SERIES I: Professional Materials 1928 - 2005 (Bulk 1934 - 1974)
Cavanagh, Daniel 1987 - 1997
Collier's Encyclopedia 1946 - 1967
College Union 1960 - 1964
Community Service 1936, 1975
Correspondence - Hutchins, Robert 1955
Correspondence, recognitions, articles and miscellaneous (includes first published article by D. Bentel) 1928 - 1972
Correspondence, recognitions, articles and miscellaneous 1935 - 1991
Correspondence, recognitions, articles and miscellaneous 1941 - 1982
Correspondence, recognitions, articles and miscellaneous 1943 - 1991
Correspondence, recognitions, articles and miscellaneous 1945 - 1987
Correspondence, recognitions, articles and miscellaneous 1956 - 1978
Correspondence - Special letters 1967 - 1987
Correspondence - Thank you notes 2005 - 2007
Directories - Emeritus organizations 1985 - 2003
Directories; Professional Associations 1989 - 2005
NCCPA Review (newsletter) 1952 - 1961
Photographs undated
Photography (proposed publication) 1971 - 1974
Plaque - Twenty years of service undated
Publications list and lauditory quotes undated
Recognitions 1943 - 1982
Recollections 1951 - 1971
Retirement and Recognitions 1952 - 1986
San Jose State College history undated
Santa Cruz Sentinel News 1953-06
Talk undated
Talk - Antonacci, Michael (1 of 2) undated
Talk - Antonacci, Michael (2 of 2) undated
Talk - Community Newspaper 1963
Talk - Graduate program history undated
Talks, correspondence and Miscellaneous 1953 - 1974
Publication- Photographs in the San Jose School Department Illustrated Report 1941
Department excellance 1955 - 1984
Faculty photograph Undated
Gratitude; letters of 1936 - 1990
Honors, distinctions and miscellaneous 1932 - 1981
Journalism Department and miscellaneous 1943 - 1982
Leadership (national and local) and miscellaneous 1936 - 1981
Libel undated
Libel - doctors undated
Libel - doctors, Behrendt v. Times Mirror undated
Libel - doctors, Bornman v. Star Co. undated
Libel - doctors, Brinkley v. Fishbein undated
Libel - doctors, How to libel a doctor without half trying (1 of 3) undated
Libel - doctors, How to libel a doctor without half trying (2 of 3) undated
Libel - doctors, How to libel a doctor without half trying (3 of 3). (Manuscript) undated
Libel - doctors, Martin v. The Picayune undated
Libel - doctors, new material undated
Libel - doctors, Shankman v. O'Malley 1956
Libel - doctors, Single mistake rule 1978 - 1979
Miscellaneous (1 of 2) undated
Miscellaneous (2 of 2) 1977 - 1978
Photography (photo of D. Bentel) undated
Photography. (Mortensen, William. Seven deadley errors. Camera Craft.) 1940
Praise 1936 - 1982
Privacy undated
Pyle, Ernie (last article). Bentel biographical articles 1945 - 1993
Recognitions and thanks 1950 - 1977
Retirement tributes and miscellaneous 1934 - 2004
Stone, George 1951 - 1964
Stone, George 1960
Stone, George 1960 - 1964
Talk undated
Talk - Antonacci, Michael undated
Talk - Burnett, Carol circa 1981
Talk - Davies, Pearce and history of public relations undated
Talk - Death penalty undated
Talk - Development of news writing. Contra Costa College 1956
Talk - Journalism School defense 1948
Talk - Lick, James undated
Talk - Lincoln undated
Talk - Promotion Directors 1959
Talk - San Jose State College history 1955
Talk - San Jose State College history, the big fire (1 of 2) undated
Talk - San Jose State College history, the big fire (2 of 2) undated
SERIES II: Personal Materials 1909 - 2003
Birth certificate and biography - Bentel, Dwight 1909, undated
