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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Quinn, Alfred Thomas Collection
Alfred Thomas Quinn (1922-2003) was a notable educator and civic leader in Santa Monica, California. His parents Minister Alfred Kerruthers Quinn and Essie Carolyn Quinn, nee Jones moved the family to California in 1924 where Alfred Quinn would attend a series of racially segregated grammar schools. The family moved to Santa Monica, CA in 1935 after Dr. Quinn's father became a founding minister to the First African Methodist Episcopal Church in Santa Monica. Dr. Quinn attended William McKinley Junior High School in Santa Monica and matriculated to Santa Monica High School where he graduated in 1939. Quinn attended Santa Monica …
Institution: UCLA, Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies
188 Items
Quinn Research Center
This collection consists of photographs, brochures and programs, newspaper clippings and other ephemera selected from the Quinn Research Center. In 2004, Carolyne Edwards and her husband Bill Edwards founded the Quinn Research Center as a tribute to the legacy of Carolyne's uncle, Dr. Alfred T. Quinn (1922-2003), a prominent Black educator and community leader in the Santa Monica Bay Area. Over several decades, in addition to Dr. Quinn's personal archives, the Edwardses have amassed an eclectic collection of materials that encapsulates a wide range of Black experiences in Santa Monica from the early 1900s to the present, be it the …
Institution: Santa Monica Public Library
104 Items
