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19th Century Newspaper Collection

The consists of miscellaneous issues of various American newspapers published during the nineteenth century. Part of the collection was used as a teaching tool at San Diego State University by two professors of communications in their respective classes: Barbara Hartung,...

 
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Abele (Barbara) Bookplate Collection

The documents the historical development of bookplates, bookplate designers, and collectors, as well as the communication networks they used when interacting with each other. The collection dates from 1915 to 1998 with the bulk of documents created or collected between...

 
Adams (Jane) Recipe and Menu Collection

Jane Adams collected recipes and menus from hundreds of food manufacturers and locales. The collection has been separated into three sections, the largest being , which is alphabetically filed, and which includes product/company fliers, topical information, and cookbooks by title. ...

 
Adams (John and Jane) Artwork Collection

The collection contains a number of pieces of artwork (etchings, oil, watercolor, acrylic, and others) by early twentieth century American and European artists.  ...

 
Adams (John and Jane) Autograph Album Collection

This collection consists of 30 late Victorian autograph albums. ...

 
Adams (John and Jane) Ephemera Collection

The (1856-1996) offers a glimpse into some of the ways printed materials were used to capture the interest of American culture from the late 1800s through the late 1900s. Such a collection can be used to trace shifts in cultural...

 
Adams (John and Jane) Greeting Card Collection

Greeting cards are arranged alphabetically by subject....

 
Adams (John and Jane) Photograph Collection

The documents the history of photography, including various photographic processes and formats, such as albumen prints, cyanotypes, platinotypes, ambrotypes, gelatin silver prints, glass negatives, carte de visites, tin types, cabinet cards, and more.  In addition, the collection also illustrates the...

 
Adams (John and Jane) Postcard Collection

The consists of over 100 years of history and communication through postcards. The postcards are diverse in size, format, and subject. The collection contains more than 4,500 postcards of San Diego County, and 8,500 postcards representing parts of the state...

 
Adams (John and Jane) Postcard Periodicals Collection

The consists of magazines, newsletters, bulletins, gazzettes, collectors' guides, auction catalogs, and ephemera related to deltiology, the study and collection of postcards....

 
Adams (John and Jane) Trade Card Collection

A variety of products are advertised in the collection. All trade cards in the collection are American except two French cards which can be found in the "Miscellaneous Products" folder....

 
Adams (John) Papers

The document Adams' publications and research, his years at San Diego State College as a professor, department chair, and University Archivist, his relationship with San Diego Union as book reviewer, and some limited parts of his personal life. The collection...

 
Adat Ami Synagogue Collection

The contents of the collections consist of documents, records, minutes, newspaper clippings, photographs, special programs and events regarding the congregation, from the 1990's with a few items from 2000-2002 from the merged congregation, Ohr Shalom Synagogue....

 
Ahern (James) Papers

The document James Ahern's research and writing process as he worked on a book about John Bankhead Magruder (1807-1871), a lieutenant-colonel in the Mexican-American War, general in the Provisional Confederate Army during the US Civil War, and general in the...

 
Alberti (Clark and Nellie) Family Papers

The collection includes papers, music programs, and clippings....

 
Alf (Richard) Papers

Materials in the document Alf's various businesses, including his comic book mail order business and store, as well as his involvement with San Diego Comic-Con, the largest comic and pop culture convention in the world. The collection includes correspondence, original...

 
Allen Dairy Collection

The documents the farm's foundation and provides several topographical maps and architectural blueprints pertaining to the dairy's construction. As the majority of the collection consists of maps and blueprints, boxes two through five document the architectural aspects of the farm....

 
Allen Family Papers

This collection consists mostly of correspondence to Vera Allen from her mother, Ethel Hamilton of Los Angeles, and her husband, William Allen. William writes Vera of his experiences as a sailor aboard the U. S. S. Medusa, and counsels her...

 
Alpha Pi Boulé Records

The document the history and activities of Alpha Pi Boulé, chapter 39 of the Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity. Filed alphabetically in a single series, it documents the chapter's foundation, its social action programs, partnerships with community schools, as well as...

 
Alumni Association Records

The are comprised of two series: (1931-2001) and (1993-1995). The collection is an artificial one, pulled together by Library staff, not the Alumni Association. contains materials regarding awards, membership directories, correspondence, meeting minutes, and publications including newsletters. is comprised of...

 
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA), San Diego Chapter Records

The collection includes constitution and by-laws, agreements with local television and radio stations, newsletters, and miscellaneous materials relating to the national organization of AFTRA....

 
American Society for Aesthetics Records

The collection includes correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, conference information, and election information. It is arranged chronologically....

 
American Society of Civil Engineers, San Diego Chapter Records

The collection consists of regular and special meetings, minutes of Board of Directors' meetings, minutes of Executive Committee meetings, and the records of the offices of the President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer, materials relating to the national organization, newsletters,...

 
American Society of Civil Engineers, San Diego Chapter Records

The collection consists of regular and special meetings, minutes of Board of Directors' meetings, minutes of Executive Committee meetings, and the records of the offices of the President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer, materials relating to the national organization, newsletters,...

 
Amsden (Georgia C.) Papers

The collection primarily documents Amsden's work with the American Red Cross and the Federal Department of Vocational Education in France between 1918 and 1919, as well as her later work at the San Diego State College of Business teaching stenography...

 
Anderson (Allan W.) Papers

The (1949-2010) document Dr. Anderson's work as a poet and academic in religious studies. The majority of the material dates from 1970 to 1990 with sparse documentation from pre-1970 and post-2000. These files document some of Anderson's creative processes for...

 
Anti-Defamation League of San Diego Collection

The contents of the reflect institutional, educational, and organizational matters that the ADL has addressed over the course of its history from 1913 to the late 1990s, the ending dates of the latest contents of this collection. It contains local,...

 
Arnaz (Desi) Papers

The consists of Arnaz's personal notes and materials for his autobiography, A Book, and production materials from both "Desilu Productions" and "Desi Arnaz Productions, Inc." (DAPI). The Desilu Production items include films and related documents from 1951 to 1962....

 
Art Department Records

This collection documents the activities of the Department of Art's Art Council, Galleries, faculty, students, and alumni from 1964-1989.  These records are organized in chronological order.  This material was compiled by the Art Department, and descriptions and headings were left...

 
Artist's Sketchbook

This artist's sketchbook documents an unidentified English artist's tour of Europe in 1857 and contains watercolors and pencil sketches accompanied by descriptions of the scenes depicted. The spine of the sketchbook has partially disintegrated, causing some of the pages to...

 
Asian American Student Alliance Collection

The dates from 1981-1992, with the bulk of materials dated 1981-83.  It consists solely of paper records.  The collection documents the association's meetings, budget, elections, and activities.  Included are: activity flyers promoting the AASA's many events such as dances, trips,...

 
Associated Students Records

The (1926-1997) document the development, operation, and administration of Associated Students.  The collection includes correspondence, reports, memorandums, newspaper clippings, resolutions, meeting minutes, and agendas.  The collection is divided into sixteen series: , , (1935-1978), (1959-1992), (1960-1998), (1926-1994), (1944-1995), (1963-1965), (1943-1997),...

 
Associated Women Students (AWS) Collection

The documents the growth and development of AWS at San Diego State, as well as many of the activities and lectures it organized on campus.  Also documented are some of the controversies involving women on campus in the early 1970s. ...

 
Association for Retarded Citizens (ARC) of San Diego Records

The collection documents higher education, special education, government and politics within the city and county of San Diego, as well as the state of California, health services, recreation, and social service agencies.  It consists of meeting minutes from the ARC's...

 
Association of Chicana Activists (AChA) Records

The document the history of AChA at SDSU. Highlights include a copy of the 1993 newsletter for the organization's first annual high school conference, as well as original transparencies and positives of AChA's logo. In particular, the records highlight the...

 
Audubon Society, San Diego Chapter Records

The document the organization's organizations activities from the early 1950s through the 1980. The collection is comprised of a variety of records, including minutes, agendas, financial records, correspondence, committee files, files on the Chapter's Silverwood Wildlife Sanctuary in Lakeside, CA,...

 
Autograph Collection

This is an artificial collection consisting of manuscript autographs clipped from letters and other sources. The fragments have been mounted on white paper, and sometimes feature annotations or biographical information about the signer. There is one miscellaneous folder, which contains...

 
Axelrod (Joyce) Collection

This collection includes film festival brochures, photos of committee members and newspaper clippings. It also includes brochures and pamphlets from the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture and the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center. A DVD and brochure from the...

 
Aztec Shops Records

The 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...

 
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Baker (Hortense and R. Merritt) Photograph Album

The , titled "Snapshots and Flashlights," documents the social and extra-curricular activities of Hortense and R. Merritt Baker from 1906 to 1909.  The album includes candid and posed photographs of the Bakers, Sidney Frantz, and their friends play-acting and staging...

 
Barnes (E. Richard) Papers

The dates from 1964-1972.  It consists solely of paper records.  Included in this collection are reports, correspondence, press releases and information sheets relating to Barnes' work as a member of the Natural Resources, Planning and Public Works Committee.  Also included...

 
Barr (Donna) Papers

Materials in the document the professional career and creative process of Donna Barr. The collection includes a variety of document types including correspondence, original artwork, and research materials. A large part of the papers consist of versions of her illustrations,...

 
Bates (Jim) Papers

The contains files from several of the committees and subcommittees Bates served on, as well as from some of his more well-known bills: specifically the subcommittee on Procurement and Printing, and the subjects of Navy procurement fraud, the Rural Electrification...

 
Batty (George) Diary

In 1854, George Batty wrote this journal as a long anecdotal letter to his friends, describing his sea voyage from Liverpool to Montreal on the ships "Cleopatra" and "New Era." Battyʼs vivid daily account spans more than two weeks in...

 
Berman (Ralph) and Wagner (Roberta) Collection

The contents of the collection consist of  newsletters, photographs, scrapbooks, and membership rosters related to the B'nai B'rith Lasker-Breitbard Lodge. Photographs of  various medals, pins, a gavel, and a presentation Bible given by Solomon Rosenberg are present, and are also...

 
Bernard (Dorothy) B'nai B'rith Scrapbook

Dorothy Bernard's scrapbook contents include photographs, newspaper clippings, newsletters and invitations, among other things. Materials are from the Bay City chapter of B'nai B'rith Women....

 
Betaque (H.A.) Papers

The document Betaque's career as a resident representative for the United State Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation between 1918 and 1922, with particular emphasis the construction of the and the in San Diego, California. Highlights include panoramic photographs of the...

 
Bigelow (Marybelle S.) Collection

The dates from 1953 to 2001.  The collection is arranged in two series, personal and professional. In addition, there is an oversized section, which contains materials from both series.  The collection includes correspondence, drafts and manuscripts, photographs, diaries, slides and...

 
Black (Samuel Thorburn) Memorial Collection

The documents both Black and his presidency, and includes correspondence, financial records, annual reports, Pauline Black's diaries, and a scrapbook of the trip Mr. Black and his daughter took around the world....

 
Bohmer (Peter) Collection

The dates from 1964-1979 with some undated materials. The collection documents Bohmer's personal and professional life, including legal issues during his time as an assistant economics professor at San Diego State University as well as his arrest and conviction for staging...

 
Bowman (Ralph Bowers) San Diego Photographs Collection

The (1922-1937) includes scenes of the San Diego metropolitan area. Subjects of the photographs include landmarks, waterfront scenes of fishing boats, freights ships and naval ships; Balboa Park; La Jolla; Point Loma; aerial views; street scenes; football games; visiting dignitaries;...

 
Briggs (Robert M.) Papers

The (1943-2004) document Brigg's military duty during the Second World War and his paintings and personal writings. Highlights include Briggs' scrapbook of photographs, newspaper clippings, sketches, and watercolors of fellow servicemen, local Okinawans, landscapes, and battleships during World War II. ...

 
Brodenova (Lida) Papers

The collection includes correspondence, awards, travel accounts, opera and recital programs, clippings, photographs, diaries, postcards, reviews, scrapbooks, photo albums, tape and phono recordings. Much of the collection is in Czech, and is separated into personal and professional categories....

