Of Heart and Mind What does the movie The China Syndrome have in common with CSUB? The movie, starring Jane Fonda and released in 1979, was about an accident at a nuclear power plant that was investigated by a reporter. On May 22 of the same year Jane Fonda spoke at… Continue Reading Tales from the Vault #6
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2016 marked the sesquicentennial of the establishment of Kern County. To commemorate this, the HRC was busy researching photographs that document the history of the county for the exhibit 150: The History of Kern County Through Photographs. While researching this exhibit, I happened upon a timeline of the development of… Continue Reading Tales from the Vault #7
Tales from the Vault #5 “Earl Warren and California State College, Bakersfield” This edition of Tales takes us to the Earl Warren Collection housed in the Historical Research Center’s Special Collections and Rare Book Room. Many of you perhaps know Earl Warren as the Supreme Court Justice who presided over… Continue Reading Tales from the Vault #5
Tales from the Vault #4 “The Long Hard Road of a Country Musician” This edition of Tales from the Vault takes us to the Bakersfield Sound. The Historical Research Center at the Walter W. Stiern Library contains a number of interviews with Bakersfield musical legends such as Oscar Whittington, “Tumbleweed”… Continue Reading Tales from the Vault #4
In the last edition of Tales from the Vault I mentioned the vast inventory of oral histories on deposit in the Historical Research Center. Not only do these oral histories cover CSUB faculty, they also document the history of the San Joaquin Valley. Interviewees who experienced the Dust Bowl, farming,… Continue Reading Tales from the Vault #3
Dr. Ed Sasaki This edition of Tales from the Vault takes us into the area of oral history. The Historical Research Center in the Walter W. Stiern Library has a vast inventory of oral histories that cover a variety of aspects of history (more about that will be covered in… Continue Reading Tales from the Vault #2
One of the most rewarding experiences of working with archival materials is when a researcher discovers something new. Recently, we had two researchers, one from the University of Colorado, Bolder, the other from the Royal Academy of Music, review the Lucien Garban Collection. For those unfamiliar with the collection, it… Continue Reading Lucien Garban Collection