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Humboldt County Pamphlet Collection

The Pamphlet Collection supplements the cataloged holdings of the Humboldt Room. It consists of brochures, flyers, newspaper clippings, email…

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Mary Ann Madej Papers

The materials in this collection document the work done by Mary Ann Madej as a geologist for the Redwood National Park and her tenure with the United…

Contributors: Mary Ann Madej

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Don H. Clausen Congressional Papers

From 1963 to 1982 Don Clausen served as our district's representative to the U.S. House of Representatives. Highlights of the collection are materials…

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Rudolf Becking Activism Papers - Redwood National Park

Rudolf Becking was a scientist, activist and critic in environmental management in Humboldt County and the surrounding region from the 1960s through…

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Rare Books

The Humboldt State University Library maintains a number of rare books as part of its Special Collections department. These items were acquired…

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Ericson Photograph Collection

The Ericson Collection depicts a wide variety of everyday northwest California scenes and activities from the 1880s through the 1920s. Lumber…

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Humboldt County Collection (HCC) Map Collection

The geographic focus of the HCC Maps Collection is Northwestern California, including towns, timber lands, railroad lines, waterways, and mines. Maps…

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Roberts Photograph Collection

Anthropologist Arnold Pilling of Wayne State University donated the Roberts Photograph Collection to the Library in the late 1960s. Ruth Kellet…

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Hover Photograph Collection

The Hover Collection contains 48 images depicting early 1900s life along the Klamath River in Humboldt and Siskiyou counties, California within the…

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Schoenrock Photograph Collection

The Schoenrock Collection consists of 104 photographs taken in and around Requa, California, during its heyday as a bustling cannery town, dating from…

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Lucille Vinyard Papers

Lucille Vinyard was an environmental activist who championed the preservation of the environment in Northwestern California. The Lucille Vinyard…

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Humboldt County Collection (HCC) Photograph Collection

Images within this collection document specific sites, communities, geographical regions, businesses, Native Indian peoples, events, organizations,…

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Swanlund-Baker Photograph Collection

The Swanlund-Baker Collection depicts a wide variety of everyday northwest California scenes and activities from the early twentieth century. Lumber…

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Boyle Photograph Collection

The Boyle Photograph Collection consists of photographic negatives taken by Katie and William Boyle of the Trinidad, Moonstone, Crannell and Westhaven…

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Tim McKay Postcard Collection

The postcard collection, especially those showing Northwestern California scenes, follow Tim McKay's lifelong interests in the natural world and in…

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Peter E. Palmquist Working Photograph Collection

The Peter E. Palmquist Working Photograph Collection contains approximately 5,000 images from Northwest California, especially Humboldt County. The…

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Shuster Photograph Collection

Photographs of various facets of Humboldt County taken by Merle Shuster, ranging from the early 1940s to the 1990s.

Contributors: Humboldt State University Special Collections, Merle Shuster

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Rudolf W. Becking Collection

The Rudolf W. Becking Collecton documents the professional and political work of Dr. Rudi Becking from the time of his post secondary education in the…

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Lynwood Carranco

A selection of photographs capturing the redwoods through the decades starting from the 1850s - present.

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Susie Van Kirk Collection

Photos and text scans related to Susie Van Kirk and her work in Northwest California.

Contributors: Humboldt State University Library Special Collections

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Slides

These are slides of pictures either taken by or collected by Lucille Vinyard.

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