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Special Collections
Book Collections and other Printed Works
Among early printed works in Special Collections are 13 incunabula (books printed before 1501), over 200
sixteenth century imprints, and 1000 seventeenth century imprints. Some significant books are on heraldry, rare
herbals, early astronomical works, and other books on the natural sciences and history. Some of the major book collections are:
In addition, there are books and materials on theater and
performing arts, the Vince Meades Sheet Music
Collection
contains 58,000 titles, photographs, art prints, autographs, and the
Zinner Portrait Collection.
The John R. and Jane Adams Postcard Collection
consists of some 200,000 early and modern postcards from around the
world, and is especially strong in California and San Diego.
Bibliographies
Herbals
Elbert
Hubbard and the Roycroft Printing Shop of East Aurora, N.Y.
History of Medicine in the Norland Collection: An Annotated Bibliography
Travel
to México
Travel to South America
Manuscript and Ephemera Collections
There are approximately 75 manuscript collections containing original correspondence,
documents, journals, pamphlets, maps and memorabilia dating from 1298 to present
day. Some of the major collections are:
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San Diego Collections
San Diego history is documented in 175 San Diego collections. Some of the major
collections are:
Acquisition of many of the rare books and other Special Collections items is
made possible through the generous contributions of the
Friends of The A. Malcolm Love Library and other donors.
Book Collections
- Elizabeth Chater Collection
The Chater collection consists of over 3,000 volumes of science fiction and
fantasy books and periodicals. The collection is distinguished by a number of
rare first editions of authors in the genre who have achieved fame. Elizabeth
Chater, professor emeritus of English at San Diego State University, began donating
her collection in 1977 and continues to add more volumes.
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Comics Collection
The Comics Collection includes publications by industry stalwarts, DC and Marvel, as well as DIY efforts such as Ms. Tree, Knights of The Dinner Table, Usagi, Action Girl and many more popular reading materials. Comic books have influenced our collective imagination and echoed the concerns of the eras in which they were published. In recent years comic books have become popular reading material, and are receiving serious academic consideration from a variety of disciplines. For more information on this collection, consult the inventory.
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Dr. Thomas M. Davies, Jr.
Director of the Center for Latin American Studies at San Diego State University,
has bequeathed to the University Library his personal collection of Peruvian
and Latin American books and serials. Some 10,000 titles comprise this wonderful
gift, which Dr. Davies has acquired over his illustrious career as a Latin American
historian specializing in Peru. Please see student Jessica Knight's annotated
bibliography,
Travel to Central and South
America, which discusses many of the books donated by Dr. Davies.
- Reginald S. Davis Orchid
Collection
The Reginald S. Davis Orchid Collection consists of over 2,000 volumes of books
and periodicals on the growing, classification, and description of orchids from
around the world. The bulk of the collection was presented to the Malcolm A. Love Library in 1971 by Reginald Davis, a prominent orchidologist for several decades. His travels with the State Department took him to many countries of the world where he studied indigenous orchids and collected books, journals and other materials about them. The collection includes scientific treatises, rare and scarce items, splendidly illustrated volumes and practical works on the cultivation of orchids, as well as Davis' own work, Philippine Orchids and several of his journal articles.
- F. T. Moore Collection
Frank T. Moore was a Captain in Company "L" of the 2nd Regiment of teh Illinois Calvary. The Company was commanded by S. G. Delano and nicknamed "Delano's Dragons" after the commander. For more information on this collection, consult the inventory.
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Carol Lea Goyne
The Carol Lea Goyne Cookbook Collection was created and donated by a former librarian at San Diego State University, Carol Lea Goyne. The majority of materials in the collection were published cookbooks, primarily relating to United States regional cooking in the 20th century, and so were cataloged and can be found in the Pac. Some materials that were donated, such as recipe cards and other free pamphlets and recipe hand-outs could not be cataloged. Their number is very small, and so they have not been inventoried.
- Harold Keen Collection
Harold Keen (1912-1981) was a long-time reporter for the San Diego Sun,
theSan Diego Union, and a contributing editor to San Diego Magazine.
The collection contains over 800 signed books presented to Keen by authors he
interviewed. Associated with this collection is the Harold
Keen Papers.
- J.F. Kennedy Collection
The J.F. Kennedy Collection consists of over 260 books on John F. Kennedy, Jacqueline
Kennedy Onassis, and the Kennedy family. Many are signed, inscribed, or first
editions. Associated with this collection is the JFK Non-Book Collection.
- Jiddu Krishnamurti Collection
Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895-1986) was a spiritual lecturer and author who, as a
teenager, was hailed as the "coming Messiah" by the Theosophical Society. In
his early 30s he renounced his role and spent the rest of his life traveling
the world teaching his spiritual beliefs. The collection includes promotional
material, photographs, correspondence, audio cassettes and albums, newspaper articles,
and one video. For more information on this collection, consult the inventory.
