HSU Public Affairs Collection
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2023
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Title: HSU Public Affairs Collection
Dates: 1930s-2000s
Collection Number: 1999.26
Creator/Collector:
Humboldt State University, Offices of Public Affairs and University Relations
Extent: 60 cubic feet
Repository:
Cal Poly Humboldt, Library Special Collections and Archives
Arcata, California 95521-8299
Abstract: The HSU Public Affairs Collection consists of news releases and photographs produced by the Office of Public Affairs and its
successor in 1982, the Office of University Relations. Also included are newspaper clippings about the University. Primary
coverage is from the 1950s through the 1990s with additional material dating back to the founding of the College in 1913 and
coming into the early 2000s. Digital creation and storage of these functions began in the mid-2000s and was formalized when
the office became Marketing & Communications in 2007.
Language of Material: English
The collection is open for research.
Humboldt State University holds copyright. The publications and images in this collection were created by employees at Humboldt
State University. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce in any format please contact the Special Collections Librarian.
[Identification of item]. HSU Public Affairs Collection. Collection Number: 1999.26. Cal Poly Humboldt, Library Special Collections
and Archives
This collection was acquired from the Office of Public Affairs and its successors at Humboldt State in several increments,
beginning in the 1980s, and generally coinciding with the retirement of a key individual in that office.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection documents the public image of Humboldt State primarily from the 1950s through the 1990s with additional materials
of both earlier and later dates. Materials include the News Releases prepared by the News and Information Service beginning
in 1967 and continuing through 2003/04 when the format became entirely digital; this is complemented by “News Clips,” also
beginning in 1967, as scrapbooks of clippings from newspapers and finally as printouts from news media through 2005/06.
A large component of the collection is photographs: these were taken by staff photographers to illustrate everything from
the College Catalog (1914-to date) to the Yearbook (1927; 1938-1966; 1977-1978; 1982-1985) and Humboldt Stater (1982-1997),
as well as other campus publications. Photographers and writers include Peter Palmquist, Michael Corcoran, Cynthia Coleman,
Michael Slinker, Sean Kearns, Jim Thoms, Dar Spain, Jay Brown, and Brandi Easter. The entire collection is closely related
to the University Archives Pamphlet Collection and related University publications located in the Humboldt Room of the HSU
Library. Together these materials provide an introduction to the history of Humboldt State as portrayed by the University
itself.
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