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Walker Scott Department Store Records
Collection
Identifier: MS-0265
Scope and Contents
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 series are Management Files, Minutes, Newsletters, News Clippings, Photographs and Artifacts. The Management Files are...
Dates:
1915-1993; Majority of material found in 1960-1969
Mark Freeman Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0113
Scope and Contents
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 of documents created in 2003 for Families and Flowers and 2005 for Talking Peace. The collection consists of production files, published materials, and film in varying formats. While the records in this collection were created during Freeman’s time at...
Dates:
1997-2005; Majority of material found in 2003-2005
San Diego Gas and Electric, Sundesert Nuclear Power Plant Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0211
Scope and Contents
The Sundesert Nuclear Power Plant 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 generated in 1976 and 1977, the months and years immediately following the plant's formal proposal. The collection consists of legal documents, state and...
Dates:
1974-1980; Majority of material found in 1976-1977
Walter R. Hepner Memorial Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0308
Scope and Contents
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 and 1960s. The majority of the collection consists of paper materials such as correspondence, retirement mementos, memorial artifacts, and personal scrapbooks. It contains a...
Dates:
1892 - 1977; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1969
Lauren C. Post Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0353
Scope and Contents
The Lauren C. Post Papers (1917-1977) document Dr. Lauren Post’s involvement with San Diego State College servicemen in World War II as well as his professional output as professor of geography at San Diego State. The collection includes correspondence, essays, monographs, programs, news clippings, and photographs.The collection is divided into two series, arranged alphabetically: World War II San Diego State Servicemen Files...
Dates:
1917-1977
Rachel Harris Campbell Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0333
Scope and Contents
The Rachel Harris Campbell Papers include Campbell's personal newsletter, Au Courant, which Campbell published from her home in Fayetteville, Arkansas at her Rose Dragon Press. The newsletters include personal reminiscences, book reviews, local news, weather, and current events. Also included is a copy of This Day Came, a collection of Campbell's poetry published in 1937 by the Gamma Psi Literary...
Dates:
1937 - 1966; Majority of material found within 1961 - 1966
H. L. Mencken Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0001
Scope and Contents
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 promotional materials, special event publications, letters, and one sound recording.
Dates:
1914-1968
Ann Elizabeth Moore Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0526
Scope and Contents
The Ann Elizabeth Moore Papers (1954-1978) consist of correspondence, schoolwork, photographs, artwork and memorabilia. All materials are organized alphabetically by document type, with correspondence further organized chronologically within its folders. The largest amount of material is correspondence, and within that category most letters are written to Ann from her friends. The earliest letters date from when Ann was only eight years old, and most...
Dates:
1956-1978
Elena Saad Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0528
Scope and Contents
The Elena Saad Collection consists mainly of 37 audio tapes of interviews, in Spanish, of Mexican Jews in Tijuana and San Diego from the mid 1990s conducted by Elena Saad for a master’s thesis entitled, "La Comunidad Israelita de Tijuana" (The Jewish community of Tijuana). The collection includes newspaper clippings, correspondence, handwritten and printed materials regarding her research on the Jews of Tijuana. Most of the materials are in Spanish....
Dates:
1997 - 2001
Lou Dunst Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0529
Scope and Contents
The Lou Dunst Collection consists mainly of correspondence received from young audiences who have heard Mr. Dunst speak about his Holocaust experiences. There are also newspaper clippings, photos, videos and DVDs of interviews with Mr. Dunst, including a VHS tape entitled "From the Ashes." Interviewer Judge Norbert Ehrenfreund and Lou Dunst simulate the Nuremberg Trials as Mr. Dunst describes his Holocaust experiences. The collection also includes a...
Dates:
1930 - 2014; Majority of material found within 1999 - 2014