The 19th Century Newspaper Collection consists miscellaneous issues of various American newspapers 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:...
The Abele Bookplate Collection 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...
Jane Adams collected recipes and menus from hundreds of produce manufacturers and locales. The collection has been separated into three sections, the largest being Series I, which is alphabetically interfiled, includes product/company fliers, topical information, and cookbooks by title. Series...
The collection contains a number of pieces of artwork (etchings, oil, watercolor, acrylic, and others) by early twentieth century American and European artists.
This collection consists of 30 late Victorian autograph albums. Autograph albums, also known as "charm" albums, "forget-me-not albums," or "memory books," were a popular pastime in America during the second half of the nineteenth century. These albums were small blank...
Greeting cards are arranged alphabetically by subject.
The collection 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...
Trade cards, also known as advertising cards, were wildly popular collectibles in the latter half of the nineteenth century as consumer culture took over America. Advertising a huge variety of manufactured goods in bright chromolithographed colors, trade cards were produced...
The Adams Manuscript Collection documents John Adams efforts at publication, his years at San Diego State College as a professor, department chair, and University Archivist, his relationship and publications from the San Diego Union, and some limited parts of his...
The collection includes papers, music programs, and clippings.
The collection primarily documents the farm's second site in El Cajon. There are materials relating to local water projects and a large collection of San Diego topographical maps prepared by the United States Geological Survey.
The Alpha Pi Boulé Records (1965-2003) 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...
The collection is comprised of two series: General Office Files and pre-1950s Student Reminiscences gathered by university advancement for publication in the Fall 1993 and Fall 1994 issues of the alumni magazine "SDSU Report." The collection is an artificial one,...
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.
The collection includes correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, conference information, and election information. It is arranged chronologically.
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,...
The Desi Arnaz collection 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...
The Asian American Student Alliance collection 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...
The San Diego State University Associated Students Records have been organized into separate series with a rough breakdown of topics within each series. The collection includes correspondence, budget reports, codes, policies, procedures, programs, activities, and information from the AS Council,...
The collection documents local conservation, education, environmental planning, land use and development, natural resources, regional planning, water resources, and wildlife. It consists of correspondence, meeting minutes, membership records, notebooks, reports, financial records, and published materials.
The Aztec Shops Records document the history of SDSU's bookstore and food services from 1959-1996. It consists solely of paper records, and includes constitutions and by-laws, financial reports, operating budgets, board minutes, and copies of the employee manual. Also included...
The E. Richard Barnes collection 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...
Materials in this collection document the professional career and creative process of Donna Barr. It consists of a variety of document types including correspondence and newspaper clippings. General ephemera include invitations, programs and awards announcements, and several versions of her...
This collection 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...
In 1854, George Batty (no biographical information available) 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...
The Marybelle S. Bigelow Collection 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,...
This collection documents both Black and his presidency, and includes correspondence, financial records, annual reports, Pauline Black's diary, and a scrapbook of the trip Mr. Black and his daughter took around the world.
The Peter Bohmer collection 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...
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.
The collection consists primarily of meeting minutes and committee reports. Materials are grouped together by document type.
The Business and Financial Affairs collection 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...
This is a small collection of copy 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 collection consists of materials regarding the Proposition 20 campaign from 1972, most of which are from organization's working to defeat the measure.
The collection consists of California Supreme Court and San Diego Appellate Court documents from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The documents include filings of court transcripts, the opening briefs of appellants and respondents, as well as reply briefs....
The collection contains personal newsletters, entited "Au Courant," 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...
The Carlin Integration Case Records include nearly three decades of court proceedings and research for Kari Carlin et al v. Board of Education, San Diego Unified School District. The records include court transcripts, briefs and court orders, correspondence, maps and...
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...
The collection contains the administrative and programmatic files of the Center for Women's Studies and Services (CWSS), later named the Center for Community Solutions. It includes reports, budget material, periodicals, meeting minutes, and publications that have to do with helping...
The collection consists of prescription receipts, photographs, a prescription recipe book, and a customer prescription book.
Collection 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.
The Elizabeth Chater Manuscript Collection 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...
This collection is composed of two notebooks kept by Haakon Maurice Chevalier during his position as French-English interpreter at the Nuremberg Trials in 1945. The diaries begin on the first day of the trial, November 20, 1945, and end on...
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...
The Citizens Coordinate for Century 3 collection contains a great deal of materials that relate to the environment of San Diego, and also publications from other environmental groups. A number of city and county agencies are also represented. The collection...
The CURE collection contains virtually a complete run of the Board of Directors meeting minutes, and also the Treasurer's Reports. A number of published materials from other organizations are also present.
The Edward D Clarkson Collection, 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...
