List of Collections

In addition to the items cataloged for the Humboldt County Collection and Archives, which are listed in the HSU Library Catalog and shelved in the Humboldt Room, other collections exist. Major collections have their own web pages as well as a record in the Library Catalog. This list includes both major collections, with links to the collection web pages, as well as other collections which are available on a much more limited basis, as noted. Some collections may not be available for use; please consult the Special Collections Librarian if you are interested in one of these collections.

Alternative Waste Disposal Collection (unprocessed, available by appointment)

Compost toilet, United Stand, County/State policy; 1976-1980; 1 box

Arcata City Collection (available by appointment; use finding aid)

Unofficial documents; 1895-1977 bulk; 5 cubic feet

Archives (portions are processed, use the Library Catalog and the web page)

University history; 1913 to present

Articles of Incorporation (unprocessed, available by appointment)

1800s-1970s, in alphabetical order (see also State Archives); 15 boxes

Balke Collection (available by appointment; use finding aid)

Crannell, Little River Redwood Company; 1906-1963; 2 cubic feet

Charles R. Barnum Collection (individual titles cataloged)

Humboldt County history, HSU student papers; 1956 to present

Rudolf W. Becking Collection (available by appointment; use finding aid)

Natural resources, Redwood National Park, HSU, Arcata, Humboldt Bay; 1940-2009; 103 boxes, 122 cubic feet

Belcher Atlas of Humboldt County (online and in the Humboldt Room)

Parcel ownership, natural and built features; 1921-1922; 25 sheets

Charles Bloom Slide Collection (available by appointment)

Northwestern California, Humboldt State; 1952-1989; approximately 6,900 slides

Boyle Photograph Collection (1,795 images online)

Trinidad, Crannell, logging, 1900-1960s; 2 boxes

Thomas Buckley Collection (available by appointment; use finding aid)

Yurok Indians, northwestern California; 1960s-1990s; 6 cubic feet

Butler Valley Dam Collection (available by appointment)

Butler Valley Dam (proposed), Mad River; 1966-1973; 1 box

Don Clausen Congressional Papers (available by appointment; use finding aid)

Congressional Papers; 1963-1983; 144 boxes

College Elementary School Collection (unprocessed, not available for use)

History of the Humboldt State demonstration lab school; dates?; 2 boxes

Claire Courtney Collection (unprocessed, available by appointment)

Human rights organizations, Humboldt County; 1960s-1990s; 3 boxes

Joan Dunning Collection (unprocessed, available by appointment)

Headwaters Forest, Pacific Lumber Company, environmental activism; 1990s; 2 boxes

Environmental Research Consulting (ERC) files (unprocessed, not available for use)

Engineering consulting firm projects; 1970s; 16 boxes + maps

Ericson Photograph Collection (497 images online)

Lumber industry, Native Americans, Northwestern California; 1880s-1920s

Escola Photograph Collection (available in the Humboldt Room: F868 M5 E73)

Logging and ships, Mendocino coast; 1870s-1920; 3 binders of 8x10 copy prints

Eureka Waterfront Litigation Collection (available by appointment; use finding aid)

Eureka Tidelands litigation, Humboldt Bay; 1850-1980s; 7 boxes, oversized exhibits

Fairbanks Photo Album (available by appointment)

Salmon River Road (construction), Klamath River; 1920-1925; 1 album

Alexandra Fairless Campaign Collection (available by appointment)

Arcata City Council; 1972-1981; .2 linear feet

Fish and Game Slides of Ralph B. McCormick (available by appointment)

Streams, logging, fisheries; 1950s; ca. 200 slides

Fort Baker/Porter Family Collection (available by appointment)

Sheep ranching, southeastern Humboldt County; ca. 1875-1912; 1 box

Susie Baker Fountain Papers (available outside the Humboldt Room: F868 H8 F597)

Northwestern California history; 1850s-1960s; 128 volumes, including mf

Andrew Genzoli Collection (partially processed, available by appointment; use finding aid)

Photographs, newspaper history, Ferndale, agriculture; 1850-1984; 57 cubic feet

Arthur Gist Letters (processed, available by appointment)

World War II correspondence to President Gist from students; 1940s; 3 boxes

Ina & Noel Harris Collection (unprocessed, not available for use)

Labor unions, homeless supplements the RDC Collection; 1940s-1990s; 25 boxes

Herrick Land Survey and Map Collection (available by appointment; use finding aid)

Maps by Herrick Surveying firm; 1890-1930; 251 items

Hover Photograph Collection (available in the Humboldt Room: E78 C15 H68 and online)

Karuk Indians, Indian baskets, Klamath River; 1900-1920; 1 binder of 8x10 in copy prints and online

HSU Public Affairs Collection (semi-processed, available by appointment; use finding aid)

Humboldt State University, news releases, photographs; ca. 1930s-early 2000s; ca. 60 cubic feet

Humboldt County Records (unprocessed, not available for use)

Assessment Rolls, 1852-1949, some Tax Collectors Cash Books, Sheriff's Register of Warrants, Poll Tax & Military Roll, etc. Assessment Rolls have been microfilmed and are available at the Humboldt County Library; approximately 1,050 oversize volumes

D.R. Jones & Company Records (unprocessed, available by appointment)

Day books and ledgers of Eureka businesses; dates?; approximately 25 items

Louisiana Pacific/Hammond Lumber Company Collection (partially processed, portions available by appointment, 125 items digitized)

Records of the engineering department, maps, architectural drawings, Samoa; 1880s-1980s; 8 filing cabinets & 48 boxes

Tim McKay Collection (available by appointment; use finding aid)

Northwestern California environmental history, 1900s-2006; 60 cu ft.

