Collections in Calisphere
All of the items in Calisphere are organized into collections. Collections bring context to images, documents, videos, and audio recordings. Some collections represent a particular topic or format, some have items created by the same person, and some showcase an institution’s special project or initiative. Use the tabs below to explore the hundreds of collections in Calisphere.
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UCSF Oral History Collection
Selections from the UCSF Oral History Collection, including recordings and transcripts of interviews with faculty and staff of the University of California, San Francisco and San Francisco General Hospital. Call number: OH 2012-17
Institution: UC San Francisco, Library, University Archives
2 Items
Jack Benny Papers, 1930-1974
Benjamin Kubelsky (1894-1974), known professionally as Jack Benny, was born in Chicago. He began his career as a violinist and turned to comedy in 1918 and became a successful vaudeville performer, actor and radio personality. The digital collection consists of photographs of Benny with his violin.
Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
5 Items
Eldridge Cleaver Photograph Collection
Collection consists primarily of snapshots of Eldridge Cleaver's career from the mid-1960s to the early 1980s. Earliest materials relate to his affiliation with the Black Panther Party. Also contains photographs taken during his exile abroad from 1968 to 1975. The majority of photographs was taken after Cleaver's 1975 return to the United States and relate primarily to his activities in conservative politics and the evangelical Christian movement.
Institution: UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
7 Items
California Revealed from California Institute of Technology 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. California Revealed 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: California Institute of Technology
265 Items
Maps
This album contains images of maps of and related to South Pasadena.
Institution: South Pasadena Public Library
1 Item
Donald A. Glaser Digital Collection
Donald A. Glaser (1926–2013) was one of the 20th century’s most innovative and versatile scientists, opening new fields of both physics and biology by combining theory with engineering. In 1952, he invented the bubble chamber, which revolutionized particle physics by enabling physicists to observe the motion of exponentially more subatomic particles. Glaser received the Nobel Prize for it in 1960. Glaser then catalyzed the growth of molecular biology by devising several machines—with colorful names like Dumbwaiter and Cyclops—for automating experiments with microbial cultures, and by cofounding the first biotechnology company, Cetus, in 1971. From the 1980s into the 2000s, he …
Institution: California Institute of Technology
862 Items
Photographs from the Annette Rosenshine papers
Album contains snapshots and portraits of Gertrude Stein, Stein family members Leo, Michael, Sarah and Allan; Alice B. Toklas; Harriet Levy; and Annette Rosenshine. Photographs were taken in San Francisco, Baltimore, Paris, and Fiesole, Italy. Interiors of Stein's apartment, (Rue Madame, Paris) and her art collection of works of Picasso and Matisse are prominent. Includes two portraits of Alice B. Toklas by Arnold Genthe. Also includes some later clippings about the death of Matisse. Loose photographs include three captioned "Hot Springs 1903" and many taken in Luxembourg Gardens which show Annette Rosenshine and Alice B. Toklas.
Institution: UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
25 Items
California Revealed from Sacramento City College
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. California Revealed 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: Sacramento City College
177 Items
Tropico and Glendale Promotional Brochures
Brochures, selected from the holdings of Glendale Public Library's Special Collections Room, promoting Tropico and Glendale as idyllic places to live, work, and visit.
Institution: Glendale Public Library
11 Items
Wait (Frona Eunice) Lantern Slides of California Wine Country
Digital surrogates of eighty-five lantern slides taken by Frona Eunice Wait depicting wine-related scenes in the Napa Valley area during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The slides from which these scans were made were previously owned by sensory scientist Dr. Maynard Amerine. Currently, the slides are the property of the Napa Valley Wine Library Association. Note on metadata: The provenance of the metadata at the Napa Valley Wine Library is not entirely clear. Each slide has handwritten descriptions, and they were organized thematically with groups indicated by a dividing card. The descriptions on the slides were used as …
Institution: UC Davis, University Library, Special Collections
86 Items