Saldivar, Diana. Interview transcript April 14th 2023.
subject: California State University San Marcos. Associated Students Incorporated
subject: California State University San Marcos. Cross-Cultural Center
subject: California State University San Marcos. Kamalayan Alliance
subject: California State University. Multicultural Programs
subject: Filipino Americans
subject: Human rights
subject: San Diego State University
subject: Student success
description: Diana Saldivar is a California State University San Marcos alumna. She graduated with her degree in Communications, Sociology and Ethnic Studies. Saldivar worked at the Cross-Cultural Center from 2004-2007 and was also involved in the Asian Pacific Islander Student Society, Kamalayan Alliance, and with Associated Students Incorporated (student government). In her interview, Saldivar discusses how the Cross-Cultural Center provided her with a sense of belonging on campus and served as a second home. Saldivar explains how the center provided her with lifelong friendships, skills and connections that has helped her become the person she is today. Saldivar recounts how the CCC provided a safe space, allowing for conversations with others that are often deemed controversial, and how the center encouraged those to constantly seek knowledge. This oral history was created in collaboration with the Cross-Cultural Center and was generously funded through the Instructionally Related Activities Fund at California State University San Marcos.
creator: Diana Saldivar
publisher: California State University San Marcos University Library
date: 2023-04-14
contributor: Madeleine Meyer
contributor: Geneva Martinot
rights: https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/
format: text
language: English
coverage: San Marcos (Calif.)

Schaffman, Karen. Interview June 6, 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
publisher: California State University San Marcos University Library
date: 2025-06-05
contributor: Jennifer Fabbi
rights: In copyright
format: video
language: English
coverage: Connecticut
coverage: Amherst (Mass.)
coverage: Riverside (Calif.)
coverage: San Francisco (Calif.)
coverage: Holland
coverage: Germany

Schaffman, Karen. Interview transcript, 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
publisher: California State University San Marcos University Library
date: 2025-06-05
contributor: Jennifer Fabbi
rights: In copyright
format: text
language: English
coverage: Connecticut
coverage: Amherst (Mass.)
coverage: Riverside (Calif.)
coverage: San Francisco (Calif.)
coverage: Holland
coverage: Germany
coverage: San Marcos (Calif.)

Schaffman, Karen. Photographs, June 5, 2025.
description: Four photos related to the oral history of Karen Schaffman. Photograph #1 depicts dancers in a performance of the Experimental Dance Project titled "Poc-Chuc Iteraciión 4." Photograph #2 depicts dancers in a performance of the Experimental Dance Project titled "The Chameleon Complex." Photograph #3 depicts Karen Schaffman with with Ishmael Houston Jones in the Think Gravity Dance Project. Photograph #4 depicts Karen Schaffman with Darrell Jones in the Think Gravity Dance Project. Click on the thumbnails to view the full images in more detail.

Serrano, Lilian. Interview April 6, 2022
subject: California State University San Marcos
subject: Community organization
subject: Undocumented immigrants -- California -- San Diego County
description: Lilian Serrano is a California State San Marcos alum. She graduated with a degree in Human Development. Lilian worked with the National Latino Research Center (NLRC) at Cal State San Marcos before moving on to work with Alianza Comunitaria and Universidad Popular. In this interview, Lilian discusses family life and growing up in Tijuana and Oxnard, her experiences as a student activist at CSUSM, and her work as an advocate for immigrant rights in North County.
creator: Lilian Serrano
publisher: California State University San Marcos University Library
date: 2022-04-06
contributor: Robert Sheehan
format: video
language: English
coverage: Oxnard (Calif.)
coverage: San Diego County (Calif.)
coverage: Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico)

Serrano, Lilian. Interview transcript. April 6, 2022.
subject: California State University San Marcos
subject: Community organization
subject: Undocumented immigrants -- San Diego County (Calif.)
description: Lilian Serrano is a California State San Marcos alum. She graduated with a degree in Human Development. Lilian worked with the National Latino Research Center (NLRC) at Cal State San Marcos before moving on to work with Alianza Comunitaria and Universidad Popular. In this interview, Lilian discusses family life and growing up in Tijuana and Oxnard, her experiences as a student activist at CSUSM, and her work as an advocate for immigrant rights in North County.
creator: Lilian Serrano
publisher: California State University San Marcos University Library Special Collections
date: 2022-04-06
contributor: Robert Sheehan
contributor: Kevin Vigil
rights: https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en
format: text
language: English
coverage: Oxnard (Calif.)
coverage: San Diego County (Calif.)
coverage: Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico)