Tim McKay Postcard Collection (Processed Northwestern California portions available by appointment)

Postcards, Northwestern California; 1900s-2005; approximately 5,000 cards, 17 binders

Map Collection (available in the Humboldt Room)

Northwestern California, historical, geologic, etc. maps; 1850 to present

Marijuana Research Collection (digital collection)

CAMP Reports

Music Archive (unprocessed, available by appointment)

HSU Music Department performance flyers; 1968-to date; 2 boxes

Neill Photo Album (available by appointment)

Scotia, Pacific Lumber Company; 1908-1913; 1 album

Newspaper Collection (available in the Humboldt Room and by appointment; use indexes)

Northwestern California, all subjects; 1850s to present; 3 map filing drawers

Northwestern California Forest Communities (available on the web)

Themed collection with representative examples from several collections

Old Timers Recordings (unprocessed, available by appointment)

30 minute radio show recordings of Humboldt County people, inventory available by appointment; late 1940s; Approximately 60 interviews (Humboldt County Historical Society also has a set and the inventory)

Peter E. Palmquist Working Photograph Collection (partially processed, use finding aid)

Photographic negatives and study prints, Northwestern California; 1870s-1920s; approximately 5,000 images

Palmquist's Lucy Thompson File (available by appointment)

Yurok Indians; 1895-1992; .5 cubic foot

Pamphlet Collection (available in the Humboldt Room)

Northwestern California, all subjects; 1850s to present; 80 File drawers

Partain Photograph Collection (available in the Humboldt Room: DS 538.2 C2 P37)

Logging; northwestern California; ca. 1890-1920; 3 binders of 8x10 copy prints

Photograph Collection (available in the Humboldt Room; index searchable online)

Northwestern California, all subjects; 1880s-1980s; 4 filing drawers

Redwood District Council of Lumber & Sawmill Workers Collection (available by appointment; use finding aid)

Lumber unions; 1940-1985; 125 boxes + oversize exhibits

Roberts Photograph Collection (available in the Humboldt Room: E78 C15 R62)

Klamath River, Yurok and Tolowa Indians; 1915-1933; 98 of the 536 photos are online

Sacks Photograph Collection (available in the Humboldt Room: NA 735 E87 S32)

Carson Mansion, William Carson; (dates?); 1 binder of 8x10 copy prints

Salmon Archive (available outside the Humboldt Room)

Depository collection for West Coast Steelhead, Coho, and Chinook; 1900s-1980s; 4 filing cabinets

Save the Redwoods League - Humboldt County Group (available by appointment)

Northwestern California; 1919-1934; 1 box

Schoenrock Photograph Collection (available in the Humboldt Room: E78 C15 S35)

Requa, Klamath River, canneries, Yurok Indians; 1890-1925; 104 photos

Chet Schwarzkopf Newspaper Columns (digital collection)

60 columns on Humboldt County places, originally published in the Humboldt Times; 1948-1950

Shuster Aerial Photograph Collection (approximately 2,300 images available online)

Northwestern California; 1946-mid1960s; approximately 2,300 negatives

Norman Smith Notebooks (unprocessed, available by appointment)

Trinidad area history, 1918-1943 and earlier; 1 box (41 notebooks) & 18 maps

Steenfott Photograph Collection (available in the Humboldt Room: F868 H81 S84)

Humboldt County, all subjects, 1860-? Humboldt County Library also has; 9 binders of 8x10 copy prints

Connie Stewart Arcata City Council Collection (available by appointment)

Arcata politics and government; 1988-2004 bulk; 9 cubic feet

Glady Strope Collection (available by appointment; use finding aid)

Mental health issues, Humboldt County and California; 1960s-1990s; 9 boxes

Swanlund-Baker Photograph Collection (available in the Humboldt Room)

Northwestern California, tanbark industry; 1904-1910; 1001 copy prints

Theatre Arts Archive (unprocessed, available by appointment)

HSU Theatre Arts Department performances, photos and playbills; dates?; 3 boxes

Thornburgh Timber Maps (available by appointment)

Lumber industry, Hammond/Georgia Pacific/Louisiana Pacific; 1900s-1970s; 400 items

Tooby and Prior Photo Album (available by appointment)

Blocksburg, ranch life; 1903-1915; 1 album

Ruby Van Deventer Collection (unprocessed, available by appointment)

Flora of Del Norte County; specimens in the University Herbarium; dates?; 2 boxes

Union Labor Hospital Collection (unprocessed, not available for use)

Logging, medical insurance, northwestern California; dates?; 8 boxes

Warren Photograph Collection (available by appointment; use finding aid)

Little River Redwood Company, Crannell; 1880s-1954; 74 images online

Western Air Photo Collection (58 images online)

Aerial photographs of farms in Humboldt County; 1940s-1950; 58 images