- H.L. Mencken Collection
H.L. Mencken (1880-1956) was a literary critic, founder of the American Mercury,
and editor and reporter for the Baltimore Evening Herald, Baltimore
Sun, and the Baltimore Evening Sun. The collection contains approximately
200 books, including Mencken's first editions, and periodicals by and about
Mencken relating to his life and journalism. Associated with this collection
is the H.L. Mencken Pamphlet Collection.
- Calvert Norland Collection
Calvert Norland was professor of zoology at San Diego State University from
1947 to 1976. The collection consists of his extensive personal library and
includes over 3,000 volumes on the biological sciences, medicine, zoology, and
natural history. For more information on this collection, consult the inventory
and as well as the History
of Medicine in the Norland Collection: An Annotated Bibliography, A Checklist Ordered
by Author, A Checklist Ordered
by Call Number.
- Janus Press Collection
The Janus Press collection is a fine arts book collection of limited editions
of literary classics, new poetry and prose, and books of art. SDSU has a complete
collection of Janus Press books which combines the written word with art, printed
works, and handmade papers. Claire Van Vliet, founder of Janus Press, received
her art degree from SDSU and printed her first book on campus in 1955.
- Books published by and
about Elbert Hubbard and the
- Roycroft Printing Shop of East Aurora, N.Y.
Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915) founded his Roycroft Printing Shop in 1895 and created
books treasured today for their craftsman style, fine bindings, handmade paper,
and elaborately designed and decorated pages. The San Diego State University
Library is pleased to own a collection of over one hundred books printed by
Elbert Hubbard and the Roycrofters. The bulk of this collection was acquired
from a San Diego area collector and bookbinder named Wallace M. Pearce in 1978
and is currently available for research in Special Collections. For more information
about these books, please consult our bibliography.
- Ernst Zinner Collection
Dr. Ernst Zinner (1886-1970) was professor of astronomy at the University of
Munich and this collection constitutes his personal library. Emphasizing astronomy,
but including horology and the history of science, the collection consists of
over 3500 books and is rich in rare books dating from 1485. Associated with
this collection is the Zinner Portrait Collection of astronomers
and scientists.
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Printed Works
- John R. and Jane Adams
Postcard Collection
- 250 boxes of approximately 200,000 postcards
This highly varied collection of
postcards from around the world has been arranged into the following series:
San Diego, California, United States views, publisher, foreign views, topical,
and card types (albums and sets). There is a particularly comprehensive collection
of postcards of San Diego and California, including more than 4,500 postcards
of San Diego County and 8,500 images of other California cities and natural
wonders. Of particular note are the hundreds of views of the 1915 Panama-California and 1935 California-Pacific Expositions held in Balboa Park in San Diego. Mexico, Italy and Germany are
among the most represented foreign countries, and postcards depicting pioneer
aviators, actors and actresses, holiday greetings and political campaigns are
also included in the collection. For more information on this collection, consult the inventory or the PAC.
- Jane Adams Recipe and
Menu Collection
- 4.5 linear feet.
Jane Ford Adams collected recipes and menus from hundreds of product manufacturers
and locales. The collection includes product/company flyers, topical information,
cookbooks by title, handwritten recipes and cutouts, and menus sorted by location.
For more information on this collection, consult the inventory
or the PAC.
- Haldeman-Julius ‘Little Blue Books’ Collection
- 2.5 linear ft., 1915-1976
Emanuel Haldeman-Julius was born in Philadelphia in 1889, then named Emanuel Julius. In 1916 he married Marcet Haldeman, an
enthusiastic women’s rights supporter, and upon their marriage the couple decided to hyphenate their last name. Marcet Haldeman-Julius
died in 1941, Emanuel in 1951, and so the couple’s son, Henry, who by then had shortened his last name to “Haldeman,” took control of
the Blue Book business in 1954. He ran it with varying degrees of success for many years, but production volume and sales were never as great as they
were in the 1920s, when “Little Blue Book” was a household phrase. The Haldeman-Julius ‘Little Blue Books’ were published at the Girard Publishing
Plant in Girard, Kansas from 1915-1975. For more information on this collection, consult the inventory.
- John F. Kennedy Non-Book
Collection
- c.350 items, 6.5 linear ft., (1958-)
An adjunct to Special Collection's John F. Kennedy Collection, the Kennedy Non-Book
Collection includes 350 items and consists of newspapers and newspaper clippings, magazines, pamphlets,
flyers, sheet music, photographs, posters, and other memorabilia. For more information
on this collection, consult the
departmental inventory or the PAC. Restrictions and conditions of use apply to this collection,
and photocopying is not permitted. Patrons must sign a condition of use form
before using the collection. This form is available on site, and
electronically.
