Abstract The San Jose State College Earth Day collection documents the organization of the Survival Faire class project that emerged from a humanities course (160); a study of contemporary issues, led by Dr. John Sperling. The course centered on human ecology, with a very specific focus on pollution caused by automobile industry and the dependence of Americans's use of cars, tires, and gasoline, as well as explored population ecology. The collection includes literature explored by the class to...

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The San Jose State College Survival Faire Collection consists of mixed materials related to the Survival Faire event that took place at San Jose State College from February 16-20, 1970. Materials include informational documents about the event, contest information, promotional posters, news releases, photographs, a newspaper, empty Survival Faire-branded envelopes, and ephemera. The materials in this collection range between 1969-1970.

Abstract A small collection of mixed materials from San José State University’s Amateur Radio Club from 1939 to 2022. This collection includes materials related to the club’s activities such as an amateur radio station log book, an attendance sheet, and QSL cards. Also included are a 1960s radio manual, a club branded item, and World War II era headphones. A guide containing the chronological order of Amateur Radio Club mentions in the San José State University newspaper archives and yearbook...

Abstract The Diane Solomon Civil Rights and Viet Nam War Era Button Collection represent the history of social and political movements during the 1960s and 1970s. Political buttons have been used for centuries as a means to support political candidates and later became popular in promoting specific social causes. Political buttons, pins, fobs and banners were very popular and inexpensive to produce. The buttons in the collection represent many of the social and political movements of the 1960's and...