Abstract Linda S. Bridge was an elected Nurse Representative of the California Nurses Association at Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center in Glendale, CA and member of the union’s negotiating team at that hospital. This collection consists of her files while in those roles. Materials include those used in the unionization of registered nurses at Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center, ensuing contract negations, and the implementation of those contracts. There is also a small amount of...

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The Fred Bridges Photograph Collection contains photographs documenting street scenes, local events, and individual U.S. Marines stationed in Tanggu and Tientsin, China as part of the 1st Combat Engineer Battalion. A booklet issued to Marines stationed in China provides insight into American perceptions of China immediately following World War II.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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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.

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The George Budaeff Collection consists of correspondence, documents, ephemera and photographs related to George’s life in Russia, China, and San Francisco, California. A number of government documents are included with biographical and immigration information. The collection also includes some material that belonged to George’s brother, Dr. Ivan T. Budaeff (1896-1956).

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Printing block depicting Buddhist deity Guanshiyin Pusa, also known in Sanskrit as Avalokiteśvara.

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The scrapbook contains photographic postcards, graphic postcards with short correspondence, and a handwritten poem created by and collected by Eldon G. Burdick, Jr. of Minneapolis, Minnesota.