “Skip” and class photos of Purche Avenue School in 1965 and 1966. There are photos of a family camping trip, the Berry’s Bar opening, Elfrieda’s daughter Denise, an article on World War I veterans that includes Albert Gerber, Elfrieda’s father-in-law, and a trip to Milton Freewater, Oregon. The last album also contains photos of Jackie Lucidarme, a newspaper article about her nuptials to Joseph Aiu, family photos of a trip to Hawaii in 1968, class pictures of La Marina Elementary School in 1969 and 1970, and photos in Baldwin, Michigan. The photograph albums are unnamed but it is presumed that they belonged to members of the Gerber and Lucidarme families. Also included in this collection are: an undated Mexican music songbook "Cancionero Artistico De Lujo: Radios y Canciones", No. 14 from Tijuana, Mexico, featuring Agustin Lara’s song lyrics and biography; an undated Mexican songbook Cancionero Mexicano, “Exitos de Monna Bell” No. 117 featuring Monna Bell; a 1955 Mexican songbook "Canciones de America: Cantares de La Semana"; a Mexican songbook published on December 10, 1961, "Melodies Mexicanas" featuring Luz and Aurora Huerta on the cover, and an undated Cuban Songbook, "Astro de la Cancion" featuring Lucho Gatica. All of the songbooks are in Spanish.

Dates

Majority of material found within 1929-1989; undated
Majority of material found within 1955-1970

Conditions Governing Access

There are no access restrictions on this collection.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Archives and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical materials and not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Biographical / Historical

Elfrieda Woelbing was born to Lydia Woelbing in Germany on May 13, 1927. Elfrieda and her mother immigrated to the United States in 1935. The family’s residence at the time of Lydias’s petition for naturalization was Detroit, Michigan. Elfrieda’s mother married Albert Konrad in 1938. Elfrieda, her husband Morrell Gerber, and her daughter Denise K. Gerber moved to California, where she remained until her death on July 22, 2002.

The Lucidarme family consisted of Willie “Bill” J. Lucidarme, his wife Mardi Lucidarme, and their children Jacqueline Lucidarme, Ronald Charles Lucidarme, and Billy Lucidarme. Bill Lucidarme was born in Belgium, lived in Detroit, Michigan, and moved to Hawaii with his wife and children. In Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii, he worked at the Kauai Surf Hotel for 28 years and performed at the Golden Café Lounge. Bill had a musical group called the Bill Lucidarme Group under the record label Kauai Surf Resort that played the genre of country music.

Extent

1 box (four photograph albums; five loose Mexican and Cuban songbooks)

1 linear foot

Language of Materials

English

Spanish; Castilian

Additional Description

Processing Information

Processed by Jocelyn De Avila on November 17, 2023.

Subjects

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: Inventory of the Gerber and Lucidarme Family Photograph Album Collection
Status: Completed
Author: Jocelyn De Avila
Date: 2023-11
Description rules: Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description: English
Script of description: Latin