Collections Received

Gary Snyder Collection

Gary Snyder donated 1,100 books and serial issues to the Turtle Island Collection of Environmental and Nature Writing. The authors in this collection wrote about their experiences and reflections on the environment and the natural world. Professor Snyder gave an additional 1,700 books and serial issues from his collection of poetry. Many of the books in both groups were inscribed to him by the author. Professor Snyder also presented to the General Library one of his personal copies of High Sierra of California by Tom Killion. This magnificent, limited edition book includes journal entries by Snyder, quotes from John Muir, and 23 woodcuts by Killion. It is a finalist in the Mountain Literature category of the 2002 Banff Mountain Book Festival.

Masa Uehara Collection

The Masa Uehara Collection consists of letters she received from Gary Snyder over the course of their courtship and married life. Her letters to Gary Snyder were already in the Gary Snyder Papers so the complete correspondence is now available for research.

Hal Draper Papers and Library

The Center for Socialist History donated Hal Draper's extensive research files, manuscripts, and a 6,000-volume library. Draper was a prolific Marxist writer and social activist whose career spanned 58 years (1932-1990).

Toby Cole Archives

Toby Cole donated audiotapes of her KPFA radio show which originated from Berkeley and aired from 1985 to 1999. Topics include playwrights (Brecht, Pirandello, Shaw, Beckett), the theater (Stanislavsky, Group Theater, worker's theaters), plays (The Cradle Will Rock, Macbird, The Twelve Pound Look), and socialism (Sacco and Vanzetti, Ch Guevara, the Steve Biko inquest).

Forrest Jackson Collection

More than 8,000 photographic images relating to California agriculture were added to this collection. Subjects include the Tri/Valley Growers (1967-1991), the Modesto Irrigation District, central valley politicians (Bob Bergland, Leo McCarthy, Erneste LaCoste), and the Tulare Farm Equipment Show. Jackson also donated photos of the Marysville Hotel Barber Shop and a small collection of nose art from World War II military aircraft.

Homer Angelo Papers

Homer Angelo was a professor in the UC Davis Law School and in the UC Berkeley Law School in Boalt Hall. Professor Angelo's papers contain materials relating to his research in international trade law, international telecommunications law, and space law. There are also sections of the collection that highlight his early career with the United Nations, his interest in automation, and his passions for cooking and the San Francisco Forty-Niners.

Christine H. Blanchard Rudyard Kipling Collection

Christine Blanchard, General Library benefactor and widow of the late university librarian emeritus, donated an exceptionally fine collection of over 400 of Kipling's publications, including the first editions (usually both the British and American) of virtually all of Kipling's books, as well as many scarce pamphlet publications of individual works, and a number of the journals containing the original appearance of certain of his writings. The collection also includes an assemblage of the first Indian editions of Kipling's earliest books.

Charles E. Schneeman, Jr. Papers

Donated by the artist's widow, these papers include artwork and correspondence of renowned illustrator Charles E. Schneeman, Jr. . The group of science fictions illustrations includes roughly 500 drawings, sketches and photomechanical reproductions as well as photographs used as reference for sketches as well as a small collection of correspondence from such science fiction authors as Isaac Asimov.

K. W. Lee Papers

K .W. Lee is a widely recognized reporter, editor, and publisher of stories relating to the Korean-American immigrant experience. He wrote for the Korean Messenger, Koreatown, Korea Times, and the Sacramento Union, and was a broadcast reporter for KCRA-Channel 3. The first installment of his papers includes correspondence, research materials, photographs and newspapers which document his successful campaign to reverse the murder conviction of Chol Soo Lee.

Mario Obledo Papers

This body of materials, donated by the former California State Secretary of Health and Welfare, includes correspondence, subject files, daybooks, video and audio tapes, posters, and other materials relating to Obledo's distinguished career as a civil rights advocate, government official, educator (Harvard faculty), and consultant.

Jack Erickson Collection

This collection is composed of research files relating to the microbrewing industry from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s. Erickson is the author of Star Spangled Beer: A Guide to America's New Microbreweries and Brewpubs and four other books on the craft brewing industry. He is also editor of The Erickson Report, and co-director of the Craft Brewing Business Research Institute at Sonoma State University.

