Manuscript collections

50 Features of Special Collections: Agriculture Technology

49/50 One of the more heavily used manuscript subject areas in Special Collections is Agriculture Technology. Any research or interest in Agriculture, Plant Science, California History and Food Production involves Agriculture Technology. In 1959, F. Hal Higgins, news editor for Caterpillar Tractor Company and a free-lance journalist, sold ...

June 27, 2017 • Jenny Hodge

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New Special Collections Exhibit: Striking Gold

We are pleased to present our latest exhibit, Striking Gold: Scholarship Based on Research in Special Collections. The exhibit, which can be viewed in the Special Collections display cases in the Shields Library lobby, will run through the Summer Quarter. Special Collections is visited daily by undergraduate and graduate ...

June 26, 2017 • Sara Gunasekara

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50 Features of Special Collections: Michael and Margaret B. Harrison Western Research Center

45 of 50 Michael Harrison (1897-2005), a private book collector of Western Americana, and Margaret B. Harrison (1911-1980), a hand bookbinder, built the Michael and Margaret B. Harrison Western Research Center. Over the course of 80+ years they amassed more than 21,000 volumes, Native American baskets and pottery ...

June 2, 2017 • Jenny Hodge

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50 Features of Special Collections: the World’s Greatest Wine Library

43/50 Don’t take our word as the world’s greatest wine library. Take it from the man who wrote the book on wine, Hugh Johnson, author of World Atlas of Wine, who donated his papers to Special Collections in 2015 to 2016. He described us as “simply ...

May 21, 2017 • Christine Cheng

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50 Features of Special Collections: Charles Schneeman

42/50 Charles Schneeman (1912-1972) was a science fiction illustrator for stories and covers of such works as Astounding Stories and Astounding Science Fiction from 1935 to 1952. The collection contains the artwork and correspondence of illustrator Charles E. Schneeman, Jr. The bulk of the collection is comprised of ...

May 9, 2017 • Kevin Miller

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50 Features of Special Collections: The Gary Snyder Papers

33/50 Professor Gary S. Snyder (1930- ) renowned poet, essayist, translator, Zen Buddhist, environmentalist continues to make an indelible mark on late-twentieth and twenty-first century thought. He is considered one of the most significant environmental writers and a central figure in environmental activism. The Gary ...

March 3, 2017 • Kevin Miller

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50 Features of Special Collections: Agriculture Technology

New Special Collections Exhibit: Striking Gold

50 Features of Special Collections: Michael and Margaret B. Harrison Western Research Center

50 Features of Special Collections: the World’s Greatest Wine Library

50 Features of Special Collections: Charles Schneeman

50 Features of Special Collections: The Gary Snyder Papers

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