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Measurements of ambient and seawater generated marine aerosol particle chemical and physical properties in the North Atlantic in May-June 2014.

Institution: UC San Diego, Research Data Curation Program

The records of the American Friends Service Committee - U.S.-Mexico Border Program document the work of the organization primarily between 1982 and 2003, when Roberto Martinez was program director. USMBP was established to monitor local law enforcement practices, support immigrant labor rights, promote understanding of immigration, and support strategic litigation that would have an impact on immigration policies. In support of this advocacy work, the collection contains abuse complaint case files, dated 1977-2001, from individuals in and around the San Diego-Mexico border region reporting violence, harassment, and abuse by law enforcement officers. For many years, to protect the privacy of …

Institution: UC San Diego, Special Collections and Archives

In 1991, the American Institute of Wine & Food donated half of its library, about 400 volumes, to UC San Diego. Those volumes focused largely on European cuisine and culinary history from the 17th to early 19th centuries. In the years since, UC San Diego continues to add materials that support the campus’ academic interests in Mexico, the Pacific Rim, Latin America, California, and the American West. The collection now numbers more than 7,000 volumes and continues to grow. The objects here offer a taste of the AIWF Collection. Albeit a small percentage of the collection, they represent the collection’s …

Institution: UC San Diego, Special Collections and Archives

In 1981, Anthropologist Joan Larcom traveled with Photographer Ann Skinner-Jones to Vanuatu to create a photographic essay of the people and culture during the first anniversary of the country's independence from France and the United Kingdom. The collection focuses on the people's experiences of independence and new nationhood, mostly on the island of Malakula, where local people have refereed the interface between politics, custom and religion by re-categorizing tradition in creative ways.

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Audiovisual recordings from the collection of Anne Tardos. Includes spoken word biographical information, Tardos reading and performing her works, and her co-performances with poet Jackson Mac Low, among other items.

Institution: UC San Diego, Special Collections and Archives

The Mediterranean and desert regions of Southern California include some of the most diverse bee faunas (Hymenoptera: Anthophila) in the world. Due to human development, large portions of Mediterranean scrub and desert ecosystems in Southern California have been destroyed or profoundly degraded. This trend of habitat destruction and degradation is expected to continue as population pressures continue to grow and as Earth’s climate changes. This ongoing inventory project seeks to document all the bee species that occur within the bounds of San Diego County. Our aim is to not only make this information available for conservation managers and scientists, but …

Institution: UC San Diego, Research Data Curation Program

The Anti-Confucius Book Collection consists of 747 titles donated by UCSD PhD alumnus Matthew Wills. They were largely political propagandas produced during 1960s-1970s, also known as the Cultural Revolution period in China. Many of the titles are compiled by local propaganda entities that discontinued after 1976. Materials in this collection reflect a 1970s campaign to reinforce the power of political elites and affirm the absolute correctness of Maoist socialism.

Institution: UC San Diego, Special Collections and Archives

Audiovisual recordings from the collection of poet and translator Armand Schwerner. There are many sound and video recordings of Schwerner performing and discussing pieces of his large work, "The Tablets." Also included are stage interpretations of "The Tablets." As a faculty member at The College of Staten Island, Schwerner performed and taught there, as well as gave a commencement address for the 1996 graduates. Prominent collaborators include Ellen Zweig and Harvey Shapiro. A video recording of a reading event in honor of Schwerner's life and work, that took place briefly preceding Schwerner's passing, is included in this collection.

Institution: UC San Diego, Special Collections and Archives

Collection of printed and manuscript materials created between 1965 and 1998 by 23 distinct revolutionary groups in Mexico. The collection is particularly strong in ephemeral communiques and revolutionary periodicals such as "13 de junio," "Madera" and "Militante." Images were digitized from originals held by the UC San Diego Library.

Institution: UC San Diego, Special Collections and Archives

Data curators at the UC San Diego Library have the privilege of working with researchers from a wide range of scientific disciplines as they prepare data for the Library’s Research Data Collections repository. The visually stunning nature of some of these research data sets has inspired the Library’s Research Data Curation Program (RDCP) to host its inaugural Art of Science contest, which aims to celebrate the beauty that can emerge during scientific exploration and raise awareness of the Library’s data curation services. In February 2021, UC San Diego and affiliate students, postdoctoral and faculty researchers were invited to submit images …

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