Rough & Ready Acorn, 1945-1963

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Title:: Rough & Ready Acorn
Dates:: 1945-1963
Abstract:: The Rough and Ready Acorn is a newspaper that was produced by the Naval Supply Annex on Rough and Ready Island in Stockton, California. Volume 1 began in 1945. This collection consists of 198 bi-monthly 4-page issues.
Extent:: 1 linear foot
Language:: Languages represented in the collection: English
Preferred citation:: Rough & Ready Acorn. MSS 326. Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library.

Scope and content:: The Rough and Ready Acorn is a newspaper that was produced by the Naval Supply Annex on Rough and Ready Island in Stockton, California. Volume 1 began in 1945. This collection consists of 198 bi-monthly 4-page issues.
Biographical / historical:: A naval base was established on Rough and Ready Island in 1933, placing Stockton in a strategic position during the Cold War. It was an active base for over 50 years. It closed in 1996.
Physical location:: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Rules or conventions:: Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Collection Guide Author:: Processed by Trish Richards
Date Prepared:: © 2013
Date Encoded:: Machine-readable finding aid created by Nicole Grady. Date of source: May 18, 2015.

Access and use

Restrictions:: Collection open for research.
Terms of access:: Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Preferred citation:: Rough & Ready Acorn. MSS 326. Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library.

Location of this collection:: University of the Pacific

University of the Pacific, Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University Library

Stockton, CA 95211, US