This collection consists of ephemera spanning 1735-1869 collected by Dr. Robert D. Pepper, SJSU Professor Emeritus of English and Humanities. Materials include: a (very delicate) 1869 painted fabric map of San Francisco's Bernal Heights titled "Map of a Portion of Bernal Rancho Including All of the Gift Maps, Precita Valley Lands, Etc." Compiled by John C. Colquhoun, C.E.; a large poster reproduction of the Sixth Congress of the United States' act establishing the Library of Congress; a 1735 British indenture contract on parchment; and a 1839 British indenture contract on parchment detailing an estate transfer from Thomas Tindal to George Henry Nevinson.