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Eldred Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0433
Scope and Contents
This small collection consists mostly of correspondence from members of the Eldred family sent to Wilfred Eldred while at school on the East Coast. There is also a diary kept by Wilfred while a student at Washington and Lee in 1908, and letters from Wilfred to the family twenty years later. Winifred and Edith, Wilfred's sisters, and his father William Eldred wrote long letters to Wilfred updating him on the family's activities and on life in San Diego. The family is active in the developing...
Dates:
1908 - 1937; Majority of material found within 1913 - 1916
Harry Steinmetz Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0305
Scope and Contents
The collection focuses primarily on international foreign relations from a social and political perspective. The time period for this material starts in the early 1900’s and extends until the late 1980’s.
The collection is divided into seven series. Each series is further divided into local, regional, national and international sections.
Dates:
1917-1986
Rene Nuñez Memorial Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0434
Scope and Contents
The Rene Nuñez Memorial Collection, assembled after Nuñez's death, documents his work in promoting educational equity and parent involvement, and his help in founding the Chicano Studies Department at SDSU. Filed alphabetically, the collection includes educational treatises, academic papers, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and materials relating to Nuñez's memorial service at San Diego State University. The collection dates from 1968 to 2008.
Dates:
1968-2008; Majority of material found in 1972-2006
Richard Alf Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0523
Scope and Contents
Materials in the Richard Alf Papers document Alf's various businesses, including his comic book mail order business and store, as well as his involvement with San Diego Comic-Con, the largest comic and pop culture convention in the world. The collection includes correspondence, original artwork, publications, business files, and San Diego Comic-Con materials. The collection is divided into four series: Personal Files, ...
Dates:
1955-2011; Majority of material found in 1968-1977
Hattie M. French Diaries
Collection
Identifier: MS-0435
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of two diaries kept by Hattie French on two separate family summer vacations.The first volume dates from July 9-August 13, 1874, and chronicles a beachside holiday on the Atlantic coast when Hattie is 15 years old. Her vacation is spent with her mother, father, sister and extended family, and filled with swimming, clam bakes, boating, ice cream, and dancing at Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, and New Bedford. The family journeys from their home in Buffalo,...
Dates:
1874-1878; Majority of material found in 1874, 1878
Fielding M. McGehee III Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0525
Scope and Contents
The Fielding M. McGehee III Papers (1967-1999) consist primarily of correspondence between McGehee and his parents, Fielding McGehee, Jr. and Helen McGehee, and also include some correspondence to and from other family members. Many letters include discussion about draft resistance efforts as well as Peoples Temple and the agricultural settlement at Jonestown, Guyana. Some writings related to the draft are also...
Dates:
1967-1999; Majority of material found in 1967-1980
John Adams Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0377
Scope and Contents
The John Adams Papers document Adams' publications and research, his years at San Diego State College as a professor, department chair, and University Archivist, his relationship with San Diego Union as book reviewer, and some limited parts of his personal life. The collection dates from approximately 1919-1982, with the bulk of documents created from the 1930s-1970s. The collection consists predominantly of publications and correspondence created during...
Dates:
1919-1987; Majority of material found in 1930-1979
Ernest B. O'Byrne Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0383
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of meeting minutes, correspondence, library information, Education Opportunity Program information, and research.
Dates:
1952-1975
Barbara Abele Bookplate Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0050
Scope and Contents
The Barbara Abele Bookplate Collection documents the historical development of bookplates, bookplate designers, and collectors, as well as the communication networks they used when interacting with each other. The collection dates from 1915 to 1998 with the bulk of documents created or collected between 1970 and 1998. It consists of six main series: Bookplates by Subject, Bookplates by Designer, ...
Dates:
1915-1998; Majority of material found in 1970-1998
Clark and Nellie Alberti Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0059
Scope and Contents
The collection includes papers, music programs, and clippings.
Dates:
1893 - 1931