Birth certificate - Bentel, Genieva DiFiore 1941
Bentel, David circa 1968 - 1994
Bentel, Genieva undated
Bentel, Katherine undated
Diary - Services to Mom circa 1956 - 1959
Divorce (Bentel, Dwight and Bentel, Edna) 1956 - 1957
Family History 1927, 1946
Misfortunes 1935 - 1947
Newsclippings - WWII coverage 1944, 1971
Rosters and miscellaneous 1975 - 1985
Correspondence 1934 - 2003
Bentel, Carr 1934 - 1935
Bentel, Carr 1935 - 1948
Bentel, Carr (not pertinent) 1942 - 1995
Bentel, Carr (Care of Katherine Bentel) 1945 - 1993
Bentel, Carr 1946 - 1978
Bentel, Carr 1947, 1956
Bentel, Carr (Care of Katherine Bentel) 1947 - 1998
Bentel, Carr (Care of Katherine Bentel) 1948 - 1977, 1987
Bentel, Carr (Care of Katherine Bentel) 1952 - 1961
Bentel, Carr 1954 - 1956
Bentel, Carr (Criticism of Edna) 1958
Bentel, Carr (Sevices to Katherine Bentel) 1958
Bentel, Carr (Care of Katherine Bentel) 1958 - 1977
Bentel, Carr (Katherine Bentel and Salem Lutheran) 1960 - 1961
Bentel, Carr (Katherine Bentel expenses) 1961 - 1962
Bentel, Carr (Estate of Katherine Bentel) 1962
Bentel, Carr 1977
Bentel, Carr 1978
Bentel, Carr (Greeting cards) 1984
Bentel, Carr 1984, 2001
Bentel, Carr (Special) 1985 - 1987
Bentel, Carr 1990 - 1992
Bentel, Carr 1995 - 2001
Bentel, Carr 2000
Bentel, Carr 2001 - 2003
Bentel, Carr undated
Bentel, Carr (drafts) undated
Bentel, Christina 1975 - 1995
Bentel, David 1935 - 1990
Bentel, David 1947 - 1976
Bentel, David undated
Bentel, Edna and Bentel, David 1949 -1959
Bentel, Gladys 1934 - 1952
Bentel, Joseph 1934 -1946
Bentel, Joseph (approval) 1935 - 1947
Bentel, Joseph 1939 - 1945
Bentel, Joseph (on Carr) 1940 - 1947
Bentel, Joseph (nostalgia) 1942 - 1945
Bentel, Joseph (on Carr) 1944
Bentel, Joseph 1944 - 1947
Bentel, Katherine (appreciation) 1941 - 1952
Bentel, Katherine 1942 - 1954
Bentel, Katherine (appreciation) 1945 - 1953
Bentel, Katherine (servces to Mom) 1948 - 1955
Bentel, Katherine 1950 - 1954
Bentel, Katherine (appreciation) 1954
Bentel, Katherine 1958
Bentel, Martha and Bob 1951 - 1957, 1989
Bentel, Pirkko 1988
Colonial Mortuary 1962
Miscellaneous undated
Miscellaneous 1948 - 1996
Miscellaneous (Family) 1979 - 1994
Miscellaneous (to answer and to write) 1992 - 2009
Miscellaneous 2002 - 2003
Murphy, Eileen and Jim undated
U.S. Navel Dispensary (Kellum, Wilbur) 1958
SERIES III: Death Valley 1905 - 2006
Correspondence 1940 - 2006
Johnson, Jean 2004 - 2005
Miscellaneous, incoming 1940 - 2004
Miscellaneous, outgoing 1991 - 2006
Project Organization undated
Project organization, ideas and notes undated
Project organization, ideas and notes undated
Project organization undated
Project organization - storylines undated
Project Organization undated
Research Files undated
Amargosa Desert 1928
Assaying undated
Automobiles undated
Borax undated
Bullfrog County undated
Dangers undated
Dangers - Cloud burst (flash floods and flooding) undated
Dangers - Death undated
Dangers - Sandstorms undated
Dangers - Water and effects of thirst undated
Gold undated
Harris, Shorty - A liar? undated
Harris, Shorty - Stories undated
Harris, Shorty - Visits undated
Hocum undated
Hocum and lives, actual undated
Life and death in Death Valley undated
Mining undated
Mining camps/towns undated
Mining camps/towns - Ballarat and Pleasant Canyon undated
Mining camps/towns - Goldfield undated
Mining camps/towns - Panamint City undated
Mining camps/towns - Tonopah undated
Mining economics undated
