Treasures of the CSU
San Diego Campus
Collections:
| Hotel Del Coronado Collection | Reginald S. Davis Orchid Collection | United States Department of Commerce, Weather Bureau, 1871-1993 |
| Rare Books and Manuscripts Collections |
Since its opening in 1888, the Hotel Del Coronado has served as one of the leading resort hotels in the United States. It has played a major role in the development of the city of Coronado and in the San Diego community as a whole. In 1970, the hotel was designated a California State Historical landmark. The collection documents not only the development of the hotel, but contains valuable materials for the study of the history of the greater Southern California and Northern Baja California region. The collection includes correspondence, guest registers, memoranda, financial and personnel records, photographs, and published miscellany from 1887 to 1977.
Contact:
Cristina Favretto
619/594-1644
favretto@mail.sdsu.edu
Web Information:
Consult the inventory at http://infodome.sdsu.edu/about/depts/spcollections/rarebooks/coronado.shtml.
Reginald S. Davis Orchid Collection
The collection consists of over 2,000 volumes of books and periodicals on the growing, classification, and description of orchids from around the world.
Contact:
Cristina Favretto
619/594-1644
favretto@mail.sdsu.edu
Web Information:
A description is available at: http://infodome.sdsu.edu/about/depts/spcollections/rarebooks/bookcoll.shtml#ORC
United States Department of Commerce, Weather Bureau, 1871-1993
260 volumes of the United States Army Corps records of San Diego weather which actually began on July 1, 1849. The collection contains weather records and instruments were turned over to the United States Signal Service. Materials like research bulletin, daily journals, station memorandum, and meteorological records. Gift of the U.S. Department of Commerce, Weather Bureau in 1975, 1991 and 1995.
Contact:
Cristina Favretto
619/594-1644
favretto@mail.sdsu.edu
Web Information:
Consult the inventory information at http://infodome.sdsu.edu/about/depts/spcollections/wbureau.shtml
Rare Books and Manuscripts Collections
Among early printed works in Special Collections are 13 incunabula (books printed before 1501), over 200 sixteenth century imprints, and 1000 seventeenth century imprints. Some significant books are on heraldry, rare herbals, early astronomical works, and other books on the natural sciences and history.
Contact:
Cristina Favretto
619/594-1644
favretto@mail.sdsu.edu
Web Information:
Consult the description listing at http://infodome.sdsu.edu/about/depts/spcollections/rarebooks/bookcoll.shtml
Last Update:
02/11/2005 02:48 PM -0800