Special Collections & Manuscripts

All Special Collections & Manuscript archival collections are listed below, separated into sub-areas by subject matter. For each of the collecting areas below, Special Collections also holds related print materials, which can be found by searching the Library Catalog. 

• Agriculture

  Special Collections holds a number of collections on agriculture, most notably related to the citrus industry, the date industry, and pest management in agricultural settings.

  • Azusa Citrus Association records (MS 058)
  • Citrus and horticulture collection (MS 121)
  • citrus labels (Collection of) (MS 038)
  • Date Palm collection (MS 047)
  • food labels (Collection of) (MS 406)
  • Gobruegge (George H.) Citrus Industry records (MS 099)
  • Martignoni (Mauro E.) papers (MS 060)
  • Ortlieb (Patricia) collection on Eliza L. Tibbets (MS 374)
  • Paul (William L.) papers (MS 065)
  • Popenoe (Wilson) papers (MS 041)
  • Sunkist Growers, Inc. records (MS 052)
  • Turfgrass Conferences and Events collection (MS 050)
  • Washburn & Sons collection on Pest Control (MS 344)
  • West India Plantations business ledger (MS 165) 
• Arts & Culture

  Special Collections holds numerous collections related to art, music, literature, dance, film, and other cultural arts. 

  ART & PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTIONS

  • 19th century catchpenny prints and engravings (Collection of) (MS 062)
  • Andrews and McMeel American Book Association convention posters (MS 066)
  • Audubon (John J.) (Collection on) (MS 229)
  • Beck collection of Henri Cartier-Bresson photographs (MS 056)
  • di Suvero family papers (MS 077)
  • Festival de Flor y Canto photographs (Collection of) (MS 350)
  • framed artwork (Collection of) (MS 322)
  • Harper (Nancy Lee) collection in Iberian music (MS 137)
  • Klotz (Esther) collection on Miné Okubo (MS 094)
  • Kunzle (David) papers (MS 172)
  • Lantern slides collection (MS 277)
  • Linton (Wistaria Hartmann) papers (MS 013)
  • Mitchell (Sue) collection on 52 (MS 032)
  • Trianon Press collection (MS 070)
  • Underwood & Underwood stereoscopic photographs (Collection of) (MS 413)

  B. TRAVEN COLLECTIONS

  These collections are related to the novelist B. Traven, author of many works including Treasure of the Sierra Madre, and focus on scholarly examinations of his work along with research to determine his true identity.

  • Baumann (Michael L.) collection on B. Traven (MS 246)
  • Berger (Sid) collection on B. Traven (MS 248)
  • Briscoe (Peter) collection on B. Traven (MS 247)
  • Hagemann (Edward R.) collection on B. Traven (MS 243)
  • Heidemann (Gerd) collection on B. Traven (MS 241)
  • Hutchinson (Heidi L.) collection on B. Traven (MS 280)
  • Jannach (Hubert) collection on B. Traven (MS 245)
  • Johnson (William W.) collection on B. Traven (MS 244)
  • Marut (Ret) and Der Ziegelbrenner collection (MS 240)
  • Pässler (Edgar) collection on B. Traven (MS 242)

  DANCE COLLECTIONS

  • Berry (Joyce) papers (MS 072)
  • Dunham (Katherine) (Collection on) (MS 298)
  • Jones (Daystar/Rosalie) papers (MS 171)
  • St. Denis (Ruth) and Ted Shawn papers (MS 069)
  • Tangen (Rulan) papers (MS 139)

  FILM & MEDIA COLLECTIONS

  • del Moral (Armando and Amelia) papers (MS 329)
  • Else (Jon) collection on Cadillac Desert (MS 430)
  • Kohner family papers (MS 321)
  • Landau (Saul) papers (MS 015)
  • Lee (K.W.) (Kyung Won) papers (MS 424)
  • Maddow (Ben) papers (MS 113)
  • Spark (Clare) papers (MS 150)