The collection of COMBO materials on deposit in Special Collections includes business materials documenting various fund-raising and business activities of the organization, correspondence, public relations materials, clippings scrapbooks, and member files. Auction donor forms comprise the greatest portion of the...
The collection consists of organizational records, personnel records, meeting minutes, memo logs, correspondence, committee records, program files, fiscal records, and miscellaneous materials.
The collection is comprised of reports of farm advisory projects relating to San Diego County.
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...
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...
The collection includes correspondence, organizational papers, reports, financial records, and clippings.
The collection includes photocopies of the Constitution, Articles of Incorporation, by-laws, and a biographical sketch of the chairman at the time of donation.
The collection documents Davies' involvement as a member of the Old Globe Theatre's Board of Directors (1986-1996), and with her late husband Lowell Davies, participation in many of the Globe's activities and events. It consists of correspondence, photographs, newspaper and...
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...
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.
This collection includes news releases, fliers, election bonds and bills, correspondence, and newspaper clippings.
A selection of pamphlets and maps relating to Pennsylvania history, accompanied by letters, newspaper clippings, and photographs of the Egle Family.
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...
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 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...
This collection documents local alternative schools, free schools, K-12 education, and the local counter-culture. It is organized into four series: Board and Committee Minutes, Staff Notes and Yearbooks, Publications and Information, and Underground and Radical Ephemera.
The collection consists of by-laws, curricular records, committee files, meeting minutes, and other records.
The Susan Faludi Publicity Collection 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...
The collection documents conservation issues relating to the San Diego Parks and Recreation, Coastal Management, Community Plans, San Diego City Planning Department, Century 3, Flood Controo, Ocean Beach Jetty Debate, and Sunset Cliffs. It includes documents, reports, articles, books relating...
The collection consists of Monthly Meeting minutes, as well as Ministry, Counsel, and Oversight minutes.
The collection includes syllabi, exhibition slides, and other items pertaining to the Metalsmithing Program.
The Founder's Day SDSU collection 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...
The Frankville U.S. Military Collection is a small collection of military literature collected by Dr. Dom Frankville during his 21 years of military service. The literature reflects his military assignments, M.A. History research, and teaching military science at DePaul University,...
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...
The collection includes correspondence, minutes of meetings, collection and gift information, activity and event information, publications, and financial statistics.
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...
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.
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...
The collection includes histories, articles of incorporation, financial expenditure examples, bookstore sales, fliers, programs, and events.
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...
The collection includes biographical information, correspondence, with the bulk being newspapers, newsletters, magazines, books and specialty publications in which Bulbul cartoons appear.
This collection documents B. 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...
This scrapbook was compiled by San Diego resident G. Hamilton Hammon. Hammon, who was also 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...
The collection consists of correspondence, office files, and other records from Dr. Hardy's tenure as San Diego State College President.
The Samuel I. Hayakawa Papers 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...
The Walter R. Hepner Memorial Collection 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...
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...
The Hispanic Theatre of San Diego records includes scores of Sierra-Oliva's musical creations, original artwork, play scripts, photographs, programs, video and cassette tapes of his productions, and correspondence. The primary foci of his creative talents were Walt Whitman and his...
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...
The collection is organized into the following series:
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...
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.
Materials relating to Highway Construction in Imperial County, 1920-1922.
This collection includes pre- and post-production materials for the film "The Incredible Mr. Limpet" (WA. 1964), including treatments, outlines, synopsis, screenplay, business correspondence, agreements, contracts, research material, Navy material, publicity, and sneak preview information. Included also are 3 reels of...
The IRSC Collection 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...
The Institute on World Affairs (IWA) collection 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...
The Interstate 15 Construction – Indian Burial Grounds Collection 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...
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.
The collection consists of programs, fliers, and magazines pertaining to theater, music, and dance.
The collection consists of manuscripts for the book "Seashore Animals of the Pacific Coast," photographs, and scrapbooks.
The Kathleen B. Jones papers 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...
The Sybil Eliza Jones Papers are organized into five series: Plays, Music, Scrapbooks, and Course Outlines and Lessons.
The collection consists primarily of articles, presentation notes, and research files created by Oscar Kaplan throughout his career.
The collection includes documentation on local arts and artists, city planning, commerce and manufacturing, crime and criminals, education - higher, entertainment, government and politics - City of San Diego, government and politics- State of California, journalist and journalism, law and...
The collection consists of correspondence, reports, photographs, clippings, maps and charts.
An adjunct to Special Collections and University Archives John F. Kennedy Book Collection, the Kennedy Non-Book Collection consists of newspapers and newspaper clippings, magazines, pamphlets, fliers, sheet music, photographs, posters, and other memorabilia.
