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  • Dahlgren, J. J.  [Rear Admiral, Commanding South Atlantic Blockading Squadron].  Fifteen Civil War documents, mainly orders to Acting Master Benjamin Dyer, Commanding the U.S.S. ‘Home,’ re matters such as transferring men and equipment to other ships, and being appointed a member of Naval General Court-Martial proceedings, 1862-1865.  (Wyles SC 72).
  • [Dakota Territory].  Ward, B.  One letter (ALS) to Jonas Huddle, reflecting on the character of local "Yankie" (sic) residents.  Cheyenne City, Dakota Territory, 8 Apr. 1868.   (Wyles SC 287).
  • Daley [Dennis] Papers, 1988. Pre-publication copies (lightly annotated) of psychiatrist Daley's  book Surviving Addiction.  (HPA Mss 7).
  • Daneau, Lambert. Selva d'Aforismi Politici , ca. late 1500s.  Vellum-bound volume, collection of political aphorisms taken from Greek and Latin historians, handwritten in Italian by Lambert Daneau (ca. 1530-1595), professor of theology. (Mss 193)
  • [Dance].  Condodina [Alice] Papers.  Mainly videotapes re dance, from a UCSB faculty member of dramatic art and dance.  (FACP 24).
  • Darwin / Evolution Collection.  Nearly 3,000 volumes, including first, signed, and limited editions of books by Charles Darwin and others engaged in the debate on evolution and studies in related fields such as anthropology, botany, genetics, geology, heredity, natural history, population, and religion.  Includes early works by other members of the Darwin family, such as Erasmus Darwin, The Botanic Garden: A Poem in Two Parts (1789); Erasmus Darwin, Phytologia, or The Philosophy of Agriculture and Gardening … (1800); Robert Waring Darwin, Principia Botanica, or, A Concise and Easy Introduction to the Sexual Botany of Linnaeus … (1810). 
  • Darwin/Evolution Manuscript Collection, ca.1786-1968 [bulk dates 1840s-1920s].  Correspondence, diaries, pamphlets, and other manuscripts relating to Charles Darwin and others interested in the theory of evolution, including Bernard Darwin, Francis Darwin, Julian Huxley, Thomas Henry Huxley, John Stuart Mill, Richard Owen, Herbert Spencer, Marie Stopes, and Anna and Edward Burnett Tylor.  (Mss 28).
  • Daughters of Union Veterans Jocelyn Morgan Kirkwood Memorial Collection, ca. 1840s-early 1900sMainly correspondence, documents, broadsides, cartes de visite, picture postcards, and other material from or about the Civil War era.  (Wyles Mss 71).
  • Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Department of California & Nevada, 1963-1999.  Mainly journals of the annual conventions.  (Wyles Mss 95).
  • Davidson [Donald C.] Oral History, 1984, 1993.  Interviews with University Librarian Davidson, tracing the development of the UCSB Library, explaining the origins of each collection, and describing the trials he faced in keeping pace with the academic needs of a growing institution.  Also 1993 interviews with other librarians in conjunction with naming of the Library in honor of Davidson, including Martha Peterson, Windal Simons, Christian Brun, Don Fitch, Grace Callahan, and Henry Tai.  (OH 15).
  • Davidson [Donald C.] Papers, ca. 1930s-1980s.  Files relating to Davidson’s tenure as UCSB University Librarian (1947-1977) and his research interests on concepts of time throughout history and among various cultures, along with printed works on the same subjects (cataloged separately). (Mss 19; FACP 7).
  • Davidson [Eugene] Collection.  Books and papers of an historian and editor of Yale University Press, primarily relating to 20th century German history, including the Weimar Republic, Third Reich, Holocaust, Nuremberg trials, international war tribunals, and the Cold War period.  (Mss 185).
  • Davis, F. B.  Civil War sailor's diary, aboard the USS Quaker City, 1863.  (Wyles SC 414).
  • [Davis, Jefferson].  Harrison, Russell B.  One letter (TLS) to Henry Whitney Cleveland, re Frank Leslie’s [illustrated newspaper] illustrations of the death of Jefferson Davis.  Executive Mansion, Washington, D.C., 11 Feb. 1890.  (Wyles SC 108).
  • [Davis, Jefferson].  Six letters (ALS) from Jefferson Davis and Varina Howell Davis, 1885-1893.  (Wyles Mss 52).
  •  [Davis, Jefferson].  Two Civil War era political cartoons, including one by Currier & Ives.  (Wyles SC 851).
  • Davis [Jefferson] Collection, [ca. 1870s-1880s].   Engravings of Jefferson Davis and wife, along with autograph and note (ANS) by Jefferson Davis, all mounted and framed.  (Wyles Mss 135).
  • Davys [Marjorie] Letters, 1932-1938.  Letters from a lay teacher at St. Faiths, an Anglican school in Peking, mainly to her sister about life in China during the time when Japan was invading.  (Bernath Mss 104).
  • Dayan, Moshe.  One letter (TLS), in Hebrew, to Elan Goldman and others, conveying greetings and thanks for their letters.  Translation included.  Ministry of Defense, Israel, 12 Nov. 1973.  (SC 71).
  • DeConde [Alexander] Papers, 1985-1992.  Correspondence files re a festschrift in honor of the UCSB professor of history.  (FACP 8).
  • De la Garza Collection on the Latino Museum of History of Art and Culture.  (CEMA 52).
  • De Mille (Richard) Collection, 1959-1979.  Mainly material relating to de Mille's research and writings on Carlos Castaneda.  (Mss 20).
  • Dellenbaugh [Frederick S.] Cruise Journal, 1906.   Trip to West Indies, Venezuela, and Florida.  (Wyles SC 983).
  • DeMolitor [John] Collection.  Primarily of Civil War related material, including typescript copy of diary and various originals and copies of documents, ca. 1780-1781, 1864-1936.  (Wyles SC 594).
  • [Denmark]. Jendarata Rubber Company Ltd Photograph Album, ca. 1914. 52 b/w photos, with captions in Danish, showing the Jendarata rubber plantation and factory in Lower Perak, then part of the Federated Malay States (now Malaysia), which was established by Danish engineer Aage Westenholz, uncle of Karen Blixen (Out of Africa), whose farm in Kenya he also helped fund. Also includes images of Danish managers and local population (described as Javanese), countryside, musicians and instruments, religious festivals, Malacca, and Bornam River. (Bernath Mss 274).
  • [Denmark].  Petersen, Carl [aka Karl Pedersen].  One ms diary in Danish, re 1880 move from Denmark to Nebraska, with typescript translation.  Copy of translation published in UCSB Libraries’ Soundings.  (SC 241).
  • [Denmark].  World War II Danish Resistance Collection, ca. 1940-1945.  Pamphlets, flyers, joke books, and other printed materials produced in resistance to the Nazi occupation of Denmark.  (Bernath Mss 161).
  • Dent, Rowley E.  Diary, partly relating to Santa Barbara, 1870.  (Wyles SC 76).
  • Depew, Chauncey M.  One typewritten account of  Depew, re his role as Secretary of State of the train carrying Lincoln's body from Albany.  Notes, for example, that “Wherever the highway crossed the railway track the whole population of the neighborhood was assembled… Huge bonfies lighted up the scene….”  N.p., [1924?].  (Wyles SC 75).
  • DeWolfe [Barbara] Papers, 1998-2000.  Typescript, printed copies of autobiographical and other writings by Barbara Blanchard DeWolfe (1912-    ), professor of zoology at UCSB, 1946-1977.    (FACP 26).
  • DeWolfe [Robert Hill] Papers.  (FACP 9).
