Arthur E. Nelson papers
Collection Scope and Content Summary
This collection contains memorandums, correspondence, bulletins, minutes, administrative records, and other materials pertaining to California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB) that were collected by Arthur E. Nelson, the first College Librarian at CSUSB. The included materials date back to the mid-1960s when the university was known as California State College, San Bernardino (C.S.C.S.B) and continues through 2003. Coverage includes the university's administration, academic and faculty senates, academic and non-academic departments, president's office, library, faculty, students, and alumni providing a snapshot into the early history of the university from the 1960s through 1980s.
Dates
- Creation: 1959-2003, undated
- Creation: Majority of material found in 1964-1984
Access
This collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright Unknown: Some materials in this collection may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction, and/or commercial use, of some materials may be restricted by gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing agreement(s), and/or trademark rights. Distribution or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. To the extent other restrictions apply, permission for distribution or reproduction from the applicable rights holder is also required. Responsibility for obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Biographical Note
Arthur E. Nelson was appointed the first College Librarian at CSUSB on April 1, 1963. Nelson's title was later changed to Library Director in 1972, a post he would hold until March 31, 1988 when he returned to the ranks as Librarian. As the longest tenured library director in the California State University system, Nelson oversaw the growth of the CSUSB library for more than two decades and was instrumental in building the library's initial 50,000 volume collection. He was also responsible for establishing this collection of materials which would serve as a starting point for the University Archives which were later named in his honor. Nelson fully retired from the university in 1991 and later passed away on September 25, 2003 at the age of 76.
Extent
18.0 Linear Feet (9 file cabinet drawers)
Language of Materials
English
Metadata Rights Declarations
- License: This record is made available under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Creative Commons license.
Abstract
This collection contains memorandums, correspondence, bulletins, minutes, administrative records, and other materials pertaining to California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB) from the mid 1960s through the early 2000s. Materials were collected by Arthur E. Nelson, the first College Librarian at CSUSB, and provide a snapshot into the early history of the university.
Collection Arrangement
The original order of this collection was maintained and the originally assigned file identifiers and descriptions were used.
Materials are arranged by file identifier into the following nine series:
Unit Code Index
The unit codes listed below are combined with the format type codes to create the file identifier listed with each entry:
Format Type Index
The format type codes listed below are combined with the unit codes to create the file identifier listed with each entry:
Acquisition Information
This collection was compiled by Arthur E. Nelson, the first College Librarian at CSUSB, from 1963-2003.
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Eric Milenkiewicz, University Archivist, and Olivia Willhide-James, Student Assistant (2023).
Subject
- California State College, San Bernardino (Organization)
- California State University, San Bernardino (Organization)
- Title
- Arthur E. Nelson papers
- Author
- Finding aid created by Eric Milenkiewicz, University Archivist.
- Date
- 2023
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
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Repository Details
Part of the Arthur E. Nelson University Archives Repository