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Scope and Contents note The California Water and Energy in Orange County brings together papers, correspondence, reports, government documents, periodicals, newsletters, pamphlets, maps, photographs, and ephemera documenting water supply, distribution, conservation, and related energy development in Orange County and Southern California, chiefly during the twentieth century.The largest portion of the collection concerns the Municipal Water District of Orange County and the Metropolitan Water District of...

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The Fay MacFadden papers document the botanical work and personal life of Fay A. (MacDonald) MacFadden (1888-1964), an amateur bryologist whose plant collection formed the founding core of the herbarium at California State University, Fullerton. Spanning 1920 to 2010, with the bulk dating from 1920 to 1969, the papers consist of correspondence with botanists across North America and abroad, published and unpublished writings, research notes and illustrations, and biographical material.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Russell G. Benedict Polemical Literature Collection spans the years 1920 to 1980 and documents Benedict's efforts to collect and disseminate materials on controversial social and political issues. The collection includes research notes, speeches, and indices related to the publication "Top Secret," which examined both liberal and conservative extremist groups. Of particular interest is a hand printing press, gifted to Benedict by Clark Smith from the Berkeley Department of Rhetoric,...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Russell G. Benedict Polemical Literature Collection spans the years 1920 to 1980 and documents Benedict's efforts to collect and disseminate materials on controversial social and political issues. The collection includes research notes, speeches, and indices related to the publication "Top Secret," which examined both liberal and conservative extremist groups. Of particular interest is a hand printing press, gifted to Benedict by Clark Smith from the Berkeley Department of Rhetoric,...

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The Southern California School Annuals Collection consists of 20th Century school publications (yearbooks) for middle schools, high schools, community colleges and universities mainly in Southern California with an emphasis in Orange County.