Collections in Calisphere

The County of Los Angeles Public Library History Collection features photographs and documents related to the 100 year history of our many community libraries.

Institution: County of Los Angeles Public Library

Historical moving images and audio from the California Audiovisual Preservation Project.

Institution: UC Berkeley, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life

Digitized material from the collection of artist Bernard Zakheim, predominantly related to the creation and restoration of Zakheim’s Toland Hall and Cole Hall murals at the University of California, San Francisco. Call number: MSS 2014-15

Institution: UC San Francisco, Library, Special Collections

This collection contains reports, memorandums, and documents primarily pertaining to the distribution and use of water from the Colorado River.

Institution: UC Riverside, Library, Water Resources Collections and Archives

The Views of San Quentin Prison and Events album contains 355 photographic prints taken circa 1925-1935. The album features views and scenes of the the prison grounds, interiors of many of the structures, and various recreational acitivities. Besides general grounds views, the album contains views of the large garden; scenes from the prisoners' yards; several guard stations; and exterior views of the cell blocks, officer residences, guard quarters, and the dairy and ranch. Interior views feature prisoners' cells, factories, shops, dining halls and guard quarters. Prisoner activities pictured in the album include entertainment events--featuring musicians, dancers, clowns, and female impersonators ...

Institution: UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library

Historical moving images and audio from the California Audiovisual Preservation Project.

Institution: San Diego State University, Special Collections and University Archives

A selection of images from the Mendez, et al. v. Westminster, et al. Archive

Institution: Chapman University, Frank Mt. Pleasant Library of Special Collections and Archives

The Herman George Scheffauer Photograph Album contains 130 photographs taken circa 1885-1925. Nearly all the photographs in the album feature Scheffauer, many of them being portraits taken by professional photographers in San Francisco, London, and Berlin. Other notable persons featured in the collection include Ambrose Bierce, George Sterling, Haig Patigian, James Hopper, Frederick Bechdolt, as well as Scheffauer's wife Ethel and their daughter Fiona. Identifiable locations featured in the collection include the Bohemian Grove, London, Scotland, Spain and Germany. A few of the photographs feature sculptural or painted portraits of Scheffauer....

Institution: UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library

This collection comprises the personal papers of J.E. Pleasants and his first and second wives, Mary Refugio Carpenter Pleasants and Adelina Pleasants, and includes diaries, correspondence, manuscripts, negatives, and photographic prints. J.E. Pleasants' long association with the Santa Ana Mountains and Santiago Canyon, cattle ranching, and beekeeping are all documented. The diaries and correspondence of Mary Refugio Carpenter Pleasants provide a glimpse into life in Southern California in the 1860s. Adelina Pleasants' work as a writer of Southern California and Orange County history in the early 20th century is also represented. The collection contains some tintypes, cabinet cards, and a ...

Institution: UC Irvine, Libraries, Special Collections

This file contains West Valley College materials generated for, or about, the West Valley College Library.

Institution: West Valley College Library