Shaffer, David. Interview November 20th, 2025
subject: United States. Air Force
subject: Cold War
subject: Consolidated Aircraft Corporation
subject: Convair
subject: Victory over Japan Day
subject: Fort Bliss (Tex.)
subject: San Diego State University
subject: Keesler Air Force Base (Miss.)
subject: United States. Army Corps of Engineers
subject: Six-Day War
subject: Sinai Peninsula
subject: Lajes Field (Azores)
subject: Strategic Air Command (U.S.)
subject: Hahn Air Base (Germany)
subject: Lackland Air Force Base (Tex.)
subject: United States. Federal Aviation Administration
subject: Tinker Air Force Base (Okla.)
subject: Bundesanstalt für Flugsicherung (Germany)
subject: World War, 1939–1945
subject: United States. Air Force—Occupational specialties
subject: Davis–Monthan Air Force Base (Ariz.)
subject: McGuire Air Force Base (N.J.)
subject: Ramstein Air Base (Germany)
subject: Hitler-Jugend
subject: European Recovery Program (1948–1952)
subject: Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944
subject: Andrews Air Force Base (Md.)
subject: United States. Department of Veterans Affairs
subject: McClellan–Palomar Airport (Calif.)
subject: Germany. Luftwaffe
subject: Mikoyan (Firm)
subject: Sukhoi (Firm)
subject: Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908–1973
subject: Fulda Gap (Germany)
subject: Freemasons
subject: Agent Orange
description: Captain David Shaffer served in Europe as an air traffic controller during the 1960s. Shaffer was raised in San Diego County where his father was an engineer for Convair. From a young age, Shaffer aspired to become a military pilot, a goal which his tall height prevented. As an air traffic controller, Shaffer spent most of his deployment in Portugal and West Germany during the Cold War. He designed forward airfields during the 1967 Arab–Israeli war, although the conflict was over before they could be used. After leaving military service, Shaffer taught high school industrial arts in North San Diego County. He used the G.I. Bill to gain his master’s degree from San Diego State College and his private pilot license. In this oral history interview, Shaffer tells stories from his military service and reflects on the importance of patriotism.
creator: David Shaffer
publisher: California State University San Marcos University Library
date: 2025-11-20
contributor: Jason Beyer
rights: In copyright
format: video
language: English
coverage: Europe
coverage: Colorado Springs (Colo.)
coverage: Colorado
coverage: San Diego (Calif.)
coverage: California
coverage: Texas
coverage: Philippines
coverage: Pennsylvania
coverage: Cortez (Colo.)
coverage: Shelter Island (San Diego, Calif.)
coverage: Azores (Portugal)
coverage: Portugal
coverage: Germany
coverage: San Diego County (Calif.)
coverage: San Antonio (Tex.)
coverage: Oklahoma City (Okla.)
coverage: Tucson (Ariz.)
coverage: Arizona
coverage: Mississippi
coverage: New Jersey
coverage: Israel
coverage: Middle East
coverage: Austria
coverage: Bavaria
coverage: Kastellaun (Germany)
coverage: Koblenz (Germany)
coverage: Libya
coverage: Africa, North
coverage: United States
coverage: Winston-Salem (N.C.)
coverage: North Carolina
coverage: Iowa
coverage: Vietnam
coverage: Berlin (Germany)
coverage: Frankfurt (Germany)

