Collections in Calisphere

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. The California Revealed Project 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: Allan Hancock College

The Rancho San Pedro, located in the South Bay region of Los Angeles County, was one of the original Spanish land grants. This collection illustrates the history of the Rancho, along with that of the Dominguez family and its heirs, who owned the entire Rancho from 1784 through the middle of the twentieth century, and who continue to manage some of the land to the present day. The Dominguez family founded a number of companies to manage their interests on the Rancho San Pedro, including the Dominguez Estate Company, Carson Estate Company, Watson Land Company, Francis Land Company, Dominguez Water ...

Institution: California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections

The Fiesta de las Rosas was an annual festival designed to highlight San Jose as a “garden city” and bring tourists into town. This collection was compiled by the Fiesta de las Rosas Committee, and consists of correspondence, fiesta guidelines, entry forms, tickets, pamphlets, etc. There are photographs of floats, grand parade, the fiesta princess and her court, and entries for the cutest baby contest. There are also some materials from the unsuccessful attempt to revive the Fiesta in 1969. The Rose Carnival began in 1896 and became the Fiesta de las Rosas in 1920. 30 acress of flowers were ...

Institution: San José Public Library, California Room

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. The California Revealed Project 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: Palo Alto Woman's Club

Augustus Freeman Hawkins (1907- ) was a member of the California State Assembly (1935-63) a Democrat in the U.S. Congress (1963-91), Chairman of the Committee on House Administration (1981-84), Chairman of the Committee on Education and Labor (98th-101st Congresses), and a member of many Congressional Committees. He retired from public service in 1990. The collection consists of materials documenting Hawkins' service as a U.S. Congressman from 1963-90 and as Chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee from 1984-90. A small portion of the collection relates to his service as a California State Assemblyman.

Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research 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. The California Revealed Project 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: Ayn Rand Archives

The Bernal Files are a collection of notes and materials gathered by Dr. James P. Delgado when he was researching the history of Rancho Santa Teresa in the 1970s. The collection includes research on the Bernal and other Santa Clara County pioneering families.

Institution: San José Public Library, California Room

The Muybridge Lone Mountain Collection of photographs consists of 1700 stereographs, 6 albums and 39 individual photographs taken during the years 1867 to 1880.

Institution: UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library

A broad and diverse assortment of photographic images acquired singly and in small accessions over many years by the former SIO Archives, and merged into one collection for storage and access. The digitized portion of the collection includes photographs of SIO staff and faculty, the campus, and scientific expeditions (primarily Shellback, Vermilion, and TransPac). Only a very small portion of images in the SIO Photograph Collection have been digitized. Please consult the finding aid for SMC 59 (https://library.ucsd.edu/speccoll/findingaids/smc0059.html) for a descriptive inventory of all the images in the collection.

Institution: UC San Diego, Library, Special Collections and Archives

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. The California Revealed Project 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: Tenderloin Museum