The Louis A. Kenney Papers documents Kenney's years as University Librarian at San Diego State University. The collection dates from 1960-1980, and has been divided into two series: Correspondence and Professional Files.
The collection consists of correspondence, clippings, photographs, and other miscellany.
The collection includes promotional material, photographs, correspondence, audiocassettes and albums, newspaper articles, and one video.
The collection documents the formation and later business meetings of the La Jolla group through meeting minutes, correspondence, and committee files.
The La Jolla Shores Association collection documents 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...
The collection consists of Board of Directors Meeting Minutes, Fruit Growers Association meeting minutes, general correspondence of the officers, and financial records of the chamber. The collection also includes some materials on Anthony F. Sonka.
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...
The collection consists of Council Meeting minutes.
The collection includes minutes of Board of Directors meetings, amendments to by-laws, and minutes of stockholders meetings. This collection consists of one roll of microfilm, and one box of paper materials.
The collection consists of by laws, and records of local history forums held in Lemon Grove in 1978.
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...
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.
The Linkletter papers document 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,...
The contents of the Lipinsky Institute for Judaic Studies Collection 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...
The collection includes correspondence, SDSU dance programs, scrapbooks, research and professional writings, class teaching material, photographs, and newspaper clippings.
The Malcolm A. Love Papers consist of addresses, programs, greeting and invitations from his inauguration, administrative files as well as miscellaneous files which include correspondence, memoranda, clippings, and reports. It consists of five series: General Administrative Materials, Correspondence, Speeches, Press...
The collection consists of correspondence, articles, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, manuscripts, books and photographs.
The Colonel Filomena R. Manor, USAF Retired, Papers 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...
This collection documents the origins of San Diego County place names. Norma L. McCumber (nee Hawkins) began collection the information as a hobby in 1946. She addressed her inquiries to local chambers of commerce and post offices. The collection includes...
San Diego State University's Mediterranean Garden Project Collection 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...
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...
The Metropolitan Waste Water Reclamation Project Collection 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...
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...
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.
The Movie Poster Collection consists of twenty-nine original and facsimile posters. They are filed alphabetically by film title.
The SDSU University Archives Multimedia Collection 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...
Materials in this collection relate to all aspects of the National Conference of Christians and Jews' activities. It includes correspondence, notes, memorandum, reports, agendas, minutes, biographical notes, press releases, and miscellanea.
The collection documents local civil rights; commerce and manufacturing; education higher: education-special; family life; government and politics-City of San Diego; government and politics-County of San Diego; government and politics-United States Government; health services; law and legal profession; organized labor; women-in...
The Peter F. Neumeyer Papers 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...
The Calvert E. Norland Manuscript, Print, and Artifact Collection measures 4 linear feet plus 161 items and date from 2nd century, A.D. to 1995. The collection is arranged in four series.
This collection consists of personal correspondence, theater programs, and press clippings.
The collection consists of meeting minutes, correspondence, library information, Education Opportunity Program information, and research.
The ASIR records 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...
This collection includes production photographs for Old Globe Theatre stage productions dating from 1935-1987. They are filed chronologically, with photographs from each year's Shakespeare Festival grouped together at the end, also filed chronologically.
The collection includes publications, minutes, clippings, and scrapbooks. It is arranged in six series: Organizational Records, Issues and Concerns, Publications / Meetings / Conferences / Programs / Workshops, News Clippings / Photographs / Miscellaneous, and scrapbooks.
The collection documents Osgood's civic activities, and includes correspondence, membership lists of the Lemon Grove Congregational Church, newspaper clippings, and miscellany.
All of the items in the collection were written by Irving Outcalt.
The collection consists of one 16mm reel of microfilm containing meeting minutes, correspondence, press releases, and clippings.
The Pandora Rose Environmental Activism Collection documents the work of the Mountain Defense League (MDL) for its three decade existence, and Pandora Rose's work as president of the MDL from 2003 to 2008. The majority of the collection consists of...
The collection consists of financial records, meeting minutes, clippings, a scrapbook, and other miscellaneous records.
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...
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...
The Performing Arts Portrait Collection 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...
The collection includes membership lists, event invitations and programs, alumni membership nominations, newsletters, correspondence with other chapters, chapter minutes, manuals and handbooks.
The Phi Sigma Nu Collection 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.
The George Phillips Sweepiana Collection 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...
The Guerard Piffard manuscripts are 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.
This collection consists of course material and personal notes of Mary Jermonok as she learned shorthand.
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...
The collection includes correspondence; Aztec servicemen related material; personal navy enlistment and discharge documents; newspaper clippings; essays, a description, and photographs of Post's Santa Fe Trail trip; and other essays and monographs written by Post. Also included is a description...
The collection includes technical publications, surveys of Tuberculosis Control Measures in Thailand, private correspondence, memorandums of committed or attempted suicides at Charlestone AFB, etc.
