The collection consists of materials assembled by Nena Vartabedian Childs during and after her employment at the Post Exchange on the Chico Army Air Field base. The collection includes: correspondence, brochures, photos, newspaper clippings, memorabilia and publications: THE FLYER 1942-1945 incomplete, THE CLIPPER January 15, 1945.The resources on CSU Chico Digital Collections contains scans of published materials as well as additional related resources.

The Morehead Family Letter Collection (1866-1966) consists of three boxes of corrospondances to and from the Chico, California's Morehead family. The collection includes miscellaneous letters; letters from two incarcerated Japanese-American families in Tule Lake; divorce paperwork; letters from Europe during World War I; and family vacation photographs.

The Papers collection contain college essays, a minute book of the Paradise Defense Council, a weather record from Paradise and the publication "Let's look at Chico State", complied by Eulalia Sprawls Hecox.

This Scrapbook contains newspaper clippings dealing mainly with Tehama County servicemen and women in World War II complied by Mary M. Osborn.