Research Guides: Continuity Planning: Special Collections

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Need research help? Email Special@humboldt.edu and a librarian will be in contact with you as quickly as possible.

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Tim Miller

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Subjects: Citations, Copyright & Open Licensing, Desktop Publishing Programs (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop), Digital Media, Makerspace, SkillShops, Video/Audio Projects, VR/AR, Websites, Zotero

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To ensure the safety of our patrons, we are currently recommending that researchers conduct research online or contact the Special Collections Librarians for research help. There are many ways to do research without leaving your house.

Search our photo database
Use our digitized maps
Enjoy our digitized audiovisual material
Check out our student intern digitization projects
- The G-O Road Project
- Researching the Redwoods

Visit the Special Collections website to find more information about our collections and digital content. Contact Carly if you have questions or need research help.

Collections at HSU that include digital material

California Revealed
Historical moving images and audio from Humboldt State University. Digitized through the the California Audiovisual Preservation Project; 1947-2000; 146 digitized recordings
Center for Indian Community Development (CICD) Collection
American Indian languages, Northwestern California; 1966-2013
Eureka Waterfront Litigation Collection
Eureka Tidelands litigation, Humboldt Bay; 1850-1980s
Susie Baker Fountain Papers - Selected Images
Northwestern California history; 1850s-1960s

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Limited material available online
HSU Oral Histories
HSU history; 1910s-2000s; 3 groups of tapes
Samoa - A Lumber Company Town
Samoa, company towns, lumbering;1880s-1980s; 125 architectural drawings and maps
Schwarzkopf (Chet) Newspaper Columns
60 columns on Humboldt County places, originally published in the Humboldt Times; 1948-1950
Susie Van Kirk Reports
Humboldt County history, newspapers, and architecture; 1884-2014
Lucille Vinyard Journals
Redwood National Park, diaries, environmental activisim, and California Coastal Commission; 1965-1999
Warren Photograph Collection
Little River Redwood Company, Crannell; 1880s-1954; 74 images online

Special Collections SkillShop

Special Collections SkillShop
Use this Canvas course to learn about primary source research in Special Collections at the Humboldt State University Library. Take the culminating quiz to complete the course.

Additional Research Help

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Digital Archives from Other Institutions

Digital Public Library of America
The Digital Public Library of America brings together the riches of America's libraries, archives, and museums, and makes them freely available to the world.
Calisphere
Calisphere is a gateway to digital collections from California's great libraries, archives, and museums. Discover over 1,700,000 images, texts, and recordings—and counting.
Library of Congress
A variety of formats and subjects can be found on the Library of Congress's digital collection page.
The David Rumsey Map Collection Database
The David Rumsey Map Collection Database has over 98,000 maps and related images online. The collection includes rare 16th through 21st century maps of America, North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Pacific, Arctic, Antarctic, and the World. The physical map collection is housed in the David Rumsey Map Center at the Stanford University Library.
Harvard Digital Collections
Harvard Digital Collections provides free, public access to over 6 million objects digitized from our collections - from ancient art to modern manuscripts and audio visual materials.