California History & Politics

Oral histories and photos representing a variety of North Bay ethnic groups (1975-2000)

Miscellaneous items pertaining to student activism in the U.S. (1957-1971)

Photographs of historic buildings and sites from an SSU History Department program (1970s)

Photographs of the Simmons and Banta families of Sonoma and Riverside counties, California (circa 1895-1950)

News articles and other material by and about Mexican American journalist Rubén Salazar (1955-2008)

Historical California and North Bay newspapers from 1883 to the early 1990s

Wide array of rare books on all subjects from the 17th through the 20th centuries

Late 19th century ephemera saved by a young girl living in Healdsburg (1885-1888)

Yoshimatsu Nakata’s recollections as an employee of Jack London (1938-2002)

Handwritten journals depicting life on a Sonoma County ranch (1935-2005)