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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Faye Ellis Collection
A collection of articles, letters, maps, and photos describing the San Lorenzo Valley.
Institution: Santa Cruz Public Libraries
3,512 Items
Federal Writers' Project of California records, 1930-1942
Records of the Southern California section of the Federal Writers' Project, including writing and research for the WPA Guide to California, the Los Angeles guide, the local history research material (never published), art object inventory, records of personnel, war and civilian defense material, and administrative documents. The bulk of material focuses on Guide Book research and material for Los Angeles and other Southern California regions.
Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
6 Items
Ferdinand Canning Scott Schiller Papers, ca. 1870-1940
A digital collection of materials from the papers of Ferdinand Canning Scott Schiller (1864-1937), a German-British pragmatist philosopher. He was the president of the Aristotelian Society (1921), and was elected fellow of the British Academy (1926). The collection at large consists of manuscripts of published books and articles, correspondence, documents, photographs, and ephemera related to F.C.S. Schiller's life and professional career; the digital collection consists of one photo portrait of Schiller.
Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
1 Item
Festival de Flor y Canto de Aztlan, 1973 and 2010
Organized by El Centro Chicano, the first Festival de Flor y Canto (Festival of flower and song), a three day literary festival that brought together dozens of Chicano novelists, poets, and short story writers on November 16-18, 1973 (Town and Gown at the University of Southern California), inspired subsequent events including the 2nd festival in Austin, Texas (Festival Floricanto II), the 3rd in San Antonio, Texas, the 4th in Albuquerque, New Mexico (Flor y Canto IV, 1977), and the 5th in Tempe, Arizona (Flor y Canto V, 1978). Three additional events under the name "Canto al Pueblo" took place later …
Institution: University of Southern California Digital Library
138 Items
Fiat lux photographs documenting the University of California, 1964-1966
Photographs were taken to document the varied activities, facilities, and personnel of the University of California throughout the state. A selection of the views were published in Ansel Adam's Fiat lux, the University of California (a centennial publication of the University of California).
Institution: UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
11 Items
Fiesta de las Rosas Collection
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
402 Items
Filipino American Library Collection
The Filipino American Library Collection consists of materials owned by the Filipino American Library in Historic Filipinotown that were transferred to the University of Southern California Special Collections in 2017. The Filipino-American Library was founded in a church basement in 1985 as the Pilipino American Reading Room and Library (PARRAL) in a neighborhood close to Echo Park by Helen Agcaoili Summers Brown, affectionately referred to as “Auntie Helen” in the local community. In January of 2000 PARRAL moved to a new location on Temple Street and was renamed the Filipino American Library (FAL). It contained the largest collection of Filipino …
Institution: University of Southern California Digital Library
182 Items
Filipinos in Ventura County Digital Image Collection
The John Spoor Broome Library's Filipinos in Ventura County collection includes photograph images capturing the history of Filipinos and their contributions to the community from the 1900s to 1990s. Collection includes images of historical interest for the counties of Ventura, Santa Barbara, and Los Angeles.
Institution: California State University, Channel Islands
175 Items
Filming of Planet of the Apes video (University of California, Irvine)
The digital portion of this collection contains reformatted video from one super 8 film reel containing a recording of the filming of Conquest of the Planet of the Apes movie on UCI campus in 1972, recorded by former student Lorraine Prinsky.
Institution: UC Irvine, Libraries, University Archives
1 Item