- H.L. Mencken Pamphlet Collection
- 1903-1980 .5 linear ft.,
28 items of limited and signed editions, typed letters, special printings, variant
editions, Menckeniana fugitive pieces. Associated with this collection is the
H.L. Mencken Collection. For more information on this collection, consult the
inventory or the
PAC.
- Radical Ephemera/Underground
Publications Collection
- 1966-1983, 2 linear ft.
This small collection of two linear feet contains newspapers, periodicals, newsletters,
booklets, flyers and handouts, monographs and one poster which cover U.S. social
issues of the late 1960s to mid 1970s. Subjects covered are women's rights,
Black Panthers, Marxism/Socialism, war protests and military issues, prisoners'
rights, counter-culture/alternative lifestyles. For more information about this
collection, consult the inventory
or the PAC.
- Vince
Meades Sheet Music Collection
- Ca. 1835 to the present
This collection contains approximately 58,000 sheet music titles, in the form
of individual popular songs, music from movies, from Broadway shows, and from
television and radio shows. Many of the pieces are significant for their cover
artwork as well as for the music contained within. A database for this collection
will soon be under construction; the collection is currently accessed through
an in-house card catalog.
- West Coast Zine Collection
- bulk 1990-present
This collection contains a collection of West Coast zines with a focus on Gender
topics, alternative and popular culture, politics and music. For more information
on this collection, consult the inventory.
- Zinner Portrait Collection
The Zinner Portrait Collection consists of approximately 500 portraits of astronomers
and scientists that Dr. Ernst Zinner (1886-1970), professor of astronomy at
the University of Munich, had collected throughout his career.
Manuscript and Ephemera Collections
- American Society for Aesthetics
- 4.5 linear ft., 1939-1995
The American Society for Aesthetics was organized in 1942 for the promotion
of study, research, discussion and publication in aesthetics and related fields.
The collection includes correspondence, minutes of meetings, reports, conference
information, election information. For more information on this collection,
consult the inventory.
- Barbara Abele Book Plates
- 6.5 linear ft., 1915-1998
Barbara Abele was a long-time collector and researcher of bookplates. She was the niece of Fridolf Johnson, author of the book A
Treasury of Bookplates from the Renaissance to the Present, still considered the best modern introduction to the study of bookplates,
and spent her life in Redlands and La Jolla, California. She died on April 8, 1998 in La Jolla. She was a member of the American Society
of Bookplates Collectors and Designers (ASBCD), and her collection is comprised of thousands of bookplates, sometimes considered
miniature pieces of graphic art. For more information on this collection,
consult the inventory.
- Donna Barr Collection
- 14.5 linear ft., ca.1963-2006
Donna Barr, an accomplished artist and prolific writer, was born in Everett, Washington in 1952, and began drawing as a child in 1954. She has been a respected presence in drawn-book publishing throughout her career. Her drawn books, which cross the boundaries between art and writing, redefine traditional novels, artist's books, graphic novels, and book design and illustration. Her background in 20th-century German culture and language, literature, world mythologies, history, and religion informs her artwork, which is influenced by Japanese woodcuts, European fine arts, Victorian novels, Chinese poets, and Russian mystics. She works in pencil, ink, watercolor, and silkscreen. She is best known for her two series Stinz (1984), The Desert Peach (1986), and most ambitious work is a series of handmade ornate, stitchery-covered bound sketchbooks, called the Black Manuscripts (1991-1999). For more information on this collection, consult the inventory.
- Lida Brodenova Papers
- 11 linear ft., ca.1917-1992
Lida Brodenova, (1902-1990) was a performer and producer of Czech operas. She
began piano and singing lessons under Czech soprano Emma Destinnova and studied
under Leos Janacek and Sigmund Auspitzer at the Music Conservatory in Brno.
In 1940 Lida and her husband emigrated to America from Czechoslovakia and began
performing on radio in New York. She died at age eighty-eight after a long career
of performing, writing and teaching. The Papers include correspondence, awards,
travel accounts, opera and recital programs, clippings, photographs, diaries,
reviews, scrapbooks, and tape and phono recordings. Much of the papers are in
Czech. For more information on this collection, consult the inventory
or the PAC.
- Susan Faludi Publicity Collection
- 0.83 linear feet , 1986-1999
Susan C. Faludi is an author and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist. She wrote two well-known books: Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women in 1992, and Stiffed: The Betrayal of the American Man in 1999. 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 debate surrounding second-wave feminism in the late-20th century. Also included are a few articles written by Faludi herself on the same or related subjects. Materials are filed chronologically by date. For more information, please consult the inventory.