 
Brown (Harold K.) Papers

The (1956-2000) document Brown's participation in the local Civil Rights Movement, his dedication to community economic development, and his professional life, with a heavy emphasis on the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), Brown's role in the School Integration Task Force,...

 
Bruff (Susanna) Scrapbook

This scrapbook consists of newspaper clippings brilliantly hand-colored in watercolor by Susanna Bruff, and pasted onto pages of a discarded catalogue. Each clipping is an issue of a popular comic strip entitled , which was drawn by Ethel Hays and...

 
Bureau of Jewish Education of San Diego Records

The collection consists primarily of meeting minutes and committee reports.  Materials are grouped together by document type....

 
Business and Financial Affairs Division Records

The dates from 1940-1998. It consists solely of paper records. Included are annual reports providing statistical breakdowns of enrollment at San Diego State from 1940-1957, financial reports breaking down the university's funds, revenues, expenditures, and endowments from 1976-1983 and 1992-1998....

 
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Cable (Arthur Lovejoy) Papers

This is a small collection of correspondence of Arthur Cable primarily to his mother and father, describing his military and work experiences and requesting help in regards to his failing marriage and subsequent divorce.  The letters also touch on the...

 
California Proposition 20, Coastal Initiative Collection

The collection consists of materials regarding the Proposition 20 campaign from 1972, most of which are from organizations which worked to defeat the measure....

 
California Stage Company Register

This item is an original manuscript register of the California Stage Company. The ledger begins on January 1, 1864 and ends on August 3, 1868, and is a log of the daily stagecoach run between North San Juan (the line...

 
Campbell (Rachel Harris) Papers

The collection contains personal newsletters, entited , written and published by Campbell from her home in Fayetteville, Arkansas at her Rose Dragon Press. These newsletters include personal reminiscences,  book reviews,  local news, weather, and current events. Also included is a...

 
Campus Laboratory School Records

The (1899-1997) document the operation, administration, and mission of the San Diego State University Campus Lab School, and includes correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, photographs, student work, and meeting minutes.  The majority of materials primarily date from the 1960s and...

 
Campus Y Collection

The dates from 1953-1997, with some undated materials. The collection documents San Diego State University's campus YMCA-YWCA from its beginnings on campus to its last years in the late 1990s. It consists mostly of paper records. Included in the collection are: the Campus...

 
Carlin Integration Case Records

The include nearly three decades of court proceedings and research for .  The records include court transcripts, briefs and court orders, correspondence, maps and charts of ethnic imbalance, various committee reports, court exhibits and depositions, declarations, interrogatories, enrollment statistics, student...

 
Casares (Arturo) Papers

The (1968-2008) document the establishment of the Barrio Station in San Diego and Casares' involvement in the Chicano Movement. Highlights include photographs of the UFW grape strike and the Chicano Moratorium, Casares' English class journal with entries discussing the formation...

 
Center for Community Economic Development Records

The document the establishment, operation, and curriculum of the Center's thirteen-year existence.  The collection includes correspondence, reports, power point presentations, student projects, photographs, certificates, awards, seminar handouts, class curricula, real estate research files, and student rosters.  The majority of materials...

 
Center for Regional History Records

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...

 
Center for Women's Studies and Services (CWSS) Records

The collection contains the administrative and programmatic files of the Center for Women's Studies and Services (CWSS)....

 
Central Drug Store Collection

The collection consists of prescription receipts, photographs, a prescription recipe book, and a customer prescription book....

 
Chastain Family Papers

The consists of postcards and greeting cards addressed to the Chastain Family between 1923 and 1951, mostly from their daughter Hazel, who lived in Portland, Oregon after 1944 with her husband William Mathews....

 
Chater (Elizabeth) Manuscript Collection

The dates from 1956-1970, with the majority of items undated. The collection documents Chater's own creative research and writing process. It consists of paper records, audio recordings, other items. Included in the collection is a manuscript copy of Chater's. Also...

 
Chavez (Enriqueta) Papers

The (1955-2000) document Chavez's work as a student activist, educator, counselor, and advocate for bilingual education.  Highlights include materials relating to the Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán's (MEChA) role in the operation and administration of the Mexican-American Studies Department.  The...

 
Chevalier (Haakon Maurice) Diary

Haakon Chevalier's diary is comprised of two hand-written notebooks kept during his time working as a French-English translator at the Nuremberg war crimes trials in 1945 and 1946, and a partial transcript of the notebooks' English-language portions. The diaries begin...

 
Chicana and Chicano Studies Department Records

The (1968-2003) document the development and administration of the department and its curriculum. Highlights include materials relating to the department's incorporation into the College of Professional Studies and the resulting backlash from students. The majority of the material dates from...

 
Chicano Federation of San Diego County Records

The (1968-1990) document the activities of the Chicano Federation during the 1970s.  Highlights include meeting minutes dealing with the Federation's involvement with Chicano Park and the Federation's expansion of services, particularly in affordable housing. The collection primarily consists of meeting...

 
Chinese Relief Expedition Collection

This "Account in Detail of the Chinese Relief Expedition of 1900," appears to be a personal narrative. Dated from July 15, 1900 to November 15, 1900, it relates one military unit's involvement in the Allied effort to stop the Boxer...

 
Citizens Coordinate for Century 3 Records

The contains a great deal of material that relates to the natural environment of San Diego, and also publications from other environmental groups. A number of city and county agencies are also represented.  The collection has been split into 11...

 
Citizens Interracial Committee (CIC) Community Dialogue Tapes

One of CIC's primary activities was to hold massive biweekly meetings called "community dialogues" to discuss broad issues such as racism, police sensitivity, education, and employment discrimination within the city of San Diego. The number of attendees at any given...

 
Citizens United for Racial Equality (CURE) Records

The (1962-1990) document the organization's activities and interests as well as the larger struggle for equality and integration in San Diego.  The collection includes correspondence, meeting minutes, membership lists, newsletters, pamphlets, project files, questionnaires and surveys, news clippings, reports, and...

 
Clarkson (Edward D.) Collection

The , in the form of an autograph collection, contains various correspondence, photographs, miscellaneous works, and ephemera of Clarkson's. The correspondence discusses a diverse array of contemporary issues, including U.S. relations with Cuba and race relations between whites and African...

 
Clayton (Merle) Papers

This small collection consists primarily of research materials used by Merle Clayton, author of several local history pieces for . The materials consist of paper records, photographs, and several copies of . Clayton did a series of pieces on topics...

 
Cohn (Rabbi Morton J.) Collection

The collection consists of materials collected from Cohn's school days until his death. Included are correspondence; over 2000 sermons; plays; personal documents; photographs and materials relating the various congregations he served.  There are scrapbooks and newspaper clippings regarding both Cohn...

 
Colección Chicana / Chicano Collection Pamphlet File

The was part of the larger Colección Chicana, located on the first floor of Love Library. The File includes clippings, brochures, pamphlets, reports and newsletters that document topics of interest for the local Chicana/o community as well as its activities....

 
Coleccíon Chicana / Chicano Collection Records

The / (1978-2007) document the transfer of the Chicano Collection from the Centro de Estudios Chicanos to San Diego State University's Love Library. The bulk of the materials date from 1978-1979. Arranged alphabetically, the collection includes correspondence, meeting minutes, notes,...

 
Combined Arts and Education Council of San Diego County (COMBO) Records

The include business materials documenting various fund-raising and business activities of the organization, correspondence, public relations materials, clippings scrapbooks, and member files. It has been divided into nine series, , , , , , , , and ....

 
Comics and Science Fiction Fandom Collection

The consists of publications, ephemera, memorabilia and artwork acquired from 2004- at various comics and science fiction conventions and conferences in the Southern California region, particularly San Diego Comic-Con International. Promotional literature for related degree programs and centers around the...

 
Community Congress of San Diego Records

The collection consists of administrative records, meeting minutes, memo logs, product logs, committee and council records, subject files, program files, and newsletters....

 
Community Organization and Environmental Control

The document research conducted by Prof. Richard D. Jones and SDSU students. The collection includes reports on specific communities, questionnaires, maps, photographs, pamphlets, promotion brochures, newspaper clippings, correspondence, etc....

 
Community Organization and Environmental Control Records

The document research conducted by Prof. Richard D. Jones and SDSU students. The collection includes reports on specific communities, questionnaires, maps, photographs, pamphlets, promotion brochures, newspaper clippings, correspondence, etc....

 
Congregation Beth Tefilah Collection

The contents of the collections consist of documents, records, newsletters, minutes, newspaper clippings, photographs, financial records regarding the congregation, from 1962 to 1998 with the majority being from the 1970's  – 1990's....

 
Cooperative Agricultural Extension, San Diego Branch Records

The collection is comprised of reports of farm advisory projects relating to San Diego County. ...

 
Coordinating Council for Education in Health Sciences for San Diego and Imperial Counties Records

Materials in this collection relate to California, Chula Vista, colleges and universities, education, health services, hospitals, public health, San Diego, San Diego County, San Diego Unified School District, regional medical programs, General Health council, Imperial County Medical Society, and UCSD...

 
Coronado Chamber of Commerce Records

This collection documents local business, commerce, cultural affairs, economic conditions, education, environment, land, recreation, tourism, transportation, urban planning and development, and water resources. It includes Meeting Minutes for the Board of Directors, correspondence, summary reports, and agenda and minutes of...

 
Cramer (Sylvia A.) Papers

The (1970-2009) documents Cramer's support of the Chicano movement while at SDSU. Of particular interest are notes from a study group of faculty and students who met to discuss Chicano and Chicana issues at the university. Also included are posters...

 
Current Club Records

The collection includes correspondence, organizational papers, reports, financial records, and clippings....

 
Cuyamaca Club Records

The collection includes photocopies of the Constitution, Articles of Incorporation, by-laws, and a biographical sketch of the chairman at the time of donation....

 
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Davies (Darlene Gould) Collection

The consists of documents, materials, and ephemera from the Old Globe Theatre as well as personal files and materials collected during her active career in the San Diego community. It contains correspondence, meeting minutes, article clippings, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, journals,...

 
Davies (Lowell) Papers

The Lowell Davies Papers consist of correspondence, organizational documents, architectural records, financial records, meeting minutes, committee reports, programs, publications, newspaper and magazine clippings, publicity announcement, and photographs. The collection measures 7.5 linear feet and spans the period from 1911 to...

 
de Pick (Gracia Molina) Papers

The (1902-2013) document the personal, professional, and activist background of Molina de Pick and include: reports, correspondence, promotional materials, organizational records, conference materials, legal documents, teaching materials, press clippings, photographs, original artwork, and ephemera. The collection is divided into eight...

 
Dedicated Vessel Research Program Records

The Dedicated Vessel Research Program Records, which date from 1972 to 1980, document the entire scope of the DVRP project undertaken in the late 1970s, and includes records generated by the DVRP as well as other records and publications scientists...

 
Desert Protective Council (DPC) Records

The (1938-2016) document the operations of the Desert Protective Council and various environmental causes across the United States. The collection consists of correspondence, publications related to environmental projects, news clippings, newsletters, and topical files. The collection is divided into three...

 
Drama Department Records

The (1914-2011) document the history, development, and current activity of San Diego State University's Drama Department, now named the School of Theatre, Television and Film, with an emphasis on the department's numerous yearly dramatic productions. These files highlight the department's...

 
Dunst (Lou) Collection

The collection mainly consists of correspondence received from young audiences, who have heard Mr. Dunst speak about his Holocaust experiences. There are also newspaper clippings, photos, videos and DVD's of interviews with Mr. Dunst, including a VHS tape entitled "From...

 
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Earnest (Dr. Sue) Papers

The Dr. Sue Earnest Papers document the career and personal interests of Dr. Sue Earnest at San Diego State University and in the greater San Diego community. The collection highlights in particular Earnest's dissertation research, her career as a professor...

 
Earnest (Lester) Papers

The Lester Earnest papers document the fraternal organization Phi Lamba Xi, of which earnest was a member during his time at San Diego state.  Highlights include the fraternity's newsletter, a group photograph, and the spring 1954 handbook of the Delta...

 
East San Diego Chamber of Commerce Records

This collection consists of by-laws, office memos and announcements, membership rosters and directories, news clippings, correspondence, minutes, financial records, and miscellany.  It is divided into three series: Office Records, Minutes, and Financial Records....