  • Dewing [James] Papers, 1865-1936.  Thirteen items of Barbara DeWolfe’s grandfather, James Dewing, including a photograph, materials relating to his service in the 18th Regiment of Connecticut Infantry, Company A, during the Civil War (discharge papers, widow’s pension, GAR receipts), publishing/piano manufacturing business in San Francisco (letterhead stationery, calling card, court records re failure of the business), and death (memorial service address, National Cemetery Regulations).  (Wyles SC 1012).
  • Dickens [Charles] Collection.   Dickens ephemera, including a note (ANS), possibly with Dickens signature.  (SC 856).
  • Dickinson, Anna Elizabeth.  One letter (ALS) from the abolitionist, lecturer, actress, playwright, and feminist Dickinson, re an invitation to speak – says her fee is $150 and her schedule is very busy, but she is willing to consider the offer.  Philadelphia, 12 Sept. 1866.  (Wyles SC 78).
  • Dictionaries.  Early examples such as: Edward Phillips, The New World of Words: Or, A General English Dictionary …Together with the Definitions of All Those Terms That Conduce to the Understanding of any of the Arts or Sciences … (1678); John Jacob Hofmann’s  Lexicon Universale … (1698); Elisha Coles, An English Dictionary (1717); N. Bailey, Dictionarium Britannicum (1736); John Barrows’ A New and Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (1751); Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary of the English Language (1775), and Noah Webster’s An American Dictionary of the English Language (1830); Japanese woodblock picture dictionary (1874).
  • Didion, Joan.  One letter (TLS) to Mr. [?] Norbutt, re the writing process, 5 Feb. 1979.  (SC 77).
  • Die-Cut Advertising Literature, ca. 1883-1960.   101 pamphlets, booklets, cards, and flyers cut in shapes such as animals, books, bottles, boxes, cans, fruit and vegetables, hats, oysters, and shoes.  Many of the items are highly illustrated and printed in vivid colors.  Most are early – mid 20th century, some from California.  The collection is arranged alphabetically, by company name.  (Mss 202).
  • Diemer [Emma Lou] Papers.  Manuscript scores, business correspondence and royalty statements, programs, review and clippings of composer and UCSB faculty member Emma Lou Diemer.  (PA Mss 41).
  •  “Diese Widmung,” 1907.  Portfolio of German Southwest Africa (now Namibia) color prints.  (SC 859).
  • Diman Family Papers, 1822-1865. Papers of Byron Diman (1795-1865), governor of Rhode Island (1846-1848) and prominent merchant of Bristol.  Includes correspondence, shipping records, and business papers of Devol, Diman, & Co.; correspondence with the D’Wolf family of Bristol, with his brother-in-law William Henry Wight and his firm of Wight and Fleury in New York, and with his nephew, also named William Henry Wight.  Also includes correspondence with his son, Henry Wight Diman, a student at Brown University (1854-1858) and assistant consul in Oporto, Portugal (1862-1865).  (Wyles Mss 11).
  • Dimock [A. W.] Civil War Letter, 1861.  Letter from Dimock to sister, saying he does not know when he will be ordered up; discusses other personal and family affairs.  On flag-decorated sheet of paper. Jersey City, May 4, 1861.  (Wyles SC 947).
  • Direct Relief International Oral History.  Interviews with Dennis Karczag and others about the development of the Santa Barbara-based relief agency.  (OH 33).
  • Direct Relief International Collection, ca. 1990-1998.  Mainly tapes and transcripts of interviews Dale Carlisle did with Direct Relief International (DRI) staff and other individuals regarding the establishment in 1948 and history of DRI and its founders Wilhelm (William) Zimdin and Dezso (Dennis) Karczag.  Also included is a printed copy of Carlisle’s A History of Direct Relief International (1998), and some published material like annual reports.  (SBHC Mss 22).
  • Dixon [William D.] Civil War Letters, 1861-1862.   Two letters (ALS) from a [6th Pennsylvania colonel?] to wife Martha.  July 4, 1862.  (Wyles SC 999).
  • Dodd, Ira S.  One Civil War letter (ALS) and accompanying envelope, to his parents, mainly about the latest battle and related heavy shelling.  South side of the Rappahannock, 6 June 1863.  (Wyles SC 79).
  • Dohrman [Selina] Collection, ca. 1960s.  Pamphlets, articles, typescripts, drawings, and other material relating to a range of religions acquired by Selina Dorhrman, a disciple of Karpal Singh.  (ARC Mss 49).
  • Dole [William E.] Collection, 1708-1730.  Two manuscript volumes representing the records of parishioners of the Church of San Bartolomeo in Apice, by Domen-Antonio Mazzucchi, Rectors and others.   (Mss 146).
  • Dominguez [C.] Peruvian Photograph Collection, ca. 1972.  43 black/white photographs taken by C. Dominguez, of Peruvian men, women, and children of African descent.  (Bernath Mss 168).
  • [Dominican Republic].  Thomas [Norman] Photograph Collection, 1948-1964 [bulk 1958-1964].  Several thousand b/w prints and negatives, taken by photojournalist Norman Thomas, who was based in New Orleans in the late 1950s to early 1960s.  The largest number of photos are from Mexico, with British Honduras, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Jamaica, Nicaragua, and Panama also represented.  Included are many images of people in everyday life, street and market scenes, factories, events and parades, and overhead views of villages and cities.  There also is an earlier series of photos from the 1948 Nahanni Expedition to northern Canada, and some U.S. photos, including Cape Canaveral, Florida, and a Navajo Reservation Health Program.  (Bernath Mss 97).
  • Donovan, William.  One Civil War letter (ALS) to his sister, re family matters and inferiority of  Southerners, particularly in terms of education.  Cumberland Hospital,  Nashville, Tennessee, 14 Oct. 1863.  (Wyles SC 69).
  • Dorbin [Sanford] Papers, ca. 1965-2001.  Primarily material relating to Dorbin’s bibliography of Charles Bukowski, manuscript drafts of his poetry and other writings, and files pertaining to his poetry magazine Schist: A Journal of Poetry and Graphics (1973-1978), in which some of Bukowski’s poems appeared.  The Bukowski material includes research files, manuscript drafts and some proofs of the bibliography, as well as correspondence with Charles Bukowski, Black Sparrow publisher John Martin, Douglas Blazek, Marvin Malone (Wormwood Review), Sherri Martinelli, Jon Webb (Loujon Press), Carl Weissner, and others.   (Mss 21).
  • Dorchester Academy Photograph Album, ca. 1890s.  Album, with 60+ b/w photos, taken by a missionary school teacher at the Dorchester Academy in the African American community at McIntosh, Liberty, County, Georgia, ca. 1890s.  (Wyles Mss 104).
  • Doren, Richard.  One manuscript song written on board the U.S. steamer "Osceola" the night before the battle of Fort Fisher.  Includes such lyrics as “So pull down that Rebel rag, It has been long enough there, for we have come from Uncle Abe, to put the Stars and Stripes there.”  Dec. 1864.  (Wyles SC 80).
  • Dos Décadas de Artistas Chicanas Exhibition Collection.  Created from internal CEMA files about Dos Decadas de Artistas Chicanas (1972-1990): Envisioning and Transforming Culture an exhibition co-sponsored by CEMA and held in the UCSB Women's Center Gallery. Ester Hernandez and Yreina Cervantez, two of the artists represented in the exhibit, were the guest speakers. The collection consists of audiocassettes and transcriptions of the opening remarks and the artists' slide lectures, as well as event publicity (handbill, press release and news articles). (CEMA 017).
  • Dos Passos [John] Letters, 1966, 1967.  One letter (ALS) to Michael Heskett (Santa Barbara, CA) re 1920s literature, disagreeing strongly with the characterization of it being the ‘lost generation.’  Westmoreland, VA, Apr. 22, 1966.  Also, photocopy of one letter (ALS),  to Mr. [?] Africa re Dos Passos’ criticism of the New Left as well intentioned but idealistic and misinformed about the “forces at large in the world.”  Westmoreland, VA, Oct. 22, 1967.  (SC 85).
