Personal Papers
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 170 Collections and/or Records:
Haakon Maurice Chevalier Diary
Collection
Identifier: MS-0403
Scope and Contents
Haakon Chevalier's diary is comprised of two hand-written notebooks kept during his time working as a French-English translator at the Nuremberg war crimes trials in 1945 and 1946, and a partial transcript of the notebooks' English-language portions. The diaries begin on the first day of the trial, November 20, 1945, and end on March 17, 1946. His account includes vivid descriptions of trial participants (including facial expressions while testifying, unusual physical features, and...
Dates:
1945-1946
Chinese Relief Expedition Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0086
Scope and Contents
This "Account in Detail of the Chinese Relief Expedition of 1900," appears to be a personal narrative. Dated from July 15, 1900 to November 15, 1900, it relates one military unit's involvement in the Allied effort to stop the Boxer Rebellion of 1899-1901. It includes day to day accounts of number killed, wounded, captured, camp sites, allies, and general activities.
Dates:
1900
Edward D. Clarkson Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0088
Scope and Contents
The Edward D. Clarkson Collection, in the form of an autograph collection, contains various correspondence, photographs, miscellaneous works, and ephemera of Clarkson’s. The correspondence discusses a diverse array of contemporary issues, including U.S. relations with Cuba and race relations between whites and African Americans in the United States. In a recruitment type fashion, Clarkson attempts to enlist a variety of individuals in many causes. These...
Dates:
1916-1969; Majority of material found in 1959-1962
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
Rabbi Morton J. Cohn Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0561
Scope and Contents
The Rabbi Morton J. Cohn Collection consists of materials collected since Cohn's school days until his death, including correspondence, more than 2000 sermons, plays, personal documents, photographs and materials regarding the various congregations he served. There are scrapbooks and newspaper clippings regarding both Cohn and his wife Sally and current events, in addition to index cards, pamphlets, research notes and plaques.
Dates:
1925 - 1990
Sylvia A. Cramer Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0458
Scope and Contents
The Sylvia A. Cramer Collection (1970-2009) documents Cramer's support of the Chicano movement while at SDSU. Of particular interest are notes from a study group of faculty and students who met to discuss Chicano and Chicana issues at the university. Also included are posters supporting United Farm Worker causes; documentation of an initiative against Proposition 13, a referendum that limited property taxation; and the Bakke decision, in which the US Supreme...
Dates:
1970-2009; Majority of material found in 1970-1976
Cantor Joseph Cysner Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0589
Scope and Contents
The Cantor Joseph Cysner Collection comprises Cysner's personal papers before, during and after World War II. It includes a handwritten and translated diary from his detention at Zbaszyn, plus a signed and decorated farewell document handmade by other detainees for Cysner. There are programs, books, writings and music from his time as a cantor and teacher in Manila and his internment at Santo Tomas. It includes Holocaust artifacts, newspaper clippings,...
Dates:
1930s - 1960s
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
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
Dr. Sue Earnest Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0454
Scope and Contents
The Dr. Sue Earnest Papers document the career and personal interests of Dr. Sue Earnest at San Diego State University and in the greater San Diego community. The collection highlights in particular Earnest's dissertation research, her career as a professor of speech pathology at San Diego State, her community work following her retirement, as well as her great personal interest in foreign travel. It dates from 1848 to 2007, with the majority of materials dating from 1925-2007, and consists...
Dates:
1848-2007; Majority of material found in 1925-2007