Shaffer, David. Interview transcript, November 20, 2025.
subject: United States. Air Force
subject: Cold War
subject: Consolidated Aircraft Corporation
subject: Convair
subject: Victory over Japan Day
subject: Fort Bliss (Tex.)
subject: San Diego State University
subject: Keesler Air Force Base (Miss.)
subject: United States. Army Corps of Engineers
subject: Six-Day War
subject: Sinai Peninsula
subject: Lajes Field (Azores)
subject: Strategic Air Command (U.S.)
subject: Hahn Air Base (Germany)
subject: Lackland Air Force Base (Tex.)
subject: United States. Federal Aviation Administration
subject: Tinker Air Force Base (Okla.)
subject: Bundesanstalt für Flugsicherung (Germany)
subject: World War, 1939–1945
subject: United States. Air Force—Occupational specialties
subject: Davis–Monthan Air Force Base (Ariz.)
subject: McGuire Air Force Base (N.J.)
subject: Ramstein Air Base (Germany)
subject: Hitler-Jugend
subject: European Recovery Program (1948–1952)
subject: Andrews Air Force Base (Md.)
subject: Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944
subject: United States. Department of Veterans Affairs
subject: McClellan–Palomar Airport (Calif.)
subject: Germany. Luftwaffe
subject: Mikoyan (Firm)
subject: Sukhoi (Firm)
subject: Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908–1973
subject: Fulda Gap (Germany)
subject: Freemasons
subject: Agent Orange
description: Captain David Shaffer served in Europe as an air traffic controller during the 1960s. Shaffer was raised in San Diego County where his father was an engineer for Convair. From a young age, Shaffer aspired to become a military pilot, a goal which his tall height prevented. As an air traffic controller, Shaffer spent most of his deployment in Portugal and West Germany during the Cold War. He designed forward airfields during the 1967 Arab–Israeli war, although the conflict was over before they could be used. After leaving military service, Shaffer taught high school industrial arts in North San Diego County. He used the G.I. Bill to gain his master’s degree from San Diego State College and his private pilot license. In this oral history interview, Shaffer tells stories from his military service and reflects on the importance of patriotism.
creator: David Shaffer
publisher: California State University San Marcos University Library
date: 2025-11-20
contributor: Jason Beyer
rights: In copyright
format: Text
language: English
coverage: Europe
coverage: Colorado Springs (Colo.)
coverage: Colorado
coverage: San Diego (Calif.)
coverage: California
coverage: Texas
coverage: Philippines
coverage: Pennsylvania
coverage: Cortez (Colo.)
coverage: Shelter Island (San Diego, Calif.)
coverage: Azores (Portugal)
coverage: Portugal
coverage: Germany
coverage: San Diego County (Calif.)
coverage: San Antonio (Tex.)
coverage: Oklahoma City (Okla.)
coverage: Tucson (Ariz.)
coverage: Arizona
coverage: Mississippi
coverage: New Jersey
coverage: Israel
coverage: Middle East
coverage: Austria
coverage: Bavaria
coverage: Kastellaun (Germany)
coverage: Koblenz (Germany)
coverage: Libya
coverage: Africa, North
coverage: United States
coverage: Winston-Salem (N.C.)
coverage: North Carolina
coverage: Iowa
coverage: Vietnam
coverage: Berlin (Germany)
coverage: Frankfurt (Germany)

Sheikh-Arvizu, Sara. Interview March 30, 2023.
subject: California State University San Marcos. Cross-Cultural Center
subject: Chapman University
subject: Civil rights
subject: Education, Higher
subject: LGBTQ+ activism
subject: LGBTQ+ life
subject: Orange County Human Relations Commission (Orange County, Calif.)
description: Sara Sheikh-Arvizu was Assistant Director of the Cross-Cultural Center at California State University San Marcos from 2008 to 2011. In this interview, Sara discusses her roles at CSUSM and the various programs she initiated or facilitated. Sara also briefly discusses her current work with Orange County Human Relations.
creator: Sara Sheikh-Arvizu
publisher: California State University San Marcos University Library
date: 2023-03-30
contributor: Michael De Maria
format: video
language: English
coverage: Orange (Calif.)
coverage: San Marcos (Calif.)

Sheikh-Arvizu, Sara. Interview transcript March 30, 2023.
subject: California State University San Marcos. Cross-Cultural Center
subject: Chapman University
subject: Civil rights
subject: Education, Higher
subject: LGBTQ+ activism
subject: LGBTQ+ life
subject: Orange County Human Relations Commission (Orange County, Calif.)
description: Sara Sheikh-Arvizu was Assistant Director of the Cross-Cultural Center at California State University San Marcos from 2008 to 2011. In this interview, Sara discusses her roles at CSUSM and the various programs she initiated or facilitated. Sara also briefly discusses her current work with Orange County Human Relations. This oral history was made possible in collaboration with the Cross-Cultural Center and with generous funding from the Instructionally Related Activities fund.
creator: Sara Sheikh-Arvizu
publisher: California State University San Marcos University Library
date: 2023-03-30
contributor: Michael De Maria
contributor: Aaron Williams
rights: https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/
format: text
language: English
coverage: Orange County (Calif.)
coverage: San Marcos (Calif.)