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New Acquisitions
New Acquisitions for Special Collections and University Archives
Each year donors contribute significantly to strengthening Special Collections at the San Diego State University Library and Information Access. Are you interested in contributing something to Special Collections?
December 2005
Dr. George M. Ellis donation |
 map from Datos de los Trabajos Astronomicos y Topograficos |
 illustration from The Personal Narrative of James O. Pattie, of Kentucky |
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Dr. George M. Ellis made a donation of rare, historical titles to Special Collections and University Archives, including the 1807 first edition of the first published journal by a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Patrick Gass F592.5 .G2 1807; the first published account of the work (Jose Salazar Ylarregui, 1850) of the Joint Boundary Commission of the United States and Mexico in surveying and marking the present boundary of the two countries under the terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo F786 .S16 1850; and James Ohio Pattie's Personal Narrative of James Ohio Pattie, of Kentucky... F592 .P38 1833, which is the first published book account of an American overland trip to Alta California. Pattie's narrative is also the first book published by a participant in either the northern or the southwestern fur trade. Sylvester Pattie, James' father, who was one of the members of the expedition, died in 1828, while they were under arrest at the San Diego Presidio during that expedition and the image from the book is of his burial. Sylvester's grave was rediscovered during excavations at the Presidio lead by Dr. Paul Ezell in 1969. |
Steven S. and Carolyn B. Conner donation |
 title pages from San Diego: A California City
1937, printed by Neyenesch Printers, Inc., San Diego |
Steven S. and Carolyn B. Conner donated a fine collection of historical San Diego imprints, San Diego postcards and ephemera and books about San Diego history. A San Diego County Directory, 1915, History of San Diego - It's Pueblo Lands and Water by H.C. Hopkins, 1926, and San Diego and the Exposition - Things to Do - Things to See published by the San Diego California Club in 1935, are examples of the sorts of items included. |
September 2005
New, rare astronomy books |
 page from Recueil d'Observations... |
 detail of a diagram from De
Magnitudinibus, et Distantiis Solis, et Lunae, Liber cum Pappi Alexandrini
explicationibus quibusdam |
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Recueil d'Observations faites en plusieurs Voyages
par Ordre de sa Majest‹. Pour Perfectionner l'Astronomie et la Georgraphie.
Avec divers Traitez Astronomiques.
This handsome volume, published by the Royal Academy of Sciences, Paris,
in 1693, contains nine first edition texts by four well-respected scientists
of the day, Cassini, Richer, Picard and La Hire. This book may be requested
in Special Collections QB41
.A16 1693.
De Magnitudinibus, et Distantiis Solis, et Lunae,
Liber cum Pappi Alexandrini explicationibus quibusdam, by Aristarchus
of Samos.
This is the first edition (1572) of Federico Commandino’s translation
of the first treatise to put forward the heliocentric hypothesis. Aristarchus
(ca.310-230 B.C.) reconciled the apparent immobility of the fixed stars
with the revolution of the earth around the sun, by determining, through
his trigonometrical ratios, that the size of the universe was much larger
than that conceived by his predecessors. This book may be requested in
Special Collections PA3874.A48
A2 1572.
The purchase of these books was made
possible by the Friends of the Library. |
August 2005
Luscomb Illustrations |
| Donald Luscomb (SDSC 1934) was one of a pair of artists
who completed eight large-scale illustrations for the 1936 San Diego State
College yearbook, Del Sudoeste. The other artist was George Sorenson
(SDSC 1937). All eight of those drawings were donated to University Archives
by the Donald Luscomb family. The drawing reproduced here shows many of the
faculty in 1936. |
The Faculty by Donald Luscomb
from the 1936 SDSC Del Sudoeste yearbook. |
July 2005
Bixby Canyon Ocean Path Word Breeze by Allen Ginsberg |
Front cover illustration from a painting by Emil White. |
Inscribed by Allen Ginsberg
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| SDSU alumnus and owner of New York's
Gotham Book Mart, Andreas Brown has been a generous donor to the library
since the 1960s. Among items received from in in June 2005 was this wonderfully
inscribed copy #1 of Allen Ginsberg's Bixby Canyon Ocean Path Word
Breeze. The book was published in 1972 by Gotham Book Mart; Mr Brown
also donated his prepublication mockups of the book. This book may be
requested in Special Collections PS3513.I74
B5 1972. |
Donna Barr's Black Manuscripts |
pages from Donna Barr's Black Manuscripts |
| Special Collections and Archives received a fabulous
gift from author and illustrator Donna Barr in July, 2005. She donated
her original Black Manuscripts which are hand-written and illustrated
Desert Peach volumes, twelve of which are ornately hand-embroidered
on their covers. Original scores, scripts, photographs, videotapes, and
costumes from her Desert Peach musical were also received. These
materials, along with additional donations from Donna Barr and other artists
and collectors of zines, comics, underground music and culture have created
an outstanding collection of alternative popular culture. For more information
about Donna Barr, see her web
site. |
June 2005
The Mime of Mick, Nick, and the Maggies: A Fragment from Work in
Progress by James Joyce
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Front cover, designed by Lucia Joyce. |
Initial letter, designed by Lucia Joyce. |
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| The cover, initial letter, and the tailpiece
of this beautiful publication were designed by James Joyce's daughter,
Miss Lucia Joyce. The library's copy is number 579 of an edition
of 1,000, and was printed in letterpress using Old Antique Dutch font
at the presses of G. J. Thieme at Nymegen, Holland. This copy is
a gift to the library from Paul Kennerson, in honor of Andreas Brown,
owner of the Gotham Book Mart, upon the occasion of the conferral of the
Doctorate of Fine Arts degree to Brown. This book may be requested
in Special Collections PR6019.O9
W615 1934a. |
Essentials of Linoleum Block Printing By Ralph
W. Polk, 1927 |
| For 50 years, Horace Dodd has worked to build a
diverse collection of books and the SDSU Library is the fortunate recipient
of much of this collection. He has generously donated his entire collection
of every edition published of Francis Parkman's Oregon Trail;
his extensive printmaking, paper making and book making texts; books about
George Catlin; theater playbills; and his paper engineering books numbering
235 in all. |
Two-color linoleum-block design from Essentials of Linoleum-Block
Printing by Ralph W. Polk |
May 2005
Donald and Louise Heyneman natural history donations |
Illustration of an Ibis from Naturae, or The Naturalists' Miscellany |
Donald and Louise Heyneman donated five 18th and
19th century natural history titles. One of the larger sets is Naturae,
or The Naturalists' Miscellany, London, 1789, which includes hundreds
of hand-colored plates throughout its 17 volumes. (Mr. Heyneman's mother,
Amy Jo Wormser donated her large and very valuable collection of natural
history titles to Special Collections in 1983.) |
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