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Loma Prieta earthquake collection

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Table of contents

Community response and accounts 1989-1990

Access Restrictions

Audiovisual media is unavailable until reformatted. Contact Special Collections and Archives in advance to request access to audiovisual media.

Scope and Contents

This series contains personal accounts of the earthquake, such as journals, poems, and photographs, from members of the Santa Cruz County community. Also included are writings and drawings from students at Mintie White School in Wattsonville and material from community gatherings.

Box 1, Folder 10

A Quake Journal and Some Photos - Jeff Marshall 1989

Box 1, Folder 1

Audiocassette recording of Mozart choral piece interupted by Loma Prieta earthquake ms0189_rec_0001 1989 October 17

Box 1, Folder 5

Barabara Paige diary copy 1989 October 19-28

Box 1, Folder 6

Community events and earthquake stress relief programs 1989

Box 1, Folder 40-43

Earthquake damage photographs taken by Hans Schermann 1989

Box 1, Folder 12

Earthquake Journal - Patricia Rain 1989 October 17 - December 25

Box 1, Folder 4

KQED - "Jolted Lives: Santa Cruz After the Quake" 1990

Box 3, Folder 5

Matrix 1989 November

Box 1, Folder 17-18

Mintie White School students' writings and drawings about the earthquake 1989

Box 2

Newspaper clippings scrapbook 1989

Box 1, Folder 13

Personal accounts of earthquake - journals, poetry, and photographs 1989

Box 1, Folder 11

Personal accounts of the earthquake 1989

Box 1, Folder 15

Personal accounts of the earthquake 1989

Box 4

Reclaiming Our Common Ground t-shirt 1989

Box 4

Recovering Our Common Ground - Peace Day t-shirt 1989

Box 4

Restore Santa Cruz t-shirt 1989

Box 4

Shift Happens t-shirt 1989

Box 1, Folder 6

"The Earthquake of 1989; Our Family's Story" - Galt/Woodsorrel family 1989

Government response 1989-1990

Scope and Contents

This series contains materials from the national and local government, such as bulletins, resources for relief services, information about traffic and transportation, and resources for repairing and rebuilding historic buildings. Also included is material from and photographs of the Army Corps of Engineers Santa Cruz headquarters.

Box 1, Folder 34

Assessing and repairing damaged historic buildings 1989

Box 1, Folder 36

Assessing and repairing damaged historic buildings 1989-1990

Box 1, Folder 38

Assessing and repairing damaged historic buildings 1989

Box 4

Can of water handed out in the aftermath of the earthquake 1989

Box 1, Folder 31

City of Santa Cruz notices 1989

Box 3, Folder 1

Common Reactions to Disaster 1989

Box 1, Folder 3

Department of Interior Geological Survey, Western Region - Aftershock Sequence Observations and Forecast 1989 October 31

Box 1, Folder 14

Earthquake Resources Directory for the Santa Cruz County Area 1989 November 13

Box 1, Folder 39

Funding for reparing historic buildings 1989

Box 3, Folder 7

Getting from here to there 1989

Box 1, Folder 37

Grants and loans for repairing historic buildings 1989-1990

Box 1, Folder 35

Grants for repairing historic buildings 1989-1990

Box 1, Folder 27

Headways bus schedule - special earthquake edition 1989-1990

Box 1, Folder 16

National Trust for Historic Preservation 1989

Box 1, Folder 32

Photographs of Army Corps of Engineers headquarters, Holiday Inn, Santa Cruz, taken by Rita Bottoms 1989 November

Box 1, Folder 33

San Lorenzo River levee repair 1989 October - November

Box 1, Folder 2

Santa Cruz County Transportation Commission 1989 October - November

Local businesses response 1989

Scope and Contents

This series contains material that documents how Santa Cruz businesses were affected by the earthquake. Included in this series are updates from businesses' about their opperations, as well as flyers and tshirts from fundraising events that businesses had.

Box 3, Folder 2

Bookshop Santa Cruz 23rd birthday flyer 1989

Box 3, Folder 4

Business Santa Cruz 1989 November

Box 3, Folder 3

City Quake Report: A Special Report to Santa Cruz City Employees 1989 December

Box 1, Folder 29

Earthquake relief events from local businesses 1989

Box 1, Folder 28

Local businesses news 1989

Box 4

Pacific Garden Mall memorial t-shirt (2 t-shirts) 1989

UC Santa Cruz response 1989-1990

Scope and Contents

This series contains material that documents the effect the earthquake had on UC Santa Cruz, including items issued by the campus Public Relations Office. Also included are materials issued by the library and information on resources for students.

Box 1, Folder 24

Campus bulletins and announcements 1989

Box 3, Folder 8

City on a Hill 1989 October 21, 27

Box 3, Folder 6

Classroom changes 1989

Box 1, Folder 25

Counseling and psychological services 1989

Box 1, Folder 9

Earthquake history and educational slide set compiled by Jeff Marshall, Earth Sciences Board, UC Santa Cruz 1990

Box 1, Folder 26

Library materials 1989

Box 1, Folder 23

"On Campus" special earthquake issue 1989 October 27

Box 1, Folder 21

"UC Focus" 1989

Box 1, Folder 19

UC Santa Cruz Campus Emergency Response Team status reports 1989 October 19-25

Box 1, Folder 22

UC Santa Cruz flyers 1989

Box 1, Folder 8

UC Santa Cruz Public Information Office material 1989

Box 1, Folder 20

UC Santa Cruz Public Information Office campus status reports 1989 October 26 - November 3

Collection Contents

Community response and accounts

Government response

Local businesses response

UC Santa Cruz response