Collections in Calisphere

The vertical file is an eclectic accumulation of thousands of miscellaneous items that document the life of Southeast Asian American communities. Here can be found information on a wide range of topics such as cultural events, pertinent issues of the day, organizations and businesses, student activities, local politics, health concerns, and family relations. Types of material include newspaper clippings, magazine and journal articles, unpublished student and conference papers, ephemeral items such as brochures, posters, flyers, event programs, and periodicals in English and Southeast Asian languages. California sources are best represented in the clippings file, but newspaper articles from other parts ...

Institution: UC Irvine, Libraries, Southeast Asian Archive

Stark was a scenic postcard photographer who moved to Mill Valley, California in the mid-1920s. From the early 1930s through the mid-1950s, he produced thousands of "real photo" postcards documenting much of California. The Marin County postcards emphasize scenery, particularly on Mt. Tamalpais and in Muir Woods. They also document many of the townships in the area including Sausalito, Mill Valley, Larkspur, San Anselmo, San Rafael, Fairfax, Belvedere, Tiburon, Stinson Beach and Bolina

Institution: Marin County Free Library

The archive documents the process, intention, and realization of installations and temporary projects sponsored by Capp Street Project since 1983. Founded by Ann Hatch, Capp Street Project was the first visual arts residency in the United States dedicated solely to the creation and presentation of new art installations. The organization took its name from the house at 65 Capp Street, San Francisco, designed by the artist David Ireland. Since its inception, Capp Street Project has given more than 100 local, national, and international artists the opportunity to create new work through its residency and public exhibition programs. Its mission is ...

Institution: California College of the Arts Libraries

Salvador Roberto Torres is a Chicano artist who is a cultural activist, educator, and an influential figure in the Chicano art movement in California. Some of Torres' notable artistic contributions in the San Diego area include leadership in the creation of Chicano Park and the use of the Coronado Bridge for murals. His collection includes personal correspondences, photographs, slides, news clippings, reports, sketches, video and audio materials, and silkscreen prints. Materials are contained in 21 boxes and span from 1934-2002.

Institution: UC Santa Barbara, Library, Department of Special Research Collections

Selected material from the papers of Dr. J. Michael Bishop, Nobel Prize-winning scientist and UCSF professor and chancellor. Includes photographs, laboratory research notebooks, correspondence, and other material related to microbiology and Bishop's work on cancer and genetics, dated 1960-2008. Call number: MSS 2007-21.

Institution: UC San Francisco, Library, Special Collections

The Henry J. Bruman Map Collection at UCLA contains historical and contemporary maps from around the world. The digital collection focuses on historical maps of California, Los Angeles County, and the city of Los Angeles with an emphasis on maps from 1860-1950. This is an ongoing project and maps will be added to this collection as they are scanned and processed. More of this collection can be found in UCLA Library's Digital Collections: http://digital2.library.ucla.edu/viewItem.do?ark=21198/zz0028tr8x

Institution: UCLA, Henry J. Bruman Map Collection

Photographs, postcards and greeting cards selected from the collections of the Western Sonoma County Historical Society's West County Museum.

Institution: Sonoma County Library

This collection contains approximately 225 landscape sketches by English muralist and ceramist Camille Solon. Items in the collection include re-worked pencil sketches of rural locations and landscapes in Britain and northern California, where he lived most of his adult years.

Institution: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

CAPS was established in 1986 to train scientists and stimulate new research projects that impact the practice, theory, and policy of HIV/AIDS prevention and keep pace with the changing epidemic. Many CAPS activities focus on HIV prevention and disparity reduction in ethnic minority communities and the GLBT community and the center’s training and educational programs encourage diversity in science. The digital collection includes selected conference and research project materials, correspondence, publications, and ephemera. Call number: AR 2005-15

Institution: UC San Francisco, Library, University Archives

Include papers of William Keith relating to his career as an artist; papers of his wife, Mary McHenry Keith, reflecting her participation in the woman suffrage movement and humanitarian activities; papers of her parents, Ellen and John McHenry; papers of her sister, Emma Pond, and her brother-in-law, Charles Fremont Pond, relating to his naval career, 1876-1918; papers of the Ponds' daughter, Elizabeth Keith Pond, relating primarily to her interest in William Keith and to her travels and her camping trips in the High Sierra. Included also are miscellaneous papers of other members of the family and correspondence of Brother Fidelis ...

Institution: UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library