Photographs of lime kiln ruins in northern and central California, documenting a critical 19th century industry producing lime for the construction of cities in the area. The collection includes 16 photographs (16 X 20 in.) and text documents by the...
Concerned that the history of the migration of 350,000 "Okies" to California would be lost, Gerald Haslam, Professor of English, established the Okie Studies Project. Included are examples of the work of Charles L. Todd, a librarian in the U.S....
This collection is comprised of original chapbooks from England published in the nineteenth century. These chapbooks include song books, lesson books, fortune telling guides, natural histories, histories, and other ephemera. The genre encompasses many kinds of printed material, including pamphlets,...
The documents, all in transcribed form and many with copies of the original documents, include deeds, court records, tax and census records, marriage and other vital records, as well as some extensive probate records, and abstracts taken from standard sources,...
These vintage photographs of the extensive earthquake and fire damage to downtown Santa Rosa once belonged to Henry’s daughter, Frances H. Gove (d.1993 in Monterey, California). The envelope and its contents were found in a Monterey bookshop by a dealer...
This collection is comprised primarily of reproductive copies of correspondence, memorandums, field notes, catalogues, and annotations of Dr. John Wiz Napier Hudson, Ethnology Researcher. The original documents for much of this collection are found in the Grace Hudson Museum in...
In 1983, the National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a project grant focusing on the diverse Indochinese peoples and cultures of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. The Sonoma State University Library and Extended Education Program worked together on the project, which...
Leopold Justi (1864-1946), a longtime resident of Glen Ellen, California was a farmer, a winemaker, a justice of the peace and an insurance agent. He achieved recognition in each of his endeavors. As a farmer and winemaker, he helped develop...
Dr. Hector Lee (1908-1992) came from Chico State University to Sonoma State University at its inception. He was a nationally known authority on western folklore and a true teller of tall tales. The Lee collection documents Dr. Lee’s involvement with...
The story of this collection begins with its creator, Carl J. Bernatovech who was born in Buffalo, New York on September 8, 1943. Shortly after returning from the Vietnam War, Mr. Bernatovech read The Call of the Wild. He became...
Considered one of the founding fathers of Sonoma State University, George E. McCabe was chair of the Education and Psychology Division. His commitments extended to national and state commissions, civil rights activism, and politics. The collection is comprised of papers...
The Nakata and Stevens papers date from 1938. The key item within the collection is an original manuscript titled “A Hero to His Valet” by Yoshimatsu Nakata, transcribed by Barry Fox Stevens. From 1907 to 1915, Jack London and his...
The archive holds forty-six oral history cassette tapes (converted to CD) and miscellaneous items donated by the interviewees. The collection documents the lives and experiences of individuals in different ethnic communities in the North Bay region. Most of these interviews...
The images in the North Bay Historic Preservation Digital Collection constitute an important chronicle of local buildings and represent a significant piece of the region's social, cultural, and anthropological history dating from the mid-1800s. The majority of photographs were taken...
Formerly the Sonoma Marin Farmer, the newspaper North Coast Farmer was published from July 1988 to January 1991, covering news of agricultural interest in Sonoma and Marin counties. First associated with the Sonoma Marin Farm Bureau, it was then published...
Walt Phillips, a former newspaper journalist, photographer, and columnist has created hundreds of poems and drawings since 1959. His work has appeared in many publications, including The Massachusetts Review; Prairie Schooner; Yellow Brick Road; Pearl; Wormwood Review; and Chiron Review....
In 1979 the new library at Sonoma State University was named after Mexican-American journalist Ruben Salazar. Clippings of articles written by him during the 1950s and ‘60s for the local newspaper, the Press Democrat, were compiled to become the root...
The photographs in this collection were first donated to the San Diego Genealogical Society by the estate of Edna Banta Munford. The Society then donated them to Sonoma State University Library.
The collection, covering the years 1906–1915 and 1949, consists of pamphlets and ephemera focusing on agriculture production in Sonoma County, as well as land use and development, and county tourism. The greatest depth of information is on the town of...
Brenda Starr, Reporter debuted on June 30,1940 in the Chicago Tribune. The strip became a daily feature in October 1945. Brenda Starr was created by Dale Messick, one of the few female cartoonists of her time. Ms. Messick continued drawing...
The Student Dissent papers are a collection of materials from the library’s former pamphlet file documenting student dissent throughout the United States during the 1960s and early 1970s. The papers include original writings, reprinted journal articles, pamphlets, and bibliographies on...
Diaries, photographs, personal correspondence, a radio script, copies of official papers, artifacts and ephemera document the life of “China hand”, Roy Maxwell Talbot. Talbot worked in China as a Customs Service Agent from 1908-1942. The diaries contain the greatest depth...
Correspondence, legal and financial documents, printed material, creative works and ephemera (1850-1948) created and collected by John Shackelford Taylor document the life of an early Sonoma County pioneer. Legal and financial documents form the largest portion of the collection. Approximately...
Collection items include Tombs diary dated 1885 through August 1887, three pieces of correspondance, a bill of sale for a slave (1848) and an insurance advertisement. The total of seven papers in the collection provide a snapshot of the life...
Balancing an integrated program to maintain environmental quality along Coastal California, Iva May Warner faced nearly insurmountable odds for over a decade. Joining two former Feinstone Award (the Sol Feinstone Environmental Award, given by State University of New York) recipients,...
Research materials of the 1979 Windsor, California Junior High School project to gather oral histories of longtime Windsor, California residents.