 
Economic Research Bureau, Records of

The collection consists of materials such as correspondence, reports, memos, and pamphlets related to the growth and development of the city and county of San Diego. The collection contains materials created and published by the San Diego Chamber of Commerce,...

 
Edmiston (Eleanor) Collection

This collection includes news releases, fliers, election bonds and bills, correspondence, and newspaper clippings....

 
Egle (William H.) Collection

The William H. Egle Collection (1817-1967) provides light documentation for Egle's genealogical research and historical research interests. Filed alphabetically, the collection consists of correspondence, genealogical material, publications about Pennsylvania history, scrapbooks, and a small number of photographs. The collection also includes materials...

 
Eighmy (J. W.) Notebook

This handwritten notebook was titled "Practical Notes and Formulae. By J. W. Eighmy, M. D." by its author, and dated October 10th, 1875. It is a collection of 77 recipes and formulae for treatments to numerous illnesses. Eighmy wrote these...

 
Eldred Family Papers

This small collection consists mostly of correspondence from members of the Eldred family sent to Wilfred Eldred while at school on the East Coast. There is also a diary kept by Wilfred while a student at Washington and Lee in...

 
Ellis Family Theater Memorabilia Collection

The Ellis Family Collection consists of theater and movie scripts by Edith and Edward Ellis, playbills, programs, reviews, photographs, and information about the Ellis family, specifically Edith Ellis. Also included are movie house ledgers, movie production picture magazines, posters, and...

 
Environmental Issues Collection

The Environmental Issues Collection consists of thirteen boxes of Environmental Impact Reports (EIR) and other similar documents mainly for development projects in the San Diego area from 1986 to 1997. Of note are reports concerning water treatment and sewerage systems, the...

 
Erickson (William) Papers

The collection documents San Diego State University development and community planning, Business and Financial Affairs, Associated Students, Aztec Shops, SDSU Foundation, Public Safety, Facilities, the Equal Opportunity Protection Program, and university athletics.  It consists of correspondence, reports, memos, statements of...

 
Exploring Family School Records

The Exploring Family School collection documents the founding, curriculum, and thirteen year operation of Exploring Family School (EFS). It consists of board minutes, executive files, newsletters, budget reports, staff notes, and curricula pertaining to the operation of the school. The...

 
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Faculty Association Records

The collection consists of by-laws, curricular records, committee files, meeting minutes, and other records....

 
Faludi (Susan) Publicity Collection

The includes a number of press clippings, particularly from news magazines and national newspapers, printed before and after Backlash and Stiffed were published. In particular, it documents the national news-media's response to the books, and the debate surrounding second-wave feminism in...

 
Family International Records

document more than six decades of church and personal activity and include newspaper clippings, photos, audio and video recordings, personal papers, organizational documents, federal agency records, and related anti-cult and scholarly documents. During this time, The Family faced many controversies...

 
Family Service Association of San Diego Records

The document the organization's operations and activities as well as San Diego's general welfare needs, spanning from the organization's inception through the 1970s.  The collection includes correspondence, reports, budgets, agency program materials, news clippings, committee files, meeting minutes, fundraising materials,...

 
Farman (Joan and Phillip) Environmental Collection

The collection documents conservation issues relating to San Diego's parks and its Parks and Recreation Board, Coastal Management, Community Plans, the San Diego City Planning Department, Century 3, Flood Control, the Ocean Beach Jetty Debate, and Sunset Cliffs. It includes documents,...

 
Fefferman (Laverne) B'nai B'rith Collection

The collection consists of scrapbook contents including photographs, newspaper clippings, newsletters, invitations, community programs, etc. Materials are from the Birdie Stodel and Bay City Chapters along with some miscellaneous items regarding the donor....

 
Fierro (Leonard) Papers

The (1927-1995) document Fierro's work as an educator, activist and advocate for bilingual education. The majority of the material dates from the early 1960's through 1970's, with very sparse documentation of the 1950's. These files illustrate Fierro's development of bilingual...

 
First Friends Church of San Diego Records

The collection consists of Monthly Meeting minutes, as well as Ministry, Counsel, and Oversight minutes....

 
Fisch (Arline M.) Papers

The collection includes syllabi, exhibition slides, and other items pertaining to SDSU's Metalsmithing Program....

 
Forsyth (Colonel Ralph E.) Collection

The primarily consists of loose album pages, which document Forsyth's military service in Nicaragua. Although the collection dates from 1924 to 1976, the vast majority of photographs seem to date from the early 1930s and include scenes of the Nicaraguan...

 
Founder's Day Collection

The documents the history of the college's Founder's Day festivities from the school's early years through 1980.  The collection dates from 1936-1980, with the bulk of the documents ranging from the 1940s through the 1970s. It consists solely of paper...

 
Frankville U.S. Military Collection

documents Dr. Dominick Frankville's career in the military and academia. The majority of the collection contains historical research pertaining to Frankville's master's thesis, as well as materials from military classes he taught at DePaul University.  The collection also includes...

 
Freeman (Breo) World War I Photograph Collection

The visually documents soldier life, foreign dignitaries involved in peace negotiations, and the destruction caused by the First World War. Many of the photographs include captions, agency stamps, or hand-written notes on the back.  Photographs with agency stamps appeared in various...

 
Freeman (Mark) Papers

The Freeman papers document the production of four documentary films produced, directed, written, filmed, and / or edited by Mark Freeman while he was on the faculty at San Diego State University. The papers date from 1997-2005, with the bulk...

 
French (Hattie M.) Diaries

This collection consists of two diaries kept by Hattie French on two separate family summer vacations....

 
Friends of the San Diego State University Library Records

The collection includes correspondence, minutes of meetings, collection and gift information, activity and event information, publications, and financial statistics....

 
Fritzenkotter (Herman F.) Papers

The primarily document Fritzenkotter's military service during the Second World War. The collection includes scrapbooks composed of photographs, news clippings, and letters; service medals, including the Bronze Star; photographs of several of Fritzenkotter's sculptures, and several military artifacts. As a soldier in...

 
Fronteras de las Californias Records

The collection documents the US-Mexico border region, cultural affairs celebrations, minorities, politics and government, recreation, social conditions, urban planning, and development. It consists of copies of the articles of incorporation, materials regarding committees, and publications issued under the auspices of...

 
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Gaines (Gilbert) Photograph Collection

The includes images of the San Diego area and southern California from the 1940s-2002, documenting Gaines's personal life and travels. Several images document Gaines's camping trips in the Cuyamaca Mountains and San Diego County Backcountry in the 1940s, and trips...

 
Garcia (Maria) Papers

The (1968-1997) document the establishment of the Chicano Federation of San Diego County and Garcia's work in education. Of particular interest are early Chicano Federation records, including Federation newsletters and documents relating to the Federation's Leadership Training Program. In addition, the...

 
Gilliam (Judge Earl Ben) Papers

The document five decades of Gilliam's career as a judge in San Diego County. The collection includes news clippings, photos, correspondence, invitations, federal bench nominations, court cases, class notes, scrapbooks, award certificates, court dockets, and judicial questionnaires. The majority of the...

 
Gold (Rabbi Aaron) Collection

This collection includes biographical information, photos, newspaper clippings, religious services, sermons & addresses, articles, eulogies, dedication and event booklets, primarily from the congregations he served in San Diego County. There is also material from the various congregations he served in...

 
Goldberg (Cantor Henri) Collection

The contents of the collection consists of correspondence, writings, poems, sermons, autobiographical information regarding his career as a cantor and materials from the JCC choir including scrapbook contents, copies of newspaper clippings, programs and photographs, copies of lectures and services,...

 
Golding (Brage) Collection

The collection consists of correspondence, clippings and news releases, speeches, awards, and assorted miscellany. It has been divided into two series: San Diego State University Files, and Other University Files....

 
Goudy (Frederic W.) Correspondence Collection

This collection consists of correspondence from Goudy to his close friends and family. The majority of the letters are addressed to Grace Gray, a family friend who lives in Omaha, Nebraska, who lives in Goudy's deceased Aunt Alice's home. The...

 
Gove Family Papers

The collection consists of the financial and legal records of Gove's estate, as well as some personal papers. The collection includes correspondence, inventories of estate, titles/patents, deeds, photographs, a map, and miscellaneous materials relating to Lakeside and the water rights...

 
Graden (Regis and Donna) Printing Ephemera Collection

The collection is divided into fifteen series: Keepsakes, Broadsides, Chapbooks and Pamphlets, Illustrations, Prints, and Photographs, Brochures and Leaflets, Correspondence, Cards and Invitations, Menus and Programs, Bookmarks, Periodicals and Newsletters, Catalogs, Printing Artifacts, Framed Items, and Miniatures. Materials come from...

 
Grass Roots Cultural Center Records

The collection includes histories, articles of incorporation, financial expenditure examples, bookstore sales, fliers, programs, and events....

 
Graves (Olin) World War I Artifact Collection

The consists of miscellaneous artifacts including but not limited to belt buckles, buttons, pins, matchboxes, cigarette lighters, and ammunition from the German, British, American, and French armed forces during World War I....

 
Greenwich Sermon Collection

This collection is of 40 manuscript sermons dating from August 1812 to April 1865. There is no information regarding the author of these sermons, though a record was kept of each time the sermon was preached, which is penciled in...

 
Griswold del Castillo (Richard) Papers

The (1971-2009) document Griswold's work in the San Diego State University Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies and his involvement in the Chicano Movement. Highlights include rare film footage of various events in San Diego's Chicano history since the 1960s,...

 
Gulick (Sidney L.) Papers

The Sidney L. Gulick Papers document Gulick's academic research and career.   The collection contains instructional and administrative files from Mills College and San Diego State University, as well as class lecture notes from Oberlin College.  Also included are his research...

 
Guracar (Genny) Papers

The collection includes biographical information, correspondence, with the bulk being newspapers, newsletters, magazines, books and specialty publications in which Bulbul cartoons and comics appear....

 
Gwartney American Legion and Anti-Communist Collection

This collection documents Barsh E. (Bill) Gwartney's service as a member of several American Legion Posts in Southern California, including correspondence and notes from his tenure as chairman of the Americanism Committee for the L.A. City Council Post in the...

 
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Haldeman-Julius 'Little Blue Books' Collection

The Haldeman-Julius Little Blue Books are arranged numerically by book number....

 
Hammon (G. Hamilton) Scrapbook

This scrapbook was compiled by San Diego resident G. Hamilton Hammon. Hammon, who was an artist and poet, included fair copies of original manuscript poems, as well as striking handpainted vignettes of San Diego scenes. Several photographs are also present....

 
Hardy (Edward Lawyer) Memorial Collection

The collection consists of correspondence, office files, and other records from Dr. Hardy's tenure as San Diego State College President....

 
Harmon (James and Edith) Environmental Collection

The documents James and Edie Harmon's grassroots environmental work in opposition to numerous landfills, mines, and waste projects in the late 1980s and 1990s. The collection dates from 1973 to 1998, and includes environmental impact reports, correspondences, newspaper clippings, litigation...

 
Harris (Mollie) Jewish Community Center Collection

The consists of Harris's working papers from the library regarding staff, long range planning, budgeting, publicity and working documents for programs. It includes detailed information about events and speakers, including guest registers, newspaper clippings and press releases. General program information,...

 
Harrison (Donald H.) Collection

This collection includes photos, correspondence, audio tapes, typed and handwritten notes and copies of various documents. Another part of the collection, bound volumes of the "Southwest Jewish Press Heritage" will be donated when the library opens back up after being...

 
Harrison Family Letters

The are comprised of 17 personal letters written primarily between Mr. J. S. Harrison and his wife, Julia E. Harrison during his enlistment. Letters from Julila and Mr. Harrison's family are also included; a letter from Sallie (unknown relation) to...

 
Hayakawa (Samuel I.) Papers

The document Hayakawa's term as a United States Senator. The collection comes from Hayakawa's San Diego-based regional office, one of five regional offices in California, and consists only of office records. The San Diego regional office  covered the counties of...

 
Hepner (Walter R.) Memorial Collection

The documents aspects of Hepner's professional administrative career and his involvement with the community at large, including international travel. The collection dates from 1892 to 1977, with the bulk of documents created between the 1940s and 1960s. The majority of...

