Northington, Jake. Interview transcript. November 22, 2019.
subject: Artists, Black
subject: California State University San Marcos -- Black Student Center
subject: California State University San Marcos -- Students
subject: Portrait photography
description: Jake Northington is a California State University San Marcos alumnus. He graduated with his degree in Photography in 2019. In this interview, Jake discusses his artistic influences, the importance of Black representation in his photography, and his involvement in CSUSM’s Black Student Center and the Black SistaHood.
creator: Jake Northington
publisher: California State University San Marcos University Library Special Collections
date: 2019-11-22
contributor: Sean Visintainer
contributor: Julia Friedman
rights: In copyright
format: text
language: English
coverage: San Marcos (Calif.)
coverage: East Saint Louis (Ill.)

Oral history of Alex White, April 18, 2024
subject: Language revival
subject: Chamorro language
subject: Chamorro (Micronesian people) -- History
subject: Chamorro (Micronesian people) -- Social life and customs
subject: Colonization -- Spain -- Oceania
subject: Colonization -- Japan
subject: Colonization -- United States -- Guam
subject: Decolonization -- Guam
description: Alex White is a Chamorro activist who experienced a two week long Chamorro immersion program histed by the Prugraman Sinipok organization. In this interview, he speaks on his experiences growing up in Colorado, his engagement with Chamorro culture, and his path to learning the Chamorro language.
creator: Alex White
date: 2024-04-18
contributor: Robert Sheehan
rights: In copyright
language: English and Chamorro
type: moving image
coverage: Guam
coverage: San Diego County (Calif.)
coverage: Colorado

Oral history of Alexa Clausen, April 12, 2022
description: Alexa Clausen is one of the founders of the Adobe Home Tours in North County San Diego, providing much of the histiography of each stop on their yearly tours. She was employed as a historian with California State Parks prior to her involvement with Adobe Home Tours. In this interview, Alexa speaks about how Adobe Home Tours started, the successes and difficulties with running a program like Adobe Home Tours, and how her background with California State Parks helped prepare her for her current role. This oral history was made possible with generous funding from the Ellie Johns Foundation.
creator: Alexa Clausen
publisher: California State University San Marcos University Library
date: 2022-04-12
contributor: Jake Peirce
rights: https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/
language: English
type: Sound

Oral history of David Shaffer, November 20, 2025
subject: US Air Force
subject: Captain
subject: Cold War
subject: Consolidated Aircraft
subject: B-24
subject: B-32
subject: Convair
subject: VJ Day
subject: Victory over Japan Day
subject: 2nd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery Regiment
subject: American Civil War
subject: Prussian
subject: British
subject: American Revolution
subject: German
subject: American
subject: cavalryman
subject: Fort Bliss
subject: Galloping Goose
subject: Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
subject: Denver University
subject: San Diego State University
subject: marine engine mechanic
subject: Officers Training School
subject: Second Lieutenant
subject: air traffic controller
subject: Keesler Air Force Base
subject: TERPS
subject: Terminal Instrument Procedures
subject: forward airfield
subject: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
subject: Six-Day War
subject: Sinai Peninsula
subject: Lajes Field
subject: Strategic Air Command
subject: General Curtis LeMay
subject: Officer in Charge
subject: Hahn Air Base
subject: B-36
subject: B-36 Peacemaker
subject: A model B-36
subject: engineer
subject: little people
subject: Lackland Air Force Base
subject: officer trainee club
subject: officers' club
subject: FAA
subject: Federal Aviation Administration
subject: ATC
subject: Navy
subject: Tinker Air Force Base
subject: BFS
subject: Bundesanstalt für Flugsicherung
subject: Jimmy Stewart
subject: World War II
subject: First Lieutenant
subject: 1634B
subject: AFSC
subject: Air Force Specialty Code
subject: 1634A
subject: airmen
subject: sergeant
subject: traveling
subject: childhood
subject: Davis–Monthan Air Force Base
subject: B-52
subject: McGuire Air Force Base
subject: Colonel
subject: 50th Tactical Fighter Wing
subject: Ramstein Air Base
subject: Hitler Youth
subject: military police
subject: BMW
subject: Afrika Korps
subject: POW camp
subject: Marshall Plan
subject: R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
subject: Bundesrepublik Deutschland
subject: Federal Republic of Germany

