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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & University Archives
Title: Aztec Shops Records
Creator:
Aztec Shops, Ltd.
Identifier/Call Number: MS-0309
Physical Description:
2.50 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1959-1996
Language of Material:
English
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The
Aztec Shops Records document the history of SDSU's bookstore and food services from 1959-1996. It consists solely of paper records, and includes
constitutions and by-laws, financial reports, operating budgets, board minutes, and copies of the employee manual. Also included
are promotional booklets and flyers, mail order catalogs, catering flyers, annual reports, and the complimentary student planners
distributed by the bookstore for many years. There is no filing order.
This collection is open for research.
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.
Identification of item, folder title, box number, Aztec Shops Records, Special Collections and University Archives, San Diego
State University Library.
San Diego State University's Aztec Shops, Ltd. was incorporated in 1931 for the sole purpose of serving faculty, students,
and staff at SDSU. The bookstore and food services originally operated out of a small, temporary headquarters before the current
bookstore was built in 1958. The first portion of the dining commons was completed the same year, and replaced the only food
service then available on campus. East Commons was added in 1961, West Commons in 1966, and Aztec Center was opened in 1968.
Aztec Shops is responsible for the operation of all on-campus commercial services. It is run by a board comprised of the University
President, the President of Associated Students, four members nominated by the University President, and four members nominated
by the Associated Students President. As a non-profit corporation, Aztec Shops' earnings are used primarily for providing
larger facilities and inventories, as well as purchasing additional equipment.
1977-023
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Institutional Archives
Aztec Shops (Firm : San Diego, Calif.)--Archives
Aztec Shops (Firm : San Diego, Calif.)--History--20th century--Sources
San Diego State University--History--20th century--Sources
College stores--California--San Diego--History--20th century--Sources
San Diego (Calif.)--Commerce--History--20th century--Sources