About Noticias

Noticias, the quarterly journal of the Monterey History & Art Association, bears a long and distinguished tradition. Founded by Donald Munroe Craig, author of an important book on the correspondence of Alcalde Walter Colton’s secretary, it was subsequently edited by Amelie Elkinton, Monterey’s first official historian; eminent art historian Betty Hoag McGlynn; and historian Virginia Stone.

Noticias has been highly praised in many quarters. R. Aidan Martin, director of Vancouver’s Reefquest Center, wrote of Tim Thomas’s Basking Sharks issue: “a fascinating and well-written text, both useful and fun-to-read. Intriguing archival photos in high-quality reproduction invite the reader to savor the details.” The head librarian of the Bancroft Library sent a warm acknowledgment of the Jo Mora issue. Malcolm Margolin, publisher of an impressive list of California titles under Heyday Books, wrote of Julie Cain’s Hotel del Monte Landscape issue: “How beautifully the text and photos bring to life a wonderful, lost world...that arose from the mists and then disappeared. Utterly first-class.”

Subscribe now to receive the Diamond Jubilee series coinciding with MHAA’s 75th anniversary in 2006. One issue will feature the Reverend McGowan and his wife, Dr. Julia McGowan, builders of Monterey’s first Presbyterian Church (now the Mayo Hayes O’Donnell Library; another will discuss “the making of a preservationist” about Amelie Elkinton.