  • Dothard [Robert Loos] Collection, ca. 1938-1963.  Correspondence, Christmas cards, stock certificates and ephemera, mainly relating to the printing firm of William E. Rudge’s Sons, Inc.  Dothard was one of the five original partners of the firm and the firm’s typographer for several years.  He later had a long, distinguished career as a book designer, with many of his books being accepted for the Fifty Books exhibitions of the American Institute of Graphic Arts.  (Printers Mss 6).
  • Doty [Edward] Collection, ca. 1970-1983.  Historical U.S. and worldwide stamps and stamp covers. (Mss 22)
  • Dougan [Robert Ormes] Collection, ca. 1950s-1970s.  Mainly printed ephemera from the Zamorano (Los Angeles) and Roxburghe (San Francisco) clubs, collected by Dougan, former President of the Friends of UCSB Library and Director of the Huntington Library, 1958-1972.   (Printers Mss 39).
  • Dougan [Robert Ormes] Oral History, ca. 1983.  Recollections of the former librarian for the University of Dublin and the Huntington Library, including experiences with the rebinding of the Book of Kells, his efforts to augment the Huntington’s extensive collections, and the numerous scholars he became acquainted with during his career. (OH 5)
  • Downey [William] Papers, 1922-1994.  Correspondence files, photographs, and newspaper clippings of a Santa Barbara African American and his career as a newspaper columnist, novelist, and teacher. (CEMA 32).
  • Downing, Amos.  Three Civil War letters (ALS) to brother, Phillip Downing, re personal matters, military engagements, casualties, and cost of provisions, 1861-1862.  (Wyles SC 526).
  • Dozer [Donald M] Papers, ca. 1939-1975 [bulk 1940s].   Collection of a Latin American specialist in the DRA and a UCSB faculty member; includes typescript of book Latin America: An Interpretative History, files from Dozer’s government service in the 1940s, and newspaper clippings (mostly about Argentina).  (Bernath Mss 6)
  • Dramatic Arts Collection.  Programs, playbills and clippings from the stage and the early days of film.  (PA Mss 7).
  • Drew, A. W.  One Civil War letter (ALS) to his family, explaining reasons for volunteering, and the organization and drilling of armed militia in Missouri, threatening to invade Iowa.  Newton, Iowa, Apr. 30, [1861].  (Wyles SC 88).
  • Drew [Ann] Correspondence, 1861-1865.  11 Civil War era letters (ALS) to Miss Ann Drew of Smithville, NC.  (Wyles SC 938).
  • Driscoll [Thomas] Collection, 1836-1953 [bulk 1890-1918].  Mainly World War I photographs, pamphlets, intelligence reports, newspaper clippings, and correspondence (also incl. Theodore Roosevelt and Gen. Sheridan letters), as well as some 19c photographs of Brazil, collected by Driscoll, who served as in the U.S. Army's 91st Division during and after the war.  (Bernath Mss 7).
  • Driscoll [Mrs. Thomas] Oral History.  Interview with a prominent Santa Barbara resident, re family history and their association with Admiral Farragut, Cyrus McCormick, Mark Twain, and Theodore Roosevelt.  Also personal experiences of Santa Barbara elite society ca. 1900 and the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.  Central Coast Regional Projects.  (OH 34).
  • Drosh Mule Corps Expedition Photograph Collection, ca. 1920s.  48 black/white photographs by a member of a British expedition in the mountainous area of Hindu Kush (now northern Pakistan/Afghanistan), near the Russian frontier, including images of Drosh fort and bazaar, mountain views and passes, river gorges, bridges, local people, mules, Kaffiristani carved effigies of horse and rider.  (Bernath Mss 237).
  • Duardo [Richard] Collection.  Materials of the Chicano graphic artist.  (CEMA 65).
  • Duenewald [Ralph M.] Collection, ca. 1971-1983.  Mainly correspondence between Duenewald and Hobart Skofield, re the William E. Rudge printing firm (Printers Mss 7)
  • Duke Dos Santos [Maria]Collection.  Correspondence, photographs, and ephemera from oneof the earliest scholars in the field of Chicano literature, documenting her close relationship to renowned Chicano writers over three decades.  The main subjects of the collection are writers Rolando Hinojosa, Tomas Rivera (former Chancellor UC Riverside), and Sabine Ulibarri.  (CEMA 105).
  • Dumas [Nicholas] Oral History, 2000-2001.   Interviews with a Greek immigrant who settled in Santa Barbara.  Central Coast Regional Projects.  (OH 8).
  • Dunlap [Margaret S.] Papers, ca. 1940s-1990s.  Bio/personal files, sketch books, slides, photographs and other material of a local artist who created many public art works in Santa Barbara.  (SBHC Mss 67).
  • Dutch East Indies Photograph Album, ca. 1920.  113 b/w professional photographs, with images of Bali (women, some palaces and temples), New Guinea (mainly Papua inhabitants), Java (Malang, Soerabaia, Grissee, Solo, Madioen – people, buildings, street scenes, temples, volcanoes, crater-lakes), Sumatra (Palembang, Bencoolen, Sabang, Krakatau, Ambon and Ceram – local population and scenery), Lombok (Maharaja of Lombok with two children), Perak (harbor, lighthouse, important buildings), and Banka (Telok Betong and Muntok). (Bernath Mss 82).
  • Dutch East Indies Photograph Albums, ca. late 1920s.  Five albums, mostly of images on tour around Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) places like Sumatra (Pedang to Medang).  (Bernath Mss 209).
  • Dutch East Indies Photograph Albums, ca. 1902-1919 [bulk dates 1908-1913].   162 black/white photos mounted in 6 albums.  Also, one document re E. Kepper, possible compiler of the albums. Many of the photos are of colonial officials and military, their families, offices and residences, various gatherings and events, as well as local scenes and countryside.  Most photos are of the Magelang (Java) area.  Other locations include: Java (Semarang, Salatiga) and Sumatra (Palembang). (Bernath Mss 218).
  • Dutch New Guinea Photograph Album, ca. 1950-1953.  250+ black/white photographs of Dutch New Guinea (now Papua province of Indonesia), some with Dutch captions, most snapshots likely taken by a Dutch non-commissioned officer.  Includes many images of fellow local soldiers and camp life.  Also images of local terrain and population, mainly Ifar region; also Santani Lake and Hollandia Stad (city).  (Bernath Mss 262).
  • Dwire [Harrison] Collection.  Mainly Civil War era documents, 1862-1865, 1907.  (Wyles SC 589).

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  • E. Conway & Co. Ledgers, [1860s].  Two handwritten ledgers with manuscript documents and maps pertaining to the E. Conway & Company purchase of lands in Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles, and Contra Costa counties, with early information about oil development in California.  (Mss 184).
  • Earnest, William W.  One typed manuscript (TMS), 94 pages, "The Life of John W. Earnest (1824-1913)," by his son William W. Earnest, including an account of John W. Earnest’s overland trip from Illinois to the California goldfields in 1850, experiences there, return east to Yazoo City, Mississippi in 1860, and forced service in the Confederacy as a Northerner during the Civil War.  N.p., n.d.  (Wyles SC 83).
  • [Earthquakes].  California Picture Postcard Collection.  17 items, including images of 1906 San Francisco earthquake and homes of Hollywood stars such as Bob Hope, Mickey Rooney, and Jack Benny, ca. late 1930s.  (Wyles SC 608).