- Genny Guracar Papers
- 15.62 linear ft., 1959-1999
Using the pen name Bulbul (Turkish for Nightingale), Genny Guracar produced
cartoons which "reflect the struggle for the wholeness and full human status
of women, elders, children, people of color, and mother earth." Born in Chicago
and graduating from the University of Michigan with a degree in design, Guracar
began moonlighting as a cartoonist in the 1970s and went on to acclaim for her
feminist perspective cartoons which appear in many newspapers, magazines, and
books. The collection includes biographical information, correspondence, with
the bulk of the collection being newspapers, newsletters, magazines, books and
specialty publications in which Bulbul cartoons appear. For more information
on this collection, consult the inventory.
- Beatrice S. Levy Papers
- 1.5 linear ft., 1892-1974
Beatrice S. Levy (1892-1974) was known as an etcher, engraver, block printer,
drawing specialist and teacher. Studying under noted artists Ralph Clarkson
and Charles W. Hawthorne, she spent her early career in Chicago while exhibiting
her work widely. Levy was a president of the Chicago Society of Artists, among
her other positions. She moved to La Jolla, California, in 1950, where she continued
her artistic endeavors, further exhibited her work and taught art. For more
information on this collection, consult the inventory.
- Jan Lowenbach Papers
- 5 linear ft., 1948-1973
Dr. Jan Lowenbach (1880-1972) was a native of Czechoslovakia who resided in
the United States from 1941 until his death in 1972. He was a Czech music
critic, writer, and attorney. The Papers contain information on persons such
as Bedrich Smetana, Antonin Dvorak, Leos Janacek, Max Brod, and Bohuslav Martinu.
and personal papers of Lowenbach (correspondence, manuscripts, books, pamphlets,
and photographs. For more information about this collection, consult the PAC.
- The Filomena Manor, USAF Retired, Papers
- 13.5 linear ft., ca. 1930 - 2003
Filomena Manor became the first woman commissioned directly into the newly created
Air Force Women's Medical Specialist Corps as a Second Lieutenant. As the first
dietitian sworn in directly from civilian life, Lieutenant Manor rose in the ranks
of the USAF to Lieutenant Colonel in 1967. In 1979 she was promoted to full Colonel,
the grade at which she retired in 1983. In November 1962 Manor received the McLester
Award for dietetics and was the first U.S. Air Force dietitian to be presented with the honor.
The collection's content focuses in part on the evolution of the United States Air Force (USAF),
Biomedical and Dietary ScienceCorp food and diet programs developed from 1947 through 1983. For more information
about this collection, consult the
inventory.
- The Peoples Temple Collection
- 57 linear ft., ca.1972-1990
Rebecca Moore, an associate professor of religious studies at SDSU, and her husband, Mr. Fielding M. McGehee III, donated to the
University Library their personal collection of materials relating to Peoples Temple, a religious movement that flourished in
California in the 1970s, and that ended in the tragic deaths in Jonestown , Guyana , in November 1978. Materials include audio tapes
prepared by the group; tape summaries and transcripts; Freedom of Information Act documents from the U.S. State Department, the U.S.
Air Force, and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation; and primary sources generated by Peoples Temple itself. A finding aid to the
collection and an index to Names on Tape were prepared by the Library's Jennifer Martinez, and religious studies majors Angelique
Korobi and Mark Fein. For more information on Peoples Temple and Jonestown, go to the website “Alternative
Considerations of Jonestown and Peoples Temple.”
- Performing Arts Portrait Collection
- 2.3 linear feet
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 Belafonte, Johnny Cash, Judy Clayton, Greta Garbo, Jack London, Steve Martin, Ralph Nader, Pablo Picasso, Mort Sahl, and
Frank Zappa. For additional images, see other performing arts collections and theater scrapbooks held by SDSU's Special Collections
and University Archives. For more information about this collection, consult the inventory.
- Rarities Collection
- .42 linear feet ca., 1500 – ca. 1963
This collection consists of miscellaneous materials removed from the department’s vertical and other files because of their value. Because many of the items were pulled many years ago, we are no longer able to return them to their original locations. The oldest item is a page from an illuminated prayer book dated to the 14th or 15th century, and the most recent a piece of currency from pre-communist China, dated 1947. The collection is arranged chronologically, with undated materials filed at the back.
- San Diego Gas and Electric, Sundesert Nuclear Power Plant Collection
- 10.17 linear feet, 1974-1980
The Sundesert Collection documents SDG&E's attempt to build the Sundesert nuclear power facility near Blythe, California, 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 1976 and 1977, the months and years immediately following the plant's formal proposal. The collection consists of legal documents, state and federal government records, correspondence, and research files. It has been divided into three major series: State and Local Government Records, Federal Government Records, and Research and Development Files and Publications. For more information, please consult the inventory.