 
Hernandez Terry (Carlotta) Collection

The (1951-2006) documents Hernandez's accomplishments as a singer-songwriter and painter. Of particular interest are transcripts of the songs written by the artist as well as pieces of her artwork. Also included are photographs of Hernandez's musical performances and paintings, including...

 
Hewes (Dorothy) Papers

The papers of Dorothy Hewes are arranged into three series: , , and .  The materials are mostly administrative documents involving various philanthropic activities, teaching materials, and various writings....

 
Hillel of San Diego Scrapbooks

The collection consists of four scrapbooks documenting the history of the Jewish Student Organization of San Diego from 1947 to 1976, preliminary decades to the formation of Hillel of San Diego under the auspices of the United Jewish Federation in...

 
Hispanic Theatre of San Diego Collection

The , divided into 10 series, documents the history of the Hispanic Theatre of San Diego and the professional career and personal life of its creator, Jesus Sierra-Oliva. The collection includes scores of Sierra-Oliva's musical creations, original artwork, play scripts,...

 
Hitler Memorabilia Collection

This small collection consists of ephemera related to Nazi Germany and Adolf Hitler. There are several periodicals and magazine clippings present, including two issues of Die Neue Weltbuhne and sections from the Munschner Illustrierte Presse from 1932-1933. Ephemera include: a...

 
Hollman (Howard) Newspaper Collection

The (1965-2000) documents the Chicano Movement and Hollman's activism in San Diego. Of particular interest are local newspapers such as , and . The majority of the material dates from 1965-1975 and focuses primarily on the issues Chicanos faced during...

 
Hooker (Marian Osgood) Collection

The consists of two albums dating from 1894 to 1896, which document Marian's growing interest in photography while a student at the Marlborough School for Girls. Both albums include images of Marian's classmates, friends, and family....

 
Horwitz (Deborah) and Paul Nierman Collection

This collection consists of material regarding the San Diego Chapter of the American Jewish Committee from the 1980's-2000's and material from the first San Diego Jewish Community Mission to Israel in 1995 when Yitzchak Rabin was assassinated. It also includes...

 
Hyde (Kaye) Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Most of the materials in this collection were found tucked inside the books of Kaye Hyde's personal collection, donated by his son Hugh Hyde in 2005. Materials include correspondence, Hyde's handwritten notes to books in his collection, postcards, photographs, printed...

 
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Imperial Beach Chamber of Commerce Records

The collection documents local business, commerce, communities, cultural affairs, recreation, social service agencies, tourism, transportation, urban planning, and development. It consists of correspondence, Board of Directors meeting minutes, reports, by-laws, and miscellany....

 
Imperial County Highway Construction Collection

Materials relating to Highway Construction in Imperial County, 1920-1922....

 
Incredible Mr. Limpet Production Material Collection

This collection includes production materials for the film (WA. 1964), including treatments, outlines, synopsis, screenplay, business correspondence, agreements, contracts, research material, Navy material, publicity, and sneak preview information. Included also are animation cells and 3 reels of 35-mm film of...

 
Institute for the Regional Studies of the Californias Collection

The documents the geographic border region of Mexico and the United States, with special emphasis on the area between Baja California and California, and also extends to border regions around the world.  It dates from approximately 1959 to 2004, with...

 
Institute on World Affairs Records

The documents the work of the IWA with local, national, and international communities in accomplishing its goal of community and campus outreach and education on the subject of international affairs and relations.  The collection dates from approximately 1951-2005, with the...

 
Inter-Faith Prayer Fellowship Records

The contains records of more than six decades of church activity that include handwritten speeches, event programs, newspaper clippings, photos, publications, audio and video recordings, personal papers, organizational documents, and related church records. During this time, Martha S. Featherston organized...

 
Interstate 15 Construction -- Indian Burial Grounds Collection

The consists of a small group of correspondence, memoranda, notes and newspaper clippings from June 1977 to April 1978.  The primary subject of these documents is the preservation, excavation and examination of several prehistoric Native American sites associated with the...

 
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James (Henry) Manuscript Collection

This collection consists of fourteen outgoing letters from Henry James; one book review manuscript; one letter from William James; one letter from Henry James, Sr., and two letters presumed to be from Henry James, son of William James....

 
Jermanok (Mary) Pitman Shorthand Collection

This collection consists of course material and personal notes of Mary Jermanok as she learned shorthand....

 
Jewish Federation of San Diego County Collection

This collection contains photos, documents, minutes, newsletters, campaign materials, regarding the Jewish Federation of San Diego County from the 1940s to 2013....

 
Jewish Newspaper Collection

This collection of newspapers from the Jewish Community Center documents some of their activities over a period of  almost 30 years.  The contents of the collection consist of bulletins and newspapers from the East County (54th St.) and Lawrence Family...

 
Jobs (Annie L.) Photograph Album

Annie L. Jobs compiled the photograph album in 1887, although the earliest photograph dates to 1884. Photographs include Flint, Idaho Mining Company buildings, company staff, miners, miner tents and dwellings, camp holiday celebrations, and surrounding scenery including Hard-Up Gulch and Eagle...

 
Johnson (Joel N.) Playbill Collection

The collection consists of programs, fliers, and magazines pertaining to theater, music, and dance....

 
Johnson (Myrtle Elizabeth) Papers

The collection consists of manuscript drafts for the book , photographs, and scrapbooks. The scrapbooks are particularly noteworthy, and contain images of the 1915-1916 San Diego Exposition and other scenes of life in the early city. The photograph albums document...

 
Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology (SDSU/UCSD) Records

The (1959-2007) document the creation and development of the clinical psychology joint doctoral degree program. The collection also includes materials relating to the formation of the Child Abuse Interdisciplinary Training Program of San Diego, technical reports by Dr. Alan Litrownik...

 
Jones Family Memorabilia Collection

The (1948-2002) contains photographs, correspondence, and school records collected by Stephan Jones. The collection consists chiefly of photographs originally housed in photo albums and scrapbooks. There are photos of the Jones family as well as of Jim Jones and his...

 
Jones (Kathleen B.) Papers

The document Jones' professional career as a Professor, Associate Dean at San Diego State University and as activist-scholar within the greater community. This collection provides researchers with documentation of some of the activities and the contributions Jones made to the...

 
Jones (Sybil Eliza) Papers

The small collection consists of plays that Jones wrote for students in the Drama Department and Speech Arts Department while at San Diego State, musical compositions (presumably also performed at SDSU), and course materials for music theory and drama classes....

 
JuleTone Productions, Incorporated Records

The document rehearsals, stage directions, musical compositions, participants, and venue preparation for JuleTone performances. The Collection consists of sheet music with notations, original lyrics, cast lists, news clippings, photographs, audio recordings, production invoices, invitations, correspondence, stage directions, programs, plaques, and...

 
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Kaplan (Oscar J.) Collection

The documents Kaplan's career as a pollster, psychologist, gerontologist, and member of SDSU's faculty. Also included is Kaplan's work with various organizations including the Gerontological Society, American Society of Aging, the American Psychological Association, and SDSU's Center for Survey Research....

 
Karsh (Audrey) Collection

This collection includes research notes, newspaper clippings and copies of original source material on San Diego's Jewish pioneers, and some notables of the 19th & 20th century. There are personal photos and copies of her short stories, articles and plays....

 
Kasch (Frederick W.) Papers

The Frederick W. Kasch Papers (1937-2011) document Dr. Kasch’s work as a physiologist, researcher, educator, and promoter of adult fitness in San Diego. The collection highlights his published research, coverage in the media, and awards of appreciation from colleagues, students,...

 
Keen (Harold) Papers

The collection includes documentation on local arts and artists, city planning, commerce and manufacturing, crime and criminals, higher education, entertainment, local government and politics, state government and politics, journalists and journalism, law and legal profession, newspapers, police, radio and television,...

 
Kendall-Frost Marsh Preserve Collection

The collection consists of correspondence, reports, photographs, clippings, maps and charts....

 
Kennedy (John F.) Non-Book Collection

An adjunct to Special Collections and University Archives' John F. Kennedy Book Collection, the consists of newspapers and newspaper clippings, magazines, pamphlets, fliers, sheet music, photographs, posters, and other memorabilia. The collection includes five series: , , , , and...

 
Kenney (Louis A.) Papers

The document Kenney's years as University Librarian at San Diego State University. The collection dates from 1914-1992, and has been divided into four series: , , , and ....

 
Kent Family Papers

This small but rich collection consists mostly of letters written by Jessie Kent to her mother Kate Kent, who lived in San Diego, but also includes other correspondence written to Jessie and Kate by various relations and suitors. Jessie's letters...

 
Keystone Stereograph Visual Aids Collection

This collection consists of 16 boxed topical sets of educational stereographs intended as visual aids for instruction for elementary school children. Though most topics relate to the natural sciences, two boxes relate to a Reading curriculum based around domestic activities...

 
Kittredge (Letain Thom) Papers

This small collection consists of photocopies of published materials relating to U. S. Naval aviation in World War I, especially around San Diego. There is also a photocopy of an unpublished manuscript written by Kittredge about his backpacking adventures in...

 
Klapp (Orrin Edgar) Papers

The documents the sociologist's career as a professor, naval officer, and professor at San Diego State College from 1949 to 1969. The collection is comprised of information pertaining to the history of the Hydrographic Office during WWII, correspondence to and...

 
Klauber Family Theater Scrapbook Collection

consists of three scrapbooks containing programs for various performance arts events from 1896 to 1932. Various performing arts events include theater shows, recitals, operas, Califa, a historical California pageant, and other miscellaneous productions the Klauber family attended. Most of the...

 
Kotler (Edith) B'nai B'rith Scrapbook

The Kotler scrapbook consists of photographs, newspaper clippings, newsletters, invitations, etc. Materials document the Bay City Chapter....

 
Krishnamurti (Jiddu) Papers

The collection includes promotional material, photographs, correspondence, audiocassettes and albums, newspaper articles, and one video....

 
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La Jolla Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Records

The collection documents the formation and later business meetings of the La Jolla group through meeting minutes, correspondence, and committee files....

 
La Jolla Shores Association Records

The document the history of the association from 1926-1973, with the bulk of the materials created from 1964-1972. The entire collection consists of paper materials such as correspondence, reports, and meeting minutes. The collection has been divided into five series: ,...

 
Larwin (Thomas F.) San Diego Trolley Collection

The documents the development of the San Diego Trolley in the early 1980s, and expansion of trolley service through the early 2000s. The collection includes news and press clippings; reports on national developments in light rail transit (LRT) systems; Metropolitan...

 
Lasker Lodge Collection

The contents of the collection consist of a bound  minute book, beginning with the first meeting on June 26, 1887 and ending with a meeting on January 23, 1922. In the minute book, besides the meeting minutes, there are lists...

 
League of Women Voters of San Diego Records

The (1937-1998) document the League's programs in voter service, citizen education, action and advocacy programs. The collection also includes documents created by the state-level organization, League of Women Voters of California (LWV-CA), and the national organization, the League of Women...

 
Leihr (Mary) Scrapbook

This scrapbook was compiled by Mary Leihr during 1926 and 1927. The scrapbook includes drawings, cartoons, notes, letters, and telegrams sent by Mary's beau Al William Logan, a travelling saleman. Many of the cartoons and sketches express Al's adoration for...

 
Lemon Grove Chamber of Commerce Records

The (1922-1975) document the operation and activities of the Chamber, with an emphasis on community upkeep and development.  The files consist of meeting minutes, correspondence, financial statements, maps, surveys, committee files, and reports.  The collection is divided into six series: ...

 
Lemon Grove Congregational Church Records

The collection includes correspondence, minutes of meetings of Trustees and Deacons, financial records, annual reports, records of the Missionary Society, Sunday School, Ladies Aid, Women's Fellowship, Women's Council, Golden Circle, photographs, and miscellany.  The records relate to churches and religious...

 
Lemon Grove Coordinating Council Records

The collection consists of Council Meeting minutes....

 
Lemon Grove Fruit Growers Association Records

The Lemon Grove Fruit Growers Association Records documents the organization's financial records from the 1920s and 30s. The majority of the collection is comprised of Board of Directors meetings, amendments to by-laws, and minutes of stockholders meetings. Several of the...

