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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
Ernst Zinner Manuscript Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0279
Scope and Contents
The Ernst Zinner Manuscript Collection documents Zinner's work as an astronomer and scientist at the Remeis Astronomical Observatory in Bamberg, Germany. The collection dates from 1818-1981, with the bulk of documents created in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and consists of almanacs, articles, clippings, correspondence, photographs and other materials. The collection has three major series: Vertical Files, Remeis...
Dates:
1818-1981; Majority of material found in 1880-1920
San Diego Center for Children Photograph Collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0451
Scope and Contents
This small collection consists of sixteen photographic negatives of the San Diego Center for Children. Photos of the interior and exterior of the Balboa Park building, designed by Irving Gill, are included, as well as photographs of children and their adult caretakers. The images date from the late 1920s or 1930s.
Dates:
circa 1920s and 1930s
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
Old San Diego Architectural Control Board Records
Collection
Identifier: MS-0179
Scope and Contents
The Old San Diego Architectural Board Records (1943-1974) document the planning, preservation, and development of Old Town State Historic Park. Highlights include the review drafts for the overall design of Old Town, including landscaping, lighting, street furniture, and signs. The collection consists of by-laws, correspondence, meeting minutes, photographs, maps, resolutions, reports, plans, ordinances, and newspaper clippings, and primarily dates from 1968...
Dates:
1943-1974; Majority of material found in 1968-1971
John and Jane Adams Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0455
Scope and Contents
The John and Jane Adams Photograph Collection documents the history of photography, including various photographic processes and formats, such as albumen prints, cyanotypes, platinotypes, ambrotypes, gelatin silver prints, glass negatives, carte de visites, tin types, cabinet cards, and more. In addition, the collection also illustrates the evolution of photographic subject matter and studio advertising. Highlights include early daguerreotypes, an...
Dates:
1840-1946; Majority of material found in 1890-1920
Association of Chicana Activists (AChA) Records
Collection
Identifier: MS-0460
Scope and Contents
The Association of Chicana Activists (AChA) Records document the history of AChA at SDSU. Highlights include a copy of the 1993 newsletter for the organization's first annual high school conference, as well as original transparencies and positives of AChA's logo. In particular, the records highlight the group's formation, high school conferences and other events and activities. The collection is filed chronologically with the majority of the materials dating...
Dates:
1993-2011
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
Woman's Institute for Continuing Jewish Education Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0464
Scope and Contents
The Woman's Institute for Continuing Jewish Education Collection contains the complete documentation of the institute's programs and publications and includes all of the institute's published books, newsletters, press releases, newspaper clippings, photographs, and a video tape.
Dates:
1977 - 2004