Azusa Pacific University, Hugh and Hazel Darling Graduate Library, Mrs. Irving Stone’s Special Collections Room id72
Mailing Address:
901 East Alosta Avenue
Azusa, CAPhone: 626-815-5062
Fax: 626-815-5064
Contact: Dr. Paul Gray, University Librarian
Web site: http://www.apu.edu/library
Institution Type: College/University, Library
Location of Institution: San Gabriel Valley
Archive and Collections
Description: The institution has Special Collections including: 1) Local history; 2) American religious history; and 3) history of the American west. Under Local History, the Azusa-Foothill Citrus Collection consists of manuscripts, legal and business papers, financial journals and ledgers, photographs and maps dating back to 1844. The Sayre MacNeil Collection contains family papers and correspondences, and the Roger Dalton Collection also contains personal papers. The Oral History Collection is comprised of 17 personal histories of East San Gabriel residents who witnessed the early growth and subsequent decline of Southern California’s citrus industry. Under American religious history, institution has Monsignor Francis J. Weber Collection on American Catholic Church History which consists of books and other printed materials by Msgr. Weber who served as Archivist to the Archdiocese of Los Angeles in 1962. Under History of the American West, the George Fullerton Collection of Western Americana and California has significant collections on the early exploration of the American West, books of the California Gold Rush, county and city histories, and biographies.
Type of Materials: Books, Diaries/Journals/Personal Papers, Institutional Publications, Manuscripts, Official Records
Time Periods: 1848-1899, 1900-1920, 1921-1949, 1950-1963, 1950-1963, Pre-1848
Sectors of the Population Represented in the Collection: African Descent, Asian Descent, Business, Education, European Descent, Mexican Descent/Chicano/Latino, Multiethnic, Native American Descent/Indigenous, Professional
Access
Year Round Access: Yes
OnSite Technology: Yes
Workspaces: Yes
Open to the Public: Yes
Reservations not requiredOpen for Research: Yes
Reservations not requiredFee: $20.00 per year
Access Procedures: Application form with 1 reference required--preferably local, academic.
Management
Catalogue System: Records follow LC Cataloging system. Uncatalogued holdings are stored and unavailable.
Repository/Depository: No
Loan To Others: No
Exhibited: Yes
Exhibition Frequency: Once or twice a year
Makes Purchases: No
Formalized Purchases: No
Outreach: None
