California State University, Stanislaus. Library
California State University, Stanislaus. Library
- Location: Turlock, CA
- Phone: 209-664-6538
- Email: specialcollections@library.csustan.edu
- Website: http://library.csustan.edu/
The University Library Special Collections serves as a repository for primary research materials of interest to the campus, the community, and the Central Valley region. Special Collections exist to collect, maintain, and make available the collections in its care to support the teaching, learning, and research activities of California State University, Stanislaus and the state of California. Collection strengths include local and regional history books and documents, local history manuscript collections, oral histories, Stanislaus County historical documents, photographic collections, and the University Archives.
Collections at this institution
Stanislaus Region History and Culture Image Collection
The Stanislaus Region History and Culture Image Collection consists of two sets of photographic images and one commemorative scrapbook that depict in various ways the multifaceted history, geography, and culture of one specific region of the northern San Joaquin Valley. The images describe two differing but related perspectives on the Stanislaus County region of the Central Valley of California: 1. the early history of the village of Turlock (founded in 1871), illustrated by a collection of early photographs dating from the late 19th century through the 1930s; and 2. a more recent collection of photographs created by Modesto-based photojournalist and …
Institution: California State University, Stanislaus. Library
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