Correspondence from California Polytechnic School Trustee F. A. Hihn to California Governor H. T. Gage. Hihn visited San Luis Obispo several times in early 1902 to meet with landowners in the city to decide on the property to purchase for the new California Polytechnic School. Proposals came from well-known San Luis Obispo names such as Goldtree Brothers, Orcutt, Crittenden, Vachell, Venable, and Maree. Ultimately they selected a site owned by Dawson Lowe on the outskirts of town. This letter describes the properties under consideration and some of the reasons why they selected the Lowe property. There is a hand-drawn map in the University Archives which may be the map that Hihn mentions in this letter.

Thank you note regarding Warren's appointment to Supreme Court. Letter, December 11, 1953

Letter, February 14, 1929 Public Library San Francisco regarding the creation of a Department of Institutional Libraries, and bringing books and educational materials into the California prison system.

Letter, April 29, 1929 Public Library San Francisco regarding the creation of a Department of Institutional Libraries, and bringing books and educational materials into the California prison system.

Part of CA State Hospital Library Inventory Survey documenting the need for books and educational materials in the California hospital, prison, and institution systems.

Part of CA State Hospital Library Inventory Survey documenting the need for books and educational materials in the California hospital, prison, and institution systems.

Letter reads: 'My dear Miss Barneberg: I am returning the blank enclosed, regarding library service at this institution. I believe that the California Federation of Women's Clubs can render a real service to the state by securing improved library service for state institutions. Good reading material properly distributed will keep many minds occupied that would otherwise be idle or conjuring up trouble for themselves and the institution. There is, also, an opportunity to be of real service to many inmates, by aiding them in self-improvement thru correspondence courses, and well selected reading along technical and trade lines.'

Part of CA State Hospital Library Inventory Survey documenting the need for books and educational materials in the California hospital, prison, and institution systems.

Part of CA State Hospital Library Inventory Survey documenting the need for books and educational materials in the California hospital, prison, and institution systems.

Part of CA State Hospital Library Inventory Survey documenting the need for books and educational materials in the California hospital, prison, and institution systems.