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A Hikers Walk
SDSU-Archives MA 131-MA 131: B13-MA131: B13 IT-087 · Art · 1984 December 30
Part of James Pollock Papers

84.12.30.21 Original pen and ink drawing on Canson Mi-Tientes paper

A. L. Musson Papers
SDSU-Archives UA 053.008 · Papers · 1950-1962

The A.L. Musson Papers document a 1954 trip to Somalia, East Africa, and include materials spanning from 1950 to 1962. The collection consists of correspondence, trip preparations, photographs, slides, negatives, maps, memorabilia, notes, and reports, as well as publications and recommendations related to agricultural and technical development in Somalia. Scrapbooks compiled by Musson contain photographs with translated Italian captions, while accompanying slides and negatives offer additional visual documentation. Notes provide Musson's personal observations written while in Somalia. The correspondence primarily consists of communication with the Foreign Operations Administration, revealing logistical and diplomatic aspects of the trip. Preparatory documents include details on travel arrangements, customs, immunizations, and security clearance forms. Also included are several analytical and technical documents related to Somali agriculture, such as the “Proposed program for agricultural technical assistance for Somalia” by Musson and Worzella (1954), and a groundwater survey by Thomas P. Ahrens (1951).

The materials provide insight into mid-20th century U.S. international agricultural outreach and development efforts in Somalia. They reflect the administrative planning, environmental assessment, and cross-cultural interactions involved in foreign technical assistance programs. Musson's participation and documentation help illuminate early Cold War-era partnerships and scientific exchanges between the U.S. and East Africa, especially in agricultural policy, research, and water resource development.

Musson, Alfred Lyman
A new survey of the globe
SDSU-Archives MA 025-MA 25.4: Rare Books-MA 25.4: G109.T45 1765 · Item · 1765
Part of Vera Way Marghab Papers

A new survey of the globe; or, An accurate mensuration of all the empires, kingdoms, countries, states, principal provinces, counties, & islands in the world . . . A collection of all the noted sea-ports in the world . . . also the settlements & factories, belonging to the English, Dutch . . . etc. in the East and West-Indies, Africa and other parts
London: Printed for J. Bowles, engraved by T. Cole, [ca. 1765]

Thomas Templeman was a writing master at St. Edmund's Bury in Suffolk, England

SDSU-Archives UA 053.036-UA 53.36: B01-UA 53.36: B01-F01 · Folder · undated
Part of Jim Marking Papers

101-121 Major Skills Theory Courses is binder of unannotated mimeographed sheets describing SDSU HPER courses #101 thru 493 (one sheet per course), each including instructor, text, outline, requirements, etc.