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Local Identifier
MS0044
Description

Contains correspondence between naturalist and environmental activist Ian McMillan and rare book dealer and rancher William P. Wreden, as well as other conservationists and government officials. Wreden owned the Pinole Land and Cattle Company near McMillan's ranch in eastern San Luis Obispo County. The two men corresponded on environmental advocacy efforts for the conservation of California condors in 1953.More information available at: https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt4r29r59m/

12 items in Collection
Local Identifier
MS0047
Description

This collection contains 48 sheets of hand-tinted lithographs, each approximately 11 ¾ x 8 ½ inches, depicting 61 different ranches, residences, hotels, commercial and civic buildings throughout San Luis Obispo County in 1883. Lithographer and artists are unknown. Collection is divided between lithographs of Ranches & Dairies and Commercial & Civic Buildings. More information available at: https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt3n39r5j8/

48 items in Collection
Local Identifier
MS0049
Description

Photographs, photocopies, and microfiche of federal records relating to property on the south rim of the Grand Canyon once owned by William Randolph Hearst. Documents relate to the Grandview Hotel and Pete Berry, its builder and first owner.Collection dates between 1901 and 1974. Collection is largely unprocessed. More information available at https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8125rmk/

12 items in Collection
Local Identifier
MS0051
Description

Five volumes of typescript diary entitled 'Here and There: The Diary of Hayes Perkins.' Perkins worked for publisher William Randolph Hearst at both his San Simeon and Wyntoon estates. Biographical ephemera, photographs, and correspondence are also included in the collection. Diaries span from approximately 1920 to 1960. More information available at: https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8db80kb/

1 items in Collection
Local Identifier
MS0052
Description

Comic book publisher and collector Michael Moore donated this collection of underground comix in 1993. The collection contains comics from 1907 to 1993, with the bulk of issues representing underground comix in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Topics include feminism, marijuana legalization, Black Power, abortion, anti-war, and gay and lesbian issues. The collection reflects the resurgence of comix popularity as an alternative to mass-market mainstream comic books in the late 1980s and early 1990s. More information available at: https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8pz5bcb/

17 items in Collection
Local Identifier
MS0055
Description

Correspondence from William Randolph Hearst and Millicent Hearst to San Simeon chef Emmett Reilly. Collection is largely unprocessed. Documents date between 1929 and 1983. More information available at: https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8mw2fwv/

12 items in Collection
Local Identifier
MS0064
Description

The Messinger Collection contains 100 black-and-white photographs that record one soldier's views of Japan in the closing days of World War II, including 14 aerial photographs of Nagasaki after the atomic bombing on August 9, 1945. Collection also includes documentation of Pearl Harbor and Sasebo. Collection is entirely from 1945. More information available at: https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt1489q8s0/admin/

100 items in Collection
Local Identifier
MS0065
Description

Papers of two generations of the Smith family — Dr. Frank Herron Smith and his son Dr. Morris Eugene "Gene" Smith — including vintage broadsides and government reports on the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II and correspondence from the elder Smith to government officials advocating for improved treatment and safety for returning internees. Entire collection dates between 1936 and 2005. Collection is divided into two series between both family members. More information available at: https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt2p30242w/

30 items in Collection
Local Identifier
MS0069
Description

Published caricatures and illustrations of William Randolph Hearst, an American newspaper publisher. Sources include illustrations published in Puck, Harper's Weekly, and Judge. Collection is largely unarranged and unprocessed. Collection dates between 1898 and 1920. More information available at https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8125rcf

27 items in Collection
Local Identifier
MS0076
Description

Financial and personal papers of Reverend Samuel Slocombe, former pastor of Cayucos Presbyterian Church in Cayucos, California. Includes but is not limited to: land grants, stocks, and receipts. Collection materials date between 1886 and 1907. Collection is not arranged and in original order from time of donation. More information available at: https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8cc0zdp/

5 items in Collection