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Rivera Library. Special Collections Department

 Organization

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Collection of autographed letters

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-267
Abstract

This collection contains correspondence, press clippings, photographs, and other material regarding various authors and book collectors including Justice William Douglas, Harry C. James, Dr. Walter P. Kelley, Amy Spingarn, and Douglas Hayes.

Dates: circa 1880-1960

Citrus and horticulture collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-121
Abstract

This collection contains photographs, publications, and other material regarding the citrus industry in California, Florida, and Louisiana in the early twentieth century. Most of the items in the collection are black and white photographs featuring avocados, pecans, and other fruit, as well as shade trees and flowers. Select citrus publications and advertisements from the early 1900s are also included.

Dates: 1886-1949, undated; Majority of material found within 1910-1930

University of California, Riverside, Department of Special collections & University Archives records

 Collection
Identifier: UA-302
Abstract This collection contains material regarding the Department of Special Collections & University Archives, including the Eaton Collection of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Includes the administrative records of the department such as minutes of meetings, monthly/yearly usage statistics, and departmental forms. Fliers, brochures, video footage, digital presentations, and press clippings regarding events, exhibitions, and acquisitions that pertain to the department as a whole and the Eaton...
Dates: 1979-2019, undated

Heidi L. Hutchinson collection on B. Traven

 Collection
Identifier: MS-280
Abstract

This collection contains press clippings, printouts, and other material regarding research conducted on B. Traven by Heidi L. Hutchinson, librarian in the University of California, Riverside (UCR) Libraries' Cataloging and Metadata Services Department. Includes material on Hutchinson’s online exhibit of B. Traven material as well as articles by other B. Traven researchers.

Dates: 1977-2012; Majority of material found within 2002-2008

Stringfellow Hazardous Waste Site collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-148
Abstract The Stringfellow Hazardous Waste Site collection contains technical reports, media clippings, correspondence, public records, ephemera, notes, government publications, photographs, and other material regarding the Stringfellow Hazardous Waste Site, a Class I industrial waste disposal facility in Glen Avon, California, that operated from August 1956 to November 1972. Materials also document the community activism of Glen Avon resident Ruth Kirkby. Topics covered by the records include site...
Dates: 1951-2009, undated.; Majority of material found within 1972-1987

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Correspondence 3
Clippings (information artifacts) 2
Photographs 2
Administrative records 1
Autographs 1