The Horner Architectural Photography Collection contains 307 vintage, black and white mounted photographs taken by Benjamin Bean Horner (1893-1971), an architect who practiced in Southern California, primarily Los Angeles and Santa Barbara. The photographs are from the 1920s; the majority of the images are of historic structures in England and California. Entire collection dates between 1919 and 1930. More information available at: https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt10003483/

Papers of California native and environmental activist Harold Miossi, containing extensive correspondence with other environmentalists, government employees, elected officials, and leaders of non–profit environmental groups, legal proceedings, government documents, photographic prints, maps, and text and notes for many of Miossi's statements at public hearings. Collection dates between 1942 and 1990. More information available at: https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt5489r0g5/

Papers of San Luis Obispo environmental activist Lee Wilson, including correspondence, research notes and materials, and photographs, primarily relating to the founding and early years of Santa Lucia Chapter of the Sierra Club, the creation of the Santa Lucia Wilderness Area, and other watchdog efforts in San Luis Obispo County, California. Collection materials date between 1956 and 1989. More information available at:https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt2p30243d/

Collection consists of blueprint sets, preliminary plans and drawings, and brown line prints, related to Ms. Shloss' work as an architectural draftsman at several architectural and engineering firms in Los Angeles. Those firms include Pereira & Luckman Associates, William R. Stephenson, and Victor Gruen and Associates.

Collection contains transcriptions, audio cassette and video tape interviews of long-time residents of Guadalupe, California. The interviews were recorded in 2003 and 2004 by California Polytechnic State University students and faculty. The stories reflect history, culture, and life in Guadalupe and reflect the multicultural mix of residents including Swiss-Italian, Portuguese, Filipino, Chumash, Mexican, Chinese, and Japanese ancestry. Materials in English and Spanish. Finding aid available at: https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8wq08vb/

The personal papers of Alice Martin, a civic-minded African-American woman known for her charitable nature and community service, consists primarily of correspondence, employment and war records, photographs, and realia. Collection dates between 1937 and 2004. Collection is divided into five series ranging from personal papers to artifacts. More information available at: https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt25803113/

The San Luis Obispo Regional Blueprints Collection contains architectural drawings, blueprints and specifications, discovered during the remodel of an old warehouse once belonging to the Southern Pacific Milling Company in San Luis Obispo, California. The bulk of the collection is made up of residential blueprints dating from 1938-1939 for houses located all over California's Central Coast (entire collection spans between 1936 to 1940). More information available at: https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8jw8ffp/

Huber's files for his consulting engineering work for the San Francisco-based architectural firm, James Rupert Miller and Timothy L. Pflueger. Collection is unarranged and remains in original order. Jobs contained in the collection include: Paramount Theater, Oakland; and design work on the SF-Oakland Bay Bridge. Collection dates between 1915 and 1928. More information available at: https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c87m06nw/

This collection, 1972-1999 (bulk 1983-1995), contains the papers of architectural historian Sara Holmes Boutelle, including extensive correspondence, research notes, photographs, interview notes, book drafts, articles, book reviews, presentation notes, and newspaper clippings, primarily relating to California architect Julia Morgan, women in American architecture, and historic preservation in the Bay Area, donated by her heirs in 2000. Finding aid available at https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt7g5027xh/

Project archive of the documentary photography exhibit 'With Our Own Eyes,' a youth led exhibition about the indigenous community of San Juan Nuevo Parangaricutiro, Michoacan residing in Paso Robles, California, created in 2005. Includes 43 framed prints with 6 interpretive boards with captions created by various youth. Finding aid available at: https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8jm2gr3/