Enos, Debbie
Added: February 20, 2009
Imagineer; in Financial Systems in the early 1990s and later at the Disneyland Design Studio (the Imagineering office on site at Disneyland, Backstage on the west side of the Park).
Showing posts with label thesaurus term of the day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label thesaurus term of the day. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Thesaurus Term of the Day: Travis, Jill
(Apologies for the absence of the daily terms over the weekend. I was (time) traveling.)
Travis, Jill
Added: March 2, 2009
Recipient of a November 1995 Disneyland Resort Excellence Award (alas, I do not know the details) and in Information Services as of February 2001.
Travis, Jill
Added: March 2, 2009
Recipient of a November 1995 Disneyland Resort Excellence Award (alas, I do not know the details) and in Information Services as of February 2001.
Friday, December 2, 2011
Thesaurus Term of the Day: Delgado, Rick
Delgado, Rick
Added: April 4, 2009
From the June 1993 telephone directory, Rick worked in General Services at Imagineering. At Disneyland in the olden days, General Services handled things like the Warehouse, Costuming, Communications, Security, and other administrative functions. I don't know what Imagineering General Services did, or if that term is in use at modern Imagineering.
Added: April 4, 2009
From the June 1993 telephone directory, Rick worked in General Services at Imagineering. At Disneyland in the olden days, General Services handled things like the Warehouse, Costuming, Communications, Security, and other administrative functions. I don't know what Imagineering General Services did, or if that term is in use at modern Imagineering.
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Thesaurus Term of the Day: Allen, L. B.
Allen, L. B.
Added: October 28, 2008
Several Disneyland Lines from the early 1970s identify L. B. Allen (alias Leonard Allen) as a carpenter in the Mill department. Leonard probably worked with a lot of oldtimers.
Added: October 28, 2008
Several Disneyland Lines from the early 1970s identify L. B. Allen (alias Leonard Allen) as a carpenter in the Mill department. Leonard probably worked with a lot of oldtimers.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Thesaurus Term of the Day: Olympic Elk (Nature's Wonderland)
Olympic Elk (Nature's Wonderland)
Added: October 26, 2007
The parenthetical Nature's Wonderland acts to disambiguate this term from the film "The Olympic Elk." Ideally, at some future point in time, the thesaurus would have all the show scenes from every attraction. Because of the wall maps I have the Olympic Elk scene from Nature's Wonderland in the thesaurus itself, but I currently don't have any specific information on the scene. There may be a sentence or two in the notes for Mine Train Through Nature's Wonderland (or just Nature's Wonderland), but nothing (yet) in the notes for this term. (There is yet a lot of work to do in the thesaurus, as you can tell.)
Added: October 26, 2007
The parenthetical Nature's Wonderland acts to disambiguate this term from the film "The Olympic Elk." Ideally, at some future point in time, the thesaurus would have all the show scenes from every attraction. Because of the wall maps I have the Olympic Elk scene from Nature's Wonderland in the thesaurus itself, but I currently don't have any specific information on the scene. There may be a sentence or two in the notes for Mine Train Through Nature's Wonderland (or just Nature's Wonderland), but nothing (yet) in the notes for this term. (There is yet a lot of work to do in the thesaurus, as you can tell.)
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Thesaurus Term of the Day: Rounders, The (film)
Rounders, The (film)
Added: October 16, 2008
Thanks to the Summer 1976 Vacationland, I know that this 1914 Charlie Chaplin film played in the Main Street Cinema. It'd be great to know every film that ever played there, but I doubt such a list exists. As it is I know 21 films, gathered from lists published through the years (such as in Vacationland) and that appear on the marquee in vintage photographs.
Added: October 16, 2008
Thanks to the Summer 1976 Vacationland, I know that this 1914 Charlie Chaplin film played in the Main Street Cinema. It'd be great to know every film that ever played there, but I doubt such a list exists. As it is I know 21 films, gathered from lists published through the years (such as in Vacationland) and that appear on the marquee in vintage photographs.
Monday, November 28, 2011
Thesaurus Term of the Day: Project Area Committee members
Project Area Committee members
Added: April 15, 2010
This is another "role" term to link people to organizations. According to the July 27, 1987 Los Angeles Times, the Project Area Committee was established to advise the City of Anaheim on the Katella Redevelopment Project, which, among other things, would have included a peoplemover-type transit system. While the thesaurus focus is Disneyland, I also include relevant outside information, such as Anaheim's actions in the Disneyland area. The project was withdrawn before the end of 1987 in the face of opposition from Anaheim HOME.