  LITERATURE COLLECTIONS

  • Beatty (Patricia) papers (MS 220)
  • Bond (Otto Ferdinand) collection on Emile Pouvillon (MS 202)
  • Craft (Michael) papers (MS 415)
  • Creekmore (Hubert) collection on Ezra Pound (MS 262)
  • Davenport (Guy) papers (MS 194)
  • Fahy (William L.) collection on A.E. Housman (MS 263)
  • Fowler (Gene) papers (MS 086)
  • Hardy (Thomas) and the Hardy Players (Collection on) (MS 216)
  • Hartmann (Lillian Bonham) papers (MS 012)
  • Hartmann (Sadakichi) papers (MS 068)
  • Hearne (Vicki) papers (MS 219)
  • Hirschman (Jack) papers (MS 217)
  • Huntington (Harriet E.) papers (MS 221)
  • Kalpakian (Laura) papers (MS 218)
  • Knox (George) and Harry Lawton collection on Sadakichi Hartmann (MS 291)
  • Little Blue Book collection (MS 201)
  • Reeves (Robert) papers (MS 104)
  • St. Clair (Eric) stories and comics (MS 227)
  • Tuerk (Richard) collection on the Sadakichi Hartmann Newsletter (MS 289)
  • Valiant Knights of Daguerre photographs (Collection of) (MS 286)
  • Waskowitz (Edward) collection on Paul Keller (MS 025)

  MUSIC & THEATER COLLECTIONS

  • Berwald (William) papers (MS 078)
  • Craft (Marcella) papers (MS 071)
  • Franceschina (John) papers (MS 422)
  • Gade (Niels) papers (MS 074)
  • Halpern collection of music documentaries (MS 075)
  • Jonas (Oswald) memorial collection (MS 067)
  • Kanitz (Ernest) papers (MS 073)
  • McKown (Ted) collection of Flamenco sound recordings (MS 394)
  • Nin-Culmell (Joaquín) and Nin y Castellanos (José Joaquín ) family papers (MS 076)
  • Romero family papers (MS 305)
  • Sadurní (Celestí ) music scores (MS 048)
  • Show and Prove Hip Hop Studies Conference Collection (MS 397)

  PRINTING COLLECTIONS

  Collections in this area are related to printing presses, book arts, and other printing processes.

  • Adjarian (Max J.) collection (MS 324)
  • Book, Writing, and Photographic Artifacts collection (MS 417)
  • Petko (Edward C.) papers (MS 309)
• Education

  Special Collections holds collections focused on topics related to education in the United States and California, including curriculum building, desegregation, and educational philosophies.

  • Heffernan (Helen) correspondence with Corinne Seeds (MS 117)
  • Heffernan (Helen) papers (MS 116)
  • History of education collection (MS 120)
  • Riverside School Study collection (MS 376)
  • Seeds (Corinne A.) papers (MS 118)
• Latin America

  Special Collections holds a number of collections related to Latin American history and culture, most notably with focuses on Paraguay, Panama, and the Mexican Revolution from 1910-1920.

  CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA

  • Cohen (Judith M.) collection on the Nicaraguan Solidarity Movement (MS 364)
  • Giménez (Martha E.) papers (MS 231)
  • Latin America (Collection on) (MS 119)
  • Latin American Perspectives records (MS 011)
  • Ortiz (Bobbye S.) collection on Latin America (MS 319)
  • Seminario Internacional Escenarios Políticos de la Transición a la Democracia collection (MS 017)
  • Seminario Partidos Políticos en los Procesos de Democratización collection (MS 018)
  • Spalding (Hobart A.) collection on Latin America (MS 318)
  • Uruguayan political campaigns collection (MS 006)

