The archivists of the Bancroft Library are pleased to announce that in the past quarter (January-March 2024) we opened the following Bancroft archival collections to researchers.
Manuscript and University Archives/Faculty Papers Collections:
Data Center records (processed by Lara Michels with the help of Christina Velazquez Fidler)
Isabel Wiel papers (processed by Presley Hubschmitt)
David E. Good and Forrest M. Craig collection of family papers (processed by Lara Michels)
Nathan and Julia Hare papers (processed by Marjorie Bryer)
Delmer Myers Brown papers (processed by Lara Michels and student assistant David Eick)
Martinez, Dean, and DuCasse family papers and photographs (processed by Lara Michels and student assistant Malayna Chang)
Joan Bekins collection of Terwilliger Nature Education Center records (processed by Jaime Henderson and Lara Michels)
Bissinger and Company records (processed by Presley Hubschmitt)
Howard Besser papers and audiovisual materials (processed by Lara Michels and student assistant David Eick)
Sherman Lewis research collection relating to the Hayward Area Planning Association (HAPA) (processed by Jaime Henderson and Lara Michels)
Barbara Oliver collection of theatre materials (processed by Jaime Henderson and Lara Michels)
Michael and Cynthia Horowitz collection on psychedelics, 1954-2006 (processed by Lara Michels and student assistant David Eick)
Rosborough family papers (processed by Lara Michels and student assistant Malayna Chang)
Pictorial Collections and Items:
127 small collections and single items (approximately 4,911 items, total)
Additions to Cathy Cade’s autobiographical photograph albums, documenting lesbian life and community activism in the Bay Area, 2008-2015. (over 1,900 items)
San Joaquin County mug shot books, wanted notices, and law enforcement ephemera of Sheriff Thomas Cunningham. (over 2,300 items)
The Robert Altman photograph archive, which is particularly strong in counter culture and rock ‘n’ roll images of the late 1960s and 1970s, including work from his time as a photographer for Rolling Stone magazine (approximately 35,000 items) (online finding aid pending)