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Steve Turner African Americana Collection
Donated by UC San Diego alumnus Steve Turner ’82, this collection is comprised of more than 300 items including rare photographs, pamphlets, photocards, posters and pinback buttons, many from the 19th century and all of which shed new light on the African American experience, particularly in the American West.
Baja California Government Documents Collection
Baja California Government Documents Collection
Dozens of boxes containing unique and fragile 19th-century manuscripts comprise this collection relating to official policies, civil matters, contracts, litigation, war and state infrastructure. Handwritten correspondence, petitions and more document daily life in Baja, especially throughout the turbulent period including the Mexican War (1846-48) and the Mexican Revolution (1910-20).
Taiwanese American Archives’ Photo Albums
Local Taiwanese-American entrepreneur Bob Cheng founded a website and preservation project to display historical documents and artifacts pertaining to Taiwanese Americans. Our Digital Collections website now hosts photo albums from Cheng’s website, which includes documents and images covering sports, news and entertainment spanning the 1940s to the present decade.
Sally T. WongAvery Collection
The development of the Sally T. WongAvery Collection of Chinese Materials continued with the digitization of Chinese News and We Chinese in America magazine. “Access to the newspaper makes research possible,” says Sally T. WongAvery Librarian for Chinese Studies Xi Chen, who stewards this collection. “Anyone around the world can use the newspaper to conduct research on the history of Chinese Americans in San Diego.”
Chinese News
Published from 1983-98, this newspaper was the first piece to establish the Sally T. WongAvery Collection of Chinese Materials in 2020. The Library’s digitization includes all 13 volumes of the paper, which served as a focal point for Chinese speakers in the greater San Diego area throughout its publication.
We Chinese in America
A leading San Diego-based Chinese language magazine, We Chinese in America has been sharing stories about Chinese Americans in Southern California since it was established in 2001. The magazine has been published digitally since 2013 and the Library recently digitized 144 print issues of the magazine published between 2001-12.
Baja California Government Documents Collection
Baja California Government Documents Collection
Baja California Government Documents Collection
