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Scrapbooks--Specimens

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

G. Hamilton Hammon Scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0408
Scope and Contents The George Hamilton Hammon Scrapbooks collection consists of two scrapbooks compiled by Australian artist and San Diego resident George Hamilton Hammon. A green photograph album titled "Original handwritten poems and photographs" includes fair copies of original manuscript poems, handpainted vignettes of San Diego scenes, and several photographs. Most of the poems were composed in California, except the last, which was written in Sydney, Australia, and dated 1911. Of particular interest is a...
Dates: 1911 - 1939

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

Phi Sigma Nu Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0306
Scope and Contents The Phi Sigma Nu Collection documents the activities, events, and people associated with the sorority on San Diego State's campus, primarily through scrapbooks. The collection dates from 1925-1976, with most of the materials dating to 1941. The scrapbooks in this collection are dated 1925-1976, 1928-1945, January 1946-February 1948, October 1947-Summer 1949, and 1972-1997. Included in these books are newspaper clippings of events, event flyers,...
Dates: 1925-1976

Rawson J. Pickard Bastard Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0543
Scope and Contents The Rawson J. Pickard Bastard Scrapbook belonged to Dr. Rawson J. Pickard, M. D. It is a repurposed book, formerly an anatomy textbook in French, the pages of which Dr. Rawson pasted over with various news clippings and pieces of ephemera. The spine has been altered to say “Tutti Bastardi” (All Bastards), with “A Curse” upon bastards typed as the title page to the volume. The items pasted onto the pages include newspaper clippings, letters, political campaign...
Dates: 1925-1952