book

May-70

This is a typewritten and signed letter by Rafael J. Gonzalez, Faculty Senator, to the Faculty Senate at Laney College, protesting the involvement of the United States in Cambodia; the second page...

1970

This is the Winter 1970 edition of the journal "Women: A Journal of Liberation". It is subtitled What is Liberation?, and includes sections on birth control, families and day care, education,...

1989

The front cover of the hardbound book shows an illustration of a gay power march on Washington with sterotypical gay men/lesbian women. The inside cover is signed by Dannemeyer, to Tim Cleary, 3-...

1915

165-page book outlines multiple recommendations for various city planning efforts for both Oakland and Berkeley. Topics addressed include the harbor, railroads, passenger and freight...

c. 1965

The cups and saucers in this collection come from Della's Tea Cup Cafe, 7309 MacArthur Boulevard, Oakland, which was established in February, 1967. The cafe is noted for, and decorated with, a...

his is the 1947 San Francisco Social Register, published in Nov. 1946. 151 pages.

This is a guide book published by the railroad in 1921 describing places to stay and eat and visit. 160 pages, with map and photos.

1978

Compliation of essays on the City of Berkeley in the 1960s.

1965-1967

This is a cruise book for the hospital ship USS Repose AH-16 for the years 1965-1967 while serving off the coast of Vietnam during the war. The book primarily contains photographs of various ship...

20th century

A list of reading on the war in Vietnam, consisting of categories titled: "General History, Backgrounds of the War and The War and United States Involvement."

1961

Book, (a) "The Blue Book of the John Birch Society" Sixth Printing, Copyright by Robert Welch, 1961. The book is bound in heavy blue cardstock, with the title printed in white and bound in blue...

1954

This is a children's book about the history of Santa Clara County. It is illustrated with photos and drawings and tells stories of Santa Clara County from the Native Americans and Spanish to the...

20th century
1915

Early twenieth century linen book for a child. The story of "Cinderella" with several full color illustrations by Mary LaFetra Russell, as well as black and white illustrations. The back cover...

1967

An anthology of poetry and prose by various writers including Adolf Hitler, Abraham Lincoln, Walt Whitman and Lyndon B. Johnson, opposing the Vietnam War specifically and war in general.

1967

A paperback novel titled "Saigon After Dark" by Philip Marnais, published by Macfadden-Bartell Corporation, New York, 1967. 127 pages. Front cover shows a drawing of an American soldier talking...

1969-1970

Small directory of The Peralta Colleges, including telephone directory, Trustees, staff, and personnel with their addresses. Soft bound book with crease, pen marks, and brown spotting on front...

1988

Part of a 15-issue series, the title signage is centered down the middle, in red, black and white, below it is a black and white photograph of a little boy whose hands are tyed behind his back,...

1988

Part of a 15-issue series, the title signage is centered down the middle, in black and white, behind it is yellow and orange tye-dye, on the middle left hand side it says "the method and the...

1983

A hardcover book titled "Vietnam Under Communism, 1975-1982" by Nguyen Van Canh, published by Hoover Institution, Stanford University, 1983. 312 pages. ISBN 0-8179-7851-8. The books jacket is red...

1879

Book: Probate Confiscation, 1879. By Mrs. J. W. Stow.

Per exhibit label: In 1884, Marietta Stow, resident of Oakland, organized a new political party, "The Equal Rights Party" and called...

1960

"The Navy Blue Book" or yearbook published in 1960. The book was editied by Tom Compere and published by the Military Publishing Institute, Inc. The book contains basic facts and articles on the...

20th century

"Dressmaking Made Easy" by Laura I. Bald is a small book with a green buckram spine and front and back covers of printed paper with a metallic gold background and squares of blue, green, purple,...

1965

This used paperback copy of "Viet-Nam, History, Documents, and Opinions on a Major World Crisis," edited by Marvin E. Gettleman was used by the donor in his teaching career in Colorado, Oregon,...

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