Collections in Calisphere
All of the items in Calisphere are organized into collections. Collections bring context to images, documents, videos, and audio recordings. Some collections represent a particular topic or format, some have items created by the same person, and some showcase an institution’s special project or initiative. Use the tabs below to explore the hundreds of collections in Calisphere.
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Beginnings of Activism for the Department of Asian American Studies (BADAAS) at University of California, Irvine collection
This collection consists of 21 oral histories from the Beginnings of Activism for the Department of Asian American Studies (BADAAS) at University of California, Irvine project. BADAAS was a group created by the chair of the Department of Asian American Studies, Dr. Judy Wu, and Dr. Thuy Vo Dang, director of the Southeast Asian Archive for the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Department of Asian American Studies. They assembled a group of interns to research the history of the creation of Asian American Studies on campus and conducted oral histories with the professors, staff and faculty members, activists, and former students ...
Institution: UC Irvine, Libraries, University Archives
21 Items
James D. Schuyler papers
Reports regarding irrigation of lands from the Colorado River and overflow into the Salton Basin.
Institution: UC Riverside, Library, Water Resources Collections and Archives
7 Items
UPI - Charles A. Lindbergh
Charles A. Lindbergh was born February 4, 1902 to Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Sr., a lawyer, and Evangeline Lodge Land. Charles A. Lindbergh was most prominently known as an aviator who flew the first nonstop, solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean aboard his plane, the Spirit of St. Louis (May 20-21, 1927). Charles A. Lindbergh was also known as an inventor (invented the artificial heart for keeping organs alive outside the body), author, and conservationist. He married Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1906-2001), daughter of diplomat Dwight Morrow, on May 27, 1929 and had 6 children. Charles A. Lindbergh died of cancer on ...
Institution: Chapman University, Frank Mt. Pleasant Library of Special Collections and Archives
50 Items
California Revealed from Fremont Main Library
California Revealed is a State Library initiative to help California’s public libraries, in partnership with other local heritage groups, digitize, preserve, and provide online access to archival materials - books, newspapers, photographs, audiovisual recordings, and more - that tell the incredible stories of the Golden State. We also provide free access and preservation services for existing digital collections for partner organizations with in-house digitization programs. California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.
Institution: Fremont Main Library
18 Items
Aerosol Composition and Size Measurements at Fresno and Fontana
Comprehensive aerosol measurements were carried out during winter (19 December 2014 to 13 January 2015) in Fresno (San Joaquin Valley) and summer (4 to 28 July 2015) in Fontana (Southern California Air Basin). The sampling site in Fresno, managed by University of California Davis, was located behind the UC extension building at 550 Shaw Ave. (36.810 N, 119.780 W). Residential buildings to the north, commercial complexes to the south, and the Yosemite Freeway to the west of sampling location allowed repeated daily measurements of both the residential wood burning and traffic emissions in Fresno. The sampling site in Fontana, managed ...
Institution: UC San Diego, Research Data Curation Program
1 Item
Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights Records
This collection documents the work of Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights (ANR) in California. Call number: MSS 94-29
Institution: UC San Francisco, Library, Tobacco Control Archives
42 Items
Robert Glasheen Photographs
Photographs of University of California, San Diego faculty, staff, campus life, buildings, and events taken between 1964 and 1986 by Robert Glasheen, a San Diego photographer. Images were digitized from originals held by the UC San Diego Library.
Institution: UC San Diego, Special Collections and Archives
8,311 Items
NAACP, Region 1 Photograph Collection
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Region 1 photograph collection consists of photographs from records of the NAACP Region 1 Office, and includes material from NAACP branches in the Western United States, the NAACP National Office and other organizations from ca. 1940-1982. Region 1 includes the states of Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington. Images range from professionally produced photographs and news service photographs to snapshots. Subjects include membership drives, fundraisers, voter registration and other events as well as portraits. Materials such as publicity shots of national figures and events were presumably received ...
Institution: UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
76 Items
Workman-Temple Homestead Museum Collection, 1830-1930
The Workman and Temple Family Homestead Museum Collection, 1830-1930 consists of materials from the Workman and Temple Family Homestead Museum in the City of Industry, California. The Homestead Museum is located in a former Mexican rancho and is home to rich collections documenting many aspects of Southern California history between 1830 and 1930. Staff from the Homestead Museum have selected approximately 500 photographs and ephemera highlighting Mexican-American, Chinese-American, and Japanese-American life in the Los Angeles region in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Among these items are broadsides from two Mexican-American theatres in Boyle Heights during the 1920s and ...
Institution: University of Southern California Digital Library
284 Items
Port of Hueneme, Oxnard Harbor District
Photos gathered for a slide presentation for the Port of Hueneme, Oxnard Harbor District President's Dinner at the Museum of Ventura County on November 21, 2019.
Institution: Museum of Ventura County
29 Items