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Walter Roeder research materials and writing

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: HG-2021-006

Content Description

This collection comprises the research files and writings of Walter Roeder, former faculty emeritus at CalPoly Pomona and volunteer with Sonoma State University Library's Special Collections and the Petaluma History Room of the Petaluma Regional Library. He was a contributor to the Sonoma County Historical Society's quarterly journal, the Sonoma Historian. The topics of his research and writings include Walter Nagle, Jack and Charmian London, Philip Cowen, Theodore Wagner, Glen Ellen history, and Roeder's experience aboard a U.S. military transport ship that collided with an Argentine ocean liner, the Maipu, in 1951.

Acquisition Type

Gift

Provenance

Gift, Emily D. Roeder.

Restrictions Apply

No

Dates

  • Creation: 1996 - 2015

Extent

0.79 linear feet (1 box)

Inventory

Folders are labeled by subject.