The Donald H. Harrison Collection includes photos, correspondence, audio tapes, typed and handwritten notes and copies of various documents collected by San Diego journalist and historian Donald H. Harrison. Notably, this collection includes Harrison's research files and manuscripts for his biography of San Diego Jewish pioneer Louis Rose. Additional files and photographs document San Diego's Jewish community.

The Jewish Pioneer Families Collection contains county records, articles, correspondence, maps, and newspaper clippings regarding prominent Jewish families in San Diego in the 19th and early-20th centuries.