California, Northern

Scope and Contents The Black Women’s Club and Organizations collection (1935-1987; undated) contains one box and 0.21 linear ft. of material. The majority of the collection contains a newspaper called The California News, Northern Section, a souvenir program for the tenth-annual East Bay Cosmetologist and Professional Association Creative Hairstyles and Fashion Scholarship Queen Prize Winning Contest for 1976, and a photo album belonging to the members of the United Business and...

Abstract The Dorman L. Commons (1918-1987) Collection documents the activities of the California State Board of Education from 1962 through 1970. As a member of the California State Board of Education, Commons’ collection includes materials on California schools K-16, State Board of Education, Max Rafferty as Superintendent of Public Instruction, serving two terms during Commons’ time on the Board of Education, and the election campaign of Wilson Riles, the first African American elected to statewide...

Abstract This collection contains flyers, brochures, essays, memorandums, clippings, and other material related to the Eugene J. McCarthy’s presidential campaign in 1968. A majority of the materials are from grassroots organizations located in Northern California such as the McCarthy for President Campaign, Northern California Headquarters; Californians for An Alternative; McCarthy for President Campaign Committee on Platform and Issues; and the McCarthy Headquarters located in Marysville, CA. Also...

Abstract This collection contains one photograph album "From Babette Neugass to Elsie Harrison, with her promise to write, San Francisco January Nineteenth 1914..." and features images mostly of California and the American West. Other images are taken in Mexico, New Orleans, New York City, British Columbia, Utah, Arizona, and Wales. This album contains a mixture of photographs and postcards that feature images of mining towns; Chinatown in San Francisco; Muir Woods; Yosemite; Babette's first...