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The Faith Terasawa papers (1942-1955) contain documents resulting from the internment of her family at the Central Utah Relocation Center ("Topaz") from 1942-1945. These include personal records, especially those surrounding the death of her father, Rev. B. H. Terasawa; camp administrative documents; educational documents; and camp publications.

The S. Floyd Mori papers (1962-2005) contain correspondence, scrapbooks, student papers, meeting minutes, reports, memos, brochures, pamphlets, and memorabilia related to Mori's activities with the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL). Also included are documents related to his tenure as a California State Assemblyman.

This white paper focuses on how climate change-induced effects on weather will translate into changes in wildland fire severity and outcomes, particularly on the effectiveness of initial attack at limiting the area burned in contained fires and the number of fires that escape initial attack. Prior research has indicated that there is a potential for significant increases in the number of fires escaping initial attack, particularly in areas in which the fuel matrix is dominated by grass and brush. Those findings, however, were derived using less sophisticated models of initial attack than currently available. The results of this study, using more sophisticated models and climate projections, indicate that subtle shifts in fire behavior of the sort that might be induced by the climate changes anticipated for the next century are of sufficient magnitude to generate an appreciable increase in the number of fires that escape initial attack, at least for areas where brush fuels dominate.

"There is a growing body of research showing community- and state-level indicators of structural racism and social and economic deprivation are associated with prenatal care utilization and adverse birth outcomes among African American women. However, even after controlling for individual characteristics and community poverty, racial inequities in prenatal care utilization and adverse birth outcomes are still present. There is limited research on the effect of structural racism and social and economic deprivation when measured at the county-level on adverse birth outcomes. This study contributes to previous research by using a novel conceptualization and measurement of structural racism and social and economic deprivation to better understand racial inequities in prenatal care utilization and adverse birth outcomes. Cross-sectional birth record data (2009-2013) from women residing in California (n= 531,170) were linked to county-level data gathered from the American Community Survey (2009-2013) to conduct multilevel analyses. This study was guided by the ecosocial theory and was centered on examining the association of exposures to structural racism (e.g., residential segregation and African American and White ratios in political participation) and embodied racial inequities in adverse birth outcomes between African American and White women through two mediated pathways: (1) social and economic deprivation, and (2) prenatal care utilization. Outcome variables in this study were infants' birth weight (measured in grams) and gestational age (measured in weeks). Women receiving less than adequate prenatal care (i.e., initiating prenatal care after the first trimester and attending 79% or less of recommended appointments) served as a secondary outcome variable. Structural racism was measured by residential segregation indices (i.e., dissimilarity, isolation, and concentration) and African American and White ratios in the number of persons incarcerated for felonies and in board of supervisor positions at the county-level. Social and economic deprivation was measured by two African American to White ratios: in having a professional and/or management job, and in having a high school diploma or higher at the county-level. Chapters 4 and 5 are two papers included in this dissertation that sought to answer the following research questions: (1) Are both traditional and novel indicators of county-level structural racism associated with adverse birth outcomes among African American and White women?; (2) Do both traditional and novel measures of county-level structural racism account for racial inequities seen in adverse birth outcomes among African American and White women?; and (3) Do county-level indicators of social and economic deprivation account for racial inequities seen in African American and White women's prenatal care utilization? Among women included in the study sample, African American women birthed infants of lower average birth weight and earlier average gestational age, with corresponding higher percentages of infants meeting criteria for low birth weight and preterm birth in comparison to White women. Additionally, African American women, compared to White women, were more likely to have less than adequate prenatal care utilization. Traditional indicators of structural racism (i.e., isolation and dissimilarity) were associated with African American and White women's infants' birth weight and gestational age, after controlling for individual characteristics and county-level poverty. There was a significant interaction between race (i.e., African American) and traditional indicators of structural racism (i.e., isolation) with infants' gestational age, where African American women who lived in counties with high isolation birthed infants at earlier gestational ages. The main effect of race on infants' birth weight and gestational age remained significant across all models. Novel indicators of structural racism were associated with infants' birth weight among both African American and White women. There were no statistically significant interactions between race and novel indicators of structural racism with infants' birth weight. Only one indicator of social and economic deprivation was associated with women's prenatal care utilization, adjusting for individual characteristics and county-level poverty. Findings indicate increasing the number of African Americans by one to every 100 Whites in professional jobs at the county-level, increased women's likelihood of having less than adequate prenatal care by 1.03 odds. Race remained significant after accounting for individual-level factors and county poverty; however, there were no significant interactions between race and African American to White ratios in professional jobs. Findings from this study highlight the utility of county-level measures of structural racism and social and economic deprivation in understanding factors related to prenatal care utilization and adverse birth outcomes among African American and White women. Future studies should examine more comprehensive approaches to measure structural racism and social and economic deprivation to better understand the structural influences affecting racial inequities in prenatal care utilization and adverse birth outcomes."--Abstract from author supplied metadata

