Holt-Atherton Special Collections and Archives

The mission of Special Collections is to collect, preserve, and provide access to manuscript collections made up of primary sources that focus on California, American history, and the University of the Pacific, as well as a specialized book collection. The Special Collections department is open to the public and especially welcomes Pacific students to use its unique resources in their research.
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Online Transcription Project
John Muir Papers
The world’s largest collection of Muir documents
Japanese-American Internment Collections
A variety of documents from the internment camps
University Archives
Historic records generated by administration, faculty, staff and students of Pacific