Added: April 15, 2010
This is another "role" term to link people to organizations. According to the July 27, 1987 Los Angeles Times, the Project Area Committee was established to advise the City of Anaheim on the Katella Redevelopment Project, which, among other things, would have included a peoplemover-type transit system. While the thesaurus focus is Disneyland, I also include relevant outside information, such as Anaheim's actions in the Disneyland area. The project was withdrawn before the end of 1987 in the face of opposition from Anaheim HOME.
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Thesaurus Term of the Day: Parade of the Toys (1962)
Parade of the Toys (1962)
Added: April 10, 2010
It's pretty simple these days when the same holiday parade runs year after year. There are changes in the parade, and the cast can have substantial changes year-to-year, but at least the name remains the same. In Disneyland's earliest years, there were holiday festivals of various names and events and a parade that occurred on a single day.
Parade of the Toys (1962) is an example of a term that I might eventually have point elsewhere. The Disneyland Holiday Festival began on December 15, 1962. The parade highlighted the festivities at an hour-and-a-half in length. The parade was described in the papers as a Parade of Nations followed by a Parade of Toys. Because most information is bundled together, it makes more sense to have a single term (perhaps Parade of All Nations and Parade of the Toys (1962)) than to separate them out.
Added: April 10, 2010
It's pretty simple these days when the same holiday parade runs year after year. There are changes in the parade, and the cast can have substantial changes year-to-year, but at least the name remains the same. In Disneyland's earliest years, there were holiday festivals of various names and events and a parade that occurred on a single day.
Parade of the Toys (1962) is an example of a term that I might eventually have point elsewhere. The Disneyland Holiday Festival began on December 15, 1962. The parade highlighted the festivities at an hour-and-a-half in length. The parade was described in the papers as a Parade of Nations followed by a Parade of Toys. Because most information is bundled together, it makes more sense to have a single term (perhaps Parade of All Nations and Parade of the Toys (1962)) than to separate them out.
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Thesaurus Term of the Day: Mktg Special Projects
Mktg Special Projects
Added: March 25, 2009
The thesaurus currently contains 8,033 nonpreferred/lead-in terms. These point to another term in the thesaurus. This is either because the term contains a spelling error, the term is an insubstantial variation of a name, or because I have decided that it makes sense to combine two concepts into one term. In this case, Mktg Special Projects points to the preferred term Marketing Special Projects.
Added: March 25, 2009
The thesaurus currently contains 8,033 nonpreferred/lead-in terms. These point to another term in the thesaurus. This is either because the term contains a spelling error, the term is an insubstantial variation of a name, or because I have decided that it makes sense to combine two concepts into one term. In this case, Mktg Special Projects points to the preferred term Marketing Special Projects.
Friday, November 25, 2011
Thesaurus Term of the Day: Show Ride Electronics Imagineers
Show Ride Electronics Imagineers
Added: May 16, 2009
This is an example of a "role" term I created, to be able to link people to the jobs they've held at the Disneyland Resort and Walt Disney Imagineering. These terms are in turn linked to the various departments and divisions (in what is obviously an incomplete organizational structure, given my incomplete knowledge of internal organization through the decades). Interestingly, I only have reference to a single Show Ride Electronics Imagineer: William L. Wolf. He's listed in this department in the June 1993 telephone directory, but in February 2001 is in Electronic Engineering--a department for which I know many more Imagineers.
Added: May 16, 2009
This is an example of a "role" term I created, to be able to link people to the jobs they've held at the Disneyland Resort and Walt Disney Imagineering. These terms are in turn linked to the various departments and divisions (in what is obviously an incomplete organizational structure, given my incomplete knowledge of internal organization through the decades). Interestingly, I only have reference to a single Show Ride Electronics Imagineer: William L. Wolf. He's listed in this department in the June 1993 telephone directory, but in February 2001 is in Electronic Engineering--a department for which I know many more Imagineers.
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Thesaurus Term of the Day: Nelson, Greg
Nelson, Greg
Added: February 22, 2009
This is an example of a person in the thesaurus about whom I have absolutely no information, other than that they were mentioned in a Disneyland Line, specifically the August 29, 1973 Line. The mention is that he was slated to perform as Thackaberry in the Disneyland Drama Workshop production of "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying." I figure it is enough to record mentions of Disneyland Recreation Club-related activities without noting the details. If somebody later inquires about an individual, I can go back to the source to find out the context. And this strategy has already paid dividends. A co-worker's mother worked at the Park for a few years in the mid-1970s; because she participated in the Bowling League and the Canoe Races, I had her recorded in the thesaurus.
Tomorrow: a non-person term, non-date term!