Purpose. This study provides insight into the histories and current statuses of queer community archives in California and explores what the archives profession can learn from the queer community archives and archivists. Through the construction of histories of three community archives (GLBT Historical Society; Lavender Library, Archives, and Cultural Exchange of Sacramento, Inc.; and ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives), the study discovered why these independent, community-based archives were created, the issues that influenced their evolution, and the similarities and differences among them. Additionally, it compared the community archives to institutional archives which collect queer materials to explore the similarities and differences among the archives and determine possible implications for the archives profession., Significance. The study contributes to the literature in several significant ways: it is the first in-depth comparative history of the queer community archives; it adds to the cross-disciplinary research in archives and history; it contributes to the current debates on the nature of the archives and the role of the professional archivist; and it has implications for changing archival practice., Methodology. This study used social constructionism for epistemological positioning and new social history theory for theoretical framework. Information was gathered through seven oral history interviews with community archivists and volunteers and from materials in the archives' collections. This evidence was used to construct the histories of the archives and determine their current statuses. The institutional archives used in the comparisons are the: University of California, Berkeley's Bancroft Library; University of California, Santa Cruz's Special Collections and University Archives; and San Francisco Public Library's James C. Hormel Gay and Lesbian Center. The collection policies, finding aids, and archival collections related to the queer communities at the institutional and community archives were compared to determine commonalities and differences among the archives., Findings. The findings revealed striking similarities in the histories of the community archives and important implications for the archives' survival and their relevancy to the archives profession. Each archives was started by an individual or small group collecting materials to preserve history that would otherwise have been lost as institutional archives were not collecting queer materials. These private collections grew and became the basis for the community archives. The community archives differ in their staffing models, circulation policies, and descriptive practices. The community archives have grown to incorporate more public programming functions than most institutional archives. While in the past, the community archives had little connection to institutional archives, today they have varying degrees of partnerships. However, the historical lack of collecting queer materials by institutional archives makes some members of the communities reluctant to donate materials to institutional archives or collaborate with them. All three queer community archives are currently managed by professionally trained and educated archivists and face financial issues impacting their continued survival. The similarities and differences between the community and institutional archives include differences in collection policies, language differences in the finding aids, and differing levels of relationships between the archives. However, they share similar sensitivity in the use of language in describing the queer communities and overlap in the types of materials collected., Implications. This study supports previous research on community archives showing that communities take the preservation of history into their own hands when ignored by mainstream archives (Flinn, 2007; Flinn & Stevens, 2009; Nestle, 1990). Based on the study's findings, institutional archivists could learn from their community archivist counterparts better ways to become involved in and relevant to the communities whose records they possess. This study also expands the understanding of history of the queer communities to include in-depth research into the archives which preserve and make available material for constructing history. Furthermore, this study supports reflective practice for archivists, especially in terms of descriptions used in finding aids. It also supports changes in graduate education for archives students to enable archivists in the United States to be more fully cognizant of community archives and able to engage in collaborative, international projects. Through this more activist role of the archivists, partnerships between the community and institutional archives would be built to establish more collaborative, respectful relationships with the communities in this post-custodial age of the archives (Stevens, Flinn, & Shepherd, 2010). Including community archives in discussions of archival practice and theory is one way of ensuring archives represent and serve a diversity of voices.

"The conferences were held on October 11th and 12th in Diamond Bar (southern California), and October 15th and 16th in Rancho Cordova (northern California). The goal of the lessons-learned lectures and tabletop exercises was to gauge the preparedness level of transit systems throughout the state, gauge the level of integration with the emergency preparedness and response apparatus, and to improve those preparedness, response and recovery systems"--Executive summary