Notes for Library archives
For some individuals and organizations there are multiple collections listed in the guide.
“Ephemera” refers to materials that are usually short-lived, such as pamphlets and posters. “Papers” refers to diaries, correspondence, notebooks, book manuscripts, newspaper clippings, meeting notes, photographs, sketches, and the like. “Records” refers to meeting agendas and minutes, correspondence, budgets, and the like. “Environmentalist” means someone engaged in advocacy concerning our environment. “NGO” is a non-governmental organization.
In a few cases, it is not certain that an archived collection’s contents concern the California condor (only review of the collection contents will tell).
Quotation marks in the Relevant content indicate words taken verbatim from the available information about a collection.
The Creator or Title in the guide is not identical to the collection name assigned by the library as these names are sometimes cumbersome.
For details about a specific collection, visit the library’s website and locate the collection’s “Finding aid” or its equivalent. For many collections housed in California libraries, finding aids are accessible via the Online Archive of California. Some libraries refer to their archive collections as special or research collections.
While some libraries have scanned and posted portions of their archive collections online, most archived materials may only be seen by visiting the library archives in person. Some libraries maintain lists of approved researchers who can be hired to search for, scan, and provide materials.
If the guide to library archives leads you to a discovery about the California condor in a library archive, I invite you to share your findings with me by making contact.
“Ephemera” refers to materials that are usually short-lived, such as pamphlets and posters. “Papers” refers to diaries, correspondence, notebooks, book manuscripts, newspaper clippings, meeting notes, photographs, sketches, and the like. “Records” refers to meeting agendas and minutes, correspondence, budgets, and the like. “Environmentalist” means someone engaged in advocacy concerning our environment. “NGO” is a non-governmental organization.
In a few cases, it is not certain that an archived collection’s contents concern the California condor (only review of the collection contents will tell).
Quotation marks in the Relevant content indicate words taken verbatim from the available information about a collection.
The Creator or Title in the guide is not identical to the collection name assigned by the library as these names are sometimes cumbersome.
For details about a specific collection, visit the library’s website and locate the collection’s “Finding aid” or its equivalent. For many collections housed in California libraries, finding aids are accessible via the Online Archive of California. Some libraries refer to their archive collections as special or research collections.
While some libraries have scanned and posted portions of their archive collections online, most archived materials may only be seen by visiting the library archives in person. Some libraries maintain lists of approved researchers who can be hired to search for, scan, and provide materials.
If the guide to library archives leads you to a discovery about the California condor in a library archive, I invite you to share your findings with me by making contact.
1 January 2020