  • [Earthquakes].  Chase [Harold S.] Oral History, 1975.  Interviews with others about Santa Barbara realtor, developer, and civic leader Chase, re his coming to Santa Barbara, Hope Ranch development, role in public affairs, including earthquake and depression relief, fundraising for Cottage Hospital, wildlife conservation, and family life. (OH 26).
  • [Earthquakes].  Community Development and Conservation Collection [CDCC].  Subject files include materials on earthquakes, and fires.  (SBHC Mss 1).
  • [Earthquakes].  Driscoll [Mrs. Thomas] Oral History.  Interview with a prominent Santa Barbara resident, including personal experiences in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.  Central Coast Regional Projects.  (OH 34).
  • [Earthquakes].  India [Bengal] Photograph Album, ca. 1897.  22 black and white photographs, a few with captions, showing the Kamarhatty [West Bengal] Jute Mill, jute flats, a snake charmer, a sidewheeler, earthquake damage on Bentinck St. [Calcutta] from the 8.7 magnitude 1897Assam, India earthquake.  Also views possibly of the Himalayas, local residents, and shopkeepers, as well as a portrait of a Burmese lady.   (Bernath Mss 257).
  • [Earthquakes].  Santa Barbara Earthquake Photographs, 1925.  50 b/w photographs, many relating to the 1925 earthquake.  (SC 700).
  • [Earthquakes].  Sheldon [Gar] – Mining Engineer’s Correspondence, 1880s.  Mainly letters from Sheldon, with the Corralitos Company in Chihuahua State, Mexico, to family, about personal affairs and local news such as an earthquake in 1887.   (Wyles SC 1009).
  • [Earthquakes].  Willson [Charles Devon] Collection, ca. 1918-1925.  Mainly correspondence to Willson, manager of the El Mirasol Hotel in Santa Barbara, about hotel matters.  Includes some correspondence relating to the 1925 earthquake.  (SC 701).
  • [East Africa]Evershed [J. A.] East Africa, Egypt, Palestine Photograph Album, 1924.  More than 140 b/w snapshots of Tanganyika (now Tanzania), including several of local schools and teachers.  Also, views of Port Said, Zanzibar, Mombassa, Djibouti, Aden, and Port Sudan.  Egypt views of the Pyramids and Sphinx, Cairo, and Suez Canal.  Holy Land (Palestine) shots of street scenes of Jerusalem, Jordan Valley, Dead Sea, Jaffa, and Bethlehem.  (Bernath Mss 63).
  • East Africa [Tanganyika] Photograph Albums, ca. 1911-1921.  232 black/white photos in 3 albums.  (Bernath Mss 215).
  • East Asia Photograph Collection, ca. 1910-1920s.   40 black/white photos of Japan, China, Hong Kong, and Macao.  Most appear to be of Japan and China, many of scenery, shrines, and buildings, but a number of people as well, including some children.  About half have captions.  Includes hand-tinted photos and picture postcards, a few of which have been addressed to Santa Barbara residents.  (Wyles SC 953).   
  • East Asian Artifacts Collection, 1845, 1853, 1960s.  Items from and related to China and Japan, including a bilingual Chinese/Manchu scroll  (an imperial decree) dated 1845, a photostat with translation of a Japanese scroll related to the expedition of Commodore Mathew C. Perry to open  Japan to greater western trade and influence, as well as Nō masks and miniature clay models.  (Mss 91).
  • Easton [Robert E.] Collection, ca. 1893-1968.  Mainly papers and ledgers re Easton's business dealings, especially the Sisquoc Ranch Co., central coast of California.  (SBHC Mss 55).
  • Easton [Robert O.] Oral History.  Recollections of Easton [son of Robert E. Easton] re his youth on the Sisquoc Ranch and the real life experiences he used in writing his novels.  Also, his Harvard University days during the Depression, where he edited The Harvard Lampoon, his military service in World War II, and the relationship he had with his literary mentor and father-in-law, western author Max Brand.  (OH 9).
  • Easton [Robert O.] Papers, ca. 1911-1990s.  Correspondence, research and subject files (including Chumash, natural resources, wilderness, and women’s issues), drafts of writings, and related materials of the Santa Barbara author of Black Tide (on the 1969 Santa Barbara Oil Spill), Love and War: Pearl Harbor through V-J Day,and the acclaimed multi-volume Saga of California series.  Also includes materials on Sisquoc Ranch and Zaca Lake.  (SBHC Mss 6).
  • Eberitt and Hurst Families Civil War Letters, 1861-1865.  Third Ohio Infantry.  (Wyles Mss 125).
  • [Ecuador].  Mendell [Edward] Travel Slide Collection, 1980s-1990s.  More than 2000 large-format color slides containing images of Edward Mendell’s post-retirement travels around the world, photographing endangered species for the World Wildlife Fund, and also of people in far-flung places such as Bhutan, Burma, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Iceland, Mali, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Orissa (India), Philippines, Senegal, and Thailand. (Mss 247).
  • [Education].  Algeria Photograph Album, 1928.   141 b/w photographs, captions in Dutch, and accompanying map with itinerary of unknown traveler.  Includes images of people, street scenes, markets, gardens, festivals, Koranic schools, \ desert, oases, cavalry, and camel corps.  (Bernath Mss 280).
  • [Education].  American Military Mission War School – Turkey Photograph Album, 1947.   Souvenir album, with more than 150 black/white photos, presented to one of the officers visiting the American Military Mission Turkish War School, Dec. 30, 1947.  Mainly images of officers and Turkish trainees in classroom and other campus settings.  (Bernath Mss 145).
  • [Education].  Ashmore [Harry S.] Collection, ca. 1940s-1997.  Addresses and speeches, awards, biographical information, correspondence, writings, photographs, audiotapes and videotapes of the newspaperman, writer, editor-in-chief of Encyclopaedia Britannica, and executive for the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions.  Awarded the first double Pulitzer Prizes in history for distinguished service in the Little Rock school integration controversy of the 1950s.  (Mss 155).
  • [Education].  Boston Farm School Journal, ca. 1850s-1890s.   One bound ledger, including entries for men who enlisted in Co. D., 15th New Hampshire Volunteers, 1862.  100 names entered, with rank, status, and special positions such as drummer, wagoner, cook, hospital nurse, blacksmith.   (Wyles SC 945).
  • [Education].  Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions [CSDI] Collection.  Records of the internationally renowned Santa Barbara-based think tank, emphasizing issues such as education, freedom of the press, international relations, public policy, religion, and science and technology in modern society.  Included are materials relating to CSDI leaders such as Robert Hutchins, Harry Ashmore, Elisabeth Mann Borgese, W. H. Ferry, Frank Kelly, Stanley K. Sheinbaum, and Harvey Wheeler.  Also includes papers, talks, correspondence, and other materials relating to hundreds of other well known figures such as Mortimer Adler, Alexander Comfort, William O. Douglas, Mircea Eliade, J. William Fulbright, Hubert H. Humphrey, Clark Kerr, Eugene McCarthy, Gunnar Myrdal, Reinhold Niebuhr, Linus Pauling, James A. Pike, B. F. Skinner, Adlai Stevenson, Arnold Toynbee, UN Secretary-General U Thant, and Earl Warren.  (Mss 18).
  • [Education].  Compton, N. A.  College lectures from Civil War era, ca. 1860s.  (Wyles SC 591).
  • [Education].  Cumberland Presbyterian Mission.  One photo album, containing 19 black/white photographs with extensive captions, of the Cumberland Presbyterian Mission, at Kanazawa, Japan, 1906.  Includes images of staff and grounds, girls at the school, Kanazawa street scenes, and a Buddhist monastery near Komoro.  (Wyles SC 603).
  • [Education].  Davys [Marjorie] Letters, 1932-1938.  Letters from a lay teacher at St. Faiths, an Anglican school in Peking, mainly to her sister about life in China during the time when Japan was invading.  (Bernath Mss 104).
