Description
The collection includes planning papers, collection development records, correspondence, fundraising records, publications,
fliers, brochures, annual and monthly reports, budgets, expense records, facilities files, purchase orders, travel records,
personnel files, speeches, project files, outreach files, and general office files. Materials are filed alphabetically by
file title, except for box 5, which includes rejections to the Center's solicitations for donations of archival records from
community organizations.
Background
The San Diego History Research Center (SDHRC), later renamed the Center for Regional History (CRH), was a public history archives
and museum housed in San Diego State University's Library. After a transitional period, the CRH's holdings were transferred
to the library's Special Collections and University Archives department in 1988, where they still reside today.
Restrictions
The copyright interests in some of these materials have been transferred to or belong to San Diego State University. The nature
of historical archival and manuscript collections means that copyright status may be difficult or even impossible to determine.
Copyright resides with the creators of materials contained in the collection or their heirs. Requests for permission to publish
must be submitted to the Head of Special Collections, San Diego State University, Library and Information Access. When granted,
permission is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder(s), which must also be obtained in order to publish. Materials from our collections are
made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the
materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials.
Availability
This collection is open for research.