Special Collections & University Archives

Records, documents, publications, and other materials pertaining to the history of CSUSB.

A lifetime collection of engineering and planning reports, technical journals, pamphlets, government documents, maps and aerial photos from Joseph Andrew Rowe.

The Howe Collection chronicles the Association's archaeological digs from 1947-72 in Southern California and Mexico through photographs taken by ASA member Charley Howe.

Collection of citrus crate labels with an emphasis on growers in the Inland Empire region of Southern California.

This collection contains postcards depicting scenes throughout the world, with an emphasis on the Inland Empire region of Southern California.

A collection of comic books from throughout the years.

 This collection contains materials from Graciano Gomez’s time publishing the Inland Empire Hispanic News.

An archive of past issues of the Inland Empire Business Journal.

The people incarcerated at the Assembly Centers and the Relocation Camps published their own newspapers. The library has an exhaustive set of these on microfilm, under the title Records of the War Relocation Authority, 1942-1946.

This is a collection of Major James McLaughlin's years as an agent, and later as an inspector. These are copies of important correspondences.

Photos, documents, and correspondence which tell the story of the unique public-private partnership that resulted in the Coachella Valley's first public 4-year university.

Librarians at the Pfau Library have collected many examples of pulp fiction over the years. All are kept in the Rare Book Room of Special Collections & University Archives.

This collection contains historical photographs of San Bernardino, CA and the Inland Empire region of Southern California taken and collected by notable local photographer, Walter Henry Clarence Steele.

The Water Resources Archives collection of aerial photographs from counties throughout California and Arizona.