  • [Education].  Dorchester Academy Photograph Album, ca. 1890s.  Album, with 60+ b/w photos, taken by a missionary schoolteacher at the Dorchester Academy in the African American community at McIntosh, Liberty, County, Georgia, ca. 1890s.  (Wyles Mss 104).
  • [Education].  Evershed [J. A.] East Africa, Egypt, Palestine Photograph Album, 1924 More than 140 b/w snapshots of Tanganyika (now Tanzania), including several of local schools and teachers.  (Bernath Mss 63).
  • [Education].  Freedmen Department, 1864.  One document re renting rooms for colored schools, District of West Tennessee.   (Wyles SC 995).
  • [Education].  Goings / Hauser Family Papers, ca. 1900-1980 [bulk 1910s-1950s].  Large number of photographs (2700+) and related documentation pertaining to the Native American Goings and Hauser families who mainly lived in South Dakota, Oregon, and Washington.  Most of the collection was assembled by Jeanette (Nettie) Goings [1905-?], a Sioux/Lakota, who married Emil Wauseka Hauser [1915-?], a Cheyenne, in 1948, and who was a home economics teacher at various Indian schools.    (Wyles Mss 126).
  • [Education].  Manning [Edward] Collection, ca. 1834-1847.  Rewards of merit, weekly report, and catalogue of Ellington School [Connecticut], where Manning attended.  (SC 197).
  • [Education].  Menzies [Jean Storke] Collection, 1897-1995 [bulk 1955-1992].  Primarily files of organizations and institutions with which Menzies was associated (including the Altrusa Club, Boys' Club and Girls' Club of Santa Barbara, Channel City Women's Forum, Girl Scouts, International Planned Parenthood Federation, League of Women Voters, Native Daughters of the Golden West, Planned Parenthood of Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Girls School, Santa Barbara Visiting Nurse Association, Santa Barbara's Woman's Club, United Church Women, and Vassar Club.  (SBHC Mss 34).
  • [Education].  Meredith [Florence Clark] Papers, ca. 1891-1979.  Photographs, notes, diplomas, certificates, clippings, oral history tapes, and transcripts relating to Meredith’s schooling and teaching years, primarily at what would become the University of California Santa Barbara.  Meredith taught in the home economic department and was chair of the department before retiring in 1956.  (FacP 41).
  • [Education].  Olson [Donovan] Colombia Photograph Album, ca. 1935-1943.  Album compiled by the son of a missionary family posted to Colombia.  Includes many images, with captions, of Cali area; also some of Bogota, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Panama Canal; school days back in the U.S., including Minnesota, and ending with marriage and military service during World War II.  (Bernath Mss 252).
  • [Education].  Roach [Charles A.] African Photograph Collection, 1943.  Two albums and loose photographs, many with captions, most taken by Rev. Charles A. Roach on a bicycle trip from Durban to Cairo in 1943, on the way back to his parish in Iraq, where he was Baghdad Chaplain and Oil Company Chaplain from 1939 to 1946.  Includes images of local men, women, and children, hospitals, schools, churches and fellow clergy, residences, roads, and scenic views through South Africa, Belgian Congo, Rwanda, Kenya (Nairobi), Uganda (Kampala), and Sudan.  (Bernath Mss 119).
  • [Education].  Santa Barbara County, California.  Superintendent of Schools. Seven World War II era documents, including five War Emergency Bulletins and others about evacuation of Japanese children and air raid signals, 1941-1942. (SC 630).
  • [Education]. Santa Barbara Girls School, 1917-1920s. Two illustrated brochures extolling the virtues of the school’s location and curriculum. Includes class lists. (SC 963).
  • [Education].  Siddell [Robert] Collection, ca. 1903-1922.  More than 200 picture postcards from a 1909 trip to South America (Guyana – then British, Dutch, and French Guiana) and the West Indies (Antigua, Barbados, Bermuda, Dominica, Martinique, Nevis, St. Kitts, St. Vincent, Trinidad, Virgin Islands – then the Danish West Indies), as well as Canada, the U.S. and Turkey (Constantinople).  Also, letters, photographs, and ephemera, some relating to the American College for Girls in Constantinople during and just after World War I.  (Mss 110).
  • [Education].  Southern India Family Photograph Collection, ca. 1940s-1959.   100+ b/w images, most apparently relating to an Indian woman (Marie [?]) who, in the early 1950s, was a student at the Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.  Includes snapshots of friends, relatives, and staff members (some with Ida Scudder, founder of the college), as well as group photos of college students and staff, and a group photo of the 13th Indian Congress of Radiology, Poona, 1959.  (Bernath Mss 74).
  • [Education].  UCSB.  Public Information Office.  Subject Files, ca. 1941-1993.  Includes files on academic planning, Academic Senate, Arts & Lectures events, Associated Students, Bakke case, buildings, Chancellor’s events and activities, Charter Day, colleges, Commencement, convocations, departments, development, Drama Series, enrollment, faculty, financial aid, history, honors and awards, issues, Lecture Series, Music Series, propositions, radio and television, Regents, residence halls, statewide issues, student affairs, University Day, University Edition, and university relations.  (UArch 2).
  • [Education].  Walter [H. A.] - India/Kashmir Photograph Album, 1912-1919.   252 b/w photos of the Walter family, mainly in India and Kashmir, including local scenes and people, especially around Srinigar and Lahore.  Also, numerous photos of YMCA gatherings and groups, students and schools, as well as travels, including visits to the Taj Mahal and Fatehpur Sikri. (Bernath Mss 37)
  • Egerton, Francis.  Six letters (ALS), to Miss July Pole Carew of Devonport, England, 1864-1865.  Each envelope has a sketch incorporating the address and stamp into the design.  (SC 755).
  • [Egypt].  Ashton Family World Travel Photograph Collection, 1892-1913.  2500+ b/w photographs in 53 Kodak albums, from numerous trips to far flung parts of the world, including Egypt.  (Bernath Mss 115). 
  • [Egypt].  Bennet [Robert] Mediterranean Photograph Album, ca. early 1930s. About 200 b/w photographs, many commercial, captions in English compiled by United States Merchant Mariner Robert Bennet.  Includes images of Egypt (Cairo, Pyramids, Alexandria), Lebanon (Beyrouth/Beirut), Palestine (Haifa, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem), Syria, Italy (Naples), Gibraltar, Marseille, Morocco (Casablanca), Algiers, and a bull fight in Seville.  (Bernath Mss 276).
  • [Egypt].  British in Egypt/ World War I Photograph Album, ca. 1917 -1919.  120+ b/w photos, very few with captions, mainly of British (men, women, and children) in Egypt (possibly Alexandria) during World War I.  Mainly troops in camps and on the march, hospital wards, sporting events, and British families at various social occasions and outings in the countryside.  Also a few images of Egyptians, street scenes and residences, and local boats.  (Bernath Mss 56).
  • [Egypt].  British Military in Egypt and Iraq Photograph Album, ca. 1918-1922.  Album of Capt. R. E. Godfrey, 167 b/w snapshots, many with captions, recording service with the British 153rd Rifles in North Africa, 1918-1919, and in the Arab Revolt, 1920.  About 70 images from Egypt and surrounding areas (Suez Canal, Ismailia, Great Pyramids, Alexandria, Kantara, Mansourah) and about 30 Arab Revolt images from Iraq (Nasiriyah, Imam Abdullah, Kut, Baghdad).  (Bernath Mss 84).
