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Clark and Nellie Alberti Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0059
Scope and Contents
The collection includes papers, music programs, and clippings.
Dates:
1893 - 1931
Georgia C. Amsden Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0358
Scope and Contents
The collection primarily documents Amsden's work with the American Red Cross and the Federal Department of Vocational Education in France between 1918 and 1919, as well as her later work at the San Diego State College of Business teaching stenography and shorthand. The collection includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, resumes, work reports, speeches, photographs, a scrapbook, and various artifacts including patches, pins, buttons and a bracelet, and souvenir and guide books. ...
Dates:
1917-1974
Ralph Berman and Roberta Wagner Berman Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0427
Scope and Contents
The Ralph Berman and Roberta Wagner Berman Collection consists of newsletters, photographs, scrapbooks, and membership rosters related to the B'nai B'rith Lasker-Breitbard Lodge. Photographs of various medals, pins, a gavel, and a presentation Bible given by Solomon Rosenberg are present and are also available in digital format. The collection also includes a copy of the book 90 Weinberger Years.
Dates:
1958 - 1987
H. A. Betaque Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0475
Scope and Contents
The H.A. Betaque Papers document Betaque's career as a resident representative for the United State Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation between 1918 and 1922, with particular emphasis the construction of the SS San Pasqual and the SS Cuyamaca in San Diego, California. Highlights include panoramic photographs of the San Diego Harbor and ship yard, as well as construction photographs of...
Dates:
1918-1922; Majority of material found in 1918-1920
Samuel Thorburn Black Memorial Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0324
Scope and Contents
The Samuel Thorburn Black Memorial Collection documents both Black and his presidency, and includes correspondence, financial records, annual reports, Pauline Black's diaries, and a scrapbook of the trip Mr. Black and his daughter took around the world.
Dates:
1877-1922
Robert M. Briggs Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0453
Scope and Contents
The Robert M. Briggs Papers (1943-2004) document Brigg's military duty during the Second World War and his paintings and personal writings. Highlights include Briggs' scrapbook of photographs, newspaper clippings, sketches, and watercolors of fellow servicemen, local Okinawans, landscapes, and battleships during World War II. Briggs drew many of the sketches rapidly while under enemy fire and painted them in later. Filed alphabetically, the collection...
Dates:
1943-2004; Majority of material found in 1943-1945
Harold K. Brown Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0436
Scope and Contents
The Harold K. Brown Papers (1956-2000) document Brown's participation in the local Civil Rights Movement, his dedication to community economic development, and his professional life, with a heavy emphasis on the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), Brown's role in the School Integration Task Force, and his involvement with the Black Economic Development Task Force. Highlights include the Congress of Racial Equality's actions against the employment practices of...
Dates:
1956-2000; Majority of material found in 1963-1965, 1990s
Arturo Casares Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0440
Scope and Contents
The Arturo Casares Papers (1968-2008) document the establishment of the Barrio Station in San Diego and Casares' involvement in the Chicano Movement. Highlights include photographs of the UFW grape strike and the Chicano Moratorium, Casares' English class journal with entries discussing the formation of a Mexican-American Studies program at San Diego State College, old Barrio Station Newsletters, and documents regarding the Chicano Park Incident in which...
Dates:
1968-2008; Majority of material found in 1968-1975; Other: Date acquired: 06/05/2008
Merle Clayton Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0089
Scope and Contents
This small collection consists primarily of research materials used by Merle Clayton, author of several local history pieces for San Diego Magazine. The materials consist of paper records, photographs, and several copies of San Diego Magazine. Clayton did a series of pieces on topics in the history of theatre and performing arts in San Diego, and most of this material pertains to that work.Series I, ...
Dates:
1951-1976; Majority of material found in 1970-1973
Lowell Davies Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0046
Scope and Contents
The Lowell Davies Papers consist of correspondence, organizational documents, architectural records, financial records, meeting minutes, committee reports, programs, publications, newspaper and magazine clippings, publicity announcement, and photographs. The collection measures 7.5 linear feet and spans the period from 1911 to 1988. The materials in this collection pertain to the production and physical history of the San Diego Old Globe Theatre (San Diego Community Theatre), including...
Dates:
1911-1988