Collections in Calisphere

“HOME” is the result of the collaborative efforts of Escondido Public Library’s Pioneer Room and Adult Literacy Services to establish Escondido’s own living archive. An archive can be said to be “living” when it captures the experiences, discourse, and activities of a contemporary society, all of which are needed to document our present reality and understand our shared history. Intended to be reflective, thought-provoking, and dialogue-driven, Escondido’s Living Archive celebrates the dynamics of its local community. It welcomes collaboration and thrives on interaction. “HOME” itself seeks to facilitate conversations about origins, self-identity, and the constructions of belonging. Escondido Public Library’s …

Institution: Escondido Public Library, Pioneer Room

South Pasadena is part of the Tree City USA program. This albums contains images of trees in the City.

Institution: South Pasadena Public Library

Charles C. Pierce (1861-1946) was a pioneer Los Angeles photographer. He came to Los Angeles in 1886 from Chicago because of his health and remained until his death in 1946. Along with two other photographers who accompanied him, he began to document the people and architecture of the area. Collection consists of historic negatives and prints. Most are of Southern California scenes; Los Angeles is well represented with views of downtown streets, commercial and civic buildings, and residential areas.

Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library

This collection presents images of several of the most important sacred and secular historic sites with significant art and architecture on the island of Sri Lanka, an independent island nation which is located at the southern tip of India and has a recorded history from the 5th century BCE. Many of these sites have been designated as UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The sacred sites, with a few exceptions, will be limited to Buddhist sites built since the introduction in the 3rd century BCE of Buddhism to Sri Lanka by, as widely believed, the arrival in Mihintale (Anuradhapura region) of the …

Institution: Claremont Colleges Library

Photos of Burbank Public Library facilities, people and events.

Institution: Burbank Public Library

The Silvestre Terraza papers contains not only excellent files of his own newspapers, but a mass of letters and documents concerning his most active years, especially beginning with the 1910 election. Among his correspondents were such men as Miguel and Vito Alessio Robles, Venustiano Carranza, Felipe Angeles, Governor Fidel Avila of Chihuahua, the Banco Nacional de Mexico, Plutarco Elias Calles, Enrique C. Creel, Ignacio C. Enriquez, Adolfo de la Huerta, Ricardo Flores Magon, and literally hundreds of others, many of national stature. Pt. I: correspondence; drafts and copies of newspaper articles, columns and editorials; accounts; clippings; pictures; and personalia. Mainly …

Institution: UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library

The Rindge and Adamson family have a long history in Malibu, California, dating back to 1892 when Frederick and May K. Rindge purchased the 13,300-acre Spanish land grant, Rancho Topanga Malibu Sequit, also known as Malibu Rancho, from Matthew Keller. The couple fought the construction of a railroad through their land by building their own track, with May continuing the battle after Frederick's death and going on to fight the construction of Roosevelt (later Pacific Coast) Highway. In 1915, their daughter, Rhoda Agatha, married Merritt Adamson, the superintendent of the ranch, and together, they helped manage the family business. The …

Institution: Pepperdine University, Special Collections and University Archives

The Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) Lantern Slide Collection was created and maintained by the SIO Library, during Ruth Ragan's tenure as librarian. In 1981 and 1986, materials were transferred to the SIO Archives. Selected items from the slide collection have been digitized, including images of local cliffs and beaches, the development of the campus, scientists, and research vessels.

Institution: UC San Diego, Special Collections and Archives

The Manzanar War Relocation Center was located in the Owens Valley in Central California. The United States Army initially established the camp as the Owens Valley Reception Center under the management of the Wartime Civil Control Administration (WCCA), March-May 1942. On June 1, 1942, Manzanar was reconstituted as a War Relocation Authority (WRA) center. Its peak population was 10,121, and the majority of its internees came from pre-World War II Japanese American communities in the Los Angeles basin. The collection consists of files collected and maintained by Ralph Palmer Merritt (Director of the Japanese Relocation Center at Manzanar, California) including …

Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library

Select photographic images that document the history of the campus from its beginnings in the early 20th century as the Citrus Experiment Station to its present form as the University of California, Riverside. The images highlight the development and construction of the university as well as campus life and events. Select images of faculty and staff are also included in this collection.

Institution: UC Riverside, Library, Special Collections and University Archives