 
Lemon Grove Historical Society Records

The collection consists of by laws, and records of local history forums held in Lemon Grove in 1978....

 
Lesser (Henry) Collection, 1928-1994

The (1928-1994) consists of Lesser’s personal papers as well as those of Joel Goodman, Lesser’s friend and a graduate of San Diego State’s criminal justice master’s degree program....

 
Levi (Robert) Collection

This collection contains copies of primary and secondary source documents dating from 1850-2020 with indexed timelines created by Robert Levi, as well as some materials about later generations of the family. There are digital and hardcopy family photos and a...

 
Levy (Beatrice S.) Papers

The collection encompasses a variety of document types related to the professional life of Beatrice Levy. There is active correspondence, most of which pertains to exhibition activities throughout her career. Newspaper clippings in the collection primarily document exhibition showings or...

 
Levy (Jessica) Playbills Collection

Jessica Levy compiled this collection of playbills ranging in date from 1955 - 2003. The majority document performances in New York City theaters, but a few were created for international productions. Broadway and off-Broadway stage efforts are represented....

 
Linkletter (Art) Collection

The documents Linkletter's professional career as a radio and television personality, author, and public figure. The papers date from approximately 1940-2005, with the bulk of documents created in the 1960s and 1970s. The collection consists of subject files, scrapbooks, photographs,...

 
Lipinsky Institute for Judaic Studies Collection

The contents of the reflects financial, educational, and organizational matters that the LIJS handled over the course of its operational years 1985 – 2006, along with documents of the Jewish Studies Program at SDSU from as early as 1966, pre-dating...

 
Lipp (L.F.S.) Photograph Album

The documents Lipp's trip to Mexico in 1914. The album consists of photographs of Mazatlan, Altata, San Blas, Santa Rosalia, Mexico City, Ensenada, Oaxaca, San Luis Potasi, the Gulf of Mexico, Salamanca, Cape San Lucas, La Paz, and Guadalajara. Of...

 
Lockman (Evelyn) Papers

The Evelyn Lockman Papers document the career of an internationally recognized modern, jazz, and world dance performer and teacher. The collection includes correspondence, San Diego State University Department of Dance and Theatre materials, international and national professional activities, professional writings,...

 
Los Angeles Rave Flyers Collection

A collection of 153 Los Angeles area rave flyers from the mid 1990s to the mid 2000s. Some of the biggest festivals and names are represented, such as Electric Daisy Carnival, DJ Doc Martin and DJ Quest, and the Baka...

 
Love (Malcolm A.) Papers

The consist of addresses, programs, greetings and invitations from his inauguration, administrative files, as well as miscellaneous files which include correspondence, memoranda, clippings, and reports.  It consists of five series: , , , , and ....

 
Lowenbach (Jan) Papers

The collection consists of correspondence, articles, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, manuscripts, books and photographs....

 
Lyric Opera San Diego Records

This collection includes photographs of Lyric Opera productions from 1990-2000. The collection is arranged chronologically by the name of each production. Materials include 35 mm film slides and contact sheets....

 
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Mann Family Papers

The collection is comprised of 31 personal letters written primarily between Betty A. Mann, friends and family, as well as between E. C. Mann and Betty A. Mann from 1920 to 1937. Mostly comrpised of general correspondence, the letter contents...

 
Manor (Filomena R.), USAF Retired, Papers

The consist of nine boxes. The collection's content focuses in part on the evolution of the United States Air Force (USAF), Biomedical and Dietary Science Corp food and diet programs developed from 1947 through 1983, and the related activities of...

 
Marsh (Edward E.) Ephemera Collection

The is largely comprised of over 30 loose-leaf, matching leather binders of collected ephemera, pulps, magazines, art, and manuscripts from key figures in the development of the science fiction and pop culture, including Forrest J. Ackerman, Robert Heinlein, Frank Herbert,...

 
Martin Family Papers

The collection consists of correspondence between members of the Martin family, including Jodie Martin, his sons Alvin and Winston Martin, and Alvin's wife Florence Bunk Martin.  Though Alvin and Florence lived mostly in Portland, Oregon during the time of the...

 
Martin (John) Television Journalism Collection

The documents the career of newspaper and television reporter John Martin from his time as an editor of the San Diego State newspaper in 1960 to his departure from ABC News in 2002. This collection consists of personal documents and...

 
McCafferty (Grattan H.) Papers

McCafferty kept a diary in which he made near-daily entries from April 8, 1942, the day before the surrender of Bataan, until the Japanese surrender in 1945 and the liberation of prisoners of war. The collection includes 15 notebooks and...

 
McCaffery (Larry) Papers

The (1919-2009) document four decades of McCaffery's distinguished career as a literary critic and professor of English at San Diego State University. The collection includes manuscripts of McCaffery's literary interviews with well-known contemporary American and postmodern writers; correspondence; research files;...

 
McCumber (Harry L. and Norma L.) Collection

This collection documents the origins of San Diego County place names. Norma L. McCumber (nee Hawkins) began collecting the information as a hobby in 1946. She addressed her inquiries to local chambers of commerce and post offices. The collection includes...

 
McGehee III (Fielding M.) Papers

The (1967-1999) consist primarily of correspondence between McGehee and his parents, Fielding McGehee, Jr. and Helen McGehee, and also include some correspondence to and from other family members. Many letters include discussion about draft resistance efforts as well as and...

 
Mediterranean Garden Project Collection

San Diego State University's chronicles the development and implementation of a campus garden showcasing plants of the Mediterranean climate. There are five Mediterranean climate zones around the world, and all five zones are represented in the garden. The collection includes...

 
Mencken (H. L.) Collection

This small collection of pamphlets, reprints, and correspondence is part of the larger collection of one hundred individually cataloged monographs and serials by and about H. L. Mencken, which is also housed in Special Collections. These small items consist of...

 
Metropolitan Waste Water Reclamation Project Collection

The dates from 1952-1967. It consists solely of paper records, and documents the city's process of determining the best method of waste disposal for San Diego. Included in the collection is the original proposal booklet submitted by Holmes & Navar-Montgomery.  This...

 
Military Order of the World Wars, San Diego Chapter Records

The collection documents the numerous activities and achievements of the La Jolla-San Diego Chapter, the San Diego Chapter, and the Ladies of the Ribbon.  It includes administrative records, meeting minutes, activity and project records, photographs, publications, awards, handbooks, and other...

 
Miscellaneous Manuscript Collection

Each folder in this open collection contains single manuscript items, or a small collection of manuscript items. Most of the items are letters, though postcards, transcriptions, and other manuscript materials are present....

 
Mitchell (Mona) Theater Program Collection

The dates from 1925 – 1991, and documents theatrical productions especially in New York City throughout those years, particularly the 1930s. Alphabetized by production title, the collection consists mainly of theater programs, but also includes newspaper clippings relevant to a particular...

 
Moore (Ann Elizabeth) Papers

The (1954-1978) consist of correspondence, schoolwork, photographs, artwork and memorabilia. All materials are organized alphabetically by document type, with correspondence further organized chronologically within its folders. The largest amount of material is correspondence, and within that category most letters are...

 
Moore (Barbara C.) Correspondence

The (1968-1999) collection contains correspondence from Barbara Moore to her daughter Rebecca Moore beginning when Rebecca ("Becky") left home to attend college and continuing throughout the following three decades. The collection also contains letters from Barbara to Pat Clary (Rebecca's...

 
Moore (F. T.) Papers

The collection features a handwritten memoir detailing Moore's and the 2nd Regiment's involvement in the Civil War, as well as Confederate forms, manuscripts, correspondence, and newspaper clippings....

 
Moore (Rebecca) Papers

The (1951-2013) consist of correspondence, drawings, school records, news clippings, research materials, research papers, publications, and audiovisual materials. The collection is divided into six series, which are organized alphabetically unless otherwise noted: ; and ....

 
Mortar Board, San Diego State University Chapter Records

The collection consists of correspondence, memoranda, membership lists, agendas, minutes, photographs, clippings, project information, manuals of operation, and orientation packets for the national chapter....

 
Mountain Defense League Records

The represents the administrative records of the Mountain Defense League (MDL) for its three decades existence, and the work of both Bryon Lindsley and Pandora Rose as former presidents of the MDL. The majority of the collection consists of records...

 
Movie Poster Collection

The consists of twenty-nine original and facsimile posters. They are filed alphabetically by film title....

 
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Naiman (Ed) Collection

The contents of the collection consist of B'nai B'rith Weinberger Lodge newsletters from the late 1950s and early 1960s, membership directories from the 1960s through the 1980s and letters and photographs from the American Committee for Israel's 10th Anniversary, an...

 
Nasatir (Abraham) Papers

The consist of correspondence, articles, written by or about Nasatir and his wife; photographs, newspaper clippings, materials from various Jewish institutions in San Diego, items about Nasatir Hall at SDSU, and materials on the destruction of their home and rescue...

 
Nasatir (Ida) Papers

The collection consists of press clippings, book reviews, correspondence, obituaries, and a yellow star that reads "Juif" worn by a French holocaust survivor and given to Nasatir during a visit to Paris....

 
National Conference of Christians and Jews Records

The documents the organization's social, financial, and political activities from the late 60's to the mid 1970's. The majority of the material is devoted to the San Diego chapter's events, administration, and committee meetings. Documentation includes correspondence, professional diaries, biographical...

 
National Organization for Women (NOW), San Diego Chapter Records

The collection documents local civil rights; commerce and manufacturing; higher education; special education; family life; local government and politics; state government and politics; national government and politics; health services; law and legal profession; organized labor; women-in business; women-in government and...

 
Neumann (Rose) Collection

The collection consists of scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, photographs, correspondence, personal papers and certificates of appreciation....

 
Neumeyer (Peter F.) Papers

The document Neumeyer's professional and academic career, beginning as a student and ending as a critic. The papers date from 1950, when Neumeyer was an undergraduate, to 2004, when he and wife Helen co-curated an exhibition on illustrator Margot Zemach....

 
Norland (Calvert E.) Manuscript, Print, and Artifact Collection

The measures 4 linear feet plus 161 items and date from 2nd century CE to 1995. The collection is arranged in four series....

 
Nower (Joyce and Leon) Papers

The Joyce and Leon Nower papers document the formation of the San Diego State University Women's Studies Program and free speech activism in San Diego late 1960s and early 1970s. The papers traces curriculum development for the women's studies courses and...

 
Nuñez (Rene) Memorial Collection

The , assembled after Nuñez's death, documents his work in promoting educational equity and parent involvement, and his help in founding the Chicano Studies Department at SDSU. Filed alphabetically, the collection includes educational treatises, academic papers, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and materials...

 
Nugent (Hortense and Howard) Papers

This collection consists of personal correspondence, theater programs, and press clippings....

 
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O'Byrne (Ernest B.) Papers

The collection consists of meeting minutes, correspondence, library information, Education Opportunity Program information, and research....

 
Office of Analytic Studies and Institutional Research Records

The document San Diego State University's enrollment and includes statistical information from 1898-1973. It consists solely of paper records. Included in this collection is an in depth statistical study of the university's graduating class of 1949. This study was conducted in order...

 
Okmin (Dr. Seymour) Collection

The collection consists primarily of photographs and negatives, most of which were taken by Dr. Okmin.  A large photographic scrapbook and album are also included, in addition to newspaper articles, correspondence, newsletters, and materials pertaining to lodge business....

 
Old Globe Theatre Photograph Collection

The documents the photographic history of the Old Globe Theatre and contains four series: ; ; ; and . The first three series are arranged chronologically, with oversized photographs listed at the end of each series. The series (1934-2006) is...

 
Old Globe Theatre Records

The document the operation, administration, creative history, development, and growth of California's longest-running not-for-profit regional theatre. The records contain detailed documentation of numerous productions, correspondence, promotional materials, and organizational and administrative records. The are divided into fifteen series: , , ,...

 
Old San Diego Architectural Control Board Records

The (1943-1974) document the planning, preservation, and development of Old Town State Historic Park. Highlights include the review drafts for the overall design of Old Town, including landscaping, lighting, street furniture, and signs. The collection consists of by-laws, correspondence, meeting minutes,...

 
Older Women's League, San Diego County Chapter Records

The collection includes publications, minutes, clippings, and scrapbooks. It is arranged in six series: , , , , and ....