  MEXICO

  • Antonio Vanegas Arroyo broadsides (Collection of) (MS 035)
  • Antonio Vanegas Arroyo chapbooks (Collection of) (MS 235)
  • Armour (Allison V.) expedition to Yucatán, Mexico photograph album (MS 023)
  • Baja California mining photographs (MS 046)
  • Biblioteca del Niño Mexicano facsimiles collection (MS 051)
  • Brehme (Hugo) photographs of Mexico (MS 019)
  • Brinkmann family collection of Mexican postcards (MS 416)
  • Carranza (Venustiano) (Photograph collection on) (MS 036)
  • Casasola (Agustín Victor) photograph collection (MS 029)
  • Cine Mundial Archivo Mexico photograph collection (MS 258)
  • Corridos of the Mexican Revolution, and other songs (MS 042)
  • Díaz Reyna (Enrique) photographs of the inauguration of Álvaro Obregón (MS 034)
  • Dirección General de Culturas Populares "Nuestra Cultura" posters (MS 063)
  • Huerta (Victoriano) papers (MS 021)
  • Late 19th and early 20th century Mexican history scrapbook (MS 215)
  • Mexican film postcard collection (MS 238)
  • Mexican Revolution photographs (MS 026)
  • Mexico photograph collection (MS 022)
  • Osuna (Sabino) photographs (MS 028)
  • Owen (Albert K.) papers (MS 005)
  • Pemex Travel Club brochures of Mexico collection (MS 133)
  • Pimentel (Luis Ramirez) photographs of the Mexican Revolution (MS 236)
  • Ripley (H.L.) papers (MS 020)
  • Ulloa (José Antonio) collection of cartes de visite (MS 027)
  • Veracruz, Mexico photograph album (MS 259)
  • Villa (Pancho) (Photograph collection on) (MS 033)
  • Waite (C.B.) photographs (MS 031)
  • Webster (Marjorie and Edna R.) papers (MS 147)

  PANAMA

  • Bouché (Adrien and Jean) collection on Panama (MS 008)
  • Davies (John L.) collection on the Panama Canal (MS 123)
  • Elliott (Frank A.) prospectus on Panamanian economic development (MS 044)
  • Law (R.J. Jr.) photograph album of the Panama Canal and Chile (MS 225)
  • Native Panamanian photograph collection (MS 115)
  • Stype family scrapbook (MS 131)
  • United States airman photograph album of the Panama Canal Zone (MS 145)

  PARAGUAY

  • Díaz Pérez (Nicolás and Viriato) papers (MS 004)
  • Godoi (Juan Silvano) papers (MS 003)
  • Paraguay photograph album (MS 037)
  • Weyer (Guillermo Arturo) collection on Agencia Noticiosa Paraguaya (MS 091)
  • Whigham (Thomas) collection on Paraguay (MS 007)
• Local History

  Special Collections holds many collections focused on the people, history, economy, and culture of Riverside County, California, and surrounding areas. 

