An account of San Diego State University's history can be found on the university's Web site and on the SDSU Anthropology Department's Web Site.

Many resources were consulted for information about SDSU's historic buildings, but the following texts and articles were instrumental to this research:

A Tour of Historic Buildings, by Lynne E. Christenson and Raymond Starr (no date).

San Diego State University: A History in Word and Image, by Raymond Starr (San Diego, CA: San Diego State University Press, 1995).

"San Diego State College Historic District: The Mediterranean Monastery as a College Campus," by Lynne E. Christenson, Alexander D. Bevil, and Sue Wade (San Diego State University Department of Anthropology, 2006).

The SDSU Library's Special Collections and University Archives holds a wealth of records and research materials related to the history of the university and the greater San Diego area. These materials are available to the public in Room 4410 of Manchester Hall.