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The following is a guide to collections documenting the history and administration of San Diego State University since its inception as a state normal school in 1897. Collections include department records, faculty papers, student organizations, presidential papers, scrapbooks, realia, and photographs.  

This guide is not exhaustive. For more resources search the Finding Aid Database and the library's catalog.

For research assistance contact:

Special Collections & University Archives
Location: 1st Floor Love Library, LL-150
Phone: (619) 594-6791
askscua AT sdsu DOT edu