  • Albums of LGBT life in Southern California (MS 294)
  • Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated Eta Nu Omega Chapter records (MS 377)
  • Bash (Kevin) collection on the Norconian Resort Supreme (MS 182)
  • Diocesan Heritage Series collection (MS 312)
  • Emerson (Eloise) papers (MS 191)
  • Evans (Samuel C.) collection on the Riverside Land and Irrigating Company (MS 001)
  • Fast (Sydney Stalder) papers (MS 411)
  • Field (Avery E.) collection (MS 146)
  • Fujimoto family diaries (MS 096)
  • Gage Canal collection (MS 002)
  • Hamner (Viola F.) collection on Moreno Valley, California (MS 290)
  • Holmes (Elmer W.) papers (MS 254)
  • Hunt (John) papers (MS 168)
  • Inland Empire historic maps (Collection of) (MS 396)
  • Inlandia Institute oral history project collection (MS 387)
  • International Relations Council of Riverside records (MS 161)
  • Jaeger (Edmund C.) papers (MS 110)
  • James (Harry C.) papers (MS 111)
  • Japanese American collection (MS 151)
  • Kim family papers (MS 014)
  • Klotz (Esther H.) papers (MS 255)
  • Klure (Laura) collection on the Riverside Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) (MS 409)
  • Kurai (Reverend Shuichi Thomas) papers (MS 128)
  • Lawton (Harry W.) collection on Chinese in California (MS 153)
  • Lawton (Harry W.) collection on Willie Boy (MS 152)
  • Madison (R.W.) collection on Willie Boy (MS 366)
  • McKeown (Debbie) collection on Inland Empire history (MS 043)
  • McLaughlin (Charles W.) photographs (MS 125)
  • Miller (Albert W.) (Collection on) (MS 088)
  • Miller (Maud H.) papers (MS 403)
  • Millsap (Walter) papers (MS 157)
  • Mission Inn (Collection on the) (MS 285)
  • North (Alfred M.) diaries (MS 085)
  • Oatman (Earl R.) papers (MS 224)
  • Patterson (Tom) collection on California history (MS 323)
  • Ramsdale (Esther) photograph album (MS 016)
  • Ritchie family papers (MS 136)
  • Riverside, California photographs (Collection of) (MS 204)
  • Riverside City and County, California collection (MS 090)
  • Riverside Coalition for Police Accountability Records (MS 105)
  • Riverside International Raceway (Collection on the) (MS 089)
  • Riverside Peace and Freedom Council collection (MS 129)
  • Riverside Youth Concert Series records (MS 107)
  • San Bernardino County, California collection (MS 092)
  • San Gorgonio Pass livestock brands collection (MS 252)
  • Smith (Ian A.) papers (MS 126)
  • Smith (Kay Berryhill) and Connie Confer Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) collection (MS 363)
  • Stotts family papers (MS 160)
  • Stringfellow Hazardous Waste Site collection (MS 148)
  • The Press-Enterprise collection (MS 306)
  • Trailfinders collection (MS 353)
  • Wayne (Stephen J.) photographs (MS 124)
  • Weber family collection on G. Stanley Wilson (MS 053)
  • Wilson (Russell) collection on Riverside County (MS 103)
• Native Americans

  Special Collections holds collections related to the study and lived experience of various Native American tribes, most notably those located in California and the Southwestern United States.

  • Atwell (Harry A.) photographs of indigenous circus performers (MS 061)
  • Boyce (George A.) papers (MS 167)
  • Chinantec (Collection on the) (MS 169)
  • Costo (Rupert and Jeannette) papers (MS 170)
  • Dady (John W.) papers (MS 154)
  • Laird (Carobeth) papers (MS 109)
  • Lawton (Harry W.) papers (MS 122)
  • Michelsen (Ralph C.) papers (MS 173)
  • Native Californian photograph collection (MS 356)
  • Owen (Roger) papers (MS 174)
  • Parks (D. Russell) collection on Quanah Parker (MS 049)
  • Throssel (Richard) photographs (MS 155)
  • Trafzer (Clifford) collection of Native American traditional clothing and objects (MS 180)
• Tuskegee Airmen

  Special Collections holds numerous collections related to the lives, military careers, and legacies of the Tuskegee Airmen, who were the first African American aviators in the United States Air Force, in addition to the mechanics, nurses, ground crew and other support staff trained at the Tuskegee Army Air Field in Alabama in the 1940s.