 
Osgood (Agnes) Papers

The documents her involvement as a community activist in the San Diego area, with a particular focus on the Lemon Grove community. The collection is comprised of correspondence, employee business cards, newspaper clippings, Congregational church membership documentation, and documentation detailing...

 
Outcalt (Irving E.) Collection

All of the items in the collection were written by Irving Outcalt....

 
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Paisin (Alice H.) B'nai B'rith Collection

The collection consists of newsletters, photographs, scrapbook contents, newspaper clippings, a ceremonial banner, and a banquet cloth. Materials are from both the Birdie Stodel Chapter and the Bay City Chapter of B'nai B'rith Women....

 
Palomar Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Collection

The collection consists of one 16mm reel of microfilm containing meeting minutes, correspondence, press releases, and clippings....

 
Panzram (Carl) Papers

The document Panzram's experience in America's prison system as well as his reflections on and assessment of his own violent behavior. The collection includes Panzram's handwritten autobiographical manuscript, photocopies of annotated typescript of the manuscript, correspondence between Lesser and Panzram, reviews...

 
Patron's Club Records

The collection consists of financial records, meeting minutes, clippings, a scrapbook, and other miscellaneous records....

 
Patterson (Louise) Scrapbook

This scrapbook was created by Miss Louise Patterson, daughter of Mrs. Louise Hillard Patterson and student at Coronado High School. Originally from Baltimore, this mother and daughter resided at Coronado Beach and were both prominent local socialites. Miss Patterson's scrapbook...

 
Peabody (Homer and Betty) Magic Lantern Collection

The (1800-2006) contains forty-two magic lanterns, approximately five thousand glass slides, as well as material related to the Peabody's membership in the Magic Lantern societies of the United States, Canada, and Great Britain, and their collecting activities and interests. The...

 
Pearce (James B.) Papers

The (1924-1963) primarily document the advertising activities and real estate listings of Pearce's real estate company, H. Pearce "Ranches Only."  Of particular interest is the first issue of the (1928), a rare newspaper about the area's agricultural activities, and scrapbook...

 
Pennington Family Papers

consist of correspondence to Louis and Jane Pennington in San Diego from Louis' mother in Oroville, California, and Jane's mother and sister in Charleston, South Carolina. The materials include letters, Christmas cards, a birthday card, and one photograph. There...

 
Peoples Temple Collection

This collection contains audiotape transcripts and summaries, audiotapes, photocopies of original unclassified documents from the federal government (on paper and also on other formats, including microfilm, microfiche, and compact disk), and newspaper and magazine articles related to the Peoples Temple...

 
Performing Arts Portrait Collection

The consists of photographs and other images of several hundred individuals and groups. The majority of photos are of theater and other arts personalities of the 20th century. Examples are Maude Adams, Beaux Arts Quartet, Harry Belafonte, Johnny Cash, Judy Clayton, Greta...

 
Phi Beta Kappa, San Diego State University Chapter Records

Filed chronologically, the collection includes membership lists, event invitations and programs, alumni membership nominations, newsletters, correspondence with other chapters, chapter minutes, manuals and handbooks....

 
Phi Sigma Nu Collection

The documents the activities, events, and people associated with the sorority on San Diego State's campus, primarily through scrapbooks.  The collection dates from 1925-1976, with most of the materials dating to 1941....

 
Philip K. Dick Society Newsletter Collection

The contains all 30 issues of the publication....

 
Phillips (George) Sweepiana Collection

The is a comprehensive collection of materials related to chimney sweepers. The collection dates from approximately 1932-1963, with the bulk of the documents undated. It consists of both paper records and artifacts. The collection has a broad interdisciplinary focus and includes literature,...

 
Pickard (Rawson J.) Bastard Scrapbook

The belonged to Dr. Rawson J. Pickard, M. D. It is a repurposed book, formerly an anatomy textbook in French, the pages of which Dr. Rawson pasted over with various news clippings and pieces of ephemera. The spine has been...

 
Piffard (Guerard) Manuscript Collection

A collection of 17 pieces of literature translated to English from their original French by Dr. Piffard of the Department of French and Italian at San Diego State University....

 
Poland (Roscoe A.) Environmental Collection

The collection documents local agriculture, business, construction, economic conditions, the environment, land, parks, recreation, and tourism. It consists of correspondence, publications, maps and other data relating to a series of public hearings held pursuant to the Wilderness Act (PL88-577) of...

 
Post (Lauren C.) Papers

The (1917-1977) document Dr. Lauren Post's involvement with San Diego State College servicemen in World War II as well as his professional output as professor of geography at San Diego State. The collection includes correspondence, essays, monographs, programs, news clippings,...

 
Powell (George) Collection

The collection includes technical publications, surveys of Tuberculosis Control Measures in Thailand, private correspondence, memorandums of committed or attempted suicides at Charlestone AFB, etc....

 
Powell (Lawrence Clark) Collection

The collection consists of clippings by and about Powell, and transcripts of some of Powell's speeches....

 
Power (Effie May) Collection

The documents Power's time in nursing school at San Diego County Hospital, and her time working as a nurse at Mercy Hospital in Prescott, Arizona. Highlights include correspondence in which Power refers to construction and rennovations taking place at San Diego...

 
Prouty (Dr. Helen L.) Papers

The document Prouty's professional career as a professor of educational psychology at San Diego State University with focus on both her professional career and private practice. The documents date from approximately 1927 to 2004 with the bulk of the material...

 
Public Relations Society of America, San Diego and Imperial Counties Chapter Records

The (1959-2011) document the organization's activities and services from its founding through 2011. Materials in this collection include chapter board meeting minutes, bylaws, newsletters, membership directories, chapter award programs and special events, news releases, audio/visual materials, and photographs. The collection...

 
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Radical Ephemera and Underground Publications Collection

This collection covers social issues of the late 1960s to mid 1970s in the United States, especially as manifested on the San Diego State University (College) campus and in San Diego County. These issues include women's rights, civil rights, Marxism,...

 
Rancho San Luis Rey Collection

The collection documents Cooper's early life horse breeding and racing, ranching, commerce, land development, and politics. Because of the breadth of the collection, it has been organized alphabetically by subject, person, or correspondent with inclusive dates listed. Users should be...

 
Reichel (Leon) Collection

The contents of the collections consist of documents, records, minutes, newspaper clippings, photographs, special programs and events regarding the congregation, from the 1950's to the early 2000's ....

 
Retired Officers Association, San Diego Chapter Records

The collection consists of by-laws, charter, correspondence, certificates, meeting minutes, financial records, membership rosters, and bulletins....

 
Retired Senior Volunteer Program Records

The collection documents local economic conditions, education, the environment, public works, recreation, schools, social conditions, and social service agencies. It includes correspondence, memoranda, Board of Directors meeting minutes, financial statements, and grant proposals....

 
Richards (Al) Travel Collection

The collection includes biographical information, manuscripts of travel memoirs, photographs, negatives, slides, maps, journal entries, and notes....

 
Richardson (James T.) New Religious Movements Collection

The James T. Richardson New Religious Movement Collection contains records of his scholarly research and activity to include newspaper clippings, photos, audio and video recordings, personal papers, organizational documents, federal agency records, and related anti-cult and scholarly papers spanning over...

 
Rodriguez (Armando M.) Papers

(1940-2010) document Rodriguez's work as an educator and advocate for bilingual education. The majority of the material dates from the early 1970s through 1980s, with very sparse documentation during the 1960s. These files illustrate Rodriguez's work to promote higher...

 
Rohfleisch (Kramer J.) Papers

This collection consists of research materials used by Kramer Rohfleisch in his work on the history of the Army Air Forces in World War II. The collection includes articles, pamphlets, clippings, training and field handbooks and manuals, ephemera,  miscellaneous materials,...

 
Rouillard (John C.) Papers

The document Rouillard's tenure with the American Indian Studies department, as well as his participation in and involvement with numerous Native American organizations, councils, and committees. The collection includes correspondence, lectures, notes, memorandums, reports, studies, conference material, and proposals.  The...

 
Royal Presidio of San Diego Archaeological Collection Records

The Royal Presidio of San Diego Archaeological Collection Records (1963-1994) document the Center for Regional History's involvement with archaeological excavations at San Diego's Presidio, led by San Diego State University's Anthropology Department and the San Diego Historical Society, during the...

 
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Saad (Elena) Collection

The collection mainly consists of 37 Audio tapes of interviews of Mexican Jews in Tijuana and San Diego from the mid 1990's in Spanish, conducted by Elena Saad for a Master's Thesis entitled, "La Comunidad Israelita de Tijuana" (The Jewish...

 
Sackman (Asa) Diaries

This collection consists of seven manuscript diaries, written while Asa Sackman was serving in the 44th Regiment, Company G, of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry. The diaries date from October 1861, his first month of service, to August 1862. Sackman writes...

 
Salomon (Irving) Collection

This collection comprises Salomon's papers, documents and photographs, from his birth in 1897 to his death in 1979. Box one contains material covering his personal life, family genealogy, World War I, the PACT Farm for boys, his Royal Metal Manufacturing...

 
Salzer (Clarence "Beeb") Collection

The documents the professional and artistic career of Beeb Salzer and includes ephemera, photographs, and artworks from the course of his career, beginning with his time at Yale. The bulk of the collection dates from 1955-2013. Materials include newspaper clippings,...

 
San Diegans, Inc. Records

Subjects covered include architects and architecture, Center City, city planning, civil engineers, engineering, commerce, manufacturing, the construction industry, environmental planning, land use and development, public administration, the San Diego Unified Port District, tourism, and transportation. The collection consists of correspondence,...

 
San Diego 200th Anniversary Collection

Materials in this artificial collection document San Diego's 200th anniversary in 1969....

 
San Diego and Coronado Ferry Collection

The small consists of five items, and documents selected financial operations of the company from early in its long history. It consists of three financial ledgers, one report, and one broadside. The first ledger dates from 1907 to 1916 and...

 
San Diego Association for the Education of Young Children Records

The collection consists of historical reports, chronology, constitution, articles of incorporation, fliers, correspondence, newspaper clippings, biographical information, membership directories, newsletters, scrapbooks, and oral history interviews. A small amount of material from the California and Southern California chapters, and from the...

 
San Diego Center for Children Photograph Collection

This small collection consists of sixteen photographic negatives of the San Diego Center for Children. Photos of the interior and exterior of the Balboa Park building, designed by Irving Gill, are included, as well as photographs of children and their...

 
San Diego Chamber of Commerce Records

The document the Chamber's activities and major Chamber-sponsored events in San Diego, such as the 1915 World Exposition at Balboa Park, San Diego's 200th Anniversary celebration, and the establishment of the University of California, San Diego. The majority of the...

 
San Diego Convention and Visitors Bureau Collection

The collection includes reports, studies, financial records, research files, purchase orders, correspondence, public relations materials, media campaigns, conferences, speeches, brochures, promotional publications, photographs, and transparencies....

 
San Diego Corral of the Westerners Records

The document the publishing history and administrative organization of this non-profit entity dedicated to preserving the history of the American West. These records include correspondence, meeting notices and minutes, event information, membership rosters, financial statements, and documentation of the Corral's creative...

 
San Diego County Archaeological Society Records

The collection consists of correspondence relating to archaeological aspects of draft environmental impact studies, portions of environmental impact studies, announcements of public hearings, and reports of investigations....

 
San Diego County Commission on the Status of Women Records

The consist of agendas, meeting minutes, news clippings, programs, promotional materials, and a report generated by the Commission....

 
San Diego County Department of Public Health Records

The collection includes minutes of meetings, correspondence, annual and monthly reports, fiscal materials, personnel files, statistical data, files on programs, published materials, photographs, and movie films. Most materials post-date 1960.  It has been arranged into three major series, with numerous sub-series....

 
San Diego County Department of Transportation Collection

The collection consists of histories, surveyor reports, grand jury reports on the office of the County Surveyor, and correspondence....

 
San Diego County Kindergarten Club Record Book

This record book belonged to the San Diego County Kindergarten Club between 1919 and 1924. Minutes from club meetings are recorded chronologically and treasurer reports are included towards the end. Pages 85-88 are missing from the treasurer's report section. The...