- Robert E. Smith Papers
- 27 linear ft., 1929-1983
Robert E. Smith (1922-1983) was a Mesoamerican archaeologist who began archaeological
work at Uaxactun, Guatemala in 1929 and ended his career as a research associate
at Harvard University's Peabody Museum in 1968. The papers include Smith's
notes and working drafts in preparation for his publications, professional
activities as the Carnegie Institution of Washington's Guatemala City representative,
photographs of Mesoamerican pottery, and correspondence between Smith and
prominent Mesoamerican archaeologists including Alfred Kidder, Sylvanus Morley,
Oliver Ricketson, J. Eric S. Thompson, Tatiana Proskouriakoff, Michael Coe,
and many others. For more information on this collection, consult the inventory,
or the PAC.
- Tish Sommers Papers
- 62.50 linear ft., ca. 1965-1991
Tish Sommers was most known as an advocate of women's rights, especially older
women's rights. She chaired NOW's Task Force on Older women in the 1970s,
and in 1980 founded the Older Women's League (OWL). The papers include speeches,
and working papers, extensive correspondence with legislators and women's
movement activists, photographs, drafts of published and unpublished manuscripts
and research papers, newspaper clippings and publicity materials, organizational
papers, audio visual material, awards, personal items, books and periodicals,
and other miscellaneous items. For more information on this collection, consult
the inventory,
or the PAC.
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San Diego Collections
- Desi Arnaz
- 13 linear ft., 1947-1976
Desi Arnaz, born Desiderio Alberto Arnaz de Archa III on March 2, 1917, from the mid-1930s until the
early 1970s, achieved prominence first as a musician and later in film and television. After
leaving Cuba in 1933 due to the arrival of the Batista government, Desi and his mother fled to Miami,
Florida, where his father later joined them. Desi Arnaz joined Xaiver Cugat's band in 1934 and toured
with the group before striking out on his own. Earning renown as the Miami Rhumba King, the musician
and eventual bandleader went north to perform in New York nightclubs. In 1939 he starred in the Broadway
production of Too Many Girls. When RKO Pictures in Hollywood purchased the play in 1940, Arnaz made his
motion picture debut in the film version. He reprised his role as the lead character, playing opposite
Lucille Ball (1911-1989). Their meeting began a relationship that led to their marriage later that year.
The couple purchased property in the Chatsworth area of the San Fernando Valley, which they named the Desilu Ranch.
For more information on this collection, consult the inventory.
- Jim Bates Papers
- 5.7 linear ft. 1981-1990
Jim Bates has been involved in San Diego politics since 1971, serving as a
member of the San Diego City Council until 1974. From 1975 to 1982 he served
as chairman of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors. In 1982, he won
election as U.S. Representative of California, District 44, and has served
on numerous House committees and subcommittees. Bates lost his seat as Representative
in November, 1990. For more information on this collection, consult the inventory or
the PAC.
- California Supreme Court and San Diego Appellate
Court
- 45 cartons 1891-1951 (bulk 1900-1930s)
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 court cases housed in the collection
deal with a broad range of topics including bankruptcy, corporations, criminal
law, divorce, drunk driving, labor, probate law, railroads, automobile accidents,
mining and water. There are also important cases dealing with the cities of
Escondido, Coronado, La Mesa, Lemon Grove, Pacific Beach, Spring Valley and
National City. For more information on this collection, consult the inventory.
- Hotel Del Coronado Collection
- 55 linear ft., 1887-1977
Since its opening in 1888, the Hotel Del Coronado has served as one of the
leading resort hotels in the United States. It has played a major role in
the development of the city of Coronado and in the San Diego community as
a whole. In 1970, the hotel was designated a California State Historical landmark.
The collection documents not only the development of the hotel, but contains
valuable materials for the study of the history of the greater Southern California
and Northern Baja California region. The collection includes correspondence,
guest registers, memoranda, financial and personnel records, photographs,
and published miscellany. For more information on this collection, consult
the inventory or
the PAC.
- Lowell Davies Papers
- 8.5 linear ft., 1949-1988
Lowell Davies joined the Board of Directors of the Globe Theatre in 1939.
He became Board President in 1945 and continued to serve in that capacity
until 1976, when he assumed the title of Chairman of the Board. In January
1983, Davies was named Honorary Life Chairman of the Board of Directors of
the Old Globe Theatre at the Simon Edison Centre for the Performing Arts.
The collection consists of records relating to the production history and
physical history of Old Globe Theatre. Contains minutes of meetings of the
Board of Directors and Executive Board, finance reports, construction records
and ueprints, public relations materials, programs, general correspondence
files of Globe Guilders, Atlas Awards, and Shakespeare Festival. For more
information on this collection, consult the inventory
or the PAC.