Oral history of David Taitingfong, August 30, 2024
subject: Language revival
subject: Chamorro language
subject: Chamorro (Micronesian people) -- History
subject: Chamorro (Micronesian people) -- Social life and customs
subject: Colonization -- Spain -- Oceania
subject: Colonization -- Japan
subject: Colonization -- United States -- Guam
subject: Decolonization -- Guam
description: David Taitingfong is a member of the Chamorro community and involved with the group Prugraman Sinipok, which teaches a two week Chamorro language immersion program. David describes his involvement with Prugraman Sinipok and how his interest in sharing the Chamorro lanugage and culture has shaped his life.
creator: David Taitingfong
publisher: California State University San Marcos University Library
date: 2024-08-30
contributor: Robert Sheehan
rights: In copyright
language: This interview is conducted in English and Chamorro
type: Audio file
coverage: Guam, United States

Oral history of Ed Labrado, November 17, 2025
creator: Ed Labrado
publisher: California State University San Marcos University Library
date: 2025-11-17
contributor: Jason Beyer
rights: In copyright
language: English
type: Moving image

Oral history of Geoffrey Gilmore April 14th, 2021
subject: Activism, Student
subject: Anti-Black Racism
subject: California State University San Marcos, Black Student Center
subject: Student Success, Black
subject: Black experience in America
description: Oral history interview of Dr. Geoffrey Gilmore on 2021-04-14 for the Black Student Center Oral History Project at California State University San Marcos. Dr. Geoffrey Gilmore was the Associate Vice President of Student Academic Support Services at California State University San Marcos until December 2021, where he focused on service to underserved student populations in earning college degrees. In his interview, Dr. Gilmore touches on the issues facing Black students within academic spaces and his experience helping students to succeed on a university level. Dr. Gilmore also discusses his own history as he moved from Los Angeles to Seattle, and back to California.
creator: Geoffrey Gilmore
publisher: California State University San Marcos University Library
date: 2021-04-14
contributor: Sierra Jenkins
rights: In copyright
language: English
type: moving image
coverage: San Marcos (Calif.)
coverage: Los Angeles (Calif.)
coverage: Seattle (Wash.)

Oral history of Karen Schaffman, June 5, 2025
subject: Higher education
subject: Dance Study and teaching
subject: Improvisation in dance
subject: Movement education
subject: California State University San Marcos -- Faculty
description: Dr. Karen Schaffman is a Professor of Dance at California State University San Marcos since 2002. She has been pivotal to the development of the Dance program at CSUSM. For Karen dancing is a transformative, healing and transgressive force for self-awareness, political change and social communication. In this interview, Schaffman covers her early exposure to dance, her formal education, international work, and her time at CSUSM.
creator: Karen Schaffman
date: 2025-06-05
contributor: Jennifer Fabbi
rights: In copyright
language: English
type: moving image
coverage: Connecticut
coverage: Amherst (Mass.)
coverage: Riverside (Calif.)
coverage: San Francisco (Calif.)
coverage: Holland
coverage: Germany
coverage: San Marcos (Calif.)

Oral history of Tanis Brown, April 13, 2022
description: Tanis Brown is the President of the San Marcos Historical Society and is involved in many local history projects and educational outreach initiatives. In this interview, Tanis discusses her involvement in the city of San Marcos, CA since the 1970s. Tanis quickly became active in the San Marcos Chamber of Commerce and was among the first group of students to enroll in California State University San Marcos. A few years later, she became an employee of CSUSM, establishing the university’s first housing program and working in human resources. Now as President of the San Marcos Historical Society, Tanis is passionate about sharing San Marcos’ local history with her community and with future generations. This oral history was made possible with generous funding from the Ellie Johns Foundation.
creator: Tanis Brown
publisher: California State University San Marcos University Library
date: 2022-04-13
contributor: Julia Friedman
rights: https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/
language: English
type: Moving image
coverage: San Marcos (Calif.)

Oral history of Thao Ha, April 19, 2022
description: Dr. Thao Ha is a Vietnamese refugee who has become a sociology professor at Mira Costa College. Her path to personal, and professional success wound its way through traditional immigrant struggles as well as gang violence. In this interview Dr. Ha discusses her families escape from Vietnam at the end of the Vietnam War, her childhood in the United States, her involvement around gangs, and her educational pathway. This oral history was made possible with generous funding from the Ellie Johns Foundation.
creator: Thao Ha
publisher: California State University San Marcos University Library
date: 2022-04-19
contributor: Robert Sheehan
rights: https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en
language: English
type: Moving image
coverage: San Diego (Calif.)
coverage: Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)
coverage: Houston (Tex.)