Mining law and scams undated
Natural history - cactus undated
Natural history - herpetology (snakes) undated
Natural history - road runner undated
Natural history - tortoise undated
Old Spanish Trail undated
Research materials, miscellaneous 1916 - 1997
Rhyolite undated
Roads undated
Scott, Walter (Scotty) undated
Visit undated
Water undated
Aurora undated
Baker (Dan Fairbanks) undated
Bullfrog County undated
Burros undated
Cave Springs - Johnston the scorpion undated
Death Valley National Monument - First rangers undated
Deaths undated
Description (World of Shorty) undated
Eichbaum Toll Road undated
Emigrants - Hocum undated
The great American desert undated
Harris, Shorty undated
Harris, Shorty - Controversial undated
Harris, Shorty - Language and profanity undated
Manley - Bennett party undated
Manley- Hocum undated
Mengel, Carl undated
Mining economics undated
Miscellaneous undated
Miscellaneous Quotes undated
Natural History undated
Natural History - Hocum undated
Ode to the Burro Prospector undated
Over-debunked undated
Pictures undated
Prospecting undated
Prospector's Terminology undated
Red Mountain - Randsburg undated
References undated
References - Bibliography undated
References - at SJSU library undated
References - To look up undated
Sand undated
Scams - Hi-grading undated
Scott, Walter (Scotty) undated
Skidoo undated
Trails to water undated
Walker, Charlie undated
Why they came undated
Ballarat undated
Chronology undated
Dangers of the land undated
Dates undated
Depression undated
Descriptions undated
Harris, Shorty undated
Harrisburg undated
Mining boom after Panamint undated
Mining law undated
Miscellaneous undated
Owens Valley undated
Prospectors undated
Rawhide undated
References - Dates and towns undated
Terminology - Glossary, words and phrases undated
Visit file undated
Why they came undated
All gone now undated
Birds - ducks and geese undated
Bodie undated
Bullfrog - Rhyolite undated
Burros (1 of 2) undated
Burros (2 of 2) undated
Burros - Equipment and supplies undated
Camels undated
Dangers - Dynamite undated
Dangers - heat, water undated
Eddy, Clarence undated
Equipment and supplies undated
Fairbanks, Dan undated
Ferge, Charles (Seldom Seen Slim) undated
Girls Camp undated
Gold - how to find undated
Goldfield undated
History - Chronology undated
History-Description undated
LeMoigne, John undated
Mills, Johnny undated
Mills, Johnny - debunking undated
Mining undated
Mining in Death Valley undated
Miscellaneous (1 of 4) undated
Miscellaneous (2 of 4) undated
Miscellaneous (3 of 4) undated
Miscellaneous (4 of 4) undated
Mojave Desert Preserve undated
Native Americans undated
Natural history undated
Newspaper articles - handcopied undated
Pictures undated
Problems of new comers undated
Profanity undated
Prospecting undated
Prospectors undated
Prospectors - Introduction undated
Prospectors-Nature of undated
Purple glass undated
Publishers undated
Railroads undated
Railroads - Greenwater undated
Scott, Walter (Scotty) undated
Smith trip undated
Unnatural history undated
The valley they loved undated
Weather undated
Wild life undated
World undated
World of Shorty undated
Borax undate
Burros (1 of 3) undate
Burros (2 of 3) undate
Burros (3 of 3) undate
Cabins undate
Fairbanks, R.J. (Dad) undate
Gray, Fred undate
Harris, Shorty undate
Heat undate
Lee, Cub undate
Lost mines (1 of 3) undate
Lost mines (2 of 3) undated
Lost mines (3 of 3) undated
Marcy plan undated