 
San Diego County Medical Society Records

Records include bylaws, meeting minutes, membership lists, membership applications, correspondence, convention materials, photographs, ephemera, and a newspaper clipping scrapbook....

 
San Diego County Water Authority Records

The collection consists of memoranda, notes, reports, maps and newspaper clippings from the San Diego County Water Authority....

 
San Diego Gas and Electric, Sundesert Nuclear Power Plant Collection

The documents SDG&E's attempt to build the Sundesert nuclear power facility, as well as the California State Resources Conservation and Development Commission's actions in response to that proposal. The collection dates from 1974-1980, with the bulk of documents generated in...

 
San Diego High School Collection

The dates from 1901-1982. It consists mostly of paper records. Included in this collection are copies of the school's early yearbooks, , and its successor, as well as copies of the school's Homecoming programs from the 1920s to the early 1980s....

 
San Diego Hunger Coalition Records

This collection consists of materials related to a survey about hunger in San Diego carried out by the Hunger Survey Committee of the San Diego Hunger Coalition in 1983, in an attempt to quantify the total number of hungry people...

 
San Diego Junior Chamber of Commerce Records

The collection consists of records, some of which date from the 1930s, and the balance from the late 1960s onward. The collection is organized in segments dealing with membership, meetings and recruitment, chapter organization and procedures, general office files, and...

 
San Diego Memorabilia Collection

The contains historic ephemera related to San Diego. Brochures, tickets, programs, labels, flyers, photographs, stereoscopic views, pamphlets, and postcards are all part of the collection. Most materials do not have dates, although a date is noted where discernible, and most...

 
San Diego Opera Association Records

The (1965-2008) documents the outreach, fundraising, growth and development of the San Diego Opera Association (SDOA), including the SDOA's outreach activities, fundraising, education, and work done in support of the San Diego Opera. It includes budgets, bylaws, correspondence, minutes, committee...

 
San Diego Opera Guild Records

The (1939-2000) documents the organization and activities of the San Diego Opera Guild (SDOG), the early growth and development of San Diego Opera, and the productions brought to San Diego by the SDOG. It includes annual reports, clippings, correspondence, reviews,...

 
San Diego Opera Office Records

The (1968-2004) documents the administration, creative history, development, and growth of the San Diego Opera (SDO). It includes correspondence, memoranda, clippings, minutes, photographs, budgets, financial records, and detailed documentation of numerous productions. The collection consists of three major series: (1968-2004), (1973-1995), and...

 
San Diego Photograph Collection

The is modest in size with only 700+ images, yet some are of particular interest to those interested in the military in San Diego, Coronado and Hotel del Coronado, and outlying San Diego County....

 
San Diego Public Information Office Records

The documents the establishment of an information service for San Diego and the daily responsibilities of the Public Information Office (PIO) in the county. The collection consists of community liaising program files, correspondence, memorandums, financial reports, and purchase orders documenting...

 
San Diego Scrapbook Collection

Most of the eleven scrapbooks in this collection date from the early twentieth century and depict San Diego life through the various photographs, news clippings, and ephemera items within each one. Where discernible, the scrapbook creator has been noted; however,...

 
San Diego Stadium Construction Collection

The collection consists of materials relating to the construction of San Diego Stadium, dating from 1965-67. It includes legal documents, contracts, progress reports, and photographs....

 
San Diego State University Centennial Celebration Collection

The documents the campus-wide celebration of the institution's one hundred year anniversary of its founding in 1897. The collection includes programs, reports, and photographs....

 
San Diego State University Foundation Collection

The (1943-2002) documents the operation and administration of the Foundation.  Highlights include materials related to the College Community Redevelopment Project, which seeks to provide more student housing, better public transportation, parking, and general improvements to the college area. The collection...

 
San Diego State University Historical Collection

The documents the university's history from its beginnings as a normal school through its transition to a state college.  The collection dates from approximately 1897-1956, with the bulk of the documents created prior to 1935.  It consists primarily of paper...

 
San Diego State University Historical Collection

The documents the university's history from its beginnings as a normal school through its transition to a state college. The collection dates from approximately 1897-1956, with the bulk of the documents created prior to 1935. It consists primarily of paper...

 
San Diego Union Performing Arts Department Records

The materials in this collection document the rich history of the performing arts in San Diego from the late 1940s to 2001, as collected by the Entertainment Department at the . The editor of the Entertainment Department, Welton Jones, maintained...

 
San Diego Vertical File

The contains a variety of materials documenting or relevant to San Diego's local history. It has been compiled by department staff over several decades....

 
San Diego-Imperial Counties Labor Council Records

The collection includes scrapbooks regarding AFL-CIO activities, press clippings, photographs, correspondence, special meeting minutes, executive meeting minutes, regular meeting minutes, and financial records, and bound volumes of the Council's newspaper, ....

 
San Dieguito Boys' and Girls' Club Records

The collection includes by-laws, agendas, meeting minutes, photographs, and newsletters....

 
Sanchez (Rita) Papers

The (1972-2013) document Sanchez's work while teaching at Mesa Community College and her influence on the Chicano Studies Department there, as well as work done in the San Diego community. The majority of the material dates from 1990-2000 and focuses...

 
Sandoval Fernandez (Carmen) Poster Collection

The consists of 62 Chicano Movement-related posters, broadsides, and advertisements. These one-of-a-kind posters and broadsides document local events and organizations, as well as local and national groups involved in the Chicano Movement in San Diego, including the Chicano Federation of...

 
Save Talmadge Canyon Committee Records

The collection includes correspondence, research notes, clippings, articles, public hearing documents, and the committee's final Environmental Impact Report....

 
School Integration Task Force Records

The document the Task Force's research and findings concerning the San Diego Unified School District's integration plan. These records contain correspondence, monitor applications and logs, school assignments, student testing results, enrollment statistics, court orders and charges, task force reports, race/human relations...

 
School of Music and Dance Records

The document the administrative work of the School, public events, and student performance work.  It dates from 1957-2009. The collection consists of two series: and ....

 
School of Social Work Records

The documents the school’s foundation, history, and influence in San Diego. The collection is composed of correspondence, newsletters, program fliers, student handbooks, faculty resumes, memoranda, and budgetary reports. Highlights include documentation for graduate study groups pertaining to LGBT students, accreditation...

 
Schraer (Paul) Collection

The collection consists of by-laws, newsletters, membership lists, event announcements, correspondence, and a dues ledger book, collected by Paul Schraer and pertaining to lodge business of the B'nai B'rith Fox Lodge, B'nai B'rith Heartland Lodge, and B'nai B'rith Weinberger Lodge....

 
Seeman (Lois) Diaries

The diaries of Lois Seeman document her life over a period of 1940 - 1942 in National City [San Diego] California, pre-World War II. Her diaries describe her thoughts, as a young teenage girl, boyfriends, girlfriends, senior year in high...

 
Sellman (Hunton D.) Playscripts Collection

This collection is made up of ten manuscript playscripts and actors sides, from plays written between 1900 and 1913. Some are copyrighted and published by the Chicago Manuscript Company. The majority seem to have been produced by a theatrical company...

 
Senour (Maria Nieto) Papers

The (1943-2014) document Senour’s work at San Diego State University and in the San Diego community. The collection includes reports, correspondence, conference papers, awards, university personnel files, election campaign papers, press clippings and articles. All materials are organized alphabetically within...

 
Shelley (Myron) San Diego Hebrew Home Collection

The consists of the operational and fiscal records of the San Diego Hebrew Home for the Aged, dating from 1973 to 1995. It also includes some records from the North Shores B'nai B'rith Lodge (1963-1973), the Anti-Defamation League Council (1961-1978),...

 
Shen Yo Scrapbook

The (1924-1935) documents the sorority’s activities and those of its members, and appears to have been compiled by the sorority, not an individual member. The scrapbook includes invitations, news clippings, dance cards, place cards, photographs, programs, notes, and various sorority...

 
Shields (Allan) Papers

The collection includes correspondence, professional commentary, and various writings both published and unpublished....

 
Showel (Morris) Cottage of Israel Collection

The consists of documents from promotional events either hosted by the Cottage of Israel or sponsored by other Jewish organizations in the San Diego area. It includes newspaper articles, photographs, flyers, announcements, displays, and invitations documenting the public relations efforts...

 
Sierra Club, San Diego Chapter Records

The collection documents some of the many recreational, educational, and conservation activities and objectives central to the Sierra Club's mission.  It includes correspondence, programs, activities, events, policies, reports, meeting minutes, newsletters, and publications.  Accessions from 1999 and 2000 comprise the...

 
Singer (Gussie K.) City of Hope Collection

The consists of tribute books, newsletters, certificates, and other papers, including a 1971 tribute book honoring Harry Bronstein....

 
Slayen (Al and Pearl) Collection

This collections consists of photos, newspaper clippings, a scrapbook, correspondence and event programs....

 
Smith (Bradley) Collection

The documents the career of photographer and writer Bradley Smith. The collection dates from 1962-1988.  It consists entirely of paper records.  The collection documents Smith's professional career through correspondence, research materials, book drafts, mockups, and photographs.  The entire collection is...

 
Smith (Reverend George Walker) Papers

The document Smith's ministerial career in San Diego at the Golden Hill United Presbyterian Church and Christ United Presbyterian Church, as well as his political, social, educational, and religious achievements.  The collection includes sermons, church announcements, correspondence, Board of Education...

 
Smith (Robert Eliot) Papers

The collection includes Smith's notes and working drafts used for the preparation of his publications, a record of his professional activities as the Carnegie Institution of Washington's Guatemala City representative, photographs of Mesoamerican pottery, and correspondence between Smith and other...

 
Sánchez (Marta) Papers

The (1953-2013) document the professional career of Dr. Sánchez and include materials created during her tenure as a professor at the University of California, San Diego. The bulk of the collection dates from 1985-2010. Materials include lecture notes, syllabi, student...

 
Sommers (Tish) Papers

The include speeches and working papers, extensive correspondence with legislators and women's movement activists from 1970 to 1985. It also includes: photographs, drafts of published and unpublished manuscripts and research papers, newspaper clippings and publicity materials, organizational papers (correspondence, reports,...

 
Sonka (Anthony F.) Papers

The (1906-1972) document Sonka's business activities in Lemon Grove, including his role with the Lemon Grove Chamber of Commerce.  Of particular interest is an anecdote of the famous Hatfield Flood (1916) in the Tony Sonka Day file, and Sonka's involvement...

 
Staff Council Collection

The collection consists of constitution and by-laws, agendas and minutes of meetings of the Executive Committee and Staff Council, general correspondence relating to a variety of issues, and Staff Awards Luncheon files....

 
Steinmetz (Harry) Papers

The collection focuses primarily on international foreign relations from a social and political perspective.  The time period for this material starts in the early 1900’s and extends until the late 1980’s....

 
Stone (John P.) Papers

The collection consists of personal and professional incoming and outgoing correspondence, research, lectures, and unpublished papers, and Stone's obituary. Correspondents include many of the chief librarians from the nation's top universities at the time, and the Dean of the Library...

 
Stuart (Sidney E.) Account Book

The is an accounting ledger Stuart used to track and record his finances during his time as a cadet at West Point Military Academy beginning in June 1876. Pasted on the inside cover are two printed notes: 1) the “Regulations...

 
Stumpf (Jack) Papers

The collection includes working papers, correspondence, memoranda, course material, research topics, and professional activities....

 
Sunga (George A.) Television Collection

The documents the evolution of Sunga’s four-decade career as a television producer at CBS, ABC, and Paramount. The collection consists of production binders, scripts, production notes, correspondence with network executives, photographs, schedules, invoices, awards, and other materials related to Sunga’s...

 
Surfing Collection

The documents surfing and surf culture through article clippings and documents, as well as ephemera and media that describe surf culture, surfing's history, and information about surfing. contain various articles, bibliographies, and syllabi related to surfing. contains ephemera such as...

 
Sutton (Jefferson) Science Fiction Collection

Jefferson Sutton, a San Diego State University graduate, is the author of more than 20 novels written in different genres: science fiction, war, politics, and juvenile literature. His books can be found in libraries throughout the country, his novels were...