C. John Tupper Papers

From the estate of the founding Dean of the UCD Medical School, this collection holds files from 1963 to 1997 relating to the founding and development of the Medical School, as well as speeches, articles, reports, photographs, and scrapbooks from his career at UCD.

Vic Fazio Papers

This collection is the first set of congressional papers placed in Special Collections. They include records from Fazio's Washington D.C. and Woodland offices. The records consist of constituent correspondence, files relating to water, agriculture, energy, health, education, defense, base closures, labor, etc., press releases, briefing books, and some of the memorabilia that accrues in the offices of public officials.

John Lofland Papers

This collection consists of research materials pertaining to the activities of the Unification Church in the United States during the 1960's and 1970's. Dr. Lofland's pioneering research in the cult provides a unique perspective on religious proselytization and conversion. The papers contain original notes, tapes, transcripts, publication drafts, and other materials. Professor John Lofland is currently an emeritus member of the Department of Sociology at UC Davis.

Steve Talbot Papers

This collection includes materials on Native American political activism in the San Francisco Bay area during the 1960's, in particular the takeover of Alcatraz Island in 1969. Dr. Talbot's papers contain his research files, publications, lecture notes, pamphlets, and books.

Richard Rominger Papers

This collection contains an extensive collection of reports, briefing books, notes, and other materials generated during Mr. Rominger's tenure as the Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture from 1993 to 2001. The collection provides detailed source material documenting policy changes in federal agricultural and environmental programs during that period.

David Robertson Papers

This collection contains writings, lectures, notes, correspondence, and tape recordings on religion, art, literature, and the environment from the 1960's through the 1980s. Dr. Robertson is on the faculty of the Department of English at UC Davis.

Harold Olmo Collection

Professor emeritus, Department of Viticulture and Enology. Reports, articles, and field notes relating to grape growing, particularly in California. The collection includes some material from F. T. Bioletti relating to grape culture in California and to the activities in the vineyards at the Davis campus

David Risling Papers

Professor emeritus, Native American Studies. Newsletters and newspapers, reports, and memoranda and correspondence relating to Native American education (including D-Q University), the Native American Rights Fund, and the California Indian Legal Services.

Jack Forbes Papers

Professor emeritus, Native American Studies. The collection contains articles, reports, monographs, serials, microfilm and photographs relating to Native American history, civil rights, ethnic studies and Native American education. This is a particularly rich collection for Native American serials from the 1970s and 1980s. There is also a small, but complete, photographic survey of electric railroads in Los Angeles, California, and the West Coast.

Richard O. Clemmer Papers

Professor, Anthropology, University of Denver. The collection contains pamphlets, correspondence, newspapers, and organizational material relating to his activities with the Friends of the Hopi and the Committee of Concern for Traditional Indian Land and Life. It is very strong in Hopi and Navajo issues from the 1970s and 1980s. Topics include Black Mesa Mining and Power Plants, problems with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and land claims.

Joel Keizer Papers

Professor, Director, Institute of Theoretical Dynamics. The collection contains journal articles, research notes, correspondence, book manuscripts, and other materials relating to the mathematical modeling of biological processes.

Sacramento Union Archives

Until it closed its doors in 1994, the Sacramento Union was the oldest daily newspaper west of the Mississippi. The archives contain 660 bound volumes and some accounting and business records from the early years of the newspaper. The photograph files run daily from 1966 to 1994. The clipping files provide subject access for 1972 through 1992. And the business records cover the last eighteen months of the newspaper's struggle to survive. The collection provides a wealth of information for researchers interested in the Sacramento region in the last quarter of the 20th century.

Robert Hagan Papers

Donated by the professor emeritus, Land, Air, and Water Resources. The collection contains class lecture notes, supporting publications and other documents, and publications and records on special problems such as the drought of 1976-1977, the peripheral canal, and Delta water management. The collection provides ample documentation of the politics of California's water in the last fifty years.