Loma Prieta Earthquake collection 1989-[ongoing].

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Loma Prieta Earthquake collection 1989-[ongoing].

Newspaper and periodical articles; essays, journals, and diaries; photographs; tape-recorded interviews; and copies of official bulletins and documents related to the Loma Prieta Earthquake (October 17, 1989) and its effects in Santa Cruz County. Includes material specifically on the effects of the earthquake on the University of California Santa Cruz, including items issued by the campus Public Relations Office. Includes photographs by Al Lowry and Hans Schermann, essays by Jeff Marshall, items from the Mintie White School, and various materials from the Santa Cruz Transit District. Also includes thirty-five cassette tapes by Nikki Silva containing on-the-street recordings of earthquake events as well as interviews with Santa Cruz County residents affected the earthquake. Much of the collection consists of photocopies of originals held elsewhere.

4 linear ft.

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Marshall, Jeffrey S.

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Mintie White School.

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Silva, Nikki

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University of California, Santa Cruz

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Organization history UCSC Colleges Cowell College, founded 1965 Adlai E. Stevenson College, founded 1966 Crown College, founded 1967 Merrill College, founded 1968 Benjamin F. Porter College, founded in 1969 as "College Five" and formally dedicated as "Benjamin F. Porter College" in 1981. Kresge College, ...

Schermann, Hans

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Lowry, Alexander

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Biography Alexander Lowry has been making personal and professional photographs since 1957. During his career he has been a newspaper photographer and public relations photographer, and for the last 30 years has concentrated on contract work, primarily for educational and conservation organizations. Photo Researchers, Inc. in New York has represented his stock photography since 1964. He has taught workshops for University of California, Santa...

Santa Cruz Transit District.

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