  • Campbell (William A.) papers (MS 232)
  • Clark (Gurthalee) collection on African American women in the United States military (MS 335)
  • Crenshaw (Walter) papers (MS 418)
  • DeVerges (Abbie Voorhies) papers (MS 361)
  • Ellis (William B.) papers (MS 347)
  • Harmon (Arthur C.) papers (MS 313)
  • Herrington (Maycie) papers (MS 251)
  • Higginbotham (Mitchell) papers (MS 234)
  • Johnson (Buford A.) papers (MS 372)
  • Ledbetter (Charles W.) papers (MS 419)
  • Lehman (Paul D.) papers (MS 352)
  • Lumpkin (Theodore Jr.) (Ted) papers (MS 127)
  • McGee (Charles E.) papers (MS 272)
  • Melton (William R.) papers (MS 233)
  • Morgan (Lisa Boags) "Stories of the Tuskegee Airmen" documentary production materials (MS 423)
  • Peterson (Cecil) collection on the Tuskegee Airmen (MS 100)
  • Smith (Ralph) collection on the Tuskegee Airmen (MS 159)
  • Spooner (Cora M.) collection on the Tuskegee Airmen (MS 336)
  • Tuskegee Airmen Biographical Information collection (MS 223)
  • Tuskegee Airmen collection (MS 176)
  • Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. Chicago "DODO" Chapter oral history collection (MS 429)
  • Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. Los Angeles Chapter records (MS 326)
  • West Covina Rose Float Foundation Tuskegee Airmen float collection (MS 349)
• United Kingdom

  Special Collections holds a number of collections related to British history, mostly from the 19th and early 20th centuries.

  • Anglican clergy correspondence (MS 269)
  • Fairfax family engravings (MS 108)
  • Foot (Isaac) (Collection on) (MS 206)
  • Great Britain statutes (Collection of)
  • Harris (Ann) and Richard Chandler correspondence (MS 265)
  • Hipkins (Edith) collection of British artists' letters (MS 268)
  • Livingstone (David) lantern slides collection (MS 228)
  • Nichols family collection on the Palace of Westminster (MS 203)
  • signatures of British royalty and nobility (Collection of) (MS 271)
  • World War I British working women postcards (MS 080)
  • Yorke (Charles Phillip) family correspondence (MS 270)
• U.S. History

  Special Collections holds collections related to historical, economical, and cultural issues related to the state of California, as well as the United States in general. This also includes collections related to U.S. politics, including collections on political campaigns and the papers of U.S. Congressmen from California.

  CALIFORNIA COLLECTIONS

  • California Archives Month posters (Collection of) (MS 317)
  • California Department of Conservation, Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources collection (MS 059)
  • California historical brochures collection (MS 102)
  • Chinese in California collection (MS 095)
  • Cowley (Nellie Suydam) papers (MS 158)
  • McDowell family papers (MS 357)
  • Southern California public utilities collection (MS 093)

  GENERAL COLLECTIONS

  • Antique automobile photographs (MS 010)
  • Billy the Kid (Collection on) (MS 106)
  • Civil War era newspapers collection (MS 064)
  • Hine (Dr. Robert) collection on The Kingdom (MS 087)
  • Lawson (Alvin H.) correspondence (MS 261)
  • Project Apollo press clippings (Collection of) (MS 337)
  • Pugh (Isaac C.) papers (MS 266)
  • Ronge (Louis de) photograph album (MS 249)
  • Ropes and Skinner families papers (MS 142)
  • Sperry (John L.) negatives (MS 431)
  • United States Agency for International Development records (MS 057)
  • United States Military officer training photographs (Collection of) (MS 275)
  • Wallace (W.L.) slide collection (MS 428)
  • Weller Vineyard and Garrett and Co. Winery collection (MS 407)
  • World War I and II (Collection on) (MS 030)

  POLITICAL COLLECTIONS

  • Brown (George E. Jr.) papers (MS 351)
  • Durian (Harold and Barbara) collection of political pins (MS 400)
  • O'Connor (William) collection of political memorabilia (MS 084)
  • Phillips (John) papers (MS 156)
  • Republican National Committee Campaign collection (MS 143)
  • Toledano (James) collection on the Barry M. Goldwater Presidential campaign (MS 101)
  • United States presidential campaigns collection (MS 239)
  • Yeager (Jack) California 1970 ballot propositions scrapbooks (MS 134)
• Other
  • autographed letters (Collection of) (MS 267)
  • Guizot (François) correspondence (MS 264)
  • Italian mutual aid society publications (Collection of) (MS 303)
  • Vance (Clay Burton) astrology reading collection (MS 079)