Collections in Calisphere

Sonoma County Stories presents images, videos, letters, documents and more -- all contributed by Sonoma County residents. They tell a variety of stories ranging from family and local histories to personal reflections. Contributors shared these materials through Community Scan Day events and other projects.

Institution: Sonoma County Library

The materials selected are drawn from a variety of archival collections, compiled by institutions and libraries with varying missions. Many of the collections have distinctive histories of their own. In some cases entire collections have been included; more often a selection of materials relating to the Chinese in California has been selected from a collection with broader scope. It is our hope that The Chinese in California presents a balanced perspective on a tumultuous and changing history of this community in California. Major issues explored in these records include the Chinese contribution to California and the American West in the ...

Institution: Oroville Chinese Temple and Museum Complex

Collection contains photos of the Tule Lake Relocation Center, workers, farm labor, leisure activites, babies, nurses, the bank, library, barber, school, and social activites.

Institution: UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library

The Oliver Collection consists of approximately 2700 glass plate negatives and photographic prints taken mainly by amateur photographer William Letts Oliver and his son, Roland L. Oliver. Subjects include maritime and yachting scenes, views of California and San Francisco Bay area, University of California at Berkeley, mining, logging, the Bohemian Grove, and the Oliver family.

Institution: UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library

The Scenic Views in California and the Columbia River Gorge album contains 106 mounted photographic albumen prints taken circa 1880 to circa 1890. The views featured in the album are almost entirely of California locations. Points of interest pictured include Lake Tahoe, the Lick Observatory and Mount Hamilton, the Hotel Del Monte and Monterey, San Lorenzo Canyon, Ortega, Gaviota and the Gaviota Pass, Santa Barbara, San Clemente, San Fernando, San Diego, Montecito, San Luis Obispo, Glen Annie, the San Marcos Pass, the Yosemite Valley, Mt. Shasta and the Mossbrae Falls, Sausalito, and Mount Tamalpais. The album also includes several photographs ...

Institution: UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library

The Hayden Memorial Library at Citrus College archive Collection contains photographs, yearbooks (1899-1965), scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, school newspapers, books, ephemera and information that document the history of Citrus College, and depicting people, buildings and events of the City of Azusa and the surrounding San Gabriel Valley. The collection covers the years 1890s to 1990.

Institution: Citrus College, Hayden Memorial Library

The Antelope Valley Rural Museum Collection is a collaboration between the Antelope Valley Rural Museum and LA County Library. Museum and community members contributed historical images of the Antelope Valley and surrounding area to the collection.

Institution: LA County Library

Photos of Sierra Nevada scenery including Tuolumne River Canyon, Kings River, Mono Creek, San Joaquin River, Tehipite Valley and the Yosemite, Mt. Lyell, Mt. Ritter and Devil's Postpile regions.

Institution: UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library

The collection consists of 139 landscape views, 15 «" x 21", and nine 39" x 58" enlargements. Two of the latter are enlargements of smaller 15 «" x 21" photographs. The two remaining photographs in the collection are of the drawing, Celebration of Admission Day, October 29, 1850 and a painting of Sutter's Mill in 1867 by Charles Christian Nahl, the famous painter of California pioneer life. These two views were probably popular sales items in Watkins' studio. The 39" x 58" enlargements are of miscellaneous views in California. The 15 «" x 21" views are of three definite geographical ...

Institution: UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library

The Stereographic Views of San Francisco Bay Area Locations collection consists of 42 stereographs taken by Eadweard Muybridge from circa 1865 to circa 1879. The collection is distributed into five Series consisting, for the most part, of garden and woodland scenes from the "Homes of California" series, many captioned "Mosswood, Alameda County" and some captioned "Fernside, Alameda County." Also represented are the following series: "Views of the Pacific Coast," "San Francisco," "California," and "Bay of San Francisco." Many show views of residences and estates featuring interiors and exteriors. Industrial views include the Pacific Rolling Mills (San Francisco) and one view ...

Institution: UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library