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Sonoma State University Library
Special Collections
1801 E. Cotati Avenue
Rohnert Park, California 94928
Phone: (707) 664-4152
Email: specialcollections@sonoma.edu
Collections with online items: 13
Physical collections: 49
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California Folklore Miscellany

The collection is comprised of 42 volumes and 8 microfilm reels of material documenting various aspects of North Bay history, with a focus on beliefs, customs & folkways; place names & folk speech; historical characters, outlaws, miners, and lumbermen; legends,...

 
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Dawson Lime Kiln Photograph Collection

Photographs of lime kiln ruins in northern and central California, documenting a critical 19th century industry producing lime for the construction of cities in the area. The collection includes 16 photographs (16 X 20 in.) and text documents by the...

 
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Hoyt Earthquake Photograph Collection

These vintage photographs of the extensive earthquake and fire damage to downtown Santa Rosa once belonged to Henry’s daughter, Frances H. Gove (d.1993 in Monterey, California). The envelope and its contents were found in a Monterey bookshop by a dealer...

 
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LeBaron (Gaye) Collection

The collection houses the research material of newspaper columnist Gaye LeBaron relating to the North Bay region of California. Files hold support materials for more than 8,200 newspaper columns written for The Press Democrat newspaper in Santa Rosa, California. Included...

 
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Modini Ranch Journals Collection

The Modini Ranch Journals collection showcases journals and ledgers handwritten by James (Jim) Lawrence and Shirley Nye Modini, gifted to Sonoma State University Library by Audubon Canyon Ranch in 2013. Jim and Shirley Modini were Sonoma County natives who lived...

 
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North Bay Ethnic Archive

Forty-six oral history cassette tapes (converted to CD) and miscellaneous items donated by the interviewees — including photos, slides and a narrative report from the camp director of the Granada Relocation Camp in Amache, Colorado, a Japanese-American internment camp during...

North Bay Historic Preservation Digital Collection

The images in the North Bay Historic Preservation Digital Collection constitute an important chronicle of local buildings and represent a significant piece of the region's social, cultural, and anthropological history dating from the mid-1800s. The majority of photographs were taken...

 
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Rhinehart (Charles) Papers

The Rhinehart papers, dating from the late 1960s through 2007, include correspondence, government documents, meeting minutes, newspaper clippings, newsletters, pamphlets, fliers and ephemera. All relate to such varied local environmental issues as estuarine sanctuaries, the Bodega Bay power plant, coastal...

 
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Smith (Ernestine) Papers

The Smith papers, dating from the late 1950s to the early 1970s, include correspondence, government documents, meeting minutes, newspaper clippings, newsletters, pamphlets, fliers and ephemera. All relate to such local environmental issues as nuclear power plant construction and coastal access.

Sonoma County Agriculture, Land Use and Tourism Collection

The collection, covering the years 1906 – 1915 and 1949, consists of pamphlets and ephemera focusing on agriculture production in Sonoma County, as well as land use and development, and county tourism. The greatest depth of information is on the...

 
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Talbot (Roy Maxwell) Papers

Roy Maxwell Talbot (1880-1963) began his career in the Chinese Maritime Customs in 1908. He served as Commissioner of Customs from 1935 until 1938, when he became Audit Secretary in the Inspectorate General's Office. He was in that position until...

Tombs (Nellie) Papers

Collection items include Tombs’ diary dated 1885 through August 1887, three pieces of correspondence, a bill of sale for a slave (1848) and an insurance advertisement. The total of eight papers in the collection provide a snapshot of the life...

 
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Warner (Iva) Papers

Balancing an integrated program to maintain environmental quality along Coastal California, Iva May Warner has faced nearly insurmountable odds for over a decade. Joining two former Feinstone Award (the Sol Feinstone Environmental Award, given by State University of New York)...