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This collection documents the personal and professional life of Wilmer Amina Carter, former Assembly member representing the 62nd District in the California Assembly and retired Board member of the Rialto Unified School District. The collection primarily consists of vertical files (e.g., press clippings, computer printouts, fliers, newsletters, documents, and photographs) created and maintained by Carter documenting her life and involvement in the Inland Empire’s Black community.

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This collection contains approximately 300 citrus crate labels from the early 1900s through 1950s with an emphasis on growers in the Inland Empire region of Southern California including Redlands, Corona, Riverside, East Highland, and Rialto. Labels from other cities in Southern California such as Placentia, Oxnard, and Los Angeles are also represented in this collection.

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This collection primarily contains photographs photographic prints, photograph albums, and digital photographs taken by local "community photograher" John Coleman of Inland Empire (Calif.) events, people, and organizations with a primary focus on the region's African American community. Also includes programs, fliers, and other materials collected by Coleman pertaining to events and organizations in the Inland Empire cities of Redlands, San Bernardino, and Riverside.

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This collection contains announcements, fliers, publications, and other materials pertaining to the Billy Holcomb chapter of E Clampus Vitus, an organization dedicated to preserving and documenting the history of the American West with an emphasis on San Bernardino and Riverside counties. Materials primarily document the group's "Clampout" events and member research on the history of the Inland Empire's notable people, places, and events.

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For more than two decades, Graciano Gomez edited and published the Inland Empire Hispanic News, a newspaper focused on the Hispanic community of Southern California’s Inland Empire. This collection contains Gomez’s reference files from his time publishing the newspaper.

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This collection contains reel-to-reel sound recordings of folk music performed by Clabe Hangan and others at local venues throughout the Inland Empire including the Redlands Bowl in Redlands, CA and Penny University, a coffee house in San Bernardino, CA during the 1960s-1970s.

Abstract The Ratibu Shadidi Jacocks papers document critical elements of Ratibu Jacocks' life, ranging from his cultural identity and community activism to family history. This collection contains correspondence, documents, vertical files, and other materials pertaining to Jacocks' involvement with Creative Business Services, Westside Action Group, Inland Area Kwanzaa Group, Inland Area Black Political Action Group, and other community-based organizations. Also includes materials related to Jacocks'...

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This collection contains meeting minutes, newsletters, reports, and other materials from the League of Women Voters of the San Bernardino Area.

Abstract This collection contains documents, memorabilia, newspaper clippings and other material pertaining to the National Orange Show held annually in San Bernardino, CA. Includes newspaper clippings about the National Orange Show from the San Bernardino Sun and other local newspapers, photographs featuring event attendees and spaces from Lyman S. Rich, Jr. (the former assistant manager of the National Orange Show), and pinback buttons, prize ribbons, and other souvenirs distributed at the...

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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.