Added: February 22, 2009
This is an example of a person in the thesaurus about whom I have absolutely no information, other than that they were mentioned in a Disneyland Line, specifically the August 29, 1973 Line. The mention is that he was slated to perform as Thackaberry in the Disneyland Drama Workshop production of "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying." I figure it is enough to record mentions of Disneyland Recreation Club-related activities without noting the details. If somebody later inquires about an individual, I can go back to the source to find out the context. And this strategy has already paid dividends. A co-worker's mother worked at the Park for a few years in the mid-1970s; because she participated in the Bowling League and the Canoe Races, I had her recorded in the thesaurus.
Tomorrow: a non-person term, non-date term!
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Thesaurus Term of the Day: Barrios, Tony
Barrios, Tony
Added: March 15, 2009
Tony worked in Facilities at least in the 1980s and 1990s (it can be hard for me to say definitively the years an individual worked at the Park, unless I have a source providing a narrative of his or her work history). Telephone directories identify Tony as working in Engineering and then Facilities Enhancement, and also the recipient of a March 1996 Disneyland Resort Excellence Award. I'd like to know what he received it for!
Added: March 15, 2009
Tony worked in Facilities at least in the 1980s and 1990s (it can be hard for me to say definitively the years an individual worked at the Park, unless I have a source providing a narrative of his or her work history). Telephone directories identify Tony as working in Engineering and then Facilities Enhancement, and also the recipient of a March 1996 Disneyland Resort Excellence Award. I'd like to know what he received it for!
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Thesaurus Term of the Day: Gillette, David A.
Today's term is Gillette, David A., added May 27, 2010. Another reference from the May 28, 1956 Disneyland Telephone Directory, working in Main Street Operations at the time.
Monday, November 21, 2011
Thesaurus Term of the Day: Johnston, Madelyn
Today's term is Johnston, Madelyn, added March 24, 2009. I told you there were a lot of people in the thesaurus. The sole reference I have to Madelyn is from The Walt Disney Company California Telephone Directory of June 1993, when she worked for Merchandise West Coast Attractions in the (soon-to-be Old) Admin Building.
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Thesaurus Term of the Day: Sutton, Ernest
Today's term is Sutton, Ernest, added May 31, 2010. All I know about Ernest is that he worked in Construction & Maintenance, as identified in the Disneyland Telephone Directory of May 28, 1956.
Saturday, November 19, 2011
Thesaurus Term of the Day: Frazer, Bruce
Today's term is Frazer, Bruce, added June 1, 2009. This is another Imagineer referenced in The Walt Disney Company Telephone Directory of February 2001, at the time working in Research & Development Glendale. This is the only mention I have of Bruce. I haven't decided yet whether I should use this daily term feature to augment the information in the thesaurus. For example, I did a quick-and-dirty online search for ("Bruce Frazer" AND Disney) and found reference to him being a Director at Set Box Integration at Walt Disney Imagineering.
Friday, November 18, 2011
Thesaurus Term of the Day: Thomasson, Tedd
To try to give you a reason to keep coming back here, and to keep attention (not the least, my own) focused on the Disneyland Resort Thesaurus, I've decided to start a new feature here at Disneyland Nomenclature. The thesaurus currently has 60,744 terms, of which 38,786 are non-date terms. (If you are interested in such information, might I suggest to you Jason's Disneyland Almanac?) Each month I'll output a current list of these non-date terms, pull out thirty terms at random, and prepare posts. The posts won't necessarily contain the entirety of the information in the thesaurus. And I have to caution at the outset that many thousands of terms are for people, a significant subset of which I only know about from mentions in telephone directories. I don't anticipate that every entry will be significant or interesting to anybody (including me), but in the aggregate the series of posts will allow me to show the range of material contained within the thesaurus. I also hope that, for the people terms especially, down the road somebody will search on their own or a relative's name and have additional information to provide or inaccuracies to correct.
Today's term is Thomasson, Tedd. I added this term on July 25, 2009. As listed in The Walt Disney Company Telephone Directory of February 2001, Todd worked at Walt Disney Imagineering in Facilities Development in Celebration Place in Florida. Several years ago I made the decision to include all Imagineers in the Disneyland-focused thesaurus. This is partly because I know Imagineers often move around on different parks/resorts, and partly because Imagineering is a very collaborative environment, so I couldn't readily guarantee that an Imagineer had no impact on Disneyland. You can tell that I have leaned toward the inclusive side.
Today's term is Thomasson, Tedd. I added this term on July 25, 2009. As listed in The Walt Disney Company Telephone Directory of February 2001, Todd worked at Walt Disney Imagineering in Facilities Development in Celebration Place in Florida. Several years ago I made the decision to include all Imagineers in the Disneyland-focused thesaurus. This is partly because I know Imagineers often move around on different parks/resorts, and partly because Imagineering is a very collaborative environment, so I couldn't readily guarantee that an Imagineer had no impact on Disneyland. You can tell that I have leaned toward the inclusive side.
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