Miscellaneous (1 of 4) undated
Miscellaneous (2 of 4) undated
Miscellaneous (3 of 4) undated
Miscellaneous (4 of 4) undated
New desert (the) undated
O'Brian, Judge Joe (Interview) undated
Spitting contest undated
Walker, Charles undated
Why they came undated
Manuscripts undated
Dangers (heat) undated
Manuscript-Dangers of the Land (Article or talk) undated
Debunking undated
Harris, Shorty undated
Harris, Shorty (visit) undated
Harris, Shorty - Shorty's world undated
Mines, lost undated
Mines, lost - Breyfogle undated
Mines, lost - Gunsight Mine undated
Mining camps/towns - Harrisburg undated
Miscellaneous undated
Old undated
Prospectors and prospecting undated
Revisions for Lead undated
Skiddo undated
Bodie undated
BNB Notebook (Early manuscript and notes) circa 1930's
Chapter 1- Discards and revisions (Hocum) undated
Burros undated
Death Valley and western deserts undated
Harris, Shorty - Shorty's world undated
Harris, Shorty - Travels undated
Naming of the Valley - Hocum undated
Hocum undated
Owens Valley (Along the edge) undated
Bullfrog undated
Ryan, Dante's View undated
Harris, Shorty, epitaph undated
Harris, Shorty, in from Skidoo undated
Manley undated
Mining economics undated
Revival undated
Summary of gold camps undated
Author Biography undated
Borax undated
Burros undated
Burros - Outline and stories undated
Epitaph for Shorty undated
Harris, Shorty - Description undated
My hero the burro undated
Lone hiker undated
Miscellaneous undated
Preface/personal undated
Prospecting - Following the float undated
B&B undated
Champion spitter undated
Harris, Shorty undated
Epitaph for Shorty undated
Introduction - variations undated
Lost Breyfogle and Gunsight mines undated
Mining - Economics undated
Miscellaneous undated
My hero the burro undated
Scott, Walter (Scotty) undated
Wicht, Chris undated
Why they came undated
Why they came (Beans, burros and bonanzas) undated
Publications by others 1905 - 1977
Glassock, C.B. Here's Death Valley. Grossett & Dunlap : New York. 1940.
Unknown. (Greenwater). Undated
Corle, Edwin. Death Valley and a creek called Furnace. 1941
Edwards, E.D. The valley whose name is death. United States. 1940
Gardner, E. S. The desert is yours. Wm Morrow & Co. 1963.
Pyle, Ernie. "Thirst in the desert" in Home country. Scripps-Howard Newspaper Alliance. 1935 - 1940.
Unknown. Gold in them hills. Undated.
Belden, L. Burr. Death Valley heroine. 1954.
Chalfant, W. A. The story of Inyo. 1922.
Coolidge, Dane. Death Valley prospectors. 1937
Federal Writer's Project. Death Valley: a guide. 1977.
Publications by others - Indexes. Undated.
Kirk, Ruth. Exploring Death Valley. Undated.
Latschar, John A. A History of Mining in Death Valley National Monument. Historic Resource study, National Park Service. 1954. (1 of 2)
Latschar, John A. A History of Mining in Death Valley National Monument. Historic Resource study, National Park Service. 1954. (2 of 2)
Newspaper articles, various authors 1905 - 1933
Pyle, Ernie. Various articles undated
Pearl, Richard. Handbook for prospectors. 1973.
Putnam, George Palmer. Death Valley and its country. 1946.
Western Publications, Inc. Gold. Vol. 1 No. 1. 1969.
Lee, Bourke. Death Valley men. MacMillan. 1932.
Brookshier, Frank. The burro. University of Oklahoma Press, 1974.
Houston, Eleanor J. Death Valley Scotty told me. 1954 (excerpt)
SERIES IV: Slides and Glass Plate Negatives undated
Glass Plate Negatives undated
Slides and Negatives undated