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Hillel of San Diego Scrapbooks
Collection
Identifier: MS-0400
Scope and Contents
The Hillel of San Diego Scrapbooks 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 1977. The scrapbooks include by-laws and other organizational records, flyers, newspaper clippings, photographs, and newsletters advertising student events both on and off campus....
Dates:
1947 - 1976
Colonel Ralph E. Forsyth Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0470
Scope and Contents
The Colonel Ralph E. Forsyth Collection primarily consists of loose album pages, which document Forsyth's military service in Nicaragua. Although the collection dates from 1924 to 1976, the vast majority of photographs seem to date from the early 1930s and include scenes of the Nicaraguan jungle and coast, photographs of Ruth Forsyth, military camp life, Marines, wedding photographs of unidentified couples, a few family photographs, and more. The collection...
Dates:
1925-1976; Majority of material found in c. 1930-1933
Maury M. Travis Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0401
Scope and Contents
The Maury M. Travis 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 Geologist, along with his interest in the formation of the State of Israel, the Middle East in general, and his interest in anti-Zionism, are well...
Dates:
1905 - 1989
L.F.S. Lipp Photograph Album
Collection
Identifier: MS-0471
Scope and Contents
The L.F.S. Lipp Photograph Album documents Lipp’s trip to Mexico in 1914. The album consists of photographs of Mazatlan, Altata, San Blas, Santa Rosalia, Mexico City, Ensenada, Oaxaca, San Luis Potasi, the Gulf of Mexico, Salamanca, Cape San Lucas, La Paz, and Guadalajara. Of particular interest are photographs of street vendors selling milk, wood, chickens, straw, candles, and water. Also included are photographs of thatch buildings, cactus, Judas dolls...
Dates:
1914
The Family International Records
Collection
Identifier: MS-0560
Scope and Contents
The Family International Records document more than six decades of church and personal activity and include newspaper clippings, photos, audio and video recordings, personal papers, organizational documents, federal agency records, and related anti-cult and scholarly documents. During this time, The Family faced many controversies based on their sexual practices and accusations of abuse. The majority of this collection features “witnessing” activities through...
Dates:
1940-2009; Majority of material found in 1968-1981
Louis A. Kenney Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0393
Scope and Contents
The Louis A. Kenney Papers document Kenney's years as University Librarian at San Diego State University. The collection dates from 1914-1992, and has been divided into four series: Correspondence, Professional Files, Printing Ephemera, and Scrapbooks.The Correspondence series includes Kenney's ingoing and outgoing correspondence from 1960 to 1980, as...
Dates:
1914-1992; Majority of material found in 1950-1992
Annie L. Jobs Photograph Album
Collection
Identifier: MS-0472
Scope and Contents
Annie L. Jobs compiled the photograph album in 1887, although the earliest photograph dates to 1884. Photographs include Flint, Idaho Mining Company buildings, company staff, miners, miner tents and dwellings, camp holiday celebrations, and surrounding scenery including Hard-Up Gulch and Eagle River. Jobs wrote meticulous descriptions to accompany each photograph in the album and listed the names of individuals in the photographs, such as Howard French, the bookkeeper; Smy, the stock keeper;...
Dates:
1884-1887; Majority of material found in 1886-1887
George Phillips Sweepiana Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0186
Scope and Contents
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 broad interdisciplinary focus and includes literature, history, art, and artifacts relating to chimney sweeping. It has been divided into five series: Research Files, ...
Dates:
1932-1963
Keystone Stereograph Visual Aids Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0473
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of 16 boxed topical sets of educational stereographs intended as visual aids for instruction for elementary school children. Though most topics relate to the natural sciences, two boxes relate to a Reading curriculum based around domestic activities and the life of a child. Boxes one and two of the collection each contain eight of the boxed topical sets.
Dates:
ca.1920-1925
Movie Poster Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0402
Scope and Contents
The Movie Poster Collection consists of twenty-nine original and facsimile posters. They are filed alphabetically by film title.
Dates:
1930-1981