- Center for Community
Solutions
- 15.5 linear. ft., 1957-1983
The Center for Community Solutions (became the Center for Community Solutions
in 1996), was established to promote political, cultural, and educational
programs for women in the greater San Diego area. The collection concerns
a wide variety of topics related to women's issues and services, and includes
correspondence, minutes of meetings, committee and special reports, financial
records, newsletters, and miscellaneous published materials.
- Carlin Integration
Case
- 65 linear ft., 1964-1998
The Carlin Integration Case involved a class lawsuit filed by a group of parents
against the San Diego Unified School District for alleged inequalities in
the education of students of ethnic backgrounds. The collection includes research
notes, legal briefs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous
published materials which the parents used to successfully lobby the State
of California to develop a detailed plan to alleviate racial inequalities
in San Diego Schools. For more information on this collection, consult the
inventory
or the PAC.
- Citizens Coordinate for
Century 3
- 34 linear ft., 1961-1982
Citizens Coordinate for Century 3 is a nonprofit organization concerned with
protecting San Diego's physical environment. The organization has been involved
in many issues affecting zoning, water and air quality, city planning, conservation,
and San Diego City, County, and State governmental issues. The collection
includes correspondence, minutes of meetings of the Board of Directors, committee
and special reports, financial records, membership lists, newsletters, and
miscellaneous items.
- Family Services Association
- 18 linear ft., 1889-1976
The Family Services Association is a nonprofit organization which provides
a variety of counseling services for families and individuals in the San Diego
area. The Association is concerned with family life, San Diego City and County
governmental policies, and social service agencies. The collection includes
correspondence, minutes of meetings, and financial records.
- Mark Freeman Papers
- 9 linear ft., 1997-2005
Mark Freeman, a documentary filmmaker and Associate Professor of Television, Film and New Media in the School of Theatre, Television
and Film at San Diego State University, was born in 1949. He received both a Bachelor of Fine Arts (1975) and a Master of Fine Arts
(1981) from the San Francisco Art Institute. He began making documentary films and other videos while studying at the San Francisco
Art institute in 1973. For more information on this collection, consult the inventory.
- Gove Family Papers
- 1 linear ft., 1888-1948
Charles G. Gove, President of the El Cajon Valley Company, died in Lakeside
in 1898. His estate, valued at $100,000 at the time of his death, included
extensive real estate holdings in San Pasqual, Lawson Valley, El Cajon Valley
and Tijuana, and numerous stocks and bonds. The collection includes the legal
and financial records of the estate, correspondence, wills, estate inventories,
and photographs. For more information on this collection, consult the inventory
or the PAC.
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa
Papers
- 15 linear ft., 1977-1982
The Hayakawa Papers consist of the office records of Senator Hayakawa's San
Diego-based regional office which covered the counties of San Diego, Imperial,
Riverside, and San Bernardino. The papers include correspondence, office memos,
invitations, biographical data, press releases, reports, subject files, and
organizational and business files.
- Hispanic Theatre of San Diego
- 1923-2005
The Hispanic Theatre of San Diego was organized in 1996 by Jesús Sierra-Oliva, a playwright and artist born in Guadalajara,
México. The theatre group has bilingual actors and singers and was officially named a non-profit theatre company in 2000. The
Hispanic Theatre is one of the only completely bilingual Spanish-English theatres in the world. Sierra-Oliva's artistic career
was spent in preparation for the productions he would direct for the theatre and he was working on the music and scripts with
the group in the 1990's. The theatre has produced plays such as In the Sacred Forest, Las Pasion de Ungido, Frida Kahlo: From
Hell to Glory, and Los Dioses de Barro. For more information on this collection, consult the inventory.
- Interstate 15 Construction-Indian Burial Grounds Papers
In 1968 the United States government and the California Highway Commission recognized the need for an additional route in Southern California that
would convey traffic in a north-south direction to extend Interstate 15 from the Riverside and San Bernardino area southward along U.S. Highway 395.
In 1976 the discovery of some bedrock mortars prompted a new survey, which revealed additional
evidence of previous Native American activity and habitation. Caltrans archeologists identified several sites that would be affected by the proposed
highway construction route. Indian Burial Grounds Papers consists of a small group of correspondence, memoranda, notes and newspaper clippings from
June 1977 to April 1978. For more information on this collection, consult the inventory.
- Harold Keen Papers
- 17 linear ft., 1921-1981
Harold Keen was a long-time reporter for the San Diego Sun, the
San Diego Union, and a contributing editor to San Diego Magazine.
The papers illustrate his activities as an investigative reporter and San
Diego personality. They include correspondence, drafts of articles and speeches,
research notes, annotated commentaries, scrapbooks, awards, and bound issues
of San Diego Magazine. Note: restrictions and conditions of use apply to these
papers. The Harold Keen Collection contains over 800 signed books presented
to Keen by authors he interviewed. For more information on this collection,
consult the
inventory or the PAC.