 
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Tabler (Madeline) Collection

The documents the creative process behind writing children's and young adult literature.  The collection dates from 1963-1975.  The collection consists primarily of unpublished manuscripts and published articles.  It has accordingly been divided into two series, and ....

 
Tau Kappa Epsilon, San Diego State University Chapter Records

This collection includes guides and rush information, logo items, and other miscellany....

 
Teatro de las Chicanas Photograph Collection

The (ca. 1970s) is comprised of visual images of the theater group Teatro de las Chicanas. Photographs include live performances, candid shots of the company, as well as photographs of advertising materials....

 
Testing Center Sample Tests Collection

The consists of tests on a wide range of subjects and from several test publishers....

 
Theobald (John R.) Collection

The documents Theobald's writings.  The collection dates from the 1920s to 1989 with many materials undated.  The collection has been divided into two series: and ....

 
Thomas (Gerald C.) Papers

The collection consists of incoming correspondence and postcards to Thomas from 1935-1961, personal ephemera (including such items as the judge's address book, personal notes, business card file, and mementos) and photographs....

 
Thompson (Harry R.) Papers

The consist of letters written to Mr. Thompson, mostly from his brother George. Harry lived at 4127 Marlborough Ave.,San Diego, CA. There are a few empty envelopes and a list of names and addresses at the bottom of the stack,...

 
Tidwell (James N.) American Folklore Collection

The primarily consists of examples of American folklore, and was created by James Tidwell.  It includes folklore in various genres, including stories, sayings, figures of speech, moral tales, anecdotes, legends, jokes, riddles, and music, among others.  The collection also contains...

 
Tifereth Israel Synagogue Collection

The contents of the collection contain synagogue newsletters, clippings, event announcements, songbooks, photographs; dedication, anniversary and tribute books, scrapbook contents and minute books....

 
Travelers Aid Society of San Diego Records

The document the branch's activities and service to travelers arriving in and passing through San Diego via automobiles, trains, boats, and planes. Though there is steady coverage from 1914 through 1976, there is somewhat more material from the late 1960s...

 
Travis (Maury M.) Collection

This collection consists of personal papers, correspondence, and press clippings which document Travis's personal life.  It includes birth records, legal name change documents, and family correspondence with Travis's siblings, parents, and other extended family members. His profession as a Petroleum...

 
Truscott (Louisa Wyatt) Album

The is a bound album comprised of various sketches. The inside cover holds a poem which begins “Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, stop for a minute and look at my Album so handsome and new / Be so kind as to...

 
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U. S. Grant Hotel Records

The consist of financial reports, correspondence, purchase orders, and committee reports mostly documenting Roy Lake's management, but including much earlier records, as well.  The collection also includes blueprints and architectural renderings documenting its numerous renovations.  The U.S. Grant Hotel records...

 
Union of Pan Asian Communities (UPAC) Records

The document the organization’s social service programs for Southeast Asian immigrants and refugees (including Cambodian, Hmong, Loation, and Vietnamese) in the San Diego metropolitan area. UPAC’s programming addressed the community organizing, health, educational, employment training, housing, and mental health needs...

 
United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), Local 135 Records

The United Food and Commercial Workers Local 135 Records consist of membership records, minutes of meetings, financial records, Local 135 publications, and miscellany. The collection is divided into series, and an outline of the collection inventory follows on the next...

 
United Ireland Scrapbook

Ireland was officially merged with England in 1801 under the Act of Union 1800. The island was governed by the UK Parliament in London through its Dublin Castle administration in Ireland. Despite this union, Ireland faced considerable economic difficulties in...

 
United States Civil War Collection

The contains manuscript and printed materials dating from the Civil War era, as well as later items about the war.  These materials include correspondence, speeches, pamphlets, and newspapers. The bulk of the material dates from 1861 to 1865, and both...

 
University Archives Biographical File

This collection, created by Special Collections and University Archives staff, consists of biographical information about former faculty, staff, and students of San Diego State University.  Materials are filed alphabetically by individual's last name....

 
University Archives Multimedia Collection

The consists of video tapes, vinyl records, 16mm film, and compact discs. Recorded on these various media are activities, historical events, speeches, and music associated with the university. Much of the video documents athletic and school spirit activities such as...

 
University Archives Photograph Collection

This collection, created by Special Collections and University Archives staff, consists of photographs from various campus departments and offices, as well as from university alumni, which document San Diego State University history.  The collection includes photographs, negatives, and slides.  It...

 
University Archives Topical File

This collection, created by Special Collections and University Archives staff, consists of topical information documenting San Diego State University History.  Materials are filed alphabetically by file name....

 
University Senate Records

This collection has been divided into two series: the consist of items of Senate-wide concern (e.g., constitution and by-laws, established procedures, special rules, resolutions, and chronologically-arranged correspondence as received in the Senate office from the President of the University, Vice...

 
Urrutia de Vergara Family Papers

The are a collection of Spanish colonial manuscripts that document the land holdings of the Urrutia de Vergara family in the eastern part of the Texcoco region of Mexico. The collection dates from the mid-sixteenth century to the mid-eighteenth century...

 
U.S. Naval Hospital, San Diego, Photograph Collection

This collection illustrates the history and development of the US Naval Hospital, San Diego, through photographs and descriptive data....

 
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Vaska (Bedrich) Papers

The collection primarily consists of correspondence, but it also includes postcards, newspaper clippings, and photographs.  Especially notable is Vaska's explanation of Bedrich Smetana's innermost, most personal feelings of , which Vaska used to better explain the scores to performing musicians....

 
Vishner Performing Arts Collection

The consists of programs, flyers, playbills, and reviews of performing arts events, primarily from Southern California and cities throughout the US and Canada. Also included are a small amount of information about performing arts groups and individuals....

 
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Wagner (Henry Raup) Collection

The collection includes correspondence, manuscripts, articles, journals, and publications about Henry Raup Wagner....

 
Walker (Donald E.) Papers

The collection consists of correspondence and other office files created by Walker during his tenure as Dean of Instruction....

 
Walker Scott Department Store Records

This collection documents the activities of the Walker Scott Department Store Company, run by George A. Scott. The records date from 1915-1993, with the bulk of the documents created in the 1960s during the company’s expansion to other branch stores....

 
Weather Bureau Records

The United States Department of Commerce, Weather Bureau records chronicle San Diego’s daily, weekly, and monthly weather. The records include daily, weekly, and monthly weather observations, bulletins, station activities and memorandum, meteorological summaries, reports, and climatic information.

 
Weissenberg (Henry and Idelle) Collection

The collection consists of a B'nai B'rith Weinberger Breitbard Lodge Banner, copies of 3 commemorative plaques, and assorted papers from North Coast B'nai B'rith, Couples Unit #5282....

 
Wellington Family Papers

The collection documents both the Wellington and Fisher families....

 
Western Jewish Studies Association (WJSA) Collection

This collection consists of correspondence, newsletters, flyers, membership lists, dues receipts, conference materials and proposals  from conference speakers....

 
Whitney (Daniel) Papers

Materials in this collection document Cultural Resource Management Law in Southern California....

 
Whitney (Frederick C.) Papers

The document an important San Diego political and environmental issue, as well as the inner workings of a political association.  The collection is primarily concerned with the period in 1972 when Whitney was involved in the Coastal Initiative and Pollution...

 
Williams (Leon) Papers

The document three decades of William's public service career, and includes news clippings, photos, correspondence, invitations, public appearance forms, public opinions, campaign information, reports, ordinances, plaques, certificates of achievement, various committee files, and conference minutes. During his time on city council,...

 
Wilson (Robert Carlton (Bob)) Papers

The collection consists of correspondence, memoranda, proposals for legislation, reports, materials relating to resolutions and debates, surveys, photographs and miscellany....

 
Wingard, (Eileen S.) Collection

The contents of the collection consist of  photocopies of scripts for honorarium banquets and other documents; programs and correspondence; the contents of 7 scrapbooks of newspaper articles and memorabilia; photographs of various events; and a guest book from the Jewish...

 
Wolf (Ernest M.) Stamp Collection

This collection consists of Ernest M. Wolf's personal stamp collection.  It includes stamps from around the world, dating from the 17th-20th centuries....

 
Wolfsheimer-Stutz (Abbe) Collection

This collection comprises papers, documents and photographs, from Wolfsheimer-Stutz's birth in 1938 to her death in 2014. Box 1 contains photos and scrapbooks from schools that she attended, correspondence, class notes, newspaper clippings, her writings, awards and family genealogy. Box...

 
Woman's Institute for Continuing Jewish Education Collection

The Woman's Institute for Continuing Jewish Education Collection contains the complete documentation of all the programs and publications of the Institute. The collection consists of all of the books published by the Institute, newsletters, press releases, newspaper clippings, photographs, and...

 
Women's Association Collection

The dates from 1927-2000. It documents the activities and accomplishments of this important group over several decades. It consists solely of paper records, and includes member directories from 1940-2000, meeting minutes, the group's history and by-laws, and association newsletters. Also...

 
Women's Regional Planning Club Records

The collection consists of 51 scripts which document three years of aired programs. Topics covered include community histories, local industries, transit, military, medical and personal histories....

 
Women's Resource Center Records

The collection is comprised of two series. Series I: Office Files contains meeting minutes for the Women's Resource Center , as well the the daily transaction logs for the Center. These logs provide a clear picture of WRC daily activities,...

 
Women's Studies Department Records

The (1966-2006) document the growth and development of the first women's studies department in the nation, including its formation, early relationship with the Center for Women's Studies and Services (CWSS), now named Center for Community Solutions, course development, student work,...

 
Woodward (Ella) Notebook

This manuscript item is the composition notebook of student Ella P. Woodward, who identifies herself as "1st Junior Sept." early in the notebook. The notebook contains numerous short stories, poems, essays, and other short compositions; each is graded and includes...

 
World War I and World War II Manuscript Collection

This collection includes articles, pamphlets, speeches, correspondence, clippings, reports, and miscellaneous materials.

 
World War II German Manuscript Collection

These documents are most likely (though this has not been confirmed) copies of those given to the US Military after the War, and eventually issued in published form. There are some hand-written materials, and all maps are hand-drawn....

 
World War II San Diego State College Servicemen's Correspondence Collection

This collection consists of ten boxes of correspondence received from servicemen, servicewomen, and their families during the Second World War. The collection contains letters sent to Lauren Post for his information in compiling the , which later changed its name...

 
Wulbern (Francis M.) Papers

The collection consists of correspondence, telegraph messages, classroom materials, official publications pertaining to administrative procedures, tactics, and equipment specifications, as well as photographs and certificates of Francis Wulbern. Of particular interest are the letters of General Altamirano of the Sandinistas...

 
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Yale (Dick) Papers

The (1913-2002) includes material related to Dick Yale’s interests in the fine press printing, the history of printing and newspapers, San Diego area history, and Western Americana. The collection consists of a wide variety of materials, including: fine press ephemera,...

 
Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) of San Diego County Records

The document the YWCA's growth and evolution as a service organization for women and families from its inception in 1907 through the early 2000s. The collection comprises approximately 67 linear feet of materials including the organization’s administrative records dating from...

 
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Zablackas Spanish Civil War Collection

This collection consists of 155 items of Spanish Civil War materials, including children's books, military documents and regalia, money, trade cards, receipts, news magazines, postcards, and other propaganda....

 
Zeitlin (Jacob) Collection

The Jacob Zeitlin Collection includes publications and lecture material written by Zeitlin, newspaper articles about the bookseller and his bookshops, announcements of exhibits or events held in his honor, and catalogs of the books and art which he dealt over...

 
Zimmerman (Bonnie) Papers

:  This series, which contains materials that range from approximately 1970 to 2003, is a record of the teaching and academically related work and teaching of Dr. Bonnie Zimmerman.  Each subseries holds materials from different aspects of Dr. Zimmerman’s academic...

 
Zines and Minicomics Collection

The combines materials from two former collections known as the and the . The collection ranges from 1985 to the present and includes zines and minicomics on a variety of topics. Concentrations include identity politics (especially riot grrrl, people of...

 
Zinner (Ernst) Manuscript Collection

The documents Zinner's work as an astronomer and scientist at the Remeis Astronomical Observatory in Bamberg, Germany. The collection dates from 1818-1981, with the bulk of documents created in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and consists of almanacs,...