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The California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives collection contains audiovisual material (moving images, audio), texts, and still images from the 1860s through the 2000s. The majority of the collection consists of ephemera related to the railroad industry - including railroad advertisements, time tables, dining car menus, and train car images - and covers subjects and topics such as the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, the Santa Fe Railroad company and more.

The California State University, Chico, Meriam Library collection contains audio files from the 1960s to the 1970s. The majority of the collection consists of oral history and folklore, including storytelling performed by Hector Lee.

The California State University, Fresno, Henry Madden Library collection contains audio material from the 1960s and 1970s. The majority of the collection consists of interviews, oral histories and song recordings, and includes subjects and topics such as Mono Indians, North Fork, the Sierra Indian Festival and more.

The California State University, Los Angeles, John F. Kennedy Memorial Library collection contains audio material from the 1950s and 1960s. The majority of the collection consists of poetry readings, and include subjects and topics such as Mel Weisburd, Peter Yates, Alvaro Cardona- Hine, Gil Orlovitz, drugs and LSD, and more.

The California State University, Sacramento collection consists of audiovisual materials (moving images, audio) from the late 1950s through the early 2000s. The majority of the collection consists of oral history interviews and lectures, and include subjects and topics such as feminism, racism, gang culture, civil rights, Japanese internment and more.