The collection consists of clippings by and about Powell, and transcripts of some of Powell's speeches.
The collection consists of correspondence, press clippings, photographs and course notes.
The Helen Prouty papers 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...
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,...
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...
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,...
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,...
The collection consists of by-laws, charter, correspondence, certificates, meeting minutes, financial records, membership rosters, and bulletins.
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.
The collection includes biographical information, manuscripts, photographs, slides, maps, and notes.
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...
Materials in this artificial collection document San Diego's 200th anniversary in 1969.
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...
The San Diego Chamber of Commerce Records 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,...
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.
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.
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...
The collection consists of histories, surveyor reports, grand jury reports on the office of the County Surveyor, and correspondence.
Records include bylaws, meeting minutes, membership lists, membership applications, correspondence, convention materials, photographs, ephemera, and a newspaper clipping scrapbook.
The collection consists of memoranda, notes, reports, maps and newspaper clippings from the San Diego County Water Authority.
The Sundesert Collection 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...
The San Diego High School Collection dates from 1901-1982. It consists mostly of paper records. Included in this collection are copies of the school's early yearbooks, "The Russ Annual," and its successor, "The Gray Castle" as well as copies of...
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...
The San Diego Memorabilia Collection 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...
The San Diego Photograph Collection 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.
Most of the ten scrapbooks 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, the creator in...
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.
The San Diego Vertical File contains a variety of materials documenting or relevant to San Diego's local history. It has been compiled by department staff over several decades.
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, "The San Diego Labor Leader."
The collection includes by-laws, agendas, meeting minutes, photographs, and newsletters.
The collection includes correspondence, research notes, clippings, articles, public hearing documents, and the committee's final Environmental Impact Report.
The School Integration Task Force Records 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...
The School of Music and Dance Records date from 1957-1993. They consist solely of paper records. Included in this collection are numerous announcements, programs, and flyers advertising the department's recitals, activities, and events. Also included is a program for "The...
The collection consists of annual reports, accreditation materials, correspondence, memoranda, faculty information, publications, and other records.
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...
The collection includes correspondence, professional commentary, and various writings both published and unpublished.
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...
The Bradley Smith Collection 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...
The Reverend George Walker Smith Papers 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...
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...
The Tish Sommers Papers 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...
The collection includes correspondence, notes, miscellaneous materials, and photographs.
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.
The collection focuses primarily on the 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.
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...
The collection includes working papers, correspondence, memoranda, course material, research topics, and professional activities.
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...
The Madeline Tabler Collection 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, Manuscripts and...
This collection includes guides and rush information, logo items, and other miscellany.
The Sample Tests Collection consists of tests on a wide range of subjects and form several test publishers.
The John R. Theobald Collection documents Theobald's writings. The collection dates from the 1920s to 1989 with many materials undated. The collection has been divided into two series: Professional and Personal.
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.
This collection contains public relations files; general office materials and casework materials dating from 1914-1976; station reports and statistical reports, 1915-1932; audit reports, 1932-1960; financial records; board minutes; convention and various published materials.
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...
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...
The United States Civil War Collection contains manuscript and printed materials (including correspondence, speeches, pamphlets, and newspapers) dating from the US Civil War era, as well as later items about the war. The bulk of the collection dates from 1861-1864,...
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.
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...
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.
This collection illustrates the history and development of the US Naval Hospital, San Diego, through photographs and descriptive data.
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 "Ma Vlast," which Vaska used to better explain the scores to performing...
The Vishner Performing Arts Collection 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...
The collection includes correspondence, manuscripts, articles, journals, and publications about Henry Raup Wagner.
The collection consists of correspondence and other office files created by Walker during his tenure as Dean of Instruction.
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....
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.
The collection documents both the Wellington and Fisher families.
Materials in this collection document Cultural Resource Management Law in Southern California.
The Frederick C. Whitney Papers 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...
The Leon Williams Papers 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...
The collection consists of correspondence, memoranda, proposals for legislation, reports, materials relating to resolutions and debates, surveys, photographs and miscellany.
This collection consists of Ernest M. Wolf's personal stamp collection. It includes stamps from around the world, dating from the 17th-20th centuries.
The Women's Association Collection 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...
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.
The Women's Studies Department Records (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,...
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...
This collection includes articles, pamphlets, speeches, correspondence, clippings, reports, and miscellaneous materials.
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.
This collection consists of three boxes of letters received from servicemen originally from San Diego State College. Series I consists of letters sent to Lauren Post for his information in compiling the SDSC newsletter, "San Diego State College Service Men's...
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...
The Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) of San Diego County Records 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...
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.
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 has dealt...
Series I, Academic Work: 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...