About North Bay Regional & Special Collections
North Bay Regional
Sonoma State University Library's North Bay Regional Collection provides a wide range of information about the counties of Sonoma, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Napa and Solano.
Materials include local documents, books, maps, media and newsletters. The collection is searchable in the Snoopy online catalog. More on regional resources (Word) and maps (Word).
Special
The Special Collections area of the Library houses materials distinguished by rarity, value, aesthetics, and format. Items include manuscripts, photographs, books, periodicals, media and ephemera. Many items are fragile and irreplaceable, requiring special access and handling procedures. Regional and out-of-region materials are found here. All non-digital collections are available for viewing by appointment.
- North Bay Digital Collections
- Jack London Collection
- Gaye LeBaron Collection
- Brenda Starr Comic Collection
- Dawson Lime Kiln Photograph Collection
- Dust Bowl Migration Archive
- English Chapbook Collection
- Finley-McFarling Genealogy Collection
- Hawn Photograph Collection
- Ernest Hemingway Letters
- Hoyt Earthquake Photograph Collection
- John W. Hudson Papers
- Indochinese Cultures Project
- Leopold Justi Papers
- Hector Lee Folklore Collection
- Lyman Celtic Collection
- George McCabe Papers
- Nakata and Stevens Papers
- North Bay Ethnic Archive
- North Coast Farmer Archive
- Walt Phillips Small Press Collection
- Regional Newspaper Collection
- Charles Rhinehart Papers
- Ruben Salazar Collection
- Simmons-Banta Photograph Collection
- Ernestine Smith Papers
- Sonoma County Agriculture, Land Use & Tourism Collection
- Sonoma County Preservation Project
- Sonoma Writers Collection
- Student Dissent Papers
- Roy Maxwell Talbot Papers
- John Shackelford Taylor Papers
- Nellie Tombs Papers
- Iva Warner Papers
- Windsor Project Oral Histories
- SSU University Archives
To use Special Collections, read:
- User Guidelines for Special Collections
- Conditions for Reproduction and Use of Special Materials
- How to Cite Special Collections Materials *(pdf)
- Retrieval & Appointment Request form
Also visit CSU Directory of Special Collections.