- League of Women Voters
of San Diego
- 36 linear ft., 1939-1980
Founded in 1936, the League of Women Voters of San Diego is a nonprofit, nonpartisan,
volunteer organization that encourages the active participation of an informed
citizenry in government. The collection includes correspondence, minutes and
reports of monthly, special and annual meetings, public relations materials,
newsletters, newspaper clippings, photographs, and miscellany.
- Jessica Levy Playbill Collection
- 17.1 linear feet 41 pamphlet storage boxes, 1955-2003,
Jessica Levy compiled this collection of playbills ranging in date from 1955 - 2003. The majority document performances in New York City theatres, but a few were created for international productions. Broadway and off-Broadway stage efforts are represented. Jessica Levy has had an extensive career in theater. She has acted, directed, written, and produced numerous stage shows throughout her career. For more information on this collection, consult the
inventory.
- Kendall-Frost Marsh
Preserve/Mission Bay
- 1935-73, 7 items
This is an artificial collection of records regarding the Kendall-Frost Marsh
Preserve in Mission Bay, and Mission Bay in general. The environmental consequences
of dredging the bay to create a large recreational park were examined, and
the negative impact was mitigated by the Kendall-Frost Marsh Preserve which
is the only remaining non-dredged marsh area left in Mission Bay. For more
information on this collection, consult the inventory.
- National Organization
for Women, San Diego Chapter
- 32 linear ft., 1970-1994
The National Organization for Women, San Diego Chapter (NOW), was formed in
1970 to lobby for the enforcement of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of
1964, and works toward the elimination of discrimination against women in
job and educational opportunities. The collection includes correspondence,
minutes of meetings of the Board of Directors, reports, financial records,
membership lists, legal documents, newspaper clippings, and newsletters. Note:
restrictions and conditions of use apply to this collection. For more information
on this collection, consult the PAC.
- Old Globe Theatre
- 114 linear ft., ca.1935-1992
The Old Globe Theater opened for the 1935-36 California Pacific International
Exposition, and is California's oldest professional theater. The three-theatre
complex of the Old Globe, the Cassius Carter Centre Stage, and the Lowell
Davies Festival Theatre is named the Simon Edison Centre for the Performing
Arts. The Centre has a total seating capacity of 1,446, and is unique in that
all theatre production facilities and offices are located within the complex.
The collection consists of correspondence, minutes, production materials,
financial records, by-laws, performance lists, public relations materials,
photographs, and scrapbooks. For more information on this collection, consult
the PAC.
- Older Women's League
(OWL)-San Diego Chapter
- 8.52 linear ft., 1980-98
The Older Women's League (OWL), is a national membership organization addressing
the special concerns of midlife and older women. Futhering public policy changes
through research and education, OWL works to improve the image and status
of the older woman, to provide mutual support for its members, and to achieve
economic and social equity. For more information on this collection, consult
the inventory.
- Helen Prouty Papers,
- 20.84 linear feet (39 document storage boxes), 1927-2004
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 of the material from 1950 to 1989. The collection consists of correspondence, lecture materials, private research materials, and documents about the organizations she was affiliated with during her lifetime. The papers are organized into three series: Personal Records, Professional Records, and Photos. For more information on this collection, consult the inventory.
- Rancho San Luis Rey Collection
- 25 linear ft., ca. 1917-1948
Rancho San Luis Rey was one of the most prominent horse-breeding ranches in
the Southwestern United States during the 1930s and early 1940s. Owned and
operated by Charles E. Cooper, the ranch bred, sold, cared, and raced horses
throughout California and Tijuana. Cooper was integral in the development
of North San Diego County (Bonsall area), the Del Mar Race Track, Wilshire
Blvd., and horse racing in California. The collection includes material relating
to Cooper's early life, horse-breeding and racing, ranching, commerce, land
development and politics, and contains correspondence, memoranda, financial
records, breeding lists, photographs, and publicity. For more information
on this collection, consult the inventory
or the PAC.
- San Diego Association
for the Education of Young Children
- 2 linear feet, 1964-81.
In the late 1930s, a small group of San Diego women organized to exchange
ideas and encourage a better understanding and interest in the education of
the young child. This collection documents that organization's evolution over
the years and the ways in which the educational findings and ideas were dissemninated.
For more information on this collection, consult the
inventory or the PAC
- San Diego County Department
of Health Services
- 54 linear ft., 1876-1981
The Department of Health Services is concerned with the physical welfare of
San Diego County residents, and administers hospitals, clinics, laboratories,
mental health facilities, health education and treatment programs, and medical
training programs. The collection includes correspondence, minutes of meetings,
annual and monthly reports, financial records, statistical data, photographs,
and miscellaneous published material.
