Collections in Calisphere

The J.D. Black Papers document the legacy of Owens Valley life-long residents. These digitized selections richly illustrate aspects of the famed Water Wars between the City of Los Angeles and the people of that valley in the 1920s, the defining moment in the modern history of the valley. Of particular value are the records of the reparations organizations of Big Pine active during the Owens Valley Water Wars of the 1920s and the photographs documenting life in the mining towns of California's eastern Sierras and western Nevada.

Institution: Loyola Marymount University, Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library

John Edward Hoffmeister (1899-1991) was a professor of geology at the University of Rochester from 1923 until 1964. His research focused on the development of coral reefs, based on field work he conducted in the Tongan and Fijian islands in the late 1920s and early 1930s and off the coast of Florida during the 1960s and 1970s. Hoffmeister recorded on 16mm film scenes of daily village life and panoramic views of the islands he visited. Examples include native dancing, some forms of which involve highly stylized movements conducted completely from a seated position; a feast; the preparation of tapa cloth; …

Institution: UC San Diego, Special Collections and Archives

Selections from the collection of Dr. J. Robert Beyster (1924-2014), a scientist and entrepreneur who was the founder, former chairman and CEO of Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), an employee-owned San Diego research and development firm founded in 1969. The digital collection features scans of career and company highlights including awards, photographs, and recordings, as well as a small selection of SAIC business records and documentation of SAIC's sponsorship of the Sail America Foundation (SAF) and America's Cup.

Institution: UC San Diego, Special Collections and Archives

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

The Jack Family Papers (circa 1860-1969 with bulk dates of 1860-1915) contain correspondence, business records, and photographs relating to the Jack Family of San Luis Obispo, California.

Institution: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Approximately 12,000 images, primarily taken by London himself between 1902 and 1916, document the poor in the City of London, the Russo-Japanese War, the aftermath of the San Francisco earthquake and fire, London’s 18-month cruise through the South Pacific, a shipboard journey around Cape Horn, the Mexican Revolution, and London’s ranch in California’s Sonoma Valley.

Institution: Huntington Library

This collection gathers a series of interviews conducted by the late John P. “Jack” Taylor (1924-2014), featuring many of the “Movers and Shakers” of Sonoma County’s postwar world, as well as other friends and acquaintances. He ended up with well over 200 interviews, all of which are here for you to watch and hear.

Institution: Sonoma County Library

A selection of content from the Jackson Mac Low papers, focused on reformatted sound recordings and a presentation of the digital files captured off the poet's collection of floppy disks and zip drives. Due to copyright restrictions, access to this content may be limited. This material is copyright-protected, and researchers must register with the Special Collections Request System to initiate requests to view or listen to material using the Library's Virtual Reading Room Service. Requests may be made through the request button links in each object.

Institution: UC San Diego, Special Collections and Archives

The collection includes WRA reports and other printed materials, periodical articles both by Japanese Americans and by others, field notes, internment camp newspapers and highschool yearbooks, clippings, and ephemera relating to the Japanese-American relocation. It contains materials pertaining to nearly all of the ten internment camps, but is strongest in materials from Granada (Colorado) and from Tule Lake. The collection is arranged chronologically with items boxed together according to type: Boxes 1-2: War Relocation Authority publications; Box 3: Other US government agency publications; Box 4: Japanese-American community publications; Box 5: The national press; and, Box 6: Correspondence, unpublished writings and …

Institution: University of the Pacific

Jaded was an alternative media magazine published by students at the University of California, Irvine, intended to encourage political, cultural, and social discourse among UCI students. It published 12 issues from 2004-2007. According to its mission statement, Jaded attempted to celebrate and support the Asian Pacific Islander community by retelling the past, engaging the present, and creating a voice for the future. It hoped to build connections and bridge gaps between different people on and off campus. Its goal was to provide not only a space for students to voice different opinions and artistic expressions, but also as a form …

Institution: UC Irvine, Libraries, University Archives