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Abstract The Frederick and Patricia Shroyer Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Collection comprises approximately 2,189 cataloged hardcover volumes of science fiction and fantasy literature, chiefly of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, gathered over fifty years by Frederick B. Shroyer, a professor of English and literary critic, and gifted to the Pollak Library in 1981. The books range from the 1830s to the late twentieth century but concentrate between the 1890s and the 1940s, and the...

Scope and Contents note From the Collection: The Local History Subject Files document the history and development of Orange County, California, and its surrounding regions through a comprehensive collection of materials spanning multiple formats and topics. The collection is organized geographically, moving from specific to general: Orange County cities and communities, California counties, California missions and ranchos, and broader California regions (Northern, Southern, and statewide).At the core of the collection is...