- San Diego-Imperial Counties
Labor Council
- 10 linear ft., 1892-1985, 84 bound volumes,
In 1970, the San Diego Federated Trades and Labor Council, founded in 1891,
merged with the Imperial County Labor Council to form the San Diego-Imperial
Counties Labor Council. The collection principally pertains to the activities
of the San Diego Federated Trades and Labor Council prior to and during the
merger.
- Walker Scott Department Store Records
- 16.61 linear feet, 1915-1993
The Walker Scott Department Store was founded in downtown San Diego in 1935. The store's original owner, Ralf M. Walker, who already owned and ran Walker's Department Store in Los Angeles, passed away in New York six weeks before the San Diego store's opening. 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. For more information on this collection, consult
the inventory.
- Sierra Club, San Diego
Chapter
- 112 linear ft., ca. 1957-1997
The San Diego Chapter of the Sierra Club was established in 1948. The collection
documents some of the many recreational, educational, and conservational activities
and objectives central to the Sierra Clubs mission. The collection includes
correspondence, programs, activities and events, policies, reports, minutes
of meetings, newsletters, and miscellaneous publications. The collection is
divided into 16 subject series with each series being further divided by Local,
Regional West, and National. For more information on this collection, consult
the inventory
or the PAC. For
more information about the San Diego Sierra Club, visit: Sierra Club.
- Surfing Collection
- 4 boxes, ca. 1915-present
The Surfing Collection at SDSU is distinguished by both its comprehensiveness and depth, with extraordinarily rich and rare examples of surfing’s literary, cultural and visual record. The collection is particularly strong in books and periodicals. The book genres run the gamut from historical to biographical to fiction and poetry, and include photographic collections and a variety of “how-to” guides. The periodicals include classics such as Surfer and Surfing dating back to the late 1960s as well as periodicals from Japan, Brazil, Portugal, France, Germany and Australia. The collection also contains ephemeral items, games and other materials documenting pop-culture’s embrace of the surfing lifestyle. The Surfing Collection at SDSU provides wonderful opportunities to explore surfing as a sport where both surfer and ocean embrace one another. In addition to the mystery and romance of surfing, the collection also documents the rise of the surfing industry and the enormous impact that surf culture has had on Southern California. For more information on this collection, consult the inventory or the PAC.
- Madeline Tabler Collection
- 10 document storage boxes (4.17 linear feet.), 1963-1975
The Madeline Tabler Collection documents the creative process behind writing children's and young adult literature. The collection consists primarily of unpublished manuscripts and published articles. It has accordingly been divided into two series, Manuscripts and Articles. For more information
on this collection, consult the inventory.
- Travelers Aid Society
of San Diego County
- 21 linear ft., 1914-1976
The Travelers Aid Society of San Diego County was established in 1914 to provide
service to travelers and other transient individuals and families. The collection
includes correspondence, minutes of meetings of the Board of Directors, case
histories, statistical reports, photographs, and miscellaneous published materials.
For more information on this collection, consult the
inventory or the PAC.
- United Food and Commercial
Workers Local 135
- 14.50 linear ft., 1918-1988
The United Food and Commercial Workers members include Meat Cutters, Retail
Clerks, and Barbers and Beauticians. The collection documents their individual
and combined unions, consisting of membership records, minutes of meetings,
financial records, Local 135 publications, and miscellany. For more information
on this collection, consult the inventory.
- Robert (Bob) Carlton
Wilson Papers
- 539 linear ft., 1953-1980
Bob Wilson was elected to the U.S. Congress in 1952 as the representative
of San Diego's 30th Congressional District, (currently 41st), and served in
this capacity until his retirement in 1980. The collection documents Wilson's
congressional activities including his membership in the House Armed Services
Committee. The collection includes correspondence, memoranda, proposals for
legislation, reports, materials relating to resolution debates, surveys, and
photographs. Note: restrictions and conditions of use apply to this collection.
For more information on this collection, consult the PAC.
- United States Department
of Commerce, Weather Bureau
- 34 linear ft., 1871-1993, 260 volumes
The United States Army Corps first began keeping records of San Diego weather
on July 1, 1849. In 1871, the earliest dates for materials in this collection,
weather records and instruments were turned over to the United States Signal
Service. When first established, the Weather Bureau Office was placed at the
Horton Bank in downtown San Diego. It has since moved to a succession of locations,
and is presently at Lindbergh Field.
The collection includes: research bulletin, daily journals, station memorandum,
meteorological records.
Gift of the U.S. Department of Commerce, Weather Bureau, 1975, 1991, 1995.
For more information on this collection, consult the Inventory.
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