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British Patents Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC-BPC
Abstract
The collection consists of documents related to the process of acquiring patents in the United Kingdom in 19th century. Items include a patent specification written by Alfred Vincent Newton in 1853 for an “Improved Sewing Machine,” and a copy of a patent issued to Oliver Louis Reynolds in 1840 for a “Certain Improvement on Machinery for Producing Stocking Fabric or Framework Knitting.”
Dates:
1841-1853
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
British Vanity Fair Caricature Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC-VFC
Abstract
Vanity Fair was a weekly British satirical magazine published from 1868 to 1914. The collection consists of over 700 caricature prints from the magazine.
Dates:
1869-1909
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
John and Noele Brockman Collection
Collection
Identifier: OCH-JNB
Abstract
Noele Brockman was born in Shanghai in 1927, and attended the Public and Thomas Hanbury School for Girls. After World War II, she worked for the United States military, where she met her husband, John Brockman, an American soldier. The two married in Shanghai, and lived in numerous places in both Europe and the United States before settling in San Jose, California. The collection contains items collected by the Brockmans during their time in China, including a jacket with hand-embroidered...
Dates:
circa 1930-circa 1949
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
John Broesamle Suddenly A Giant: A History of CSUN Collection
Collection
Identifier: UAC-SAG
Abstract
John Broesamle was a distinguished Professor of History at California State University Northridge (CSUN) for over three decades, beginning his career at San Fernando Valley State College in 1968 and retiring from CSUN in 1998. At that time, CSUN commissioned Dr. Broesamle to write the history of the university, the first to appear in published form. The collection consists predominantly of articles, correspondence, and newspaper clippings from the Daily...
Dates:
1956-1993
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
Joseph G. Brosmer Collection
Collection
Identifier: URB-JGB
Abstract
The Joseph G. Brosmer Collection documents pro-grower, anti-union activities in the agricultural industry, primarily in the state of California during the late 1960s and early 1970s. The types of documents include personal correspondence with growers and other consultants, copies of labor contracts and collective bargaining agreements, anti-union newsletters, notes from grievance meetings, transcripts of court testimony, arbitration case documents, and...
Dates:
1948-1996; Majority of material found within 1961-1973
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
Craig L. Brown Notebook
Collection — Item: 1
Identifier: SC-CBN
Abstract
The Craig L. Brown Notebook contains a "Nurse’s Pocket Notebook" printed in 1963. The owner of this notebook seems to have been Craig L. Brown from Austin, Texas, who was a United States Marine stationed in Vietnam. The book has printed medical definitions and information on the first and last pages. In the center are handwritten notes, sayings, quotes, phrases, and what could be fictional writing, or a first-hand account. The notes are often written in either first or third person from a...
Dates:
ca. 1963-1997
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
John Brown Letter
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SC-JBL
Abstract
John Brown was an abolitionist who moved with his family to Kansas Territory in 1855 so he could participate in the fight to keep Kansas from becoming a slave state. In this letter, he discusses his move to Kansas with his family and second wife, Mary Anne Day, providing a description of life in mid-19th century Kansas.
Dates:
1855
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
Richard Bruland Bebop Records Art Posters Collection
Collection
Identifier: URB-BEBOP
Abstract
In 1982, Richard Bruland opened Bebop Records and Fine Art with René Engel. Bruland and Engel managed the store together until Engel left the business in 1985. Bruland continued to manage the store until it closed in August 1990. During this time the store's focus shifted to a performance and gallery venue. It became known as an alternative performance place for local musicians, poets, and visual artists. Bruland created original poster artwork to announce each evening's show, which were...
Dates:
1982-1990
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
Richard H. Bryant Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC-CRB
Abstract
Richard H. Bryant served in the US Army in the Pacific theater during World War II, and was awarded the Bronze Star. While serving overseas, he corresponded via V-mail and regular post with his sisters Wava and Beverly in Florence, South Carolina, his younger brother James, and numerous other friends and family members both at home and overseas. The letters include news from South Carolina, especially the local church, gasoline rations, women in the workforce, media coverage of the war, and...
Dates:
1943-1945
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
Alfons Büchler World War II Correspondence Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC-ABW
Abstract
The Alfons Büchler World War II Correspondence Collection contains a small number of letters sent to and from Alfons Büchler. Letters are in German, and were sent via Feldpost, the German military mail service.
Dates:
1940-1943
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives