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Jefferson Sutton Science Fiction Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0247
Scope and Contents
Jefferson Sutton, a San Diego State University graduate, is the author of more than 20 novels written in different genres: science fiction, war, politics, and juvenile literature. His books can be found in libraries throughout the country, his novels were published in more than 10 languages, and two of his juvenile books were Junior Literature Guild selections (Lord of the Stars, 1968, and The Programmed Man, 1969). Most of...
Dates:
1943-1985; Majority of material found in 1958-1979
Madeline Tabler Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0248
Scope and Contents
The Madeline Tabler Collection documents the creative process behind writing children's and young adult literature. The collection dates from 1963-1975. The collection consists primarily of unpublished manuscripts and published articles. It has accordingly been divided into two series, Manuscripts and Articles. The Manuscripts series includes several unpublished manuscripts written by...
Dates:
1963-1975
United States Civil War Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0254
Scope and Contents
The United States Civil War Collection contains manuscript and printed materials dating from the Civil War era, as well as later items about the war. These materials include correspondence, speeches, pamphlets, and newspapers. The bulk of the material dates from 1861 to 1865, and both Northern and Southern perspectives are represented. Highlights of the collection include an 1823 bill of sale for a slave, a facsimile copy of President Abraham Lincoln's 1863...
Dates:
1811-1987; Majority of material found in 1861-1864
Bedrich Vaska Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0262
Scope and Contents
The collection primarily consists of correspondence, but it also includes postcards, newspaper clippings, and photographs. Especially notable is Vaska's explanation of Bedrich Smetana's innermost, most personal feelings of Ma Vlast, which Vaska used to better explain the scores to performing musicians. This From My Life is written in Vaska's hand in Czech, Finnish, German, French, and Polish languages, as he conducted ...
Dates:
1875-1978
Daniel Whitney Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0267
Scope and Contents
Materials in this collection document Cultural Resource Management Law in Southern California.
Dates:
1977-1980
Henry James Manuscript Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0411
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of fourteen outgoing letters from Henry James; one book review manuscript; one letter from William James; one letter from Henry James, Sr., and two letters presumed to be from Henry James, son of William James.
Dates:
1867-1912
Wellington Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0266
Scope and Contents
The collection documents both the Wellington and Fisher families.
Dates:
1890-1930
World War II San Diego State College Servicemen's Correspondence Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0369
Scope and Contents
This collection, also [url=https://digital.sdsu.edu/index.php?a=ViewItem&i=271454&WINID=1560012932595]available online[/url], consists of ten boxes of correspondence received from servicemen, servicewomen, and their families during the Second World War. The collection contains letters sent to Lauren Post for his information in compiling the San Diego State College Service Men's News Letter, which later changed its name to The...
Dates:
1941-1946
Dedicated Vessel Research Program Records
Collection
Identifier: MS-0101
Scope and Contents
The Dedicated Vessel Research Program Records, which date from 1972 to 1980, document the entire scope of the DVRP project undertaken in the late 1970s, and includes records generated by the DVRP as well as other records and publications scientists used, read, or considered over the course of the project. The tuna/porpoise problem is heavily documented. The collection consists of agreements, summaries, reports, permits, notes, plans, "green books", logs, transcripts, letters,...
Dates:
1972-1980; Majority of material found in 1976-1980
World War II German Manuscript Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0275
Scope and Contents
These documents are most likely (though this has not been confirmed) copies of those given to the US Military after the War, and eventually issued in published form. There are some hand-written materials, and all maps are hand-drawn.
Dates:
1937-1945