University of California at Berkeley Establishment of the “California Mormon Collection” Project Bancroft Library, UCB

1. Identifying all "Mormon" related items at Bancroft and identifying them as part of the California Mormon Collection.
2. Processing of the Norma Ricketts' Collection. Sister Ricketts donated her collection last year, which includes all the materials she had gathered since about 1945 as part of her research for the books and pamphlets she wrote - about 25 boxes of materials.
3. Processing of the Dale Morgan Collection: Brother Morgan worked as an archivist at The Bancroft Library and collected materials, particularly Mormon art, that he planned to publish. Unfortunately, he passed away before completing the project. All his collection was donated to Bancroft and has been sitting in boxes awaiting funding.
4. Transcription of the Bancroft Dictations - hand written oral histories of Mormon pioneers both in California and in Utah. A transcription of approximately 60 Dictations is now underway, using LDS volunteers. Eventually the transcriptions will be available online - probably with the original handwritten text alongside the transcribed text. The exciting aspect of Bancroft's California Mormon Collection is that it will be integrated into perhaps the most prestigious research libraries in the world.