  • [Egypt].  Evershed [J. A.] East Africa, Egypt, Palestine Photograph Album, 1924.  More than 140 b/w snapshots of Tanganyika (now Tanzania) including Tabora, Dodoma, Dar-es-Salaam, and Tanga, several of local schools and teachers, British and Tanganyikan.  Also, views of Port Said, Zanzibar, Mombassa, Djibouti, Aden, and Port Sudan.  Egypt views of the Pyramids and Sphinx, Cairo, and Suez Canal.  Holy Land (Palestine) shots of street scenes of Jerusalem, Jordan Valley, Dead Sea, Jaffa, and Bethlehem.  (Bernath Mss 63).
  • [Egypt]. Great War Collection, ca. 1910-1922 [bulk dates 1914-1918]. Much of the material in the collection relates to British servicemen and units, but Americans, Australians, and some Germans also are represented. Included are diaries, correspondence, documents, maps, photographs, reports, and some printed material. The approximately 2,000 photographs and picture postcards (loose and in albums and scrapbooks) include many images of France, but also other areas such as Egypt, England, German South West Africa, Iraq, and Palestine. (Bernath Mss 20).
  • [Egypt].  Middle East Photo Album, ca. 1930s-early 1940s.  150+ b/w images, including Egypt (Port Said, Ismailia, Alexandria, Memphis, Cairo, the Nile, Pyramids, Sphinx, National Museum). (Bernath Mss 68).
  • Egypt Photograph Album, 1936-1938.  19 professional quality, artistic Egyptian scenes, including the Western Desert (people, tents, donkeys, camels), urban street scenes and people engaged in daily activities (barber, vendors with carts – possibly Cairo), as well as port and Nile River views, with people and cargo-hauling boats (feluccas).   (Bernath Mss 70).
  • [Egypt].  Minieh [Egypt] Photograph Album, 1914. Album by Photographie Zola, dated Feb. 20, 1914, with 24 black/white mounted photographs of officials and dignitaries, horse and camel trainers, riders, and races at an unknown celebration/festival during the last days of Ottoman rule in Egypt.  (Bernath Mss 185).
  • [Egypt]. Port Said and Mesopotamia Postcard/Photograph Album, ca. 1917-1919.  World War I era album, including 47 images of Port Said.  (Bernath Mss 49).
  • [Egypt].  “Sunny Memories” Photograph Album, ca. 1903.   102 b/w photographs of various sizes, all accompanied by captions.  Apparently an album assembled by Albert R. Lennon, depicting a voyage from London to Australia and New Zealand, and return, although not all images appear to be in order.  It includes images of the voyage (on board the ‘Hesperus’, Bay of Biscay, Cape Town, Teneriffe, Suez Canal, Port Said, Gibraltar, Ceylon), with the bulk being of Australia (Melbourne, Sydney, other parts of New South Wales) and New Zealand (Wellington, New Plymouth, Urenui, Akaroa, Northern Wairoa, and Napier).  (SC 839). 
  • [Egypt].  University of California Africa Expedition Photograph Collection, 1947-1948.  (Bernath Mss 153).
  • [Egypt].  World Tour Photograph Album, 1907-1908.  458 b/w snapshots of a world tour by an unknown American woman with images from Gibraltar, Spain, France, Egypt, Ceylon, India, Burma, Java, Singapore, Philippines, Hong Kong, China, Japan, Hawaii, and San Francisco Bay.  Includes many images of street scenes, waterfronts, palaces, temples, and other buildings, processions and festivals, American missions, and local inhabitants (many of women and children).  (Bernath Mss 79).
  • Egypt Photograph Album, 1946.  (Bernath Mss 180).
  • Egypt Postcard and Stereoview Collection, ca. 1896-1920s.  51 postcards and 11 stereoviews.  (Bernath Mss 141).
  • Eichheim [Henry] Papers.  Papers of composer and organologist Eichheim.  (PA Mss 52).
  • Eichholz [Mercedes] Oral History, 1990.  Interviews with the second wife of Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, including discussion of his life and her own, as well as C. Girard Davidson, Assistant Secretary of Interior in the Truman Administration, Helen Gahagan Douglas (California Congresswoman and wife of Melvyn Douglas), and other topics.  Central Coast Regional Projects.  (OH 35).
  • Einstein [Albert] Photograph.  One 8x10 b/w photograph of Albert Einstein and his wife at the Santa Barbara Biltmore beach, with Dr. Ludwig Kast, their host for the visit, ca. 1940s.  (SC 825).
  • Eissler [Fred] Collection, ca. 1966-1975.  Files relating to the Santa Barbara Airport, Crosstown Freeway, and Goleta Slough/Goleta Valley Flood Control Project.  (SBHC Mss 15).
  • [El Salvador].  Kiewit [John S.] Photography Collection, ca. 1968-2000.   More than 10,000 color and black/white prints, color slides, and black/white negatives, taken from about 1968 to 2000.  Color slides constitute the bulk of the collection. The images reflect what Kiewit saw on his travels throughout California and the West, as well as trips to other parts of the U.S. and the world, including Cook Island, Costa Rica, El Salvador, England, France, Guatemala, Marques and Tahiti Islands, Mexico, Micronesia, and New Zealand.  Most of the images were taken from the 1970s to the 1990s.  (Mss 228).
  • [El Salvador].  Thomas [Norman] Photograph Collection, 1948-1964 [bulk 1958-1964].  Several thousand b/w prints and negatives, taken by photojournalist Norman Thomas, who was based in New Orleans in the late 1950s to early 1960s.  The largest number of photos are from Mexico, with British Honduras, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Jamaica, Nicaragua, and Panama also represented.  Included are many images of people in everyday life, street and market scenes, factories, events and parades, and overhead views of villages and cities.  There also is an earlier series of photos from the 1948 Nahanni Expedition to northern Canada, and some U.S. photos, including Cape Canaveral, Florida, and a Navajo Reservation Health Program.  (Bernath Mss 97).
  • Eldredge, Charles Augustus.  One Civil War era letter (ALS) to Vincent Roberts, re McClellan report and other documents, Mar. 2, 1864.  Also, biographical notes about Eldredge, a lawyer and Democrat Congressman from Wisconsin, 1863-1875.   (Wyles SC 901).
  • Electoral Tickets.  Two local Republican tickets and one national electoral ticket for Grant and Colfax, ca. late 1860s-early 1870s.  (Wyles SC 890).
  • Electoral Tickets.  Two National Union tickets for Abraham Lincoln / Andrew Johnson and one Democratic ticket for George B. McClellan / George H. Pendleton.  Also one clipping of Civil War era poems.  (Wyles SC 906).
  • Eliot, T. S.  One letter (TLS) to Mrs. [?] Woods, saying he would be delighted to come to tea.  Cambridge, 5 Nov. 1932.  Laid in Eliot’s Poems Written in Early Youth.  (SC 96).
  • Elkus / Manheim Postcard - Photograph Collection, ca. 1910-1937.  Eight postcards, with messages, and four snapshots, from Japan, Philippines, India, Tibet, China, and Burma.  (SC 889).
  • Ellerbe [Paul] Collection.  Carbon-copy typescript of Ellerbe's The Winds Are My Shelter: The Autobiography of a Comparatively Free Man.   (Mss 151).
  • Ellison, Harlan.  Correspondence with the UCSB Library re his Edwin and Jean Corle lecture at UCSB.  Talks about being frustrated by categorizations that prevent him from reaching his intended audience.  Also, a copy of the lecture, “A Love Song to Jerry Falwell,” substantially revised from an earlier published version, 1983.  (SC 97).
  • Ellison [William Henry] Papers.  (FACP 10).
  • Ely, Frederick David.  Correspondence, 1867-1887, to Ely, member of Congress from Massachusetts.  Also, a 2 pp folio letter (TLS) from a group of Boston businessmen protesting the reciprocity treaty with Mexico.  In: Nineteenth Century Americana Collection.  (Mss 2).
  • Ely, William Davis.  Correspondence and documents to Ely, a Providence, Rhode Island businessman   Correspondents include Henry A. Coit, Amasa M. Eaton, C.A.L. Richards and Zachariah Allen.  In: Nineteenth Century Americana Collection.  (Mss 2).
  • [Emancipation Proclamation].  Civil War Broadside.  "Proclamation of Emancipation . . . by President Lincoln, January 1st, 1863."  Advertisement for copy of the document, lithographed by Rosenthal, and published by L. Franklin Smith, Philadelphia, ca. 1865.  (Wyles SC 476).
  • Emancipation Proclamation.  Copy designed by Bruce Rogers, n.d.  (Wyles SC 809).
  • Emerson [Ralph W.] Letter, 1861.  One letter (ALS) from Emerson to Mr. [Slack?] requesting his assistance in obtaining newspaper coverage for a lecture.  Concord, Mass., 3 Dec.1861.  (SC 98).
  • Emerson [Ralph W.] Letter, 1859.  One letter (ALS) from Ralph Waldo Emerson to Daniel Ricketson, thanking him for his book The History of New Bedford, and mentioning, re Henry David Thoreau, “We were all concerned that Mr. Thoreau would [prod her ?] at the Music Hall on Sunday.  From private reports I infer that he made a just impression.”  Concord, Mass., 11 Oct. 1859.  (SC 99).
  • Empie, Gerret A. [178th New York].  11 Civil War era letters addressed to family, 1864-1865.  (Wyles SC 825).
  • Encyclopedias.  Early editions such as: Morokoshi Kinmo Zui (Japanese woodblock print encyclopedia, with entries on arms, minerals and plants of China, 1729); Ephraim Chambers, Cyclopaedia, or, An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences … (1750); John Barrow, A New and Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (1751); Denis Diderot, Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers … (1751-1765); A New and Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences: Comprehending All Branches of Useful Knowledge (2nd ed, 1763-1764) George Selby Howard, The New Royal Cyclopaedia, and Encyclopaedia: Or, Complete, Modern and Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (1788); Encyclopaedia, or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature … (First American edition, 1798); The American Edition of the Edinburgh Encyclopaedia (1813); Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (1833-1843); Japanese atlas and encyclopedia (1840); Library of General Knowledge: Embracing History, Biography, Astronomy, Architecture, Natural History, Poetry, Tales …(1851).
  • [Engineering and Construction].  Burma - U.S. Army Engineer Construction Battalion Photograph Collection, ca 1942-1945.   200+ World War II era b/w photos, including many of Burma, Burmese life, and the Engineer Battalion in Burma.  (Bernath Mss 33).
  • [Engineering and Construction].  Conrad [Albert G.] Papers, 1979.  Typescript autobiography, with photographs, of the Yale University professor of electrical engineering and, later, UCSB dean of the College of Engineering and professor of electrical engineering in the 1960s.  (FACP 6).
  • [Engineering and Construction].  Gildea [James H.] Middle East Railroad Collection, ca. 1940s-1970s [bulk dates early 1950s].  Collection of documents and photos, mainly about Gildea’s involvement in the early 1950s, as engineer and manager in charge of the construction of the Saudi Government Railway, running through the Arabian desert from the Persian Gulf to the capital city of Riyadh.  The project came about as a result of a 1947 agreement between King Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud and the Arabian-American Oil Company (Aramco).  The cost was financed primarily from Saudi oil revenues, with engineering and construction under the guidance of Aramco and the Bechtel Construction Company.  Gildea, formerly with Union Pacific, was chosen to head the project because of his experience in World War II as an operating manager for the Iranian railroad.  Gildea later lived in Santa Barbara and was married to Madame Gildea.  (Bernath Mss 219).
  • [Engineering and Construction].  Goodier [B. G.] India World War II Collection, 1942-1947.  The collection was assembled by a Maj. B. G. Goodier, B. Sc (Tech), Royal Engineers during his time in India (and South Africa) through the Second World War from 1942-45. Part of the collection includes a series of airgraphs, air letters, etc. from his arrival in India (via South Africa) for officer training, through his commission and receipt of command (as Major) assigned to projects relating to road building, and airfield construction. The correspondence is mainly outgoing, written to his parents in Manchester. There are a series of miscellaneous photographs, mostly from Durban and Poona as well as his personal photo album (featuring Durban, South Africa and various locales in India) as well as photos of Goodier and the Officer Cadets' Training Unit among othersPlaces noted in the correspondence and/or photographs include: Durban, East Kirkee, Poona, Lahore, Madras and Bombay.  (Bernath Mss 93).
  • [Engineering and Construction].  Money [Anton K.] Oral History, 1982.  Life history of a mining engineer who fled war-torn Europe to explore Canada’s mining frontier during the 1920s.  (OH 68).
  • [Engineering and Construction].  Northrop [John K.] Oral History, 1972.  Life history, with the former aircraft company president and aeronautical engineer, re history of Northrop Aviation and the “Flying Wing,” Central Coast Regional Projects.  (OH 71).
  • [Engineering and Construction].  Rand [William Whitehill] Papers, ca. 1921-1968 [bulk 1950s-1968].  Documents, maps and some artifacts related to Rand's career in geology, marine engineering, and the oil industry.  The maps are scientific and some include offshore sounding data.  Most are maps of the coast of California, particularly in Santa Barbara, Ventura and Los Angeles counties.  The records of his company, Submarex, its subsidiaries, and the ships used, make up the bulk of this collection.  This company, based in Santa Barbara, was heavily involved in the transformation of Santa Barbara from a relatively unknown area (geologically) to a major oil-producing region between 1947 and 1960.  Also, correspondence, meeting minutes, journal articles, newspaper clippings, reports, log books, catalogs, and project files on deep-sea drilling and ocean exploration.  (SBHC Mss 46).
  • [Engineering and Construction].  Romaine [Lawrence B.] Trade Catalog Collection.  Includes 48 boxes on architecture; 24 boxes on building materials; six boxes on drafting supplies; 85 boxes on hardware; 31 boxes on heating and ventilation systems; eight boxes on home decoration; seven boxes on lighting; 28 boxes on plumbing; two boxes on surveying supplies; two boxes on welding and soldering; and 20 boxes on woodworking.  (Mss 107). 
  • [Engineering and Construction].  Sheldon [Gar] – Mining Engineer’s Correspondence, 1880s.  Mainly letters from Sheldon, with the Corralitos Company in Chihuahua State, Mexico, to family, about personal affairs and local news such as an earthquake in 1887.   (Wyles SC 1009).
  • [Engineering and Construction].  Thailand Civil Engineering Report, 1950s.  Includes numerous b/w photographs.  (Bernath Mss 164).
  • [Engineering and Construction].  Wharton [Gabriel Colvin] Railroad Collection, ca. 1850s, 1867-1880s.  Correspondence, financial records legal documents, and reports relating to Wharton’s career as a civil engineer specializing in railroad construction.  Includes material for Baltimore & Ohio Rail Road Co.; Manasses Gap R. R. Company; Norfolk & Western Railroad Company; Orange & Alexandria Rail Road Co.; South Side R. R. Company; Southern Express Company; and the Virginia, Kentucky & Ohio Railroad.  (Wyles Mss 105). 
  • [Engineering and Construction].  World War II German Engineer Bridging Battalion Photograph Album, 1941-1943.  About 265 b/w photos, with captions in German, including troops on eastern front, convoys and bridges, in Poland and Russia, captured fighter and bomber aircraft, artillery, tanks, barracks, and scenes with local population.  (SC 854).
  • [Engineering and Construction].  World War II - U. S. Forces in the Pacific Photograph Album, ca. 1942-1945.  World War II era photograph album of U.S. forces in the Pacific, ca. 1942-1945, containing 300+ photos, most black/white but some color prints and a few picture postcards, few with captions. Includes a number of shots of Naval personnel, bulldozers, and camps - apparently taken by a member of a Seabee unit. Also, a number of shots of local scenery and inhabitants, apparently New Guinea, New Hebrides (shown on French postcards), and Okinawa. The last part of the album has some miscellany, including clippings about Seabees on Okinawa, and a few pieces of Japanese paper currency and military currency.  (Bernath Mss 73).
  • [Engineering and Construction].  World War II - U. S. Military Construction on Okinawa Photograph Album, 1945.   90+ b/w snapshots, with typed captions, showing the 801st Battalion at work on roads and buildings such as Quonset huts for the hospital, damage wrought by a typhoon in Oct. 1945, and Japanese prisoners of war also working on the various construction projects.  (Bernath Mss 72).
  • [England].  Chase, James.  Two documents (ADS), re petition of James Chase to King Charles II, for payment of money owed, 1673.  (SC 51).
  • [England]. Choules [Patrick] India / England Photograph Albums, 1917, 1921.  Two photograph albums containing 133 b/w snapshots, many with captions, apparently taken by Choules, a British colonial official in Poona, India. (Bernath Mss 55).
  • [England].  Fox Family Falmouth, England Consular Papers, 1819-1905.  (Bernath Mss 213).
  • [England]. Great War Collection, ca. 1910-1922 [bulk dates 1914-1918]. Much of the material in the collection relates to British servicemen and units, but Americans, Australians, and some Germans also are represented. Included are diaries, correspondence, documents, maps, photographs, reports, and some printed material. The approximately 2,000 photographs and picture postcards (loose and in albums and scrapbooks) include many images of France, but also other areas such as Egypt, England, German South West Africa, Iraq, and Palestine. (Bernath Mss 20).
  • [England].  Kiewit [John S.] Photography Collection, ca. 1968-2000.   More than 10,000 color and black/white prints, color slides, and black/white negatives, taken from about 1968 to 2000.  Color slides constitute the bulk of the collection. The images reflect what Kiewit saw on his travels, including England.  (Mss 228).
  • [England].  [Mormons].  Record of Missionary Labors.  Bound ledger, with diary of activities in England, 1916-1918.  (Wyles SC 159).
  • [England].  Ollard [Mr. and Mrs. Richard] Oral History, 1977.   Interview with Richard Ollard, historian and editor of the Collins Publishing House and Mrs. Ollard, history teacher, re growing up in England and the publishing business.  Also includes lecture on Samuel Pepys.  Central Coast Regional Projects.  (OH 74).
  • [England].  Photograph Album - Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, England, ca. late 19th centuryApproximately 150 b/w photographs with handwritten captions, including images of  Yorkminster Cathedral, Malmsbury.  (Mss 181). 
  • English Photo Album, ca. 1920s-1930s.  49 b/w images, wiith captions, including scenes with  buildings and streets of Albany, Aldbury, Cambridge, Canterbury, Ely, London, Maidenhead, Oxford, St. Albans, Stoke Poges, Tunbridge Wells, and Wycombe.  (Mss 174).
  • English Almanacs, 1767.  14 printed English almanacs, bound together in one volume.  Includes titles such as: The Gentleman’s Diary, or the Mathematical Repository; The Ladies’ Diary: or, Woman’s Almanack; Parker’s Ephemeris, Poor Robin; The English Apollo, or, Useful Companion; and Speculum Anni: or, Season on the Seasons.  (Mss 234).
  • English Engravings, ca. 1700s-1800s.  58 engravings, people and places, including a number of London.  (Printers Mss 57).
  • English [Robert A.] Collection, ca. 1967-1970.  Mainly materials relating to the activities of the Community Council to End the War in Vietnam and other peace efforts in the Santa Barbara area.  Included are correspondence, flyers, clippings, and scrapbooks.    (SBHC Mss 5).
  • Ensemble Theatre Company of Santa Barbara Records.  (PA Mss 47).
  • [Environment].  Alternative Press Collection.  Mainly U.S. newspapers, with an emphasis on California, but also some foreign titles. In most cases there are only single or scattered issues, not long runs. Included are newspapers environmental, issues, with titles such as Earth Times (San Francisco, CA, 1970) and Iowa Environmental News (Ames, IA, 1971).  (Mss 169).  Some longer runs of newspapers such as Green Revolution, are cataloged separately.
  • [Environment].  Capelli [Mark H.] Southern California Steelhead Watershed Archive, ca. 1937-2002 [bulk dates 1970s-1990s].  (Mss 242).
  • [Environment].  Climatological Data, 1957-1973 [bulk 1959-1961].  Climatological data sheets from Point Mugu, Santa Barbara, Santa Maria; also shorter runs of data, in folders, from areas such as Coal Oil Point, Ellwood, Punta Gorda, Rincon Point, Goleta, Carpinteria, Summerland, and Montecito.  Includes hourly data on wind, sky cover, waves, and visibility.  (SBHC Mss 65).
  • [Environment].  Community Development and Conservation Collection [CDCC].  Primary focus on the Santa Barbara area, with organization, subject, and clipping files, mainly 1930s-1980s, relating to a variety of environmental issues.  Includes files for groups such as the Garden Club of America, Garden Club of Santa Barbara and Montecito Institute of Nature Study, Nature Conservancy, Santa Barbara Beautiful, Santa Barbara Underseas Foundation Santa Ynez Water Conservation District, Save the Redwoods League,  Shoreline Planning Association of California, and Sierra Club. (SBHC Mss 1). 
  • [Environment].  County Resource Management Office Collection, 1983-1996.  Environmental News packets of photocopied clippings offered by the subscription service run by the [Santa Barbara] County News Service.  (SBHC Mss 25). 
  • [Environment].  Social Protest Collection.  ca. 1943-1992 [bulk dates 1965-1975].  Pamphlets, flyers, announcements, catalogs, journals and newsletters, and other printed material relating to a wide range of issues including ecology/environment, with items such as a pamphlet from the 1991 UCSB Radical Environmentalism Conference and various pamphlets about anarchist environmentalism.  (Mss 183).
  • Environmental Studies Collections. Several manuscript collections, mainly Santa Barbara area, relating to land use, oil, population, transportation, and water issues.  The collections have been listed separately.
  • Erickson [Edward O.] Collection, 1972-1984.  Mainly copies of correspondence between Erickson and Hobart Skofield, both William Edwin Rudge Press alumni, about the history of Rudge and other printing firms, and associates such as Ralph Duenewald, Milton Glick, and Bruce Rogers.  (Printers Mss 8)
  • Ericsson [John] Collection, ca. 1862-1866.  Civil War era documents and correspondence re Monitor and other naval vessels.  (Wyles SC 919).
  • Ernst [Morris L.] Banned Books Collection, ca. 1956-1990.  Examples of more than 700 books banned in various countries throughout history, with an accompanying manuscript collection (Mss 27) and reference works explaining why they were banned.  Includes such well known works as Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Catcher in the Rye, Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Mein Kampf, The Scarlet Letter, Tropic of Cancer, and Ulysses.  
  • Ernst [Morris L.] Oral History, 1968, 1971.  Interview and talk by Ernst re his banned book collection.  Central Coast Regional Projects.  (OH 118).
  • Esalen Institute Collection, 1968-1997.  Articles, leaflets, newsletters, papers, and other ephemera created by the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California.  (HPA Mss 8).
  • Esau [Katherine] Oral History, 1988-1991.  Interviews with UCSB botanist Esau and associates, UCSB Chancellor Vernon Cheadle, Ray Evert, and Jennifer A. Thorsch.  History of Science Project.  (OH 3).
  • Esau [Katherine] Papers, 1870-1988.  Professor of Biology at